1974-75 Boston Bruins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-26-14 - 94 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 2-1
Coach: Don Cherry (40-26-14)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1974-75 Boston Bruins RosterTeam Record: 40-26-14 - 94 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Chicago Black Hawks 2-1
Coach: Don Cherry (40-26-14)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1974-75 Boston Bruins Results
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 40 wins and 26 losses and 14 ties for 94 points, finishing second in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Bruins scored 345 goals and yielded 245. Phil Esposito netted 61 goals for Boston, while Bobby Orr, Gregg Sheppard and Don Marcotte each tallied 30 or more, too. Bobby Orr recorded 89 assists. Gilles Gilbert earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.13 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Don Cherry coached the team. The 1974-75 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL preliminary round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | D | 80 | 46 | 89 | 135 | 101 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 384 | 12.0 |
| Phil Esposito | C | 79 | 61 | 66 | 127 | 62 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 347 | 17.6 |
| John Bucyk | L | 78 | 29 | 52 | 81 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 167 | 17.4 |
| Gregg Sheppard | C | 76 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 19 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 249 | 12.0 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 79 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 129 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 256 | 7.0 |
| Ken Hodge | R | 72 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 90 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 175 | 13.1 |
| Don Marcotte | L | 80 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 76 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 165 | 18.8 |
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 56 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 63 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 13.5 |
| Andre Savard | C | 77 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 45 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 12.7 |
| Terry O'Reilly | R | 68 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 146 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 16.1 |
| Wayne Cashman | L | 42 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 14.7 |
| Dave Forbes | L | 69 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 80 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 20.2 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 79 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 84 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 2.1 |
| Al Sims | D | 75 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 73 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 3.9 |
| Hank Nowak | L | 21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 |
| Darryl Edestrand | D | 68 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 1.2 |
| Walt McKechnie | C | 53 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Earl Anderson | R | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Dave Hynes | L | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 |
| Rod Graham | L | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Steve Langdon | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilles Gilbert | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Broderick | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Brooks | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordie Clark | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gary Doak | D | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Jake Rathwell | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Sarner | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1339 | 345 | 550 | 895 | 1147 | 348 | 86 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 2793 | 12.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 53 | 3029 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 158 | 3.13 | 0 | ||
| Ross Brooks | 17 | 967 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 2.98 | 0 | ||
| Ken Broderick | 15 | 804 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2.39 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 238 | 2.98 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Orr | D | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Esposito | C | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bucyk | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregg Sheppard | C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hodge | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Marcotte | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Savard | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Terry O'Reilly | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Cashman | L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Forbes | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Nowak | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Edestrand | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Anderson | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Gilbert | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Doak | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 52 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 3 | 188 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.83 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 188 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.83 | 0 |
