1975–76 Boston Bruins season
NHL team season
1975–76 Boston Bruins | |
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Adams Division champions | |
Division | 1st Adams |
Conference | Prince of Wales |
1975–76 record | 48–15–17 |
Goals for | 313 |
Goals against | 237 |
Team information | |
General manager | Harry Sinden |
Coach | Don Cherry |
Captain | Johnny Bucyk |
Alternate captains | None |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Johnny Bucyk (36) |
Assists | Jean Ratelle (59) |
Points | Jean Ratelle (90) |
Penalty minutes | Terry O'Reilly (150) |
Wins | Gilles Gilbert (33) |
Goals against average | Gerry Cheevers (2.73) |
The 1975–76 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 52nd season in the NHL. The season involved trading Phil Esposito to the New York Rangers, while a knee injury limited Bobby Orr to 10 games.
Offseason
NHL Draft
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 14 | Doug Halward (D) | ![]() | Peterborough Petes (OHA) |
2 | 32 | Barry Smith (C) | ![]() | New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |
4 | 60 | Rick Adduono (C) | ![]() | St. Catharines Black Hawks (OMJHL) |
4 | 68 | Denis Daigle (LW) | ![]() | Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge (QMJHL) |
5 | 86 | Stan Jonathan (LW) | ![]() | Peterborough Petes (OMJHL) |
6 | 104 | Matti Hagman (C) | ![]() | HIFK (Finland) |
7 | 122 | Gary Carr (G) | ![]() | Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) |
8 | 140 | Bo Berglund (LW) | ![]() | Modo AIK (Sweden) |
9 | 156 | Joe Rando (D) | ![]() | University of New Hampshire (ECAC) |
10 | 171 | Kevin Nugent (RW) | ![]() | University of Notre Dame (WCHA) |
Regular season
Season standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Boston Bruins | 80 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 313 | 237 | 113 |
Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 339 | 240 | 105 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 294 | 276 | 83 |
California Golden Seals | 80 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 250 | 278 | 65 |
[1]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.
Record vs. opponents
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Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 9, 1975 | 4–9 | Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 0–1–0 |
2 | T | October 12, 1975 | 3–3 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 0–1–1 |
3 | T | October 16, 1975 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 0–1–2 |
4 | W | October 18, 1975 | 5–2 | @ New York Islanders (1975–76) | 1–1–2 |
5 | W | October 19, 1975 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 2–1–2 |
6 | L | October 23, 1975 | 2–3 | Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 2–2–2 |
7 | L | October 25, 1975 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 2–3–2 |
8 | W | October 26, 1975 | 7–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 3–3–2 |
9 | W | October 30, 1975 | 3–2 | St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 4–3–2 |
10 | L | November 1, 1975 | 1–8 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 4–4–2 |
11 | W | November 2, 1975 | 5–0 | California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 5–4–2 |
12 | L | November 5, 1975 | 0–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 5–5–2 |
13 | L | November 8, 1975 | 2–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 5–6–2 |
14 | W | November 9, 1975 | 6–3 | @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 6–6–2 |
15 | W | November 13, 1975 | 6–0 | Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 7–6–2 |
16 | W | November 15, 1975 | 5–3 | @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 8–6–2 |
17 | W | November 16, 1975 | 4–2 | Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 9–6–2 |
18 | T | November 19, 1975 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 9–6–3 |
19 | T | November 20, 1975 | 2–2 | New York Islanders (1975–76) | 9–6–4 |
20 | T | November 23, 1975 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 9–6–5 |
21 | W | November 25, 1975 | 4–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 10–6–5 |
22 | W | November 26, 1975 | 6–4 | @ New York Rangers (1975–76) | 11–6–5 |
23 | T | November 29, 1975 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 11–6–6 |
24 | W | November 30, 1975 | 4–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 12–6–6 |
25 | W | December 4, 1975 | 3–2 | Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 13–6–6 |
26 | W | December 6, 1975 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 14–6–6 |
27 | T | December 7, 1975 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 14–6–7 |
28 | L | December 11, 1975 | 1–5 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 14–7–7 |
29 | T | December 13, 1975 | 4–4 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 14–7–8 |
30 | W | December 14, 1975 | 3–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 15–7–8 |
31 | W | December 17, 1975 | 3–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 16–7–8 |
32 | W | December 20, 1975 | 5–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 17–7–8 |
33 | L | December 21, 1975 | 1–2 | Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 17–8–8 |
34 | L | December 23, 1975 | 3–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 17–9–8 |
35 | W | December 26, 1975 | 6–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 18–9–8 |
36 | W | December 28, 1975 | 4–2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 19–9–8 |
37 | W | December 31, 1975 | 6–1 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 20–9–8 |
38 | T | January 2, 1976 | 4–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 20–9–9 |
39 | W | January 3, 1976 | 3–0 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 21–9–9 |
40 | W | January 10, 1976 | 3–2 | California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 22–9–9 |
41 | W | January 11, 1976 | 7–4 | @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 23–9–9 |
42 | W | January 13, 1976 | 6–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 24–9–9 |
43 | W | January 15, 1976 | 4–0 | Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 25–9–9 |
44 | L | January 17, 1976 | 5–7 | @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 25–10–9 |
45 | W | January 22, 1976 | 5–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 26–10–9 |
46 | W | January 24, 1976 | 6–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 27–10–9 |
47 | W | January 25, 1976 | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 28–10–9 |
48 | W | January 29, 1976 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 29–10–9 |
49 | W | January 30, 1976 | 4–2 | @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 30–10–9 |
50 | W | February 1, 1976 | 5–3 | Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 31–10–9 |
51 | W | February 5, 1976 | 5–1 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 32–10–9 |
52 | L | February 7, 1976 | 4–11 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 32–11–9 |
53 | W | February 8, 1976 | 7–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) | 33–11–9 |
54 | W | February 11, 1976 | 5–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 34–11–9 |
55 | W | February 13, 1976 | 6–5 | @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 35–11–9 |
56 | W | February 15, 1976 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 36–11–9 |
57 | T | February 18, 1976 | 3–3 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 36–11–10 |
58 | W | February 21, 1976 | 2–1 | @ New York Islanders (1975–76) | 37–11–10 |
