1977–78 Boston Bruins season

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 13, 1977	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	0–0–1
2	L	October 15, 1977	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	0–1–1
3	L	October 16, 1977	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	0–2–1
4	W	October 19, 1977	7–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	1–2–1
5	W	October 22, 1977	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	2–2–1
6	T	October 23, 1977	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	2–2–2
7	T	October 25, 1977	4–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	2–2–3
8	L	October 26, 1977	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	2–3–3
9	W	October 29, 1977	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	3–3–3
10	L	November 3, 1977	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	3–4–3
11	L	November 5, 1977	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	3–5–3
12	W	November 6, 1977	5–3	New York Islanders (1977–78)	4–5–3
13	W	November 10, 1977	5–2	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	5–5–3
14	W	November 12, 1977	6–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	6–5–3
15	W	November 13, 1977	3–1	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	7–5–3
16	T	November 17, 1977	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	7–5–4
17	W	November 19, 1977	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	8–5–4
18	W	November 20, 1977	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	9–5–4
19	W	November 23, 1977	2–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	10–5–4
20	W	November 24, 1977	6–0	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	11–5–4
21	W	November 26, 1977	3–2	New York Rangers (1977–78)	12–5–4
22	W	November 27, 1977	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	13–5–4
23	W	December 1, 1977	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	14–5–4
24	T	December 3, 1977	4–4	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	14–5–5
25	W	December 4, 1977	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	15–5–5
26	W	December 8, 1977	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	16–5–5
27	W	December 10, 1977	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	17–5–5
28	W	December 11, 1977	8–2	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	18–5–5
29	L	December 15, 1977	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	18–6–5
30	L	December 17, 1977	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	18–7–5
31	W	December 18, 1977	2–1	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	19–7–5
32	W	December 21, 1977	6–3	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	20–7–5
33	W	December 23, 1977	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	21–7–5
34	W	December 27, 1977	6–3	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	22–7–5
35	T	December 28, 1977	5–5	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	22–7–6
36	W	December 31, 1977	7–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	23–7–6
37	W	January 4, 1978	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	24–7–6
38	W	January 7, 1978	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	25–7–6
39	L	January 8, 1978	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	25–8–6
40	L	January 10, 1978	2–3	New York Rangers (1977–78)	25–9–6
41	W	January 12, 1978	6–1	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	26–9–6
42	L	January 14, 1978	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	26–10–6
43	W	January 19, 1978	4–1	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	27–10–6
44	W	January 21, 1978	7–1	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	28–10–6
45	L	January 22, 1978	2–3	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	28–11–6
46	W	January 26, 1978	4–3	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	29–11–6
47	W	January 27, 1978	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	30–11–6
48	W	January 29, 1978	8–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	31–11–6
49	W	February 1, 1978	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	32–11–6
50	L	February 2, 1978	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	32–12–6
51	W	February 4, 1978	8–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	33–12–6
52	T	February 5, 1978	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	33–12–7
53	W	February 9, 1978	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	34–12–7
54	W	February 15, 1978	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	35–12–7
55	L	February 18, 1978	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	35–13–7
56	W	February 21, 1978	3–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	36–13–7
57	W	February 22, 1978	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	37–13–7
58	W	February 25, 1978	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	38–13–7
59	T	February 28, 1978	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	38–13–8
60	W	March 2, 1978	4–3	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	39–13–8
61	W	March 4, 1978	7–3	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	40–13–8
62	W	March 5, 1978	6–3	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	41–13–8
63	W	March 7, 1978	7–2	St. Louis Blues (1977–78)	42–13–8
64	T	March 9, 1978	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	42–13–9
65	L	March 11, 1978	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	42–14–9
66	W	March 12, 1978	9–3	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	43–14–9
67	W	March 16, 1978	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	44–14–9
68	W	March 18, 1978	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	45–14–9
69	W	March 19, 1978	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	46–14–9
70	W	March 21, 1978	5–3	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	47–14–9
71	W	March 23, 1978	7–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	48–14–9
72	L	March 25, 1978	3–6	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	48–15–9
73	T	March 26, 1978	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	48–15–10
74	T	March 28, 1978	4–4	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	48–15–11
75	W	March 30, 1978	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	49–15–11
76	L	April 1, 1978	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	49–16–11
77	W	April 2, 1978	8–3	New York Rangers (1977–78)	50–16–11
78	L	April 6, 1978	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	50–17–11
79	W	April 8, 1978	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	51–17–11
80	L	April 9, 1978	2–5	New York Islanders (1977–78)	51–18–11

