1979-80 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 46-21-13 - 105 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 4-6
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-1
Coach: Fred Creighton (40-20-13)
Coach: Harry Sinden (6-1)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1979-80 Boston Bruins Roster
1979-80 Boston Bruins Results

The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 46 wins and 21 losses and 13 ties for 105 points, finishing second in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.

The Bruins scored 310 goals and surrendered 234. Peter McNab and Rick Middleton netted 40 goals for Boston each, while Rick Middleton accounted for 52 assists. Gerry Cheevers earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Gilles Gilbert added 15 or more wins also. Gilles Gilbert registered a 2.73 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Fred Creighton and Harry Sinden coached the team. The 1979-80 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Rick Middleton	R	80	40	52	92	24	31	9	0	4	2	223	17.9
Peter McNab	C	74	40	38	78	10	24	11	0	9	1	193	20.7
Jean Ratelle	C	67	28	45	73	8	11	14	0	1	0	145	19.3
Raymond Bourque	D	80	17	48	65	73	52	3	2	1	1	185	9.2
Terry O'Reilly	R	71	19	42	61	265	17	3	0	5	0	105	18.1
Dick Redmond	D	76	14	33	47	39	37	6	0	5	0	166	8.4
Bob Miller	C	80	16	25	41	53	9	0	1	2	1	137	11.7
Stan Jonathan	L	79	21	19	40	208	20	0	0	3	1	108	19.4
Al Secord	L	77	23	16	39	170	20	1	0	2	2	155	14.8
Dwight Foster	F	57	10	28	38	42	23	1	1	2	1	68	14.7
Bobby Lalonde	C	71	10	25	35	28	14	1	2	0	0	91	11.0
Wayne Cashman	L	44	11	21	32	19	-3	3	1	2	0	60	18.3
Craig MacTavish	C	46	11	17	28	8	16	0	0	2	1	61	18.0
Rick Smith	D	78	8	18	26	62	22	0	0	2	1	85	9.4
Mike Milbury	D	72	10	13	23	59	7	1	0	0	0	101	9.9
Brad Park	D	32	5	16	21	27	11	2	0	2	1	67	7.5
John Wensink	L	69	9	11	20	110	7	0	0	2	0	71	12.7
Brad McCrimmon	D	72	5	11	16	94	-3	1	0	1	0	89	5.6
Don Marcotte	L	32	4	11	15	0	4	0	1	1	1	39	10.3
Bobby Schmautz	R	20	8	6	14	8	-1	4	0	0	0	40	20.0
Gary Doak	D	52	0	5	5	45	14	0	0	0	0	29	0.0
Tom Songin	R	17	1	3	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1
Gilles Gilbert	G	33	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marco Baron	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yves Belanger	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	42	0	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Stewart	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Morrison	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dennis O'Brien	D	3	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1435	310	504	814	1442	328	60	8	46	13	2235	13.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	42	2479	24	11	7	3	4	116	2.81	0
Gilles Gilbert	33	1933	20	9	3	1	1	88	2.73	0
Yves Belanger	8	328	2	0	3	0	0	19	3.48	0
Marco Baron	1	40	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.00	0
Jim Stewart	1	20	0	1	0	0	0	5	15.00	0
Totals	85	4800	46	21	13	4	5	230	2.88		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Rick Middleton	R	10	4	2	6	5	0	0	0
Peter McNab	C	10	8	6	14	2	3	0	1
Jean Ratelle	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Raymond Bourque	D	10	2	9	11	27	0	0	0
Terry O'Reilly	R	10	3	6	9	69	2	0	1
Dick Redmond	D	10	0	3	3	9	0	0	0
Bob Miller	C	10	3	2	5	4	0	1	0
Stan Jonathan	L	9	0	0	0	29	0	0	0
Al Secord	L	10	0	3	3	65	0	0	0
Dwight Foster	F	9	3	5	8	2	0	1	1
Bobby Lalonde	C	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wayne Cashman	L	10	3	3	6	32	1	0	0
Craig MacTavish	C	10	2	3	5	7	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
Brad Park	D	10	3	6	9	4	0	0	0
John Wensink	L	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Brad McCrimmon	D	10	1	1	2	28	0	0	0
Don Marcotte	L	10	2	3	5	4	0	0	1
Gary Doak	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		179	35	56	91	346	6	2	4

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gerry Cheevers	10	619	4	6	0	1	0	32	3.10	0
Totals	10	619	4	6	0	1	0	32	3.10		0