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1978-79 Boston Bruins Statistics

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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) versus Montreal Canadiens
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Pittsburgh Penguins

1978-79 Boston Bruins:

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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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Rick Middleton RW 5-11 170 25 71 38 48 86 33 7 25 12 1 5 152 25.0 117 29 69 14
2 Peter McNab C 6-3 210 26 76 35 45 80 29 10 31 4 0 4 200 17.5 119 20 71 1
3 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 27 80 26 51 77 7 205 23 3 0 5 120 21.7 106 23 76 0
4 Jean Ratelle C 6-1 180 38 80 27 45 72 17 12 16 11 0 5 137 19.7 100 32 61 10
5 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 33 75 27 40 67 16 63 17 10 0 4 133 20.3 110 39 55 0
6 Bob Miller C 5-11 180 22 77 15 33 48 20 30 15 0 0 1 149 10.1 67 2 51 6
7 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 31 79 20 27 47 6 10 14 2 4 5 156 12.8 71 4 113 52
8 John Wensink LW 6-0 200 25 76 28 18 46 20 106 28 0 0 4 131 21.4 77 6 51 0
9 Bobby Schmautz RW 5-9 172 33 65 20 22 42 -1 77 13 6 1 4 199 10.1 69 24 73 27
10 Brad Park D 6-0 200 30 40 7 32 39 28 10 4 3 0 0 96 7.3 87 34 35 10
11 Mike Milbury D 6-1 200 26 74 1 34 35 23 149 1 0 0 0 76 1.3 113 9 120 39
12 Dick Redmond D 5-11 178 29 64 7 26 33 0 21 3 4 0 1 144 4.9 88 38 68 18
13 Al Sims D 6-0 182 25 67 9 20 29 22 28 9 0 0 2 128 7.0 91 16 92 39
14 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 30 65 7 18 25 20 46 7 0 0 1 78 9.0 83 0 78 15
15 Dwight Foster RW 5-10 190 21 44 11 13 24 -1 14 9 2 0 0 57 19.3 33 7 34 7
16 Al Secord LW 6-1 205 20 71 16 7 23 7 125 16 0 0 0 80 20.0 33 0 26 0
17 Gary Doak D 5-11 175 32 63 6 11 17 12 28 5 1 0 0 64 9.4 76 4 71 11
18 Stan Jonathan LW 5-8 175 23 33 6 9 15 8 96 6 0 0 1 32 18.8 30 2 22 2
19 Dennis O'Brien D 6-0 195 29 64 2 8 10 16 107 2 0 0 0 73 2.7 75 1 83 25
20 Mike Walton C 5-10 175 34 14 4 2 6 -1 0 4 0 0 1 15 26.7 7 0 9 1
21 Bill Bennett LW 6-5 235 25 7 1 4 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 4 25.0 6 0 2 0
22 Tom Songin RW 6-3 195 25 17 3 1 4 -3 0 2 1 0 0 16 18.8 5 2 6 0
23 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 38 43 0 2 2 0 23 0 0 0 0 0
24 Ab DeMarco D 6-0 170 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 1 0 1 0
25 Gilles Gilbert G 6-1 175 29 23 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
26 Graeme Nicolson D 6-0 185 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Jim Pettie G 6-0 195 25 19 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 316 516 832 282 1202 251 59 6 43 2245 14.1 1564 292 1267 277

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 38 43 2509 23 9 10 132 3.16 1
2 Gilles Gilbert G 6-1 175 29 23 1254 12 8 2 74 3.54 0
3 Jim Pettie G 6-0 195 25 19 1037 8 6 2 62 3.59 1
Team Total 80 4800 43 23 14 268 3.35 2

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Jean Ratelle C 6-1 180 38 11 7 6 13 2 5 2 0 2
2 Rick Middleton RW 5-11 170 25 11 4 8 12 0 2 2 0 1
3 Wayne Cashman LW 6-1 208 33 10 4 5 9 8 3 1 0 1
4 Don Marcotte LW 5-11 183 31 11 5 3 8 10 5 0 0 0
5 Peter McNab C 6-3 210 26 11 5 3 8 0 5 0 0 0
6 Mike Milbury D 6-1 200 26 11 1 7 8 7 1 0 0 1
7 Terry O'Reilly RW 6-1 200 27 11 0 6 6 25 0 0 0 0
8 Stan Jonathan LW 5-8 175 23 11 4 1 5 12 4 0 0 0
9 Brad Park D 6-0 200 30 11 1 4 5 8 1 0 0 1
10 Bobby Schmautz RW 5-9 172 33 11 2 2 4 6 1 1 0 0
11 Dwight Foster RW 5-10 190 21 11 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
12 Dick Redmond D 5-11 178 29 11 1 3 4 2 0 0 1 0
13 Rick Smith D 5-11 190 30 11 0 4 4 12 0 0 0 0
14 Bob Miller C 5-11 180 22 11 1 1 2 8 1 0 0 0
15 Gary Doak D 5-11 175 32 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
16 Al Sims D 6-0 182 25 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 John Wensink LW 6-0 200 25 8 0 1 1 19 0 0 0 0
18 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Gilles Gilbert G 6-1 175 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Al Secord LW 6-1 205 20 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Team Total 11 36 61 97 127 29 6 1 6

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 38 6 360 4 2 15 2.50 0
2 Gilles Gilbert G 6-1 175 29 5 314 3 2 16 3.06 0
Team Total 11 674 7 4 31 2.76 0