1978–79 Boston Bruins season

Round	Overall	Player	Nationality	Position
1	16	Al Secord	Canada	Left Wing
2	35	Graeme Nicolson	Canada	Defenseman
3	52	Brad Knelson	Canada	Defenseman
4	68	George Buat	Canada	Right Wing
5	85	Daryl MacLeod	United States	Left Wing
6	102	Jeff Brubaker	United States	Left Wing
7	119	Murray Skinner	Canada	Goalie
8	136	Bobby Hehir	United States	Center
9	153	Craig MacTavish	Canada	Center

Regular season

Al Secord made his NHL debut with the Bruins during the 1978–79 season.

Season standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	43	23	14	316	270	100
Buffalo Sabres	80	36	28	16	280	263	88
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	34	33	13	267	252	81
Minnesota North Stars	80	28	40	12	257	289	68

^[1]

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.

Roster

1978–79 Boston Bruins roster

Forwards

7 – Bennett • 8 – McNab • 10 – Ratelle • 11 – Schmautz • 12 – Cashman • 14 – Miller • 16 – Middleton • 17 – Jonathan • 18 – Wensink • 19 – Songin • 20 – Secord • 21 – Marcotte • 24 – O'Reilly • 27 – Foster • 27 – Walton

Defenseman

6 – Redmond • 19 – DeMarco • 19 – Nicolson • 22 – Park • 23 – Smith • 25 – Doak • 26 – Milbury • 28 – O'Brien • 29 – Sims

Goaltenders

1 – Gilbert • 30 – Cheevers • 31 – Pettie

General Manager: Harry Sinden • Coach: Don Cherry

^[2]

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1978	8–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	1–0–0
2	T	October 14, 1978	4–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	1–0–1
3	W	October 15, 1978	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	2–0–1
4	W	October 18, 1978	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	3–0–1
5	W	October 20, 1978	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	4–0–1
6	L	October 22, 1978	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	4–1–1
7	W	October 24, 1978	7–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	5–1–1
8	T	October 25, 1978	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	5–1–2
9	W	October 28, 1978	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	6–1–2
10	W	November 2, 1978	4–1	New York Islanders (1978–79)	7–1–2
11	L	November 4, 1978	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	7–2–2
12	T	November 5, 1978	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	7–2–3
13	W	November 9, 1978	6–2	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	8–2–3
14	L	November 11, 1978	1–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	8–3–3
15	T	November 12, 1978	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	8–3–4
16	L	November 16, 1978	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	8–4–4
17	W	November 17, 1978	6–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	9–4–4
18	W	November 19, 1978	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	10–4–4
19	W	November 23, 1978	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	11–4–4
20	T	November 25, 1978	5–5	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	11–4–5
21	W	November 26, 1978	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	12–4–5
22	W	November 30, 1978	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	13–4–5
23	W	December 2, 1978	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	14–4–5
24	W	December 3, 1978	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	15–4–5
25	W	December 5, 1978	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	16–4–5
26	W	December 7, 1978	6–5	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	17–4–5
27	L	December 9, 1978	2–9	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	17–5–5
28	T	December 10, 1978	4–4	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	17–5–6
29	W	December 12, 1978	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	18–5–6
30	W	December 14, 1978	5–2	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	19–5–6
31	W	December 16, 1978	4–1	New York Rangers (1978–79)	20–5–6
32	W	December 17, 1978	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	21–5–6
33	W	December 21, 1978	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	22–5–6
34	W	December 23, 1978	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	23–5–6
35	T	December 27, 1978	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	23–5–7
36	L	December 30, 1978	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	23–6–7
37	W	December 31, 1978	7–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	24–6–7
38	W	January 3, 1979	6–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	25–6–7
39	W	January 5, 1979	5–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	26–6–7
40	W	January 6, 1979	5–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	27–6–7
41	W	January 11, 1979	6–4	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	28–6–7
42	L	January 13, 1979	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	28–7–7
43	L	January 14, 1979	3–6	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	28–8–7
44	L	January 16, 1979	2–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	28–9–7
45	W	January 18, 1979	4–0	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	29–9–7
46	L	January 20, 1979	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	29–10–7
47	W	January 22, 1979	3–1	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	30–10–7
48	L	January 25, 1979	2–4	New York Islanders (1978–79)	30–11–7
49	L	January 27, 1979	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	30–12–7
50	L	January 28, 1979	3–5	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	30–13–7
51	T	January 31, 1979	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	30–13–8
52	W	February 1, 1979	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	31–13–8
53	T	February 3, 1979	4–4	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	31–13–9
54	W	February 4, 1979	6–1	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	32–13–9
55	L	February 14, 1979	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	32–14–9
56	L	February 15, 1979	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	32–15–9
57	T	February 17, 1979	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	32–15–10
58	W	February 20, 1979	5–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	33–15–10
59	L	February 21, 1979	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	33–16–10
60	W	February 24, 1979	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	34–16–10
61	L	February 27, 1979	2–4	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	34–17–10
62	T	March 1, 1979	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	34–17–11
63	W	March 3, 1979	5–0	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	35–17–11
64	W	March 4, 1979	6–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	36–17–11
65	L	March 8, 1979	5–7	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	36–18–11
66	W	March 10, 1979	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	37–18–11
67	T	March 11, 1979	4–4	New York Islanders (1978–79)	37–18–12
68	L	March 13, 1979	2–7	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	37–19–12
69	L	March 15, 1979	4–7	New York Rangers (1978–79)	37–20–12
70	W	March 17, 1979	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	38–20–12
71	W	March 19, 1979	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	39–20–12
72	L	March 22, 1979	1–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	39–21–12
73	W	March 24, 1979	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	40–21–12
74	L	March 28, 1979	2–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	40–22–12
75	W	March 29, 1979	7–4	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	41–22–12
76	W	March 31, 1979	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	42–22–12
77	T	April 1, 1979	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	42–22–13
78	T	April 4, 1979	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	42–22–14
79	L	April 5, 1979	3–9	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	42–23–14
80	W	April 8, 1979	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	43–23–14

