1976-77 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 49-23-8 - 106 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 8-6
Lost Stanley Cup finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Kings 4-2
Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-0
Stanley Cup Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-0
Coach: Don Cherry (49-23-8)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1976-77 Boston Bruins Roster
1976-77 Boston Bruins Results

The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 49 wins and 23 losses and 8 ties for 106 points, finishing first in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-6.

The Bruins scored 312 goals and allowed 240. Peter McNab netted 38 goals for Boston, while Jean Ratelle and Gregg Sheppard tallied 30 or more, too. Jean Ratelle contributed 61 assists. Gerry Cheevers earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Gilles Gilbert added 15 or more wins also. Gilles Gilbert registered a 2.85 goals against average, leading regular goalies.

Don Cherry coached the team. The 1976-77 Boston Bruins lost in the Stanley Cup finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Jean Ratelle	C	78	33	61	94	22	19	8	1	6	0	186	17.7
Peter McNab	C	80	38	48	86	11	26	6	0	8	1	207	18.4
Gregg Sheppard	C	77	31	36	67	20	3	8	1	5	0	247	12.6
Brad Park	D	77	12	55	67	67	47	4	1	4	0	238	5.0
Terry O'Reilly	R	79	14	41	55	147	38	1	1	4	0	137	10.2
Bobby Schmautz	R	57	23	29	52	62	25	4	0	2	1	177	13.0
Wayne Cashman	L	65	15	37	52	76	4	3	0	3	1	105	14.3
Don Marcotte	L	80	27	18	45	20	28	3	1	5	0	176	15.3
John Bucyk	L	49	20	23	43	12	-2	6	0	2	1	98	20.4
Rick Middleton	R	72	20	22	42	2	2	0	0	1	1	128	15.6
Stan Jonathan	L	69	17	13	30	69	1	1	0	2	0	71	23.9
Matti Hagman	C	75	11	17	28	0	6	1	0	0	2	71	15.5
Mike Milbury	D	77	6	18	24	166	25	0	0	2	0	89	6.7
Rick Smith	D	46	6	16	22	30	23	0	0	0	0	72	8.3
Dallas Smith	D	58	2	20	22	40	16	0	0	0	0	66	3.0
Earl Anderson	R	40	10	11	21	4	4	1	0	3	0	65	15.4
Dave Forbes	L	73	9	11	20	47	13	0	2	1	1	56	16.1
Gary Doak	D	76	3	13	16	107	15	0	0	0	0	70	4.3
Hank Nowak	L	24	7	5	12	14	4	0	0	1	0	36	19.4
John Wensink	L	23	4	6	10	32	5	0	0	0	0	24	16.7
Ray Maluta	D	23	2	3	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	24	8.3
Doug Halward	D	18	2	2	4	6	9	0	0	0	0	20	10.0
Gerry Cheevers	G	45	0	4	4	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Edestrand	D	17	0	3	3	16	4	0	0	0	0	28	0.0
Joe Zanussi	D	8	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
Gilles Gilbert	G	34	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Pettie	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Sims	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Clayton Pachal	C	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1423	312	514	826	1055	321	46	7	49	8	2404	13.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	45	2700	30	10	5	0	3	137	3.04	0
Gilles Gilbert	34	2040	18	13	3	3	1	97	2.85	0
Jim Pettie	1	60	1	0	0	0	0	3	3.00	0
Totals	80	4800	49	23	8	3	4	237	2.96		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jean Ratelle	C	14	5	12	17	4	1	0	1
Peter McNab	C	14	5	3	8	2	2	0	0
Gregg Sheppard	C	14	5	7	12	8	1	1	2
Brad Park	D	14	2	10	12	4	0	0	0
Terry O'Reilly	R	14	5	6	11	28	0	0	1
Bobby Schmautz	R	14	11	1	12	10	4	0	1
Wayne Cashman	L	14	1	8	9	18	0	0	0
Don Marcotte	L	14	5	6	11	10	0	1	0
John Bucyk	L	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Middleton	R	13	5	4	9	0	0	0	1
Stan Jonathan	L	14	4	2	6	24	0	0	1
Matti Hagman	C	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Milbury	D	13	2	2	4	47	0	0	1
Rick Smith	D	14	0	9	9	14	0	0	0
Earl Anderson	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Forbes	L	14	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Gary Doak	D	14	0	2	2	26	0	0	0
John Wensink	L	13	0	3	3	8	0	0	0
Doug Halward	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Darryl Edestrand	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Gilles Gilbert	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Sims	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		249	50	77	127	215	8	2	8

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gerry Cheevers	14	858	8	5	1	1	44	3.08	0
Gilles Gilbert	1	20	0	1	0	0	3	9.00	0
Totals	15	878	8	6	1	1	47	3.21		0