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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Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

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[edit] Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Phil Esposito, Art Ross Trophy Winner
Bobby Orr, Conn Smythe Trophy
Bobby Orr, Norris Trophy

[edit] References

Bruins on Hockey Database

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Bold indicates Stanley Cup championship

v • d • e 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

See also	1971 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1972 Stanley Cup Finals

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