1975–76 Boston Bruins season

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1975–76 Boston Bruins
Adams Division Champions
1975–76 record	48–15–17
Goals for	313
Goals against	237
Team information
General Manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Don Cherry
Captain	Johnny Bucyk
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Johnny Bucyk (36)
Assists	Jean Ratelle (59)
Points	Jean Ratelle (90)
Penalties in minutes	Terry O'Reilly (150)

<1974–75	1976–77>

The 1975–76 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 52nd season in the NHL. The season involved trading Phil Esposito to the New York Rangers.

Contents

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

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	14	Doug Halward (D)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)

Regular season

Season standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	80	48	15	17	313	237	113
Buffalo Sabres	80	46	21	13	339	240	105
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	34	31	15	294	276	83
California Golden Seals	80	27	42	11	250	278	65

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.

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	T	October 12, 1975	3–3	New York Islanders (1975–76)	0–1–1
3	T	October 16, 1975	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	0–1–2
4	W	October 18, 1975	5–2	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	1–1–2
5	W	October 19, 1975	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	2–1–2
6	L	October 23, 1975	2–3	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	2–2–2
7	L	October 25, 1975	2–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	2–3–2
8	W	October 26, 1975	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	3–3–2
9	W	October 30, 1975	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	4–3–2
10	L	November 1, 1975	1–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	4–4–2
11	W	November 2, 1975	5–0	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	5–4–2
12	L	November 5, 1975	0–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	5–5–2
13	L	November 8, 1975	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	5–6–2
14	W	November 9, 1975	6–3	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	6–6–2
15	W	November 13, 1975	6–0	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	7–6–2
16	W	November 15, 1975	5–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	8–6–2
17	W	November 16, 1975	4–2	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	9–6–2
18	T	November 19, 1975	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	9–6–3
19	T	November 20, 1975	2–2	New York Islanders (1975–76)	9–6–4
20	T	November 23, 1975	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	9–6–5
21	W	November 25, 1975	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	10–6–5
22	W	November 26, 1975	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	11–6–5
23	T	November 29, 1975	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	11–6–6
24	W	November 30, 1975	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	12–6–6
25	W	December 4, 1975	3–2	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	13–6–6
26	W	December 6, 1975	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	14–6–6
27	T	December 7, 1975	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	14–6–7
28	L	December 11, 1975	1–5	New York Rangers (1975–76)	14–7–7
29	T	December 13, 1975	4–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	14–7–8
30	W	December 14, 1975	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	15–7–8
31	W	December 17, 1975	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	16–7–8
32	W	December 20, 1975	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	17–7–8
33	L	December 21, 1975	1–2	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	17–8–8
34	L	December 23, 1975	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	17–9–8
35	W	December 26, 1975	6–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	18–9–8
36	W	December 28, 1975	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	19–9–8
37	W	December 31, 1975	6–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	20–9–8
38	T	January 2, 1976	4–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	20–9–9
39	W	January 3, 1976	3–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	21–9–9
40	W	January 10, 1976	3–2	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	22–9–9
41	W	January 11, 1976	7–4	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	23–9–9
42	W	January 13, 1976	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	24–9–9
43	W	January 15, 1976	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	25–9–9
44	L	January 17, 1976	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	25–10–9
45	W	January 22, 1976	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	26–10–9
46	W	January 24, 1976	6–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	27–10–9
47	W	January 25, 1976	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	28–10–9
48	W	January 29, 1976	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	29–10–9
49	W	January 30, 1976	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	30–10–9
50	W	February 1, 1976	5–3	Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	31–10–9
51	W	February 5, 1976	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	32–10–9
52	L	February 7, 1976	4–11	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	32–11–9
53	W	February 8, 1976	7–0	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76)	33–11–9
54	W	February 11, 1976	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	34–11–9
55	W	February 13, 1976	6–5	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	35–11–9
56	W	February 15, 1976	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	36–11–9
57	T	February 18, 1976	3–3	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	36–11–10
58	W	February 21, 1976	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1975–76)	37–11–10
59	W	February 22, 1976	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1975–76)	38–11–10
60	W	February 26, 1976	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	39–11–10
61	T	February 27, 1976	3–3	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76)	39–11–11
62	W	February 29, 1976	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76)	40–11–11
63	W	March 3, 1976	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76)	41–11–11
64	L	March 5, 1976	3–4	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	41–12–11
65	W	March 7, 1976	4–3	Washington Capitals (1975–76)	42–12–11
66	L	March 9, 1976	0–9	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76)	42–13–11
67	W	March 11, 1976	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	43–13–11
68	L	March 13, 1976	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	43–14–11
69	W	March 14, 1976	4–2	California Golden Seals (1975–76)	44–14–11
70	T	March 16, 1976	3–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76)	44–14–12
71	W	March 18, 1976	5–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76)	45–14–12
72	W	March 20, 1976	8–1	New York Rangers (1975–76)	46–14–12
73	T	March 24, 1976	5–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76)	46–14–13
74	W	March 25, 1976	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76)	47–14–13
75	T	March 27, 1976	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76)	47–14–14
76	T	March 28, 1976	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76)	47–14–15
77	T	March 30, 1976	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	47–14–16
78	L	April 1, 1976	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76)	47–15–16
79	W	April 3, 1976	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76)	48–15–16
80	T	April 4, 1976	2–2	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76)	48–15–17

