1971–72 Boston Bruins season

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1971–72 Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
Conference 1st Eastern
1971–72 record 54–13–11
Goals for 330
Goals against 204
General Manager Harry Sinden
Coach Tom Johnson
Captain Vacant
Alternate captains Unknown
Unknown
Arena Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals Phil Esposito (66)
Assists Bobby Orr (80)
Points Phil Esposito (130)
Penalties in minutes Dallas Smith (132)
Wins Ed Johnston and Gerry Cheevers (27)
Goals against average Gerry Cheevers (2.50)

The Boston Bruins season involved winning the Stanley Cup.

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


[edit] Offseason

[edit] NHL Draft

See also: 1971 NHL Amateur Draft
Round Overall Player
1 5 Ron Jones
1 14 Terry O'Reilly
2 28 Curt Ridley
3 42 Dave Bonter
4 56 Dave Hynes
5 70 Bert Scott
6 84 Bob McMahon

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

East Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Boston Bruins 78 54 13 11 119 330 204 1112
New York Rangers 78 48 17 13 109 317 192 1010
Montreal Canadiens 78 46 16 16 108 307 205 783
Toronto Maple Leafs 78 33 31 14 80 209 208 887
Detroit Red Wings 78 33 35 10 76 261 262 850
Buffalo Sabres 78 16 43 19 51 203 289 831
Vancouver Canucks 78 20 50 8 48 203 297 1092

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Phil Esposito 76 66 67 133 76
Bobby Orr 76 37 80 117 106
Johnny Bucyk 78 32 51 83 4
Fred Stanfield 78 23 56 79 12
John McKenzie 77 22 47 69 126
Derek Sanderson 78 25 33 58 108
Mike Walton 76 28 28 56 45
Ken Hodge 60 16 40 56 81
Wayne Cashman 74 23 29 52 103
Ed Westfall 77 18 26 44 1
Garnet Bailey 73 9 13 22 64
Reggie Leach 56 7 13 20 12

[edit] Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G AST PTS PIM
Dallas Smith 78 8 22 30 132
Ted Green 54 1 16 17 21
Rick Smith 61 2 12 14 46

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP W L T SO GAA
Gerry Cheevers 41 27 5 8 2 2.50
Ed Johnston 38 27 8 3 2 2.70

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers

Date Visitors Score Home Score
April 30 New York 5 Boston 6
May 2 New York 1 Boston 2
May 4 Boston 2 New York 5
May 7 Boston 3 New York 2
May 9 New York 3 Boston 2
May 11 Boston 3 New York 0

Boston wins the series 4–2.

[edit] Roster

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[edit] Awards and records

[edit] References

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1971–72 NHL season by team
East
Boston • Buffalo • Detroit • Montreal • NY Rangers • Toronto • Vancouver
West
Chicago • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Oakland • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
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