The 1979–80 Boston Bruins season56th 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.
Off-season [ ] Regular Season [ ] Final Standings [ ] Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
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Game Log [ ] Playoffs [ ] Won Preliminary Round (3-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Islanders Player Stats [ ] Regular Season [ ] Scoring
Player
Pos
GP
G
A
Pts
PIM
+/-
PPG
SHG
GWG
Middleton, Rick Rick Middleton
RW
80
40
52
92
24
31
9
0
4
McNab, Peter Peter McNab
C
74
40
38
78
10
24
11
0
9
Ratelle, Jean Jean Ratelle
C
67
28
45
73
8
11
14
0
1
Bourque, Raymond Raymond Bourque
D
80
17
48
65
73
52
3
2
1
O'Reilly, Terry Terry O'Reilly
RW
71
19
42
61
265
17
3
0
5
Redmond, Dick Dick Redmond
D
76
14
33
47
39
37
6
0
5
Bob Miller C
80
16
25
41
53
9
0
1
2
Jonathan, Stan Stan Jonathan
LW
79
21
19
40
208
20
0
0
3
Secord, Al Al Secord
LW
77
23
16
39
170
20
1
0
2
Foster, Dwight Dwight Foster
RW
57
10
28
38
42
23
1
1
2
Lalonde, Bobby Bobby Lalonde
C
71
10
25
35
28
14
1
2
0
Cashman, Wayne Wayne Cashman
LW
44
11
21
32
19
-3
3
1
2
MacTavish, Craig Craig MacTavish
C
46
11
17
28
8
16
0
0
2
Smith, Rick Rick Smith
D
78
8
18
26
62
22
0
0
2
Milbury, Mike Mike Milbury
D
72
10
13
23
59
7
1
0
0
Park, Brad Brad Park
D
32
5
16
21
27
11
2
0
2
Wensink, John John Wensink
LW
69
9
11
20
110
7
0
0
2
McCrimmon, Brad Brad McCrimmon
D
72
5
11
16
94
-3
1
0
1
Marcotte, Don Don Marcotte
LW
32
4
11
15
0
4
0
1
1
Schmautz, Bobby Bobby Schmautz
RW
20
8
6
14
8
-1
4
0
0
Doak, Gary Gary Doak
D
52
0
5
5
45
14
0
0
0
Songin, Tom Tom Songin
RW
17
1
3
4
16
0
0
0
0
Gilbert, Gilles Gilles Gilbert
G
33
0
1
1
10
0
0
0
0
Morrison, Doug Doug Morrison
RW
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
O'Brien, Dennis Dennis O'Brien
D
3
0
0
0
2
-4
0
0
0
Stewart, Jim Jim Stewart
G
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Baron, Marco Marco Baron
G
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Belanger, Yves Yves Belanger
G
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cheevers, Gerry Gerry Cheevers
G
42
0
0
0
62
0
0
0
0
Goaltending Playoffs [ ] Scoring
Player
Pos
GP
G
A
Pts
PIM
PPG
SHG
GWG
McNab, Peter Peter McNab
C
10
8
6
14
2
3
0
1
Bourque, Raymond Raymond Bourque
D
10
2
9
11
27
0
0
0
O'Reilly, Terry Terry O'Reilly
RW
10
3
6
9
69
2
0
1
Park, Brad Brad Park
D
10
3
6
9
4
0
0
0
Foster, Dwight Dwight Foster
RW
9
3
5
8
2
0
1
1
Middleton, Rick Rick Middleton
RW
10
4
2
6
5
0
0
0
Cashman, Wayne Wayne Cashman
LW
10
3
3
6
32
1
0
0
Bob Miller C
10
3
2
5
4
0
1
0
MacTavish, Craig Craig MacTavish
C
10
2
3
5
7
0
0
0
Marcotte, Don Don Marcotte
LW
10
2
3
5
4
0
0
1
Redmond, Dick Dick Redmond
D
10
0
3
3
9
0
0
0
Secord, Al Al Secord
LW
10
0
3
3
65
0
0
0
Smith, Rick Rick Smith
D
6
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
McCrimmon, Brad Brad McCrimmon
D
10
1
1
2
28
0
0
0
Milbury, Mike Mike Milbury
D
10
0
2
2
50
0
0
0
Lalonde, Bobby Bobby Lalonde
C
4
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
Ratelle, Jean Jean Ratelle
C
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Doak, Gary Gary Doak
D
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wensink, John John Wensink
LW
4
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
Jonathan, Stan Stan Jonathan
LW
9
0
0
0
29
0
0
0
Cheevers, Gerry Gerry Cheevers
G
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
GA
GAA
SO
Cheevers, Gerry Gerry 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; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts
Awards and Records [ ] Transactions [ ] Draft Picks [ ] Boston's picks at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft were as follows:
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