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1971-72 Boston Bruins

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54-13-11 (119 points), Finished 1st in NHL East Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

1971-72 Stanley Cup Champions

Scored 330 goals, Allowed 204 goals, SRS: 1.50 (1st of 14)
Coached by Tom Johnson (54-13-11)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) over New York Rangers
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over St. Louis Blues
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Toronto Maple Leafs

1971-72 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Boston Bruins 78 54 13 11 119 .763 330 204 1.50 6.85 74 256 28.91 51 290 82.41 18 2
League Average 78 32 32 13 78 .500 239 239 0.00 6.13 52 269 19.38 52 269 80.62 8 8

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 29 76 66 67 133 1.75 53 0.69 186 71 67 7 55 76 36 28 2 16 426 5.61 15.5
2 Bobby Orr D 6-0 197 23 76 37 80 117 1.54 42 0.55 209 69 83 29 86 106 22 11 4 4 353 4.64 10.5
3 John Bucyk LW 6-0 215 36 78 32 51 83 1.06 31 0.40 123 65 42 0 16 4 19 13 0 7 174 2.23 18.4
4 Fred Stanfield LW 5-10 185 27 78 23 56 79 1.01 28 0.36 112 48 45 1 20 12 17 5 1 4 168 2.15 13.7
5 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 34 77 22 47 69 0.90 25 0.32 121 61 41 0 19 126 12 10 0 3 133 1.73 16.5
6 Derek Sanderson C 6-0 185 25 78 25 33 58 0.74 22 0.28 73 1 86 39 25 108 18 0 7 2 198 2.54 12.6
7 Ken Hodge RW 6-2 210 27 60 16 40 56 0.93 20 0.33 86 7 40 2 41 81 15 0 1 2 140 2.33 11.4
8 Mike Walton C 5-10 175 27 76 28 28 56 0.74 22 0.29 83 18 42 0 23 45 22 6 0 4 236 3.11 11.9
9 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 26 74 23 29 52 0.70 20 0.27 98 7 51 2 42 103 22 1 0 3 150 2.03 15.3
10 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 31 77 18 26 44 0.57 17 0.22 68 1 77 39 29 19 16 0 2 5 123 1.60 14.6
11 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 30 78 8 22 30 0.38 10 0.13 119 2 107 24 34 132 7 0 1 1 111 1.42 7.2
12 Garnet Bailey LW 5-11 192 23 73 9 13 22 0.30 8 0.11 39 1 27 0 11 64 9 0 0 0 64 0.88 14.1
13 Reggie Leach RW 6-0 180 21 56 7 13 20 0.36 7 0.13 25 1 19 0 5 12 7 0 0 2 66 1.18 10.6
14 Ted Green D 5-10 200 31 54 1 16 17 0.31 5 0.10 60 0 58 8 10 21 1 0 0 0 41 0.76 2.4
15 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 23 61 2 12 14 0.23 5 0.07 90 2 56 21 53 46 2 0 0 0 81 1.33 2.5
16 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 24 47 6 4 10 0.21 4 0.09 16 0 26 10 0 12 6 0 0 1 51 1.09 11.8
17 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 26 16 4 6 10 0.63 4 0.24 36 3 41 10 2 37 4 0 0 0 37 2.31 10.8
18 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 28 34 1 8 9 0.26 3 0.08 57 2 44 9 20 52 1 0 0 0 53 1.56 1.9
19 Ivan Boldirev C 6-0 190 22 11 0 2 2 0.18 1 0.05 3 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 0.18 0.0
20 Matt Ravlich D 5-10 185 33 25 0 1 1 0.04 0 0.01 13 0 9 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.52 0.0
21 Doug Roberts RW 6-2 212 29 3 1 0 1 0.33 1 0.17 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.00 33.3
22 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 20 1 1 0 1 1.00 1 0.50 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.00 50.0
23 Ron Jones D 6-1 195 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.00 0.0
24 Nick Beverley D 6-2 185 24 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
25 Garry Peters C 5-10 185 29 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
26 Bob Stewart D 6-1 206 21 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 0 2 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 78 330 560 890 11.41 330 4.23 330 74 204 51 103 1106 238 74 18 54 2629 33.71 12.6

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Eddie Johnston G 6-0 190 36 38 2260 27 8 3 57 .750 2 102 2.71 0 4 4 0
2 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 31 41 2420 27 5 8 62 .775 2 101 2.50 0 2 2 25
Team Total 78 4680 54 13 11 4 203 2.60

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Phil Esposito C 6-1 205 29 15 9 15 24 1.60 24 7 2 0 3
2 Bobby Orr D 6-0 197 23 15 5 19 24 1.60 19 2 3 0 1
3 John Bucyk LW 6-0 215 36 15 9 11 20 1.33 6 4 5 0 0
4 Ken Hodge RW 6-2 210 27 15 9 8 17 1.13 62 6 2 1 3
5 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 34 15 5 12 17 1.13 37 2 3 0 0
6 Fred Stanfield LW 5-10 185 27 15 7 9 16 1.07 0 6 1 0 0
7 Mike Walton C 5-10 175 27 15 6 6 12 0.80 13 5 1 0 2
8 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 26 15 4 7 11 0.73 42 3 1 0 0
9 Ed Westfall D/RW 6-1 197 31 15 4 3 7 0.47 10 2 0 2 1
10 Garnet Bailey LW 5-11 192 23 13 2 4 6 0.46 16 2 0 0 1
11 Dallas Smith D 5-11 180 30 15 0 4 4 0.27 22 0 0 0 0
12 Don Awrey D 6-0 175 28 15 0 4 4 0.27 45 0 0 0 0
13 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 24 14 3 0 3 0.21 6 2 0 1 1
14 Derek Sanderson C 6-0 185 25 11 1 1 2 0.18 44 0 0 1 0
15 Carol Vadnais D 6-1 185 26 15 0 2 2 0.13 43 0 0 0 0
16 Garry Peters C 5-10 185 29 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
17 Chris Hayes LW 5-10 180 25 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ted Green D 5-10 200 31 10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 15 64 105 169 11.27 389 41 18 5 12

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 31 8 483 6 2 12 .750 2 21 2.61 0 0 0 0
2 Eddie Johnston G 6-0 190 36 7 420 6 1 12 .857 1 13 1.86 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 903 12 3 3 34 2.26