1979–80 Boston Bruins season

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1979–80 Boston Bruins
Division 2nd Adams
Conference 3rd Prince of Wales
1979–80 record TBD
Home record TBD
Road record TBD
Goals for 310
Goals against 234
General Manager Harry Sinden
Coach Fred Creighton, Harry Sinden
Captain TBD
Alternate captains TBD
Arena Boston Garden
Average attendance TBD
Team leaders
Goals Rick Middleton, Peter McNab (40)
Assists Rick Middleton (52)
Points Rick Middleton (92)
Penalties in minutes Terry O'Reilly (265)
Plus/Minus TBD
Wins Gerry Cheevers (24)
Goals against average Gilles Gilbert (2.73)

The 1979-80 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.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Divisional standings

Adams Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Buffalo Sabres 80 47 17 16 110 318 201 967
Boston Bruins 80 46 21 13 105 310 234 1460
Minnesota North Stars 80 36 28 16 88 311 253 1064
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 35 40 5 75 304 327 1158
Quebec Nordiques 80 25 44 11 61 248 313 1062

[edit] Game log

1979–80 Game Log
November
December
January
February
March
April
1979–80 Schedule

[edit] Playoffs

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

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[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO Sv% GAA
Gilles Gilbert
Gerry Cheevers

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Records

[edit] Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

[edit] Free Agents

Player Former team Contract Terms
Player New team

[edit] Claimed from Waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

[edit] 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) Flag of Canada Canada Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL)
1 15. Brad McCrimmon (D) Flag of Canada Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

[edit] Roster

[edit] See also

[edit] Farm teams

[edit] Awards and Records

  • Ray Bourque, Calder Trophy Winner

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1980_games.html
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1979–80 NHL season by team
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Atlanta • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Washington
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Boston • Buffalo • Minnesota • Quebec • Toronto
Norris
Detroit • Hartford • Los Angeles • Montreal • Pittsburgh
Smythe
Chicago • Colorado • Edmonton • St. Louis • Vancouver • Winnipeg
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