1967–68 Boston Bruins season

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1967–68 Boston Bruins
Division	3rd East
1967–68 record	37-27-10
Goals for	259
Goals against	216
Team information
General Manager	Milt Schmidt
Coach	Harry Sinden
Captain	Vacant
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Phil Esposito (35)
Assists	Phil Esposito (49)
Points	Phil Esposito (84)
Penalties in minutes	Don Awrey (150)

<1966–67	1968–69>

The 1967–68 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 43rd season in the NHL.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
- 3.2 Playoffs
4 Awards and honors
5 Draft picks
6 Roster
7 References

Offseason

In 1967, the Black Hawks made a trade with the Boston Bruins that turned out to be one of the most one-sided in the history of the sport. Chicago sent young forwards Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to Boston in exchange for Pit Martin, Jack Norris and Gilles Marotte.

Regular season

Season standings

East Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	74	42	22	10	236	167	94
New York Rangers	74	39	23	12	226	183	90
Boston Bruins	74	37	27	10	259	216	84
Chicago Black Hawks	74	32	26	16	212	222	80
Toronto Maple Leafs	74	33	31	10	209	176	76
Detroit Red Wings	74	27	35	12	245	257	66

^[1] Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold. ^[2]

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 11, 1967	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	0–0–1
2	W	October 15, 1967	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	1–0–1
3	W	October 18, 1967	7–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	2–0–1
4	W	October 19, 1967	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	3–0–1
5	L	October 21, 1967	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	3–1–1
6	W	October 26, 1967	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	4–1–1
7	W	October 29, 1967	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	5–1–1
8	L	November 1, 1967	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	5–2–1
9	T	November 5, 1967	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	5–2–2
10	W	November 8, 1967	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	6–2–2
11	W	November 11, 1967	2–1	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	7–2–2
12	L	November 12, 1967	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	7–3–2
13	L	November 15, 1967	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	7–4–2
14	W	November 18, 1967	3–1	New York Rangers (1967–68)	8–4–2
15	W	November 19, 1967	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	9–4–2
16	L	November 22, 1967	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	9–5–2
17	W	November 23, 1967	4–2	New York Rangers (1967–68)	10–5–2
18	W	November 25, 1967	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	11–5–2
19	W	November 26, 1967	7–5	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	12–5–2
20	W	November 29, 1967	5–1	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	13–5–2
21	T	December 2, 1967	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	13–5–3
22	W	December 3, 1967	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	14–5–3
23	W	December 7, 1967	3–1	New York Rangers (1967–68)	15–5–3
24	T	December 9, 1967	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	15–5–4
25	L	December 10, 1967	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	15–6–4
26	L	December 13, 1967	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	15–7–4
27	L	December 15, 1967	1–4	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	15–8–4
28	W	December 16, 1967	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	16–8–4
29	L	December 20, 1967	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	16–9–4
30	W	December 23, 1967	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	17–9–4
31	W	December 25, 1967	6–3	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	18–9–4
32	W	December 27, 1967	7–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	19–9–4
33	L	December 30, 1967	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	19–10–4
34	L	December 31, 1967	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	19–11–4
35	T	January 3, 1968	5–5	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	19–11–5
36	W	January 4, 1968	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	20–11–5
37	T	January 6, 1968	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	20–11–6
38	L	January 7, 1968	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	20–12–6
39	W	January 11, 1968	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	21–12–6
40	L	January 13, 1968	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	21–13–6
41	W	January 14, 1968	9–2	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	22–13–6
42	L	January 18, 1968	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	22–14–6
43	W	January 20, 1968	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	23–14–6
44	W	January 21, 1968	6–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	24–14–6
45	L	January 24, 1968	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	24–15–6
46	L	January 25, 1968	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	24–16–6
47	L	January 27, 1968	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	24–17–6
48	L	January 28, 1968	0–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	24–18–6
49	T	February 1, 1968	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	24–18–7
50	T	February 3, 1968	3–3	New York Rangers (1967–68)	24–18–8
51	W	February 4, 1968	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	25–18–8
52	W	February 7, 1968	6–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	26–18–8
53	T	February 10, 1968	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	26–18–9
54	T	February 11, 1968	3–3	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	26–18–10
55	L	February 14, 1968	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	26–19–10
56	L	February 17, 1968	1–3	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	26–20–10
57	W	February 18, 1968	6–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	27–20–10
58	L	February 21, 1968	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	27–21–10
59	W	February 22, 1968	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	28–21–10
60	L	February 24, 1968	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	28–22–10
61	W	February 27, 1968	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	29–22–10
62	W	February 29, 1968	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	30–22–10
63	W	March 3, 1968	9–3	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	31–22–10
64	W	March 6, 1968	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	32–22–10
65	W	March 7, 1968	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	33–22–10
66	L	March 10, 1968	5–7	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	33–23–10
67	W	March 13, 1968	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1967–68)	34–23–10
68	L	March 16, 1968	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	34–24–10
69	W	March 17, 1968	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	35–24–10
70	W	March 21, 1968	8–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	36–24–10
71	L	March 24, 1968	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	36–25–10
72	L	March 28, 1968	4–5	New York Rangers (1967–68)	36–26–10
73	W	March 30, 1968	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	37–26–10
74	L	March 31, 1968	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	37–27–10

