1976-77 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics

Record: 49-23-8 (106 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Cherry (49-23-8)

Goals For: 312 (3rd of 18), Goals Against: 240 (5th of 18)
SRS: 0.87 (5th of 18), SOS: -0.03 (14th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-0) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Los Angeles Kings

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Boston Bruins	80	49	23	8	106	.663	312	240	0.87	-0.03	3.90	3.00	46	217	21.20	41	272	84.93	7	10	2404	13.0	2026	.882		4
League Average	80	34	34	13	80	.500	266	266					53	265	19.83	53	265	80.17	8	8	2401	11.1	2401	.889		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Boston Bruins
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
27	Earl Anderson	us US	RW	25	6-1	185	R/-	2	February 24, 1951
9	Johnny Bucyk (C)	ca CA	LW	41	6-0	215	L/-	21	May 12, 1935
12	Wayne Cashman	ca CA	LW	31	6-1	208	R/-	10	June 24, 1945
30	Gerry Cheevers	ca CA	G	36	5-11	185	-/L	9	December 7, 1940
25	Gary Doak	ca CA	D	30	5-11	175	R/-	11	February 25, 1946
6	Darryl Edestrand	ca CA	D	31	5-11	180	L/-	7	November 6, 1945
14	Dave Forbes	ca CA	LW	28	5-10	180	L/-	3	November 16, 1948
1	Gilles Gilbert	ca CA	G	27	6-1	175	-/L	7	March 31, 1949
28	Matti Hagman	fi FI	C	21	6-0	183	L/-	R	September 21, 1955
29	Doug Halward	ca CA	D	21	6-1	200	L/-	1	November 1, 1955
17	Stan Jonathan	ca CA	LW	21	5-8	175	L/-	1	September 5, 1955
23	Ray Maluta	ca CA	D	22	5-8	173	L/-	1	July 24, 1954
21	Don Marcotte	ca CA	LW	29	5-11	183	L/-	9	April 15, 1947
8	Peter McNab	ca CA	C	24	6-3	210	L/-	3	May 8, 1952
16	Rick Middleton	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	170	R/-	2	December 4, 1953
26	Mike Milbury	us US	D	24	6-1	200	L/-	1	June 17, 1952
18	Hank Nowak	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	195	L/-	3	November 24, 1950
24	Terry O'Reilly	ca CA	RW	25	6-1	200	R/-	5	June 7, 1951
6	Clayton Pachal	ca CA	LW	20	5-10	185	L/-	R	April 21, 1956
22	Brad Park	ca CA	D	28	6-0	200	L/-	8	July 6, 1948
31	Jim Pettie	ca CA	G	23	6-0	195	-/L	R	October 24, 1953
10	Jean Ratelle	ca CA	C	36	6-1	180	L/-	16	October 3, 1940
11	Bobby Schmautz	ca CA	RW	31	5-9	172	R/-	8	March 28, 1945
19	Gregg Sheppard	ca CA	C	27	5-8	170	L/-	4	April 23, 1949
20	Al Sims	ca CA	D	23	6-0	182	L/-	3	April 18, 1953
20	Dallas Smith	ca CA	D	35	5-11	180	L/-	14	October 10, 1941
23	Rick Smith	ca CA	D	28	5-11	190	L/-	6	June 29, 1948
18	John Wensink	ca CA	LW	23	6-0	200	L/-	1	April 1, 1953
29	Joe Zanussi	ca CA	D	29	5-10	180	R/-	2	September 25, 1947

