1957–58 Boston Bruins season

The 1957–58 Boston Bruins season saw the Bruins finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 27 wins, 28 losses, and 15 ties for 69 points. They defeated the New York Rangers in six games in the Semi-finals before losing the Stanley Cup Finals, also in six games, to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

Willie O'Ree

Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, O'Ree was called up to the Boston Bruins of the NHL to replace an injured player. O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black player in league history. He played in only two games that year,

Season standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	43	17	10	250	158	+92	96
2	New York Rangers	70	32	25	13	195	188	+7	77
3	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	29	12	176	207	-31 −31	70
4	Boston Bruins	70	27	28	15	199	194	+5	69
5	Chicago Black Hawks	70	24	39	7	163	202	-39 −39	55
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	38	11	192	226	-34 −34	53

Playoffs

Boston defeated the New York Rangers (4–2) in the semi-final to advance to the Cup Final against the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens, in the middle of their five-year Cup champion run, defeated the Bruins four games to two.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath	C	67	30	36	66	71
MacKell, FlemingFleming MacKell	C	70	20	40	60	72
McKenney, DonDon McKenney	C	70	28	30	58	22
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	70	21	35	56	55
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	68	21	31	52	57
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	64	25	24	49	51
Regan, LarryLarry Regan	RW	59	11	28	39	22
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	D	69	6	25	31	37
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	70	3	19	22	60
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	62	7	14	21	60
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns	LW/D	54	5	16	21	28
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	44	9	9	18	21
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	66	0	15	15	71
Boone, BuddyBuddy Boone	RW	34	5	3	8	28
Johnson, NormNorm Johnson	C	15	2	3	5	8
Armstrong, BobBob Armstrong	D	47	1	4	5	66
Bionda, JackJack Bionda	D	42	1	4	5	50
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	53	2	2	4	10
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	33	0	4	4	54
Caffery, JackJack Caffery	C	7	1	0	1	2
Ehman, GerryGerry Ehman	RW	1	1	0	1	0
Beckett, BobBob Beckett	C	9	0	0	0	2
Evans, ClaudeClaude Evans	G	1	0	0	0	0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	24	0	0	0	2
Millar, AlAl Millar	G	6	0	0	0	0
O'Ree, WillieWillie O'Ree	W	2	0	0	0	0
Pidhirny, HarryHarry Pidhirny	C	2	0	0	0	0
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	G	39	0	0	0	0
Wilson, LeftyLefty Wilson	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	2288	39	15	14	9	92	2.41	5
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	1440	24	11	10	3	70	2.92	3
Millar, AlAl Millar	360	6	1	4	1	25	4.17	0
Evans, ClaudeClaude Evans	60	1	0	0	1	4	4.00	0
Wilson, LeftyLefty Wilson	52	1	0	0	1	1	1.15	0
Team:	4200	70	27	28	15	192	2.74	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
MacKell, FlemingFleming MacKell	C	12	5	14	19	12
McKenney, DonDon McKenney	C	12	9	8	17	0
Mohns, DougDoug Mohns	LW/D	12	3	10	13	18
Toppazzini, JerryJerry Toppazzini	RW	12	9	3	12	2
Regan, LarryLarry Regan	RW	12	3	8	11	6
Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath	C	12	5	3	8	8
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	12	0	5	5	13
Johnson, NormNorm Johnson	C	12	4	0	4	6
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	12	2	2	4	10
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	D	12	1	3	4	6
Bucyk, JohnJohn Bucyk	LW	12	0	4	4	16
Boivin, LeoLeo Boivin	D	12	0	3	3	21
Boone, BuddyBuddy Boone	RW	12	1	1	2	13
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	11	0	2	2	6
Labine, LeoLeo Labine	RW	11	0	2	2	10
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	5	0	1	1	0
Chevrefils, RealReal Chevrefils	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	1	0	0	0	0
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	G	11	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	671	11	6	5	25	2.24	1
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	60	1	0	1	5	5.00	0
Team:	731	12	6	6	30	2.46	1

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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;

Roster

Boston Bruins 1957–1958 Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Claude Evans
1 – Harry Lumley
1 – Al Millar
1 – Don Simmons
1 – Lefty Wilson

Defensemen

4 – Bob Armstrong
10 – Allan Stanley
11 – Jack Bionda
14 – Fern Flaman –C
20 – Léo Boivin
22 – Larry Hillman

Wingers

7 – Vic Stasiuk
9 – John Bucyk
12 – Réal Chevrefils
15 – Larry Regan
16 – Leo Labine
19 – Gerry Ehman
19 – Doug Mohns
21 – Jerry Toppazzini
22 – Willie O'Ree
23 – Johnny Peirson
24 – Buddy Boone

Centers

GM: Lynn Patrick
Coach: Milt Schmidt

Awards and honors

Milestones

Player is still active or individual record

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Willie O'Ree	1st NHL Game	January 18, 1958

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

↑ "1957–1958 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1957-58 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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