1979-80 Boston Bruins Statistics
Team Record: 46-21-13 - 105 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Fred Creighton (40-20-13)
Coach: Harry Sinden (4-6)
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 46 wins and 21 losses and 13 ties for 105 points in the NHL's Adams Division.
The team scored 310 goals and surrendered 234. Peter McNab and Rick Middleton netted 40 goals for the team each, while Rick Middleton accounted for 52 assists. Gerry Cheevers earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Gilles Gilbert added 15 or more wins also. Gilles Gilbert registered a 2.73 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Fred Creighton and Harry Sinden coached the team. The 1979-80 Boston Bruins lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Middleton | R | 80 | 40 | 52 | 92 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 223 | 17.9 |
| Peter McNab | C | 74 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 193 | 20.7 |
| Jean Ratelle | C | 67 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 19.3 |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 80 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 73 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 185 | 9.2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | R | 71 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 265 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 105 | 18.1 |
| Dick Redmond | D | 76 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 166 | 8.4 |
| Bob Miller | C | 80 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 137 | 11.7 |
| Stan Jonathan | L | 79 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 208 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 108 | 19.4 |
| Al Secord | L | 77 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 170 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 155 | 14.8 |
| Dwight Foster | F | 57 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 14.7 |
| Bobby Lalonde | C | 71 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 11.0 |
| Wayne Cashman | L | 44 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 19 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 18.3 |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 46 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 18.0 |
| Rick Smith | D | 78 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 62 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 9.4 |
| Mike Milbury | D | 72 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 9.9 |
| Brad Park | D | 32 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 7.5 |
| John Wensink | L | 69 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 12.7 |
| Brad McCrimmon | D | 72 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 94 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 5.6 |
| Don Marcotte | L | 32 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 10.3 |
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 20 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 |
| Gary Doak | D | 52 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Tom Songin | R | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Gilles Gilbert | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Stewart | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Morrison | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marco Baron | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yves Belanger | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis O'Brien | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1435 | 310 | 504 | 814 | 1442 | 328 | 60 | 8 | 46 | 13 | 2235 | 13.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers | 42 | 2479 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 2.81 | |||
| Gilles Gilbert | 33 | 1933 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 2.73 | |||
| Yves Belanger | 8 | 328 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.48 | |||
| Marco Baron | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | |||
| Jim Stewart | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 230 | 2.88 | 234 | 4 | .017 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Middleton | R | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter McNab | C | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jean Ratelle | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Bourque | D | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry O'Reilly | R | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Redmond | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Miller | C | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jonathan | L | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Secord | L | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Foster | F | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Lalonde | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Cashman | L | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig MacTavish | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Smith | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Milbury | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Park | D | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Wensink | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad McCrimmon | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Marcotte | L | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Doak | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 179 | 35 | 56 | 91 | 346 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers | 10 | 619 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.10 | 287 | 255 | .889 |
| Totals | 10 | 619 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.10 | 287 | 255 | .889 |
