1979–80 Boston Bruins season

The 1979–80 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 56th season. In the first round of the NHL Draft, the Bruins drafted Ray Bourque. The Bruins had two different coaches during the season. Fred Creighton had a record of 40 wins, 20 losses and 13 ties, while Harry Sinden had 6 wins and 1 loss.

Offseason

Don Cherry was fired after the 1978–79 season. Fred Creighton, former coach of the Atlanta Flames was brought in to coach the Bruins.

Regular season

General Manager Harry Sinden fired Coach Creighton with 15 days to go in the regular season despite the Bruins' winning record with Creighton. Sinden, who had coached before, took over coaching duties as well.

Divisional standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Buffalo Sabres	80	47	17	16	318	201	110
Boston Bruins	80	46	21	13	310	234	105
Minnesota North Stars	80	36	28	16	311	253	88
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	35	40	5	304	327	75
Quebec Nordiques	80	25	44	11	248	313	61

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1979–80 Game Log

November

December

January

February

March

April

1979–80 Schedule

Playoffs

Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Islanders
Won Preliminary Round (3-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	80	40	52	92	24	31	9	0	4
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	74	40	38	78	10	24	11	0	9
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	67	28	45	73	8	11	14	0	1
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	80	17	48	65	73	52	3	2	1
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	71	19	42	61	265	17	3	0	5
Redmond, DickDick Redmond	D	76	14	33	47	39	37	6	0	5
Miller, BobBob Miller	C	80	16	25	41	53	9	0	1	2
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	79	21	19	40	208	20	0	0	3
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	77	23	16	39	170	20	1	0	2
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	57	10	28	38	42	23	1	1	2
Lalonde, BobbyBobby Lalonde	C	71	10	25	35	28	14	1	2	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	44	11	21	32	19	-3	3	1	2
MacTavish, CraigCraig MacTavish	C	46	11	17	28	8	16	0	0	2
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	78	8	18	26	62	22	0	0	2
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	72	10	13	23	59	7	1	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	32	5	16	21	27	11	2	0	2
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	69	9	11	20	110	7	0	0	2
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	72	5	11	16	94	-3	1	0	1
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	32	4	11	15	0	4	0	1	1
Schmautz, BobbyBobby Schmautz	RW	20	8	6	14	8	-1	4	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	52	0	5	5	45	14	0	0	0
Songin, TomTom Songin	RW	17	1	3	4	16	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	33	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	42	0	0	0	62	0	0	0	0
Morrison, DougDoug Morrison	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Brien, DennisDennis O'Brien	D	3	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
Stewart, JimJim Stewart	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	2479	42	24	11	7	116	2.81	4
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	1933	33	20	9	3	88	2.73	1
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	328	8	2	0	3	19	3.48	0
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	40	1	0	0	0	2	3.00	0
Stewart, JimJim Stewart	20	1	0	1	0	5	15.00	0
Team:	4800	80	46	21	13	230	2.87	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	10	8	6	14	2	3	0	1
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	10	2	9	11	27	0	0	0
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	10	3	6	9	69	2	0	1
Park, BradBrad Park	D	10	3	6	9	4	0	0	0
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	9	3	5	8	2	0	1	1
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	10	4	2	6	5	0	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	10	3	3	6	32	1	0	0
Miller, BobBob Miller	C	10	3	2	5	4	0	1	0
MacTavish, CraigCraig MacTavish	C	10	2	3	5	7	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	10	2	3	5	4	0	0	1
Redmond, DickDick Redmond	D	10	0	3	3	9	0	0	0
Secord, AlAl Secord	LW	10	0	3	3	65	0	0	0
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	10	1	1	2	28	0	0	0
Smith, RickRick Smith	D	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	10	0	2	2	50	0	0	0
Lalonde, BobbyBobby Lalonde	C	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doak, GaryGary Doak	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	9	0	0	0	29	0	0	0
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wensink, JohnJohn Wensink	LW	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	619	10	4	6	32	3.10	0
Team:	619	10	4	6	32	3.10	0

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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;

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms

Player	New team

Claimed from waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft were as follows:

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8.	Raymond Bourque	(D)	Canada	Verdun Éperviers (QMJHL)
1	15.	Brad McCrimmon	(D)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

Awards and records

Ray Bourque, Calder Trophy Winner

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ 1979-80 Boston Bruins Games - Hockey-Reference.com
↑ "1979-80 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

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See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

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1979–80 Boston Bruins season

Offseason

Regular season

Divisional standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Claimed from waivers

Draft picks

See also

Awards and records

References