59 | W | February 22, 1976 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1975–76) | 38–11–10 |
60 | W | February 26, 1976 | 4–2 | St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 39–11–10 |
61 | T | February 27, 1976 | 3–3 | @ Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 39–11–11 |
62 | W | February 29, 1976 | 5–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) | 40–11–11 |
63 | W | March 3, 1976 | 5–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) | 41–11–11 |
64 | L | March 5, 1976 | 3–4 | @ California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 41–12–11 |
65 | W | March 7, 1976 | 4–3 | Washington Capitals (1975–76) | 42–12–11 |
66 | L | March 9, 1976 | 0–9 | @ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) | 42–13–11 |
67 | W | March 11, 1976 | 6–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 43–13–11 |
68 | L | March 13, 1976 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 43–14–11 |
69 | W | March 14, 1976 | 4–2 | California Golden Seals (1975–76) | 44–14–11 |
70 | T | March 16, 1976 | 3–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) | 44–14–12 |
71 | W | March 18, 1976 | 5–2 | @ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) | 45–14–12 |
72 | W | March 20, 1976 | 8–1 | New York Rangers (1975–76) | 46–14–12 |
73 | T | March 24, 1976 | 5–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) | 46–14–13 |
74 | W | March 25, 1976 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) | 47–14–13 |
75 | T | March 27, 1976 | 4–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) | 47–14–14 |
76 | T | March 28, 1976 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) | 47–14–15 |
77 | T | March 30, 1976 | 4–4 | Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 47–14–16 |
78 | L | April 1, 1976 | 2–7 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) | 47–15–16 |
79 | W | April 3, 1976 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) | 48–15–16 |
80 | T | April 4, 1976 | 2–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) | 48–15–17 |
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Jean Ratelle | C | 67 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
John Bucyk | LW | 77 | 36 | 47 | 83 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 |
Gregg Sheppard | C | 70 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Wayne Cashman | LW | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 87 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
Bobby Schmautz | RW | 75 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 116 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Ken Hodge | RW | 72 | 25 | 36 | 61 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
Brad Park | D | 43 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 95 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Terry O'Reilly | RW | 80 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 150 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Andre Savard | C | 79 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Don Marcotte | LW | 58 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Dallas Smith | D | 77 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 103 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Forbes | LW | 79 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Doug Gibson | C | 50 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Darryl Edestrand | D | 77 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Orr | D | 10 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Phil Esposito | C | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Nowak | LW | 66 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 41 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Zanussi | D | 60 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Sims | D | 48 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carol Vadnais | D | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Doak | D | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Doug Halward | D | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Smith | C | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Anderson | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Clark | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kent Ruhnke | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Simmons | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Adduono | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Cheevers | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Gilbert | G | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Jonathan | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Langdon | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Maluta | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Milbury | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul O'Neil | C/RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Reece | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gilles Gilbert | 3123 | 55 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 151 | 2.90 | 3 |
Gerry Cheevers | 900 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 2.73 | 1 |
Dave Reece | 777 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 3.32 | 2 |
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 235 | 2.94 | 6 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean Ratelle | C | 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Gregg Sheppard | C | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Brad Park | D | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ken Hodge | RW | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Schmautz | RW | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
John Bucyk | LW | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Don Marcotte | LW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Cashman | LW | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andre Savard | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry O'Reilly | RW | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Smith | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Darryl Edestrand | D | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Forbes | LW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gary Doak | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Zanussi | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Cheevers | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Clark | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Gilbert | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Halward | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Langdon | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Maluta | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Milbury | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Nowak | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Sims | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gilles Gilbert | 360 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3.17 | 2 |
Gerry Cheevers | 392 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2.14 | 1 |
Team: | 752 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 2.63 | 3 |
[3]
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
Awards and honors
- Jack Adams Award: || Don Cherry
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Jean Ratelle
- Brad Park, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star
References
- Bruins on Hockey Database
- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1975-76 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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