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Jean Ratelle*	36	C	78	33	61	94	18	22	24	8	1	6	50	11	0	185	17.8			7.2	1.3	8.6
2	Peter McNab	24	C	80	38	48	86	27	11	32	6	0	8	38	9	1	208	18.3			6.9	1.6	8.5
3	Gregg Sheppard	27	C	77	31	36	67	4	20	22	8	1	5	21	14	1	247	12.6			4.9	0.9	5.8
4	Brad Park*	28	D	77	12	55	67	49	67	7	4	1	4	38	17	0	234	5.1			4.9	6.2	11.1
5	Terry O'Reilly	25	RW	79	14	41	55	38	147	12	1	1	4	40	1	0	136	10.3			2.4	2.0	4.4
6	Bobby Schmautz	31	RW	57	23	29	52	26	62	19	4	0	2	24	5	0	177	13.0			3.8	1.4	5.2
7	Wayne Cashman	31	LW	65	15	37	52	4	76	12	3	0	3	26	11	0	105	14.3			2.8	0.8	3.6
8	Don Marcotte	29	LW	80	27	18	45	27	20	23	3	1	5	14	2	2	180	15.0			2.6	1.6	4.3
9	Johnny Bucyk*	41	LW	49	20	23	43	-1	12	14	6	0	2	15	8	0	98	20.4			3.2	0.5	3.6
10	Rick Middleton	23	RW	72	20	22	42	2	2	20	0	0	1	18	4	0	128	15.6			2.1	0.8	2.9
11	Stan Jonathan	21	LW	69	17	13	30	1	69	16	1	0	2	13	0	0	71	23.9			1.0	0.7	1.7
12	Matti Hagman	21	C	75	11	17	28	6	0	10	1	0	0	15	2	0	71	15.5			0.1	0.9	1.0
13	Mike Milbury	24	D	77	6	18	24	26	166	6	0	0	2	17	1	0	89	6.7			0.9	4.8	5.6
14	Rick Smith	28	D	46	6	16	22	22	30	6	0	0	0	16	0	0	72	8.3			1.3	3.2	4.6
15	Dallas Smith	35	D	58	2	20	22	17	40	2	0	0	0	20	0	0	66	3.0			0.8	3.4	4.2
16	Earl Anderson	25	RW	40	10	11	21	4	4	9	1	0	3	10	1	0	65	15.4			0.9	0.5	1.4
17	Dave Forbes	28	LW	73	9	11	20	14	47	7	0	2	1	8	0	3	56	16.1			-0.6	1.2	0.5
18	Gary Doak	30	D	76	3	13	16	14	107	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	71	4.2			0.0	4.0	4.0
19	Hank Nowak	26	LW	24	7	5	12	4	14	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	36	19.4			0.6	0.4	0.9
20	John Wensink	23	LW	23	4	6	10	5	32	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	24	16.7			0.2	0.4	0.6
21	Ray Maluta	22	D	23	2	3	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	24	8.3			0.1	1.2	1.3
22	Doug Halward	21	D	18	2	2	4	9	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	10.0			0.1	1.3	1.4
23	Gerry Cheevers*	36	G	45	0	4	4	0	46				0	4			0		2698	59:57	0.0	0.0	8.3
24	Darryl Edestrand	31	D	17	0	3	3	4	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	28	0.0			-0.1	0.9	0.8
25	Gilles Gilbert	27	G	34	0	1	1	0	10				0	1			0		2038	59:56	0.0	0.0	6.8
26	Joe Zanussi	29	D	8	0	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0			-0.1	0.4	0.3
27	Clayton Pachal	20	LW	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Jim Pettie	23	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		60	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.2
29	Al Sims	23	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
	Team Total			80	312	514	826	326	1050	259	46	7	49	420	87	7	2404	13.0			45.9	40.5	101.8

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Gerry Cheevers*	36	45		30	10	5	137	1152	1015	.881	3.05	3	2698				109	-11.0	2.78	8.3
2	Gilles Gilbert	27	34		18	13	3	97	841	744	.885	2.86	1	2038				105	-5.0	2.59	6.8
3	Jim Pettie	23	1		1	0	0	3	30	27	.900	3.00	0	60						3.00	0.2
	Team Total				49	23	8	237	2023	1786	.883	2.97	4	4796				107	-15.8	2.70	15.4