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1979–80 Boston Bruins
Division2nd Adams
Conference3rd Wales
1979–80 record46-21-13
Home recordTBD
Road recordTBD
Goals for310
Goals against234
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachFred Creighton
Harry Sinden
CaptainWayne Cashman
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaBoston Garden
Average attendance12,365 (84.3%)
Team leaders
GoalsRick Middleton, Peter McNab (40)
AssistsRick Middleton (52)
PointsRick Middleton (92)
Penalty minutesTerry O'Reilly (265)
Plus/minusTBD
WinsGerry Cheevers (24)
Goals against averageGilles Gilbert (2.73)

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 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.

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
Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
December
Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
January
Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
February
Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
March
Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
April
Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record
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

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 Ray Bourque Defense  Canada Verdun Éperviers (QMJHL)
1 15 Brad McCrimmon Defense  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 36 Doug Morrison Right Wing  Canada Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)
3 57 Keith Crowder Right Wing  Canada Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
4 78 Larry Melnyk Defense  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
5 99 Marco Baron Goaltender  Canada Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
6 120 Mike Krushelnyski Center  Canada Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)

See also

Farm teams

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ 1979-80 Boston Bruins Games - Hockey-Reference.com
  3. ^ "1979-80 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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