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The 1976–77 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 53rd season in the NHL. The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 16 Clayton Pachal (C)  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2 34 Lorry Gloeckner (D)  Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
4 70 Bob Miller (C)  United States Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
5 88 Peter Vandemark (LW)  Canada Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
6 106 Ted Olson (LW)  Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)

Regular season

Season standings

Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Boston Bruins 80 49 23 8 312 240 106
Buffalo Sabres 80 48 24 8 301 220 104
Toronto Maple Leafs 80 33 32 15 301 285 81
Cleveland Barons 80 25 42 13 240 292 63

[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.

Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 7, 1976 6–2 Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 1–0–0
2 L October 9, 1976 5–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 1–1–0
3 W October 10, 1976 4–3 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 2–1–0
4 W October 13, 1976 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 3–1–0
5 W October 15, 1976 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 4–1–0
6 W October 17, 1976 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 5–1–0
7 L October 19, 1976 5–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 5–2–0
8 W October 20, 1976 2–1 @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 6–2–0
9 W October 23, 1976 4–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 7–2–0
10 W October 27, 1976 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 8–2–0
11 W October 30, 1976 4–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 9–2–0
12 L October 31, 1976 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 9–3–0
13 W November 4, 1976 7–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 10–3–0
14 W November 7, 1976 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 11–3–0
15 W November 10, 1976 6–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 12–3–0
16 T November 11, 1976 2–2 New York Islanders (1976–77) 12–3–1
17 W November 14, 1976 5–3 Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 13–3–1
18 W November 18, 1976 3–2 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 14–3–1
19 W November 19, 1976 4–1 @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 15–3–1
20 W November 21, 1976 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 16–3–1
21 W November 24, 1976 4–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 17–3–1
22 W November 25, 1976 4–2 Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 18–3–1
23 L November 27, 1976 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 18–4–1
24 L November 30, 1976 2–6 Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 18–5–1
25 W December 1, 1976 5–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 19–5–1
26 L December 3, 1976 1–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 19–6–1
27 T December 5, 1976 5–5 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 19–6–2
28 L December 9, 1976 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 19–7–2
29 L December 11, 1976 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 19–8–2
30 L December 12, 1976 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 19–9–2
31 W December 16, 1976 5–2 St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 20–9–2
32 L December 18, 1976 4–6 @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 20–10–2
33 W December 19, 1976 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 21–10–2
34 L December 21, 1976 0–3 @ New York Islanders (1976–77) 21–11–2
35 T December 23, 1976 3–3 New York Rangers (1976–77) 21–11–3
36 W December 26, 1976 6–3 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 22–11–3
37 W December 29, 1976 8–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 23–11–3
38 L January 1, 1977 2–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 23–12–3
39 W January 5, 1977 3–2 @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 24–12–3
40 L January 8, 1977 1–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 24–13–3
41 W January 9, 1977 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 25–13–3
42 W January 11, 1977 3–2 @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) 26–13–3
43 W January 13, 1977 4–3 Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 27–13–3
44 T January 15, 1977 3–3 Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 27–13–4
45 W January 17, 1977 7–3 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 28–13–4
46 L January 20, 1977 3–4 New York Islanders (1976–77) 28–14–4
47 W January 21, 1977 5–2 @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 29–14–4
48 W January 23, 1977 3–0 Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 30–14–4
49 L January 27, 1977 4–6 Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 30–15–4
50 T January 29, 1977 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 30–15–5
51 L January 30, 1977 2–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 30–16–5
52 T February 1, 1977 3–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 30–16–6
53 W February 3, 1977 5–4 St. Louis Blues (1976–77) 31–16–6
54 L February 4, 1977 3–6 @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 31–17–6
55 W February 6, 1977 5–2 Washington Capitals (1976–77) 32–17–6
56 L February 10, 1977 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 32–18–6
57 L February 12, 1977 3–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 32–19–6
58 W February 13, 1977 4–2 Cleveland Barons (1976–77) 33–19–6
59 W February 16, 1977 7–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) 34–19–6
60 L February 19, 1977 0–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 34–20–6
61 L February 23, 1977 1–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) 34–21–6
62 W February 25, 1977 5–2 @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) 35–21–6
63 T February 27, 1977 2–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 35–21–7
64 W March 1, 1977 8–3 Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 36–21–7
65 W March 3, 1977 4–1 @ New York Rangers (1976–77) 37–21–7
66 W March 5, 1977 3–1 Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 38–21–7
67 W March 6, 1977 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) 39–21–7
68 W March 8, 1977 3–2 Atlanta Flames (1976–77) 40–21–7
69 W March 10, 1977 10–3 New York Rangers (1976–77) 41–21–7
70 W March 12, 1977 3–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 42–21–7
71 T March 13, 1977 2–2 Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) 42–21–8
72 W March 17, 1977 4–2 Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 43–21–8
73 L March 21, 1977 1–5 Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) 43–22–8
74 W March 23, 1977 6–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) 44–22–8
75 L March 24, 1977 2–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) 44–23–8
76 W March 26, 1977 7–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 45–23–8
77 W March 27, 1977 3–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) 46–23–8
78 W March 30, 1977 4–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) 47–23–8
79 W April 2, 1977 5–3 @ New York Islanders (1976–77) 48–23–8
80 W April 3, 1977 7–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) 49–23–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/− PPG SHG GWG
Jean Ratelle C 78 33 61 94 22 19 8 1 6
Peter McNab C 80 38 48 86 11 26 6 0 8
Gregg Sheppard C 77 31 36 67 20 3 8 1 5
Brad Park D 77 12 55 67 67 47 4 1 4
Terry O'Reilly RW 79 14 41 55 147 38 1 1 4
Bobby Schmautz RW 57 23 29 52 62 25 4 0 2
Wayne Cashman LW 65 15 37 52 76 4 3 0 3
Don Marcotte LW 80 27 18 45 20 28 3 1 5
John Bucyk LW 49 20 23 43 12 −2 6 0 2
Rick Middleton RW 72 20 22 42 2 2 0 0 1
Stan Jonathan LW 69 17 13 30 69 1 1 0 2
Matti Hagman C 75 11 17 28 0 6 1 0 0
Mike Milbury D 77 6 18 24 166 25 0 0 2
Rick Smith D 46 6 16 22 30 23 0 0 0
Dallas Smith D 58 2 20 22 40 16 0 0 0
Earl Anderson RW 40 10 11 21 4 4 1 0 3
Dave Forbes LW 73 9 11 20 47 13 0 2 1
Gary Doak D 76 3 13 16 107 15 0 0 0
Hank Nowak LW 24 7 5 12 14 4 0 0 1
John Wensink LW 23 4 6 10 32 5 0 0 0
Ray Maluta D 23 2 3 5 4 4 0 0 0
Doug Halward D 18 2 2 4 6 9 0 0 0
Gerry Cheevers G 45 0 4 4 46 0 0 0 0
Darryl Edestrand D 17 0 3 3 16 4 0 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 34 0 1 1 15 0 0 0 0
Joe Zanussi D 8 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 0
Clayton Pachal C/LW 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Jim Pettie G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Sims D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gerry Cheevers 2700 45 30 10 5 137 3.04 3
Gilles Gilbert 2040 34 18 13 3 97 2.85 1
Jim Pettie 60 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0
Team: 4800 80 49 23 8 237 2.96 4

