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1977–78 Boston Bruins season

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Division
  
1st Adams

Alternate captains
  
None

Points
  
Terry O'Reilly (90)

Start date
  
1977

Captain
  
Wayne Cashman

Arena
  
Boston Garden

Goals for
  
333

1977–78 record
  
51–18–11

Assists
  
Terry O'Reilly (61)

Penalties in minutes
  
Terry O'Reilly (211)

Coach
  
Don Cherry

General manager
  
Harry Sinden

Goals against
  
218

The 1977–78 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 54th season in the NHL. The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals.

Contents

Regular season

The 1977–78 Bruins set an NHL record by having 11 different skaters score 20 goals or more in a season. The eleven skaters are:

  • Peter McNab
  • Terry O'Reilly
  • Bobby Schmautz
  • Stan Jonathan
  • Jean Ratelle
  • Rick Middleton
  • Wayne Cashman
  • Gregg Sheppard
  • Brad Park
  • Don Marcotte
  • Bob Miller

    • Season standings

    Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

    Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

    Season summary

  • December 1: Following a fight with Alex Pirus, John Wensink skates over to the Minnesota bench and challenges the entire team but no player responds.

    • 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;

    Stanley Cup finals

    Montreal wins the series 4–2.

    Larry Robinson won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

    Roster

    THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

    Awards and records

  • Don Cherry, Runner-Up, Jack Adams Trophy
  • Brad Park, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star

    • References

    1977–78 Boston Bruins season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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