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	74	35	49	84	21	9	1	3
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	72	30	39	69	8	6	1	4
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	74	28	38	66	107	7	0	4
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	73	20	44	64	10	3	0	1
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	74	25	31	56	31	5	0	3
Williams, TommyTommy Williams	RW	68	18	32	50	14	0	0	4
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	71	24	25	49	98	4	1	6
Green, TedTed Green	D	72	7	36	43	133	3	0	0
Shack, EddieEddie Shack	LW	70	23	19	42	107	4	0	6
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	73	14	22	36	38	1	2	2
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	46	11	20	31	63	3	0	1
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	74	4	23	27	65	0	0	1
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	65	8	12	20	34	0	2	1
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	74	3	12	15	150	0	0	0
Krake, SkipSkip Krake	C	68	5	7	12	13	0	3	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	59	2	10	12	100	0	0	1
Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry	LW	19	2	2	4	12	0	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	12	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	47	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Arbour, JohnJohn Arbour	D	4	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
Murphy, RonRon Murphy	LW	12	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Gibbs, BarryBarry Gibbs	D	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Gill, AndreAndre Gill	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	2646	47	23	17	5	125	2.83	3
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	1524	28	11	8	5	73	2.87	0
Gill, AndreAndre Gill	270	5	3	2	0	13	2.89	1
Team:	4440	74	37	27	10	211	2.85	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	4	3	0	3	2	0
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	4	0	3	3	0	0
Westfall, EdEd Westfall	D/RW	4	2	0	2	2	0
Green, TedTed Green	D	4	1	1	2	11	1
McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie	RW	4	1	1	2	8	0
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	3	0	2	2	0	0
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	4	0	2	2	2	0
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	4	0	2	2	9	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	4	0	2	2	0	0
Williams, TommyTommy Williams	RW	4	1	0	1	2	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	4	0	1	1	4	0
Shack, EddieEddie Shack	LW	4	0	1	1	6	0
Stanfield, FredFred Stanfield	LW	4	0	1	1	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	4	0	0	0	4	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	4	0	0	0	4	0
Krake, SkipSkip Krake	C	4	0	0	0	2	0
Murphy, RonRon Murphy	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sather, GlenGlen Sather	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	240	4	0	4	15	3.75	0
Team:	240	4	0	4	15	3.75	0

^[3]

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 honors

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Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 1967 NHL Entry Draft.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1

Roster

Boston Bruins 1967–1968 Roster

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

GM: Milt Schmidt
Coach: Harry Sinden
Trainers: Dan Canney,
John Forristall

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
^ "1967-68 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1968.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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