1979–80 Boston Bruins season

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1979–80 Boston Bruins
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)
Penalties in minutes Terry O'Reilly (265)
Plus/minus TBD
Wins Gerry Cheevers (24)
Goals against average Gilles Gilbert (2.73)
<1978–79 1980–81>

The 1979–80 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 56th season. In the first round of the NHL Draft, the Bruins drafted Ray Bourque. The Bruins had two different 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.

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Offseason

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

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

Adams Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
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.

Schedule and results

1979–80 Game Log
November
December
January
February
March
April
1979–80 Schedule

Playoffs

  • Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Islanders
  • Won Preliminary Round (3-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
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
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

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
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
Gerry Cheevers 619 10 4 6 32 3.10 0
Team: 619 10 4 6 32 3.10 0

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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;

Awards and records

Records

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Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms
Player New team

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft were as follows:

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 8. Raymond Bourque (D)  Canada Verdun Éperviers (QMJHL)
1 15. Brad McCrimmon (D)  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

Roster

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See also

Farm teams

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Awards and records

References

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  2. ↑ 1979-80 Boston Bruins Games - Hockey-Reference.com
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