1978-79 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 43-23-14 - 100 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 7-4
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0
Semi-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-3
Coach: Don Cherry (43-23-14)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1978-79 Boston Bruins Roster
1978-79 Boston Bruins Results

The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 43 wins and 23 losses and 14 ties for 100 points, finishing first in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.

The Bruins netted 316 goals and allowed 270. Rick Middleton scored 38 goals for Boston, and Peter McNab tallied 30 or more, too. Terry O'Reilly accounted for 51 assists. Gerry Cheevers earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.16 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Don Cherry coached the team. The 1978-79 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Rick Middleton	R	71	38	48	86	7	33	12	1	5	1	152	25.0
Peter McNab	C	76	35	45	80	10	29	4	0	4	3	200	17.5
Terry O'Reilly	R	80	26	51	77	205	7	3	0	5	1	120	21.7
Jean Ratelle	C	80	27	45	72	12	17	11	0	5	1	137	19.7
Wayne Cashman	L	75	27	40	67	63	16	10	0	4	0	133	20.3
Bob Miller	C	77	15	33	48	30	20	0	0	1	2	149	10.1
Don Marcotte	L	79	20	27	47	10	6	2	4	5	1	156	12.8
John Wensink	L	76	28	18	46	106	20	0	0	4	0	131	21.4
Bobby Schmautz	R	65	20	22	42	77	-1	6	1	4	0	199	10.1
Brad Park	D	40	7	32	39	10	28	3	0	0	1	96	7.3
Mike Milbury	D	74	1	34	35	149	23	0	0	0	0	76	1.3
Dick Redmond	D	64	7	26	33	21	0	4	0	1	0	144	4.9
Al Sims	D	67	9	20	29	28	22	0	0	2	0	128	7.0
Rick Smith	D	65	7	18	25	46	20	0	0	1	0	78	9.0
Dwight Foster	F	44	11	13	24	14	-1	2	0	0	1	57	19.3
Al Secord	L	71	16	7	23	125	7	0	0	0	1	80	20.0
Gary Doak	D	63	6	11	17	28	12	1	0	0	2	64	9.4
Stan Jonathan	L	33	6	9	15	96	8	0	0	1	0	32	18.8
Dennis O'Brien	D	64	2	8	10	107	16	0	0	0	0	73	2.7
Mike Walton	C	14	4	2	6	0	-1	0	0	1	0	15	26.7
Bill Bennett	L	7	1	4	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Tom Songin	R	17	3	1	4	0	-3	1	0	0	0	16	18.8
Gerry Cheevers	G	43	0	2	2	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilles Gilbert	G	23	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Pettie	G	19	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Graeme Nicolson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ab DeMarco	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Totals		1391	316	516	832	1202	282	59	6	43	14	2245	14.1

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	43	2509	23	9	10	1	1	132	3.16	0
Gilles Gilbert	23	1254	12	8	2	1	0	74	3.54	0
Jim Pettie	19	1037	8	6	2	0	1	62	3.59	0
Totals	85	4800	43	23	14	2	2	268	3.35		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Rick Middleton	R	11	4	8	12	0	2	0	1
Peter McNab	C	11	5	3	8	0	0	0	0
Terry O'Reilly	R	11	0	6	6	25	0	0	0
Jean Ratelle	C	11	7	6	13	2	2	0	2
Wayne Cashman	L	10	4	5	9	8	1	0	1
Bob Miller	C	11	1	1	2	8	0	0	1
Don Marcotte	L	11	5	3	8	10	0	0	0
John Wensink	L	8	0	1	1	19	0	0	0
Bobby Schmautz	R	11	2	2	4	6	1	0	0
Brad Park	D	11	1	4	5	8	0	0	1
Mike Milbury	D	11	1	7	8	7	0	0	1
Dick Redmond	D	11	1	3	4	2	0	1	0
Al Sims	D	11	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Rick Smith	D	11	0	4	4	12	0	0	0
Dwight Foster	F	11	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Al Secord	L	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Gary Doak	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Stan Jonathan	L	11	4	1	5	12	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilles Gilbert	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		194	36	61	97	127	6	1	7

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	6	360	4	2	1	15	2.50	0
Gilles Gilbert	5	314	3	2	0	16	3.06	0
Totals	11	674	7	4	1	31	2.76		0