Wayne Cashman

Wayne Cashman
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg)
Teams	Boston Bruins
Nationality	Canadian
Born	June 24, 1945, Kingston, ON, CAN
Pro Career	1965 – 1983

Wayne Cashman (born June 24, 1945 in Kingston, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional player and a former NHL head coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Boston Bruins.

Playing Career

Cashman played his junior hockey as a teammate of Bobby Orr's on the Oshawa Generals of the OHA. He played parts of three seasons in the minor leagues for the Oklahoma City Blazers and the Hershey Bears before making the Bruins' squad for good in 1969.

Cashman played his entire NHL career with the Boston Bruins (1964–65, 1967–83) as the hard-grinding left wing on the era's most formidable forward line with superstar centre Phil Esposito and right wing Ken Hodge, and was on Stanley Cup winning teams in 1970 and 1972. His best season was in 1974, when he scored 30 goals and 59 assists to finish 4th in the league in points, played in the All-Star Game and was named to the NHL Second All-Star team. He served as the captain of the Bruins from the 1978 season until 1983.

Cashman is considered by many inside the hockey world to be one of the greatest fighters in the history of the NHL.

After his retirement as a player, Cashman served in several coaching positions, largely for his former teammate Phil Esposito; five seasons as an assistant coach for the New York Rangers, four for the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach. In 1997–98, he was the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers and served thereafter as the team's assistant coach. He was an assistant coach with the Bruins from 2001 until 2006.

His total NHL coaching record was 32-20-9.

Career Achievements and Trivia

• Finished with 277 goals and 516 assists in 1027 games.
• Played for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series.
• At the time of his retirement, was the final active player who had played in the NHL in the "Original Six" era prior to the 1967 expansion.

Career Statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1963–64	Oshawa Generals	OHA		27	9	12	21	0		—	—	—	—	—
1964–65	Boston Bruins	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1964–65	Oshawa Generals	OHA		55	27	46	73	0		—	—	—	—	—
1965–66	Oshawa Generals	OHA		48	26	44	70	98		—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	Oklahoma City Blazers	CHL		70	20	36	56	98		11	3	4	7	4
1967–68	Oklahoma City Blazers	CPHL		42	21	30	51	66		—	—	—	—	—
1967–68	Boston Bruins	NHL		12	0	4	4	2		1	0	0	0	0
1968–69	Hershey Bears	AHL		21	6	9	15	30		—	—	—	—	—
1968–69	Boston Bruins	NHL		51	8	23	31	49		6	0	1	1	0
1969–70	Boston Bruins	NHL		70	9	26	35	79		14	5	4	9	50
1970–71	Boston Bruins	NHL		77	21	58	79	100		7	3	2	5	15
1971–72	Boston Bruins	NHL		74	23	29	52	103		15	4	7	11	42
1972–73	Boston Bruins	NHL		76	29	39	68	100		5	1	1	2	4
1973–74	Boston Bruins	NHL		78	30	59	89	111		16	5	9	14	46
1974–75	Boston Bruins	NHL		42	11	22	33	24		1	0	2	2	0
1975–76	Boston Bruins	NHL		80	28	43	71	87		11	1	5	6	16
1976–77	Boston Bruins	NHL		65	15	37	52	76		14	1	8	9	18
1977–78	Boston Bruins	NHL		76	24	38	62	69		15	4	6	10	13
1978–79	Boston Bruins	NHL		75	27	40	67	63		10	4	5	9	8
1979–80	Boston Bruins	NHL		44	11	21	32	19		10	3	3	6	32
1980–81	Boston Bruins	NHL		77	25	35	60	80		3	0	1	1	0
1981–82	Boston Bruins	NHL		64	12	31	43	59		9	0	2	2	6
1982–83	Boston Bruins	NHL		65	4	11	15	20		8	0	1	1	0
NHL totals				1027	277	516	793	1041		145	31	57	88	250

Gallery

Wayne Cashman scores on Joe Daley, October 18, 1969.

Wayne Cashman makes it 3-1 Boston, Game 3 of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, May 7, 1970.

Ken Hodge, Wayne Cashman, Seals goalie Gary Smith, November 15, 1970.

Ken Hodge celebrates one of his 6 assists, February 9, 1971.

Wayne Cashman from Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr, Game 2 of the 1971 Quarter-finals, April 8, 1971.

Officials missed this goal by Wayne Cashman, January 8, 1972.

Mike Walton benefited from playing with Phil Esposito and Wayne Cashman, scoring against Buffalo on February 12, 1972.

Wayne Cashman is checked through the Zamboni doors by Jim Schoenfeld, December 13, 1972.

Wayne Cashman had a hat trick, January 28, 1973.

Wayne Cashman opens the scoring from Bobby Orr, Game 1 of the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals, May 7, 1974.

External Links

• Wayne Cashman's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by John Bucyk	Boston Bruins captains 1977–83	Succeeded by Terry O'Reilly
Preceded by Terry Murray	Philadelphia Flyers head coaches 1997–98	Succeeded by Roger Neilson