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John Bucyk

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: May 12, 1935 in Edmonton, Alberta

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1981

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1955-56 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 38 1 8 9 0.24 3 0.08 20
1956-57 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 66 10 11 21 0.32 8 0.13 41
1957-58 22 Boston Bruins NHL 68 21 31 52 0.76 20 0.29 57
1958-59 23 Boston Bruins NHL 69 24 36 60 0.87 23 0.33 36
1959-60 24 Boston Bruins NHL 56 16 36 52 0.93 19 0.33 26
1960-61 25 Boston Bruins NHL 70 19 20 39 0.56 16 0.22 48
1961-62 26 Boston Bruins NHL 67 20 40 60 0.90 22 0.33 32
1962-63 27 Boston Bruins NHL 69 27 39 66 0.96 25 0.36 36
1963-64 28 Boston Bruins NHL 62 18 36 54 0.87 19 0.31 36 17 1 0 2
1964-65 29 Boston Bruins NHL 68 26 29 55 0.81 22 0.33 24 19 7 0 2
1965-66 30 Boston Bruins NHL 63 27 30 57 0.90 23 0.36 12 24 3 0 5
1966-67 31 Boston Bruins NHL 59 18 30 48 0.81 18 0.31 12 14 4 0 1
1967-68 32 Boston Bruins NHL 72 30 39 69 0.96 27 0.37 101 29 54 0 18 8 23 6 1 4 172 2.39 17.4
1968-69 33 Boston Bruins NHL 70 24 42 66 0.94 25 0.35 95 36 62 0 -3 18 13 11 0 3 192 2.74 12.5
1969-70 34 Boston Bruins NHL 76 31 38 69 0.91 27 0.35 116 61 38 2 19 13 17 14 0 6 190 2.50 16.3
1970-71 35 Boston Bruins NHL 78 51 65 116 1.49 44 0.57 154 70 48 0 36 8 29 22 0 5 225 2.88 22.7
1971-72 36 Boston Bruins NHL 78 32 51 83 1.06 31 0.40 123 65 42 0 16 4 19 13 0 7 174 2.23 18.4
1972-73 37 Boston Bruins NHL 78 40 53 93 1.19 36 0.46 133 53 62 0 18 12 30 10 0 10 168 2.15 23.8
1973-74 38 Boston Bruins NHL 76 31 44 75 0.99 29 0.38 115 47 55 0 13 8 19 12 0 9 139 1.83 22.3
1974-75 39 Boston Bruins NHL 78 29 52 81 1.04 31 0.40 133 63 60 1 11 10 20 9 0 4 167 2.14 17.4
1975-76 40 Boston Bruins NHL 77 36 47 83 1.08 33 0.43 129 56 51 0 22 20 23 13 0 9 151 1.96 23.8
1976-77 41 Boston Bruins NHL 49 20 23 43 0.88 17 0.35 58 21 39 0 -2 12 14 6 0 2 98 2.00 20.4
1977-78 42 Boston Bruins NHL 53 5 13 18 0.34 6 0.12 28 15 15 0 -2 4 0 5 0 0 47 0.89 10.6
Career 23 Seasons NHL 1540 556 813 1369 0.89 523 0.34 1185 516 526 3 146 497 281 136 1 69 1723 2.19 19.1

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1955-56 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 1 1 2 0.20 8
1956-57 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 0
1957-58 22 Boston Bruins NHL 12 0 4 4 0.33 16
1958-59 23 Boston Bruins NHL 7 2 4 6 0.86 6
1967-68 32 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 2 2 0.67 0 0 0 0 0
1968-69 33 Boston Bruins NHL 10 5 6 11 1.10 0 3 2 0 1
1969-70 34 Boston Bruins NHL SC 14 11 8 19 1.36 2 7 4 0 1
1970-71 35 Boston Bruins NHL 7 2 5 7 1.00 0 2 0 0 0
1971-72 36 Boston Bruins NHL SC 15 9 11 20 1.33 6 4 5 0 0
1972-73 37 Boston Bruins NHL 5 0 3 3 0.60 0 0 0 0 0
1973-74 38 Boston Bruins NHL 16 8 10 18 1.13 4 5 3 0 1
1974-75 39 Boston Bruins NHL 3 1 0 1 0.33 0 1 0 0 0
1975-76 40 Boston Bruins NHL 12 2 7 9 0.75 0 0 2 0 0
1976-77 41 Boston Bruins NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Career 14 Seasons NHL 2 124 41 62 103 0.83 42 22 16 0 3

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1952-53 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 39 19 12 31 0.79 24
1953-54 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 33 29 38 67 2.03 38
1953-54 18 Edmonton Flyers WHL 2 2 0 2 1.00 2
1953-54 18 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup 14 14 10 24 1.71 10
1954-55 19 Edmonton Flyers WHL 70 30 58 88 1.26 57
1954-55 19 Edmonton Flyers Ed-Cup 7 2 3 5 0.71 22
1955-56 20 Edmonton Flyers WHL 6 0 0 0 0.00 9
Career 1 Season Ed-Cup 7 2 3 5 0.71 22
Career 1 Season M-Cup 14 14 10 24 1.71 10
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 72 48 50 98 1.36 62
Career 3 Seasons WHL 78 32 58 90 1.15 68

