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1978-79 Boston Bruins

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43-23-14 (100 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 316 goals, Allowed 270 goals, SRS: 0.57 (4th of 17)
Coached by Don Cherry (43-23-14)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-3) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Pittsburgh Penguins

1978-79 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 43 23 14 100 .625 316 270 0.57 7.33 59 249 23.69 72 285 74.74 6 9
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

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 Rick Middleton RW 5-11 170 25 71 38 48 86 1.21 34 0.47 117 29 69 14 33 7 25 12 1 5 152 2.14 25.0
2 Peter McNab C 6-3 210 26 76 35 45 80 1.05 31 0.41 119 20 71 1 29 10 31 4 0 4 200 2.63 17.5
3 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 27 80 26 51 77 0.96 29 0.36 106 23 76 0 7 205 23 3 0 5 120 1.50 21.7
4 Jean Ratelle C 6-1 180 38 80 27 45 72 0.90 27 0.34 100 32 61 10 17 12 16 11 0 5 137 1.71 19.7
5 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 33 75 27 40 67 0.89 26 0.34 110 39 55 0 16 63 17 10 0 4 133 1.77 20.3
6 Bob Miller C 5-11 180 22 77 15 33 48 0.62 18 0.23 67 2 51 6 20 30 15 0 0 1 149 1.94 10.1
7 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 31 79 20 27 47 0.59 18 0.23 71 4 113 52 6 10 14 2 4 5 156 1.97 12.8
8 John Wensink LW 6-0 200 25 76 28 18 46 0.61 20 0.26 77 6 51 0 20 106 28 0 0 4 131 1.72 21.4
9 Bobby Schmautz RW 5-9 172 33 65 20 22 42 0.65 17 0.26 69 24 73 27 -1 77 13 6 1 4 199 3.06 10.1
10 Brad Park D 6-0 200 30 40 7 32 39 0.98 13 0.33 87 34 35 10 28 10 4 3 0 0 96 2.40 7.3
11 Mike Milbury D 6-1 200 26 74 1 34 35 0.47 11 0.15 113 9 120 39 23 149 1 0 0 0 76 1.03 1.3
12 Dick Redmond D 5-11 178 29 64 7 26 33 0.52 11 0.18 88 38 68 18 0 21 3 4 0 1 144 2.25 4.9
13 Al Sims D 6-0 182 25 67 9 20 29 0.43 11 0.16 91 16 92 39 22 28 9 0 0 2 128 1.91 7.0
14 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 30 65 7 18 25 0.38 9 0.14 83 0 78 15 20 46 7 0 0 1 78 1.20 9.0
15 Dwight Foster RW 5-10 190 21 44 11 13 24 0.55 9 0.22 33 7 34 7 -1 14 9 2 0 0 57 1.30 19.3
16 Al Secord LW 6-1 205 20 71 16 7 23 0.32 10 0.14 33 0 26 0 7 125 16 0 0 0 80 1.13 20.0
17 Gary Doak D 5-11 175 32 63 6 11 17 0.27 6 0.10 76 4 71 11 12 28 5 1 0 0 64 1.02 9.4
18 Stan Jonathan LW 5-8 175 23 33 6 9 15 0.45 6 0.17 30 2 22 2 8 96 6 0 0 1 32 0.97 18.8
19 Dennis O'Brien D 6-0 195 29 64 2 8 10 0.16 3 0.05 75 1 83 25 16 107 2 0 0 0 73 1.14 2.7
20 Mike Walton C 5-10 175 34 14 4 2 6 0.43 3 0.19 7 0 9 1 -1 0 4 0 0 1 15 1.07 26.7
21 Bill Bennett LW 6-5 235 25 7 1 4 5 0.71 2 0.25 6 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 4 0.57 25.0
22 Tom Songin RW 6-3 195 25 17 3 1 4 0.24 2 0.11 5 2 6 0 -3 0 2 1 0 0 16 0.94 18.8
23 Graeme Nicolson D 6-0 185 21 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
24 Ab DeMarco D 6-0 170 29 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.67 0.0
Team Total 80 316 516 832 10.40 316 3.95 316 59 270 72 59 1202 251 59 6 43 2245 28.06 14.1

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 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 38 43 2509 23 9 10 56 .667 1 132 3.16 0 2 2 23
2 Gilles Gilbert G 6-1 175 29 23 1254 12 8 2 26 .591 0 74 3.54 0 0 0 16
3 Jim Pettie G 6-0 195 25 19 1037 8 6 2 18 .563 1 62 3.59 0 0 0 17
Team Total 80 4800 43 23 14 2 268 3.35

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 Jean Ratelle C 6-1 180 38 11 7 6 13 1.18 2 5 2 0 2
2 Rick Middleton RW 5-11 170 25 11 4 8 12 1.09 0 2 2 0 1
3 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 33 10 4 5 9 0.90 8 3 1 0 1
4 Peter McNab C 6-3 210 26 11 5 3 8 0.73 0 5 0 0 0
5 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 31 11 5 3 8 0.73 10 5 0 0 0
6 Mike Milbury D 6-1 200 26 11 1 7 8 0.73 7 1 0 0 1
7 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 27 11 0 6 6 0.55 25 0 0 0 0
8 Brad Park D 6-0 200 30 11 1 4 5 0.45 8 1 0 0 1
9 Stan Jonathan LW 5-8 175 23 11 4 1 5 0.45 12 4 0 0 0
10 Dick Redmond D 5-11 178 29 11 1 3 4 0.36 2 0 0 1 0
11 Bobby Schmautz RW 5-9 172 33 11 2 2 4 0.36 6 1 1 0 0
12 Dwight Foster RW 5-10 190 21 11 1 3 4 0.36 0 1 0 0 0
13 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 30 11 0 4 4 0.36 12 0 0 0 0
14 Al Sims D 6-0 182 25 11 0 2 2 0.18 0 0 0 0 0
15 Gary Doak D 5-11 175 32 7 0 2 2 0.29 4 0 0 0 0
16 Bob Miller C 5-11 180 22 11 1 1 2 0.18 8 1 0 0 0
17 John Wensink LW 6-0 200 25 8 0 1 1 0.13 19 0 0 0 0
18 Al Secord LW 6-1 205 20 4 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 11 36 61 97 8.82 127 29 6 1 6

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 38 6 360 4 2 8 .667 0 15 2.50 0 0 0 0
2 Gilles Gilbert G 6-1 175 29 5 314 3 2 6 .600 0 16 3.06 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 674 7 4 0 31 2.76