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1970–71 Boston Bruins season

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Division
  
1st East

Assists
  
Bobby Orr (102)

Penalties in minutes
  
Don Awrey (141)

Start date
  
1970

Coach
  
Tom Johnson

Goals against
  
207

1970–71 record
  
57–14–7

Points
  
Phil Esposito (152)

Wins
  
Eddie Johnston (30)

General manager
  
Milt Schmidt

Arena
  
Boston Garden

Goals for
  
399

Alternate captains
  
Phil Esposito, Ted Green, Ed Westfall

The 1970–71 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 47th season in the NHL.

Contents

Offseason

  • Bobby Orr signed the NHL’s first one million dollar contract (to be paid out over five years).

    • Regular season

    The 1970–71 Bruins set an NHL record by having 10 different skaters score 20 goals or more in a season. The record was broken by the 1977–78 Bruins when they had 11 different skaters with 20 goals or more.

    Playoffs

    The postseason ended quickly for the Bruins as they lost in the opening round to the Montreal Canadiens and their rookie goaltender Ken Dryden in a seven-game upset.

    Regular season

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Playoffs

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Note:

    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
     Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

    Awards and records

  • Prince of Wales Trophy: || Boston Bruins
  • Art Ross Memorial Trophy: || Phil Esposito
  • Hart Memorial Trophy: || Bobby Orr
  • James Norris Memorial Trophy: || Bobby Orr
  • Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Johnny Bucyk
  • Lester B. Pearson Award: || Phil Esposito
  • NHL Plus/Minus Award: || Bobby Orr
  • Johnny Bucyk, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Phil Esposito, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Phil Esposito, Club Record, Most Points in a Season, 152
  • Phil Esposito, NHL Record, Most Shots on Goal in One Season (550)
  • Ken Hodge, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Bobby Orr, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Bobby Orr, Club Record, Most Assists in a Season, 102
  • Bobby Orr, NHL Record, Most Assists by a Defenseman in One Season (102)
  • Bobby Orr, NHL Record, Most Points by a Defenseman in One Season (139)

    • References

    1970–71 Boston Bruins season Wikipedia
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