1979-1980 Boston Bruins: 46-21-13
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Home record: 27-9-4 (172 goals scored, 111 allowed)
Road record: 19-12-9 (138 goals scored, 123 allowed)
Head Coaches: Fred Creighton (40-20-13), Harry Sinden (6-1-0)
Power Play: 60/246 (24.4%)
Penalty Killing: 259/312 (83.0%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 8-4
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 242-177
310 goals scored (5th of 21 teams), 234 goals allowed (2nd), 1460 PIM (4th)
NHL Averages: 3.51 goals/game (281.0 goals/team), 1211.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 16 Rick Middleton 5'11 170 26 80 40 52 92 24 9 0 135 50 56 2 223 17.9 +31
C 8 Peter McNab 6'3 210 27 74 40 38 78 10 11 0 100 19 59 2 193 20.7 +24
C 10 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 39 67 28 45 73 8 14 0 98 38 53 4 145 19.3 +11
D 7 Ray Bourque 5'11 219 19 80 17 48 65 73 3 2 162 50 82 22 185 9.2 +52
RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 28 71 19 42 61 265 3 0 87 14 58 2 105 18.1 +17
D 6 Dick Redmond 5'11 178 30 76 14 33 47 39 6 0 135 41 75 18 166 8.4 +37
C 14 Bob Miller 5'11 180 23 80 16 25 41 53 0 1 57 1 86 39 137 11.7 +9
LW 17 Stan Jonathan 5'8 175 24 79 21 19 40 208 0 0 80 4 58 2 108 19.4 +20
LW 20 Al Secord 6'1 205 21 77 23 16 39 170 1 0 68 2 47 1 155 14.8 +20
RW 27 Dwight Foster 5'10 190 22 57 10 28 38 42 1 1 53 7 30 7 68 14.7 +23
C 19 Bobby Lalonde 5'5 155 28 71 10 25 35 28 1 2 50 4 55 23 91 11.0 +14
RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 34 44 11 21 32 19 3 1 52 25 32 2 60 18.3 -3
C 32 Craig MacTavish 6'1 195 21 46 11 17 28 8 0 0 44 6 22 0 61 18.0 +16
D 23 Rick Smith 5'11 190 31 78 8 18 26 62 0 0 78 0 76 20 85 9.4 +22
D 26 Mike Milbury 6'1 200 27 72 10 13 23 59 1 0 79 4 94 26 101 9.9 +7
D 22 Brad Park 6'0 200 31 32 5 16 21 27 2 0 53 19 31 8 67 7.5 +11
LW 18 John Wensink 6'0 200 26 69 9 11 20 110 0 0 36 0 29 0 71 12.7 +7
D 29 Brad McCrimmon 5'11 197 20 72 5 11 16 94 1 0 67 1 80 11 89 5.6 -3
LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 32 32 4 11 15 0 0 1 22 0 29 11 39 10.3 +4
RW 11 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 34 20 8 6 14 8 4 0 24 10 17 2 40 20.0 -1
D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 33 52 0 5 5 45 0 0 41 0 30 3 29 0.0 +14
RW 28 Tom Songin 6'3 195 26 17 1 3 4 16 0 0 5 0 5 0 14 7.1 0
G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 30 33 0 1 1 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 33 Jim Stewart 5'11 170 22 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 11 Doug Morrison 5'11 184 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0
G 31 Marco Baron 5'11 180 20 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 28 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 30 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0.0 -4
G 31 Yves Belanger 5'11 170 27 8 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 39 42 0 0 0 62 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Gilles Gilbert 30 33 1933 88 2.73 20 9 3 803 .890 1 1
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 39 42 2479 116 2.81 24 11 7 972 .881 3 4
G 31 Marco Baron 20 1 40 2 3.00 0 0 0 13 .846 0 0
G 31 Yves Belanger 27 8 328 19 3.48 2 0 3 127 .850 0 0
G 33 Jim Stewart 22 1 20 5 15.00 0 1 0 9 .444 0 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1979 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 8 D Ray Bourque 1612 Verdun Black Hawks (QMJHL) [pick acquired from LA]
1 15 D Brad McCrimmon 1222 Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 36 RW Doug Morrison 23 Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
3 57 RW Keith Crowder 662 5 Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4 78 D Larry Melnyk 432 New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