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	71	38	48	86	7	33	12	1	5
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	76	35	45	80	10	29	4	0	4
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	80	26	51	77	205	7	3	0	5
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	80	27	45	72	12	17	11	0	5
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	75	27	40	67	63	16	10	0	4
Miller, BobBob Miller	C	77	15	33	48	30	20	0	0	1
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	79	20	27	47	10	6	2	4	5
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	76	28	18	46	106	20	0	0	4
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	65	20	22	42	77	-1	6	1	4
Park, BradBrad Park	D	40	7	32	39	10	28	3	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	74	1	34	35	149	23	0	0	0
Redmond, DickDick Redmond	D	64	7	26	33	21	0	4	0	1
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	67	9	20	29	28	22	0	0	2
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	65	7	18	25	46	20	0	0	1
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	44	11	13	24	14	-1	2	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	71	16	7	23	125	7	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	63	6	11	17	28	12	1	0	0
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	33	6	9	15	96	8	0	0	1
O'Brien, DennisDennis O'Brien	D	64	2	8	10	107	16	0	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	14	4	2	6	0	-1	0	0	1
Bennett, BillBill Bennett	LW	7	1	4	5	2	4	0	0	0
Songin, TomTom Songin	RW	17	3	1	4	0	-3	1	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	43	0	2	2	23	0	0	0	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	23	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Nicolson, GraemeGraeme Nicolson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pettie, JimJim Pettie	G	19	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	2509	43	23	9	10	132	3.16	1
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	1254	23	12	8	2	74	3.54	0
Pettie, JimJim Pettie	1037	19	8	6	2	62	3.59	1
Team:	4800	80	43	23	14	268	3.35	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	11	7	6	13	2	2	0	2
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	11	4	8	12	0	2	0	1
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	10	4	5	9	8	1	0	1
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	11	5	3	8	10	0	0	0
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	11	5	3	8	0	0	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	11	1	7	8	7	0	0	1
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	11	0	6	6	25	0	0	0
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	11	4	1	5	12	0	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	11	1	4	5	8	0	0	1
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	11	2	2	4	6	1	0	0
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	11	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Redmond, DickDick Redmond	D	11	1	3	4	2	0	1	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	11	0	4	4	12	0	0	0
Miller, BobBob Miller	C	11	1	1	2	8	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	11	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	8	0	1	1	19	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	360	6	4	2	15	2.50
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	314	5	3	2	16	3.06
Team:	674	11	7	4	31	2.76

^[3]

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;

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston Bruins

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 16	Pittsburgh	2	Boston	6
April 18	Pittsburgh	3	Boston	4
April 21	Boston	2	Pittsburgh	1
April 22	Boston	4	Pittsburgh	1

Boston wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0

Semi-finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Game seven of the Montreal-Boston Semi-final is probably one of the most memorable in the history of the NHL. About a minute and a half after Boston's Rick Middleton scored with four minutes remaining in the third period to give the Bruins a 4–3 lead, linesman John D'Amico called a bench minor for too many men on the ice against the Bruins. Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored on the ensuing powerplay, sending the game to overtime where Yvon Lambert gave the Canadiens the win and a trip to their fourth straight Stanley Cup final.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 26	Boston	2	Montreal	4
April 28	Boston	2	Montreal	5
May 1	Montreal	1	Boston	2
May 3	Montreal	3	Boston	4	(OT)
May 5	Boston	1	Montreal	5
May 8	Montreal	2	Boston	5
May 10	Boston	4	Montreal	5	(OT)

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3

The 1979 NHL Playoffs would mark the end of Don Cherry's tenure with the Bruins. Cherry, who had an uneasy relationship with Bruins General Manager Harry Sinden, was fired by the Bruins after a critical coaching mistake during a 1979 semi-final playoff series against the Canadiens. Up by a goal with less than two minutes left in the seventh game, the Bruins were penalized for having too many men on the ice. The Canadiens' Guy Lafleur scored the tying goal on the subsequent powerplay and ultimately won the game in overtime. Montreal went on to defeat the New York Rangers for their fourth straight Cup title.

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-May-03.
↑ "1978-79 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	All-time roster Records Award Winners 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland

Personnel	Owner Jeremy Jacobs President Cam Neely General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Claude Julien Team captain Zdeno Chara Current roster

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden Warrior Ice Arena (practice) TD Garden

Rivalries	Montreal Canadiens

Retired numbers	2 3 4 5 7 8 9 15 24 77

Affiliates	AHL Providence Bruins ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

General managers	Ross Patrick Emms Schmidt Sinden O'Connell Gorton Chiarelli Sweeney

Head coaches	Ross Denneny Ross Patrick Ross Weiland Ross Clapper Boucher Patrick Schmidt Watson Schmidt Sinden Johnson Guidolin Cherry Creighton Sinden Cheevers Sinden Goring O'Reilly Milbury Bowness Sutter Kasper Burns Keenan Ftorek O'Connell Sullivan Lewis Julien

Media	NESN WBZ-FM/Radio Network Broadcasters

Culture	Rene Rancourt The Goal The night the lights went out in Massachusetts Willie O'Ree North Station The Sports Museum of New England Original Six The Big Bad Bruins The Kraut Line "Time to Go"

Boston Bruins seasons

1920s	1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1978–79 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Colorado St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Amateur Draft Dispersal Draft The Game Challenge Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/10/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.