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	67	31	59	90	16	17	15	1	3
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	77	36	47	83	20	22	13	0	9
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	70	31	43	74	28	24	5	2	4
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	80	28	43	71	87	30	9	0	6
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	75	28	34	62	116	13	7	0	7
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	72	25	36	61	42	19	8	0	5
Park, BradBrad Park	D	43	16	37	53	95	23	7	1	2
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	80	23	27	50	150	3	2	0	2
Savard, AndreAndre Savard	C	79	17	23	40	60	4	0	0	3
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	58	16	20	36	24	15	1	0	2
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	77	7	25	32	103	42	0	0	0
Forbes, DaveDave Forbes	LW	79	16	13	29	52	15	0	4	1
Gibson, DougDoug Gibson	C	50	7	18	25	0	8	1	0	1
Edestrand, DarrylDarryl Edestrand	D	77	4	17	21	103	7	1	0	1
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	10	5	13	18	22	10	3	1	0
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	C	12	6	10	16	8	-1	3	0	0
Nowak, HankHank Nowak	LW	66	7	3	10	41	-1	0	0	1
Zanussi, JoeJoe Zanussi	D	60	1	7	8	30	2	0	0	0
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	48	4	3	7	43	6	0	0	0
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	D	12	2	5	7	17	1	1	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	58	1	6	7	60	25	0	0	1
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	22	1	5	6	6	-4	1	0	0
Smith, BarryBarry Smith	C	19	1	0	1	2	-5	0	0	0
Anderson, EarlEarl Anderson	RW	5	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Clark, GordieGordie Clark	RW	7	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
Ruhnke, KentKent Ruhnke	RW	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Simmons, AlAl Simmons	D	7	0	1	1	21	0	0	0	0
Adduono, RickRick Adduono	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	55	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Langdon, SteveSteve Langdon	LW	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Maluta, RayRay Maluta	D	2	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	3	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0
O'Neil, PaulPaul O'Neil	C/RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Reece, DaveDave Reece	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	3123	55	33	8	10	151	2.90	3
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	900	15	8	2	5	41	2.73	1
Reece, DaveDave Reece	777	14	7	5	2	43	3.32	2
Team:	4800	80	48	15	17	235	2.94	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	12	8	8	16	4	5	0	1
Sheppard, GreggGregg Sheppard	C	12	5	6	11	6	1	0	1
Park, BradBrad Park	D	11	3	8	11	14	1	1	0
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	RW	12	4	6	10	4	4	0	1
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	11	2	8	10	13	0	0	1
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	12	2	7	9	0	2	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	12	4	2	6	8	1	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	11	1	5	6	16	0	0	0
Savard, AndreAndre Savard	C	12	1	4	5	9	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	12	3	1	4	25	0	0	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	D	11	2	2	4	19	0	0	1
Edestrand, DarrylDarryl Edestrand	D	12	1	3	4	23	0	0	0
Forbes, DaveDave Forbes	LW	12	1	1	2	5	0	1	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	12	1	0	1	22	0	0	0
Zanussi, JoeJoe Zanussi	D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clark, GordieGordie Clark	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Langdon, SteveSteve Langdon	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maluta, RayRay Maluta	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	11	0	0	0	29	0	0	0
Nowak, HankHank Nowak	LW	10	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	360	6	3	3	19	3.17	2
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	392	6	2	4	14	2.14	1
Team:	752	12	5	7	33	2.63	3

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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;

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Roster

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Boston Bruins

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

GM:
Coach:

Awards and honors

Jack Adams Award: || Don Cherry
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Jean Ratelle
Brad Park, Defenceman, NHL First Team All-Star

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

^ "1975-76 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1976.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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