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.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	77	29	61	90	211	40	5	0	4
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	80	25	59	84	10	49	3	0	5
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	79	41	39	80	4	35	5	0	5
Park, BradBrad Park	D	80	22	57	79	79	68	9	0	3
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	76	24	38	62	69	34	1	0	2
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	79	25	35	60	8	40	2	0	6
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	54	23	36	59	24	19	5	1	7
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	54	27	27	54	87	24	4	3	6
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	77	20	34	54	16	32	4	2	0
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	68	27	25	52	116	34	0	0	2
Miller, BobBob Miller	C	76	20	20	40	41	16	1	1	4
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	80	8	30	38	151	52	0	0	0
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	80	16	20	36	181	23	1	0	3
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	79	7	29	36	69	70	0	0	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	53	5	13	18	4	-2	5	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	61	4	13	17	50	37	1	0	2
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	43	2	8	10	6	11	0	0	1
Hagman, MattiMatti Hagman	C	15	4	1	5	2	-1	3	0	1
O'Brien, DennisDennis O'Brien	D	16	2	3	5	29	6	0	0	0
Forbes, MikeMike Forbes	D	32	0	4	4	15	-5	0	0	0
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	14	2	1	3	6	1	0	0	0
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	25	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	21	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	25	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Grahame, RonRon Grahame	G	40	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Edestrand, DarrylDarryl Edestrand	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Langdon, SteveSteve Langdon	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pachal, ClaytonClayton Pachal	C/LW	10	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
Pettie, JimJim Pettie	G	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Shanahan, SeanSean Shanahan	C/RW	6	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Grahame, RonRon Grahame	2328	40	26	6	7	107	2.76	3
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	1326	25	15	6	2	56	2.53	2
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	1086	21	10	5	2	48	2.65	1
Pettie, JimJim Pettie	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0
Team:	4800	80	51	18	11	217	2.71	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Park, BradBrad Park	D	15	9	11	20	14	4	0
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	15	8	11	19	2	0	2
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	15	7	8	15	11	2	1
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	15	5	10	15	40	1	1
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	15	2	10	12	6	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	15	4	6	10	13	3	2
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	15	3	7	10	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	15	5	4	9	8	1	1
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	15	1	8	9	27	0	0
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	15	5	2	7	0	0	2
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	15	1	5	6	18	0	0
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	15	2	2	4	54	0	0
Miller, BobBob Miller	C	13	0	3	3	15	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	12	1	0	1	4	0	1
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	15	0	1	1	36	0	0
O'Brien, DennisDennis O'Brien	D	14	0	1	1	28	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	12	0	0	0	6	0	0
Grahame, RonRon Grahame	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	8	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	731	12	8	4	35	2.87	1
Grahame, RonRon Grahame	202	4	2	1	7	2.08	0
Team:	933	15	10	5	42	2.70	1

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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;

Playoffs

Stanley Cup finals

Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 13	Boston	1	Montreal	4
May 16	Boston	2	Montreal	3	OT
May 18	Montreal	0	Boston	4
May 21	Montreal	3	Boston	4	OT
May 23	Boston	1	Montreal	4
May 25	Montreal	4	Boston	1

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

Larry Robinson won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

Roster

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

Boston Bruins

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

GM:
Coach:

Awards and records

Don Cherry, Runner-Up, Jack Adams Trophy^[4]
Brad Park, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.174, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1977-78 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

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