5 99 G Marco Baron 86 Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
6 120 C Mike Krushelnyski 897 Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
06-09-1979 | reclaimed the rights to Mark Howe prior to expansion draft |
06-09-1979 | Whalers claimed Mark Howe as an expansion draft priority selection |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected Mike Forbes in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Whalers selected Al Sims in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Whalers selected Bill Bennett in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Nordiques selected Dave Parro in expansion draft |
08-1979 | sold Rick Hodgson to Salt Lake City (CHL) |
09-1979 | signed Jim Stewart as a free agent |
10-08-1979 | signed Yves Belanger as a free agent |
10-23-1979 | traded future considerations to Flames for Bobby Lalonde |
11-26-1979 | Dennis O'Brien retired |
12-10-1979 | traded Bobby Schmautz to Oilers for Dan Newman |
06-02-1980 | traded Boston's #2 pick in the 1980 draft and #3 pick in the 1981 draft to Flames for Jim Craig |
07-15-1980 | traded Gilles Gilbert to Red Wings for Rogie Vachon |
10-10-1980 | Red Wings claimed Rick Smith in waiver draft |
10-10-1980 | Nordiques claimed John Wensink in waiver draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/08/1980 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 2-4
04/10/1980 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-1
04/12/1980 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-4
04/13/1980 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 8-3
04/14/1980 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-2
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Round 2
04/16/1980 vs New York Islanders L 1-2 (OT)
04/17/1980 vs New York Islanders L 4-5 (OT)
04/19/1980 at New York Islanders L 3-5
04/21/1980 at New York Islanders W 4-3 (OT)
04/22/1980 vs New York Islanders L 2-4
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 8 Peter McNab 6'3 210 27 10 8 6 14 2 3 0
D 7 Ray Bourque 5'11 219 19 10 2 9 11 27 0 0
RW 24 Terry O'Reilly 6'1 200 28 10 3 6 9 69 2 0
D 22 Brad Park 6'0 200 31 10 3 6 9 4 0 0
RW 27 Dwight Foster 5'10 190 22 9 3 5 8 2 0 1
RW 12 Wayne Cashman 6'1 208 34 10 3 3 6 32 1 0
RW 16 Rick Middleton 5'11 170 26 10 4 2 6 5 0 0
C 32 Craig MacTavish 6'1 195 21 10 2 3 5 7 0 0
LW 21 Don Marcotte 5'11 183 32 10 2 3 5 4 0 0
C 14 Bob Miller 5'11 180 23 10 3 2 5 4 0 1
D 6 Dick Redmond 5'11 178 30 10 0 3 3 9 0 0
LW 20 Al Secord 6'1 205 21 10 0 3 3 65 0 0
D 23 Rick Smith 5'11 190 31 6 1 1 2 2 0 0
D 29 Brad McCrimmon 5'11 197 20 10 1 1 2 28 0 0
D 26 Mike Milbury 6'1 200 27 10 0 2 2 50 0 0
C 19 Bobby Lalonde 5'5 155 28 4 0 1 1 2 0 0
C 10 Jean Ratelle 6'1 180 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 25 Gary Doak 5'11 175 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 18 John Wensink 6'0 200 26 4 0 0 0 5 0 0
LW 17 Stan Jonathan 5'8 175 24 9 0 0 0 29 0 0
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 5'11 185 39 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 31 Marco Baron 5'11 180 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 31 Yves Belanger 5'11 170 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 1 Gilles Gilbert 6'1 175 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 11 Doug Morrison 5'11 184 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 28 Dennis O'Brien 6'0 195 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 11 Bobby Schmautz 5'9 172 34 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 28 Tom Songin 6'3 195 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 33 Jim Stewart 5'11 170 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Gerry Cheevers 39 10 619 32 3.10 4 6 255 .875 1 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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