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1951-52 16 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
1952-53 17 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 12 5 1 6 0.50 14
1953-54 18 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL 21 28 17 45 2.14 30
1954-55 19 Edmonton Flyers WHL 9 1 6 7 0.78 7
Career 3 Seasons WCJHL 34 33 18 51 1.50 44
Career 1 Season WHL 9 1 6 7 0.78 7

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1955 NHL
1963 NHL
1964 NHL
1965 NHL
1968 NHL
1970 NHL
1971 NHL

Awards

1970-71 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1973-74 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

1967-68 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1970-71 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1960-61 NHL 70 (1)
 1969-70 NHL 76 (1)
 1970-71 NHL 78 (3)
1971-72 NHL 78 (4)
1972-73 NHL 78 (3)
Career NHL 1540 (10)

Goals

1962-63 NHL 27 (9)
1964-65 NHL 26 (6)
1967-68 NHL 30 (9)
1970-71 NHL 51 (2)
1972-73 NHL 40 (9)
Career NHL 556 (22)

Goals Per Game

1964-65 NHL 0.38 (8)
1965-66 NHL 0.43 (7)
1970-71 NHL 0.65 (2)

Assists

1958-59 NHL 36 (9)
1961-62 NHL 40 (7)
1962-63 NHL 39 (10)
1970-71 NHL 65 (3)
1971-72 NHL 51 (8)
Career NHL 813 (26)

Assists Per Game

1959-60 NHL 0.64 (6)
1961-62 NHL 0.60 (7)
1962-63 NHL 0.57 (10)
1963-64 NHL 0.58 (10)
1970-71 NHL 0.83 (3)

Points

1962-63 NHL 66 (7)
1964-65 NHL 55 (9)
1967-68 NHL 69 (9)
1970-71 NHL 116 (3)
1971-72 NHL 83 (8)
1972-73 NHL 93 (7)
Career NHL 1369 (22)

Points Per Game

1962-63 NHL 0.96 (8)
1963-64 NHL 0.87 (10)
1965-66 NHL 0.90 (9)
1967-68 NHL 0.96 (9)
1970-71 NHL 1.49 (3)
1971-72 NHL 1.06 (9)
1972-73 NHL 1.19 (10)

Goals Created

1962-63 NHL 24.9 (8)
1964-65 NHL 22.1 (8)
1967-68 NHL 26.8 (9)
1970-71 NHL 44.1 (3)
1972-73 NHL 35.6 (10)
Career NHL 522.6 (23)

Goals Created Per Game

1962-63 NHL 0.36 (9)
1964-65 NHL 0.33 (10)
1965-66 NHL 0.36 (9)
1966-67 NHL 0.31 (10)
1967-68 NHL 0.37 (10)
1970-71 NHL 0.57 (3)

Total Goals For

1969-70 NHL 116 (7)
1970-71 NHL 154 (4)

Power Play Goals For

1968-69 NHL 36 (10)
1969-70 NHL 61 (4)
1970-71 NHL 70 (4)
1971-72 NHL 65 (3)
1972-73 NHL 53 (5)
1973-74 NHL 47 (7)
1974-75 NHL 63 (8)
Career NHL 516 (85)

Even Strength Goals

1963-64 NHL 17 (10)
1964-65 NHL 19 (5)
1965-66 NHL 24 (2)
1967-68 NHL 23 (9)
1970-71 NHL 29 (5)
1972-73 NHL 30 (10)
Career NHL 281 (66)

Power Play Goals

1964-65 NHL 7 (10)
1968-69 NHL 11 (5)
1969-70 NHL 14 (4)
1970-71 NHL 22 (2)
1971-72 NHL 13 (7)
1973-74 NHL 12 (6)
Career NHL 136 (53)

Game-Winning Goals

1965-66 NHL 5 (10)
1969-70 NHL 6 (6)
1970-71 NHL 5 (10)
1971-72 NHL 7 (4)
1972-73 NHL 10 (2)
1973-74 NHL 9 (2)
1975-76 NHL 9 (5)
Career NHL 69 (34)

Shooting Percentage

1967-68 NHL 17.4 (4)
1969-70 NHL 16.3 (8)
1970-71 NHL 22.7 (1)
 1971-72 NHL 18.4 (6)
1972-73 NHL 23.8 (1)
 1973-74 NHL 22.3 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 23.8 (2)
1976-77 NHL 20.4 (6)
Career NHL 19.1 (16)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 10, 1957: Traded to Boston by Detroit with cash for Terry Sawchuk, June 10, 1957.