1979–80 Boston Bruins season
1979–80 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 2nd Adams |
Conference | 3rd Wales |
1979–80 record | 46-21-13 |
Home record | TBD |
Road record | TBD |
Goals for | 310 |
Goals against | 234 |
Team information | |
General manager | Harry Sinden |
Coach | Fred Creighton Harry Sinden |
Captain | Wayne Cashman |
Alternate captains | None |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Average attendance | 12,365 (84.3%) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rick Middleton, Peter McNab (40) |
Assists | Rick Middleton (52) |
Points | Rick Middleton (92) |
Penalty minutes | Terry O'Reilly (265) |
Plus/minus | TBD |
Wins | Gerry Cheevers (24) |
Goals against average | Gilles Gilbert (2.73) |
The 1979–80 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 56th season. In the first round of the NHL Draft, the Bruins drafted defenseman Ray Bourque. The Bruins had two coaches during the season, Fred Creighton had a record of 40 wins, 20 losses and 13 ties, while Harry Sinden had 6 wins and 1 loss. The Bruins lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champions for the second season in a row, this time it was the New York Islanders in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The last remaining active member of the 1979–80 Boston Bruins was defenseman Ray Bourque, who retired after the 2000–01 season, right after winning the Stanley Cup as a member of the Colorado Avalanche.
Offseason
[edit]Don Cherry was fired after the 1978–79 season. Fred Creighton, former coach of the Atlanta Flames was brought in to coach the Bruins.
Regular season
[edit]General Manager Harry Sinden fired Coach Creighton with 15 days to go in the regular season despite the Bruins' winning record with Creighton. Sinden, who had coached before, took over coaching duties as well.
Divisional standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 47 | 17 | 16 | 318 | 201 | 110 |
Boston Bruins | 80 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 310 | 234 | 105 |
Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 311 | 253 | 88 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 304 | 327 | 75 |
Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 248 | 313 | 61 |
[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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Philadelphia Flyers | PTK | 80 | 48 | 12 | 20 | 327 | 254 | 116 |
2 | y – Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 80 | 47 | 17 | 16 | 318 | 201 | 110 |
3 | x – Montreal Canadiens | NRS | 80 | 47 | 20 | 13 | 328 | 240 | 107 |
4 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 80 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 310 | 234 | 105 |
5 | New York Islanders | PTK | 80 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 281 | 247 | 91 |
6 | Minnesota North Stars | ADM | 80 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 311 | 253 | 88 |
7 | x – Chicago Black Hawks | SMY | 80 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 241 | 250 | 87 |
8 | New York Rangers | PTK | 80 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 308 | 284 | 86 |
9 | Atlanta Flames | PTK | 80 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 282 | 269 | 83 |
10 | St. Louis Blues | SMY | 80 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 266 | 278 | 80 |
11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | ADM | 80 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 304 | 327 | 75 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | NRS | 80 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 290 | 313 | 74 |
13 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NRS | 80 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 251 | 303 | 73 |
14 | Hartford Whalers | NRS | 80 | 27 | 34 | 19 | 303 | 312 | 73 |
15 | Vancouver Canucks | SMY | 80 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 256 | 281 | 70 |
16 | Edmonton Oilers | SMY | 80 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 301 | 322 | 69 |
17 | Washington Capitals | PTK | 80 | 27 | 40 | 13 | 261 | 293 | 67 |
18 | Detroit Red Wings | NRS | 80 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 268 | 306 | 63 |
19 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 80 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 248 | 313 | 61 |
20 | Winnipeg Jets | SMY | 80 | 20 | 49 | 11 | 214 | 314 | 51 |
21 | Colorado Rockies | SMY | 80 | 19 | 48 | 13 | 234 | 308 | 51 |
Divisions: ADM – Adams, NRS – Norris, PTK – Patrick, SMY – Smythe
bold – The top 16 teams in the league qualified for the playoffs, regardless of division or conference.
x – Won division; y – Won Conference (and division); p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and conference and division)
Record vs. opponents
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Vs. Wales Conference[edit]
Vs. Campbell Conference[edit]
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Schedule and results
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Playoffs
[edit]- Lost quarter-finals (4-1) to New York Islanders
- Won Preliminary Round (3-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Rick Middleton | RW | 80 | 40 | 52 | 92 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
Peter McNab | C | 74 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 10 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
Jean Ratelle | C | 67 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
Raymond Bourque | D | 80 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 73 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Terry O'Reilly | RW | 71 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 265 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Dick Redmond | D | 76 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 39 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
Bob Miller | C | 80 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Stan Jonathan | LW | 79 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 208 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Al Secord | LW | 77 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 170 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Dwight Foster | RW | 57 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 42 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bobby Lalonde | C | 71 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Wayne Cashman | LW | 44 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 19 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Craig MacTavish | C | 46 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rick Smith | D | 78 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 62 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Milbury | D | 72 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Park | D | 32 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
John Wensink | LW | 69 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Brad McCrimmon | D | 72 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 94 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Don Marcotte | LW | 32 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bobby Schmautz | RW | 20 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Doak | D | 52 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Songin | RW | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Gilbert | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marco Baron | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yves Belanger | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Cheevers | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Morrison | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis O'Brien | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Stewart | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Gerry Cheevers | 2479 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 116 | 2.81 | 4 |
Gilles Gilbert | 1933 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 88 | 2.73 | 1 |
Yves Belanger | 328 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3.48 | 0 |
Marco Baron | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 0 |
Jim Stewart | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15.00 | 0 |
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 230 | 2.87 | 5 |
Playoffs
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Peter McNab | C | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Raymond Bourque | D | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry O'Reilly | RW | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Brad Park | D | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dwight Foster | RW | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rick Middleton | RW | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Cashman | LW | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Miller | C | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Craig MacTavish | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Marcotte | LW | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Redmond | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Secord | LW | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brad McCrimmon | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Smith | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Milbury | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Lalonde | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Cheevers | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Doak | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Jonathan | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Ratelle | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Wensink | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Gerry Cheevers | 619 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 3.10 | 0 |
Team: | 619 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 3.10 | 0 |
- 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
[edit]Records
[edit]Milestones
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Player | Milestone | Reached |
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Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Free agents
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Claimed from waivers
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Draft picks
[edit]Boston's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft were as follows:
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 8 | Ray Bourque | Defense | ![]() |
Verdun Éperviers (QMJHL) |
1 | 15 | Brad McCrimmon | Defense | ![]() |
Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
2 | 36 | Doug Morrison | Right Wing | ![]() |
Lethbridge Broncos (WHL) |
3 | 57 | Keith Crowder | Right Wing | ![]() |
Peterborough Petes (OMJHL) |
4 | 78 | Larry Melnyk | Defense | ![]() |
New Westminster Bruins (WHL) |
5 | 99 | Marco Baron | Goaltender | ![]() |
Montreal Juniors (QMJHL) |
6 | 120 | Mike Krushelnyski | Center | ![]() |
Montreal Juniors (QMJHL) |
See also
[edit]Farm teams
[edit]Awards and records
[edit]- Ray Bourque, Calder Memorial Trophy Winner
References
[edit]- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "1979–80 NHL Standings". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ 1979-80 Boston Bruins Games - Hockey-Reference.com
- ^ "1979-80 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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