1975-76 Boston Bruins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 48-15-17 - 113 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 5-7
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 4-3
Semi-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Coach: Don Cherry (48-15-17)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1975-76 Boston Bruins RosterTeam Record: 48-15-17 - 113 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 5-7
Lost NHL semi-finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 4-3
Semi-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Coach: Don Cherry (48-15-17)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1975-76 Boston Bruins Results
The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 48 wins and 15 losses and 17 ties for 113 points, finishing first in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-7.
The Bruins scored 313 goals and conceded 237. John Bucyk netted 36 goals for Boston, while Jean Ratelle and Gregg Sheppard tallied 30 or more, too. Jean Ratelle contributed 59 assists. Gilles Gilbert earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.90 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Don Cherry coached the team. The 1975-76 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle | C | 67 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 186 | 16.7 |
| John Bucyk | L | 77 | 36 | 47 | 83 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 151 | 23.8 |
| Gregg Sheppard | C | 70 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 222 | 14.0 |
| Wayne Cashman | L | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 87 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 169 | 16.6 |
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 75 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 116 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 243 | 11.5 |
| Ken Hodge | R | 72 | 25 | 36 | 61 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 161 | 15.5 |
| Brad Park | D | 43 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 95 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 9.8 |
| Terry O'Reilly | R | 80 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 150 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 17.0 |
| Andre Savard | C | 79 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 182 | 9.3 |
| Don Marcotte | L | 58 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 16.7 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 77 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 103 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5.6 |
| Dave Forbes | L | 79 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 9.7 |
| Doug Gibson | C | 50 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 17.1 |
| Darryl Edestrand | D | 77 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 3.1 |
| Bobby Orr | D | 10 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Phil Esposito | C | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 10.5 |
| Hank Nowak | L | 66 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 41 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 11.7 |
| Joe Zanussi | D | 60 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1.3 |
| Al Sims | D | 48 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6.6 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Gary Doak | D | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Doug Halward | D | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Barry Smith | C | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Earl Anderson | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Kent Ruhnke | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Gordie Clark | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Al Simmons | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Paul O'Neil | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rick Adduono | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilles Gilbert | G | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Jonathan | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Reece | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Langdon | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ray Maluta | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Milbury | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1408 | 313 | 498 | 811 | 1181 | 265 | 77 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 2646 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 55 | 3123 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 2.90 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | 15 | 900 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 2.73 | 0 | ||
| Dave Reece | 14 | 777 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 3.32 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 84 | 4800 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 235 | 2.94 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle | C | 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bucyk | L | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregg Sheppard | C | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Cashman | L | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hodge | R | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brad Park | D | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry O'Reilly | R | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Savard | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Marcotte | L | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Smith | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Forbes | L | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Edestrand | D | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Nowak | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Zanussi | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Doak | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Halward | D | 1 | 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 | ||
| Gilles Gilbert | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Langdon | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Maluta | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Milbury | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 209 | 38 | 62 | 100 | 209 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 6 | 360 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Cheevers | 6 | 393 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2.14 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 753 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 2.63 | 0 |