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Jean Ratelle C 14 5 12 17 4 1 0 1
Bobby Schmautz RW 14 11 1 12 10 4 0 1
Gregg Sheppard C 14 5 7 12 8 1 1 2
Brad Park D 14 2 10 12 4 0 0 0
Don Marcotte LW 14 5 6 11 10 0 1 0
Terry O'Reilly RW 14 5 6 11 28 0 0 1
Rick Middleton RW 13 5 4 9 0 0 0 1
Wayne Cashman LW 14 1 8 9 18 0 0 0
Rick Smith D 14 0 9 9 14 0 0 0
Peter McNab C 14 5 3 8 2 2 0 0
Stan Jonathan LW 14 4 2 6 24 0 0 1
Mike Milbury D 13 2 2 4 47 0 0 1
John Wensink LW 13 0 3 3 8 0 0 0
Gary Doak D 14 0 2 2 26 0 0 0
Dave Forbes LW 14 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Matti Hagman C 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Earl Anderson RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Bucyk LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Cheevers G 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Darryl Edestrand D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gilles Gilbert G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Halward D 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Al Sims D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gerry Cheevers 858 14 8 5 44 3.08 1
Gilles Gilbert 20 1 0 1 3 9.00 0
Team: 878 14 8 6 47 3.21 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;

Playoffs

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
May 7 Boston 3 Montreal 7
May 10 Boston 0 Montreal 3
May 12 Montreal 4 Boston 2
May 14 Montreal 2 Boston 1 OT

Montreal wins the series 4–0.

Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1976-77 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  4. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.424, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Boston_Bruins_season