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1977-78 Boston Bruins

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51-18-11 (113 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 333 goals, Allowed 218 goals, SRS: 1.37 (3rd of 18)
Coached by Don Cherry (51-18-11)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-1) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Chicago Black Hawks

1977-78 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 80 51 18 11 113 .706 333 218 1.37 6.89 49 242 20.25 53 296 82.09 7 2
League Average 80 33 33 15 80 .500 264 264 0.00 6.59 54 255 21.15 54 255 78.85 6 6

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 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 26 77 29 61 90 1.17 33 0.42 120 28 52 0 40 211 24 5 0 4 166 2.16 17.5
2 Jean Ratelle C 6-1 180 37 80 25 59 84 1.05 30 0.38 112 16 53 6 49 10 22 3 0 5 158 1.98 15.8
3 Peter McNab C 6-3 210 25 79 41 39 80 1.01 32 0.41 104 16 53 0 35 4 36 5 0 5 227 2.87 18.1
4 Brad Park D 6-0 200 29 80 22 57 79 0.99 28 0.35 199 46 118 33 68 79 13 9 0 3 225 2.81 9.8
5 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 32 76 24 38 62 0.82 23 0.31 93 9 51 1 34 69 23 1 0 2 134 1.76 17.9
6 Rick Middleton RW 5-11 170 24 79 25 35 60 0.76 23 0.29 101 10 52 1 40 8 23 2 0 6 171 2.16 14.6
7 Gregg Sheppard C 5-8 170 28 54 23 36 59 1.09 22 0.41 79 25 56 21 19 24 17 5 1 7 160 2.96 14.4
8 Bobby Schmautz RW 5-9 172 32 54 27 27 54 1.00 22 0.40 73 23 33 7 24 87 20 4 3 6 174 3.22 15.5
9 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 30 77 20 34 54 0.70 20 0.26 96 14 94 44 32 16 14 4 2 0 159 2.06 12.6
10 Stan Jonathan LW 5-8 175 22 68 27 25 52 0.76 21 0.31 78 11 46 13 34 116 27 0 0 2 121 1.78 22.3
11 Bob Miller C 5-11 180 21 76 20 20 40 0.53 16 0.21 52 2 38 4 16 41 18 1 1 4 134 1.76 14.9
12 Mike Milbury D 6-1 200 25 80 8 30 38 0.48 13 0.16 135 4 106 27 52 151 8 0 0 0 82 1.03 9.8
13 John Wensink LW 6-0 200 24 80 16 20 36 0.45 14 0.17 65 2 40 0 23 181 15 1 0 3 131 1.64 12.2
14 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 29 79 7 29 36 0.46 12 0.15 140 8 87 25 70 69 7 0 0 0 116 1.47 6.0
15 John Bucyk LW 6-0 215 42 53 5 13 18 0.34 6 0.12 28 15 15 0 -2 4 0 5 0 0 47 0.89 10.6
16 Gary Doak D 5-11 175 31 61 4 13 17 0.28 6 0.10 83 3 53 10 37 50 3 1 0 2 66 1.08 6.1
17 Al Sims D 6-0 182 24 43 2 8 10 0.23 3 0.08 28 0 20 3 11 6 2 0 0 1 55 1.28 3.6
18 Matti Hagman C 6-0 183 22 15 4 1 5 0.33 2 0.15 9 6 4 0 -1 2 1 3 0 1 13 0.87 30.8
19 Dennis O'Brien D 6-0 195 28 16 2 3 5 0.31 2 0.12 23 0 20 3 6 29 2 0 0 0 15 0.94 13.3
20 Mike Forbes D 6-2 200 20 32 0 4 4 0.13 1 0.04 14 3 19 3 -5 15 0 0 0 0 22 0.69 0.0
21 Dwight Foster RW 5-10 190 20 14 2 1 3 0.21 1 0.09 3 0 2 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 24 1.71 8.3
22 Doug Halward D 6-1 200 22 25 0 2 2 0.08 1 0.02 9 3 14 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 18 0.72 0.0
23 Darryl Edestrand D 5-11 180 32 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
24 Steve Langdon LW 5-11 175 24 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
25 Sean Shanahan C/RW 6-3 205 26 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 2 0 -1 7 0 0 0 0 2 0.33 0.0
26 Clayton Pachal C/LW 5-10 185 21 10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 14 0 0 0 0 4 0.40 0.0
Team Total 80 333 558 891 11.14 333 4.16 333 49 218 53 119 1229 277 49 7 51 2425 30.31 13.7

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 Ron Grahame G 5-11 175 27 40 2328 26 6 7 59 .756 3 107 2.76 0 1 1 0
2 Gilles Gilbert G 6-1 175 28 25 1326 15 6 2 32 .696 2 56 2.53 0 1 1 8
3 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 37 21 1086 10 5 2 22 .647 1 48 2.65 0 1 1 14
4 Jim Pettie G 6-0 195 24 1 60 0 1 0 0 .000 0 6 6.00 0 0 0 6
Team Total 80 4800 51 18 11 6 217 2.71

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 Brad Park D 6-0 200 29 15 9 11 20 1.33 14 5 4 0 0
2 Peter McNab C 6-3 210 25 15 8 11 19 1.27 2 8 0 0 2
3 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 26 15 5 10 15 1.00 40 4 1 0 1
4 Bobby Schmautz RW 5-9 172 32 15 7 8 15 1.00 11 5 2 0 1
5 Gregg Sheppard C 5-8 170 28 15 2 10 12 0.80 6 2 0 0 0
6 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 32 15 4 6 10 0.67 13 1 3 0 2
7 Jean Ratelle C 6-1 180 37 15 3 7 10 0.67 0 3 0 0 0
8 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 30 15 5 4 9 0.60 8 4 1 0 1
9 Mike Milbury D 6-1 200 25 15 1 8 9 0.60 27 1 0 0 0
10 Rick Middleton RW 5-11 170 24 15 5 2 7 0.47 0 5 0 0 2
11 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 29 15 1 5 6 0.40 18 1 0 0 0
12 John Wensink LW 6-0 200 24 15 2 2 4 0.27 54 2 0 0 0
13 Bob Miller C 5-11 180 21 13 0 3 3 0.23 15 0 0 0 0
14 Dennis O'Brien D 6-0 195 28 14 0 1 1 0.07 28 0 0 0 0
15 Stan Jonathan LW 5-8 175 22 15 0 1 1 0.07 36 0 0 0 0
16 Gary Doak D 5-11 175 31 12 1 0 1 0.08 4 1 0 0 1
17 Al Sims D 6-0 182 24 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 15 53 89 142 9.47 282 42 11 0 10

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 37 12 731 8 4 16 .667 1 35 2.87 0 0 0 6
2 Ron Grahame G 5-11 175 27 4 202 2 1 4 .667 0 7 2.08 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 933 10 5 1 42 2.70