1967–68 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1967–68 1967 Boston Bruins East 3rd 37–27–10 22–9–6 15–18–4 259 216 Milt Schmidt Harry Sinden Vacant Johnny BucykTed GreenPhil Esposito Boston Garden Phil Esposito (35) Phil Esposito (49) Phil Esposito (84) Don Awrey (150) Gerry Cheevers (23) Gerry Cheevers (2.83) The 1967–68 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 44th season in the NHL. 2 Offseason In 1967, the Black Hawks made a trade with the Boston Bruins that turned out to be one of the most one-sided in the history of the sport. Chicago sent young forwards Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to Boston in exchange for Pit Martin, Jack Norris and Gilles Marotte. Regular season Season standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1967–68 regular season1967-68 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1968_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 3, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 11, 1967||4–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 15, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 18, 1967||7–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||2–0–1 |- |4||W||October 19, 1967||6–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||3–0–1 |- |5||L||October 21, 1967||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 26, 1967||2–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||4–1–1 |- |7||W||October 29, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||5–1–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||L||November 1, 1967||1–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||5–2–1 |- |9||T||November 5, 1967||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||5–2–2 |- |10||W||November 8, 1967||6–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||6–2–2 |- |11||W||November 11, 1967||2–1 || align="left"| California SealsCurrier Steve The California Golden Seals: a tale of white skates, red ink, and one of the NHLs most outlandish teams 2017 University of Nebraska Press Lincoln 978-0-8032-8848-5 52 (1967–68) ||7–2–2 |- |12||L||November 12, 1967||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||7–3–2 |- |13||L||November 15, 1967||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||7–4–2 |- |14||W||November 18, 1967||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||8–4–2 |- |15||W||November 19, 1967||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||9–4–2 |- |16||L||November 22, 1967||1–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||9–5–2 |- |17||W||November 23, 1967||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||10–5–2 |- |18||W||November 25, 1967||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||11–5–2 |- |19||W||November 26, 1967||7–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||12–5–2 |- |20||W||November 29, 1967||5–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||13–5–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||T||December 2, 1967||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||13–5–3 |- |22||W||December 3, 1967||5–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||14–5–3 |- |23||W||December 7, 1967||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||15–5–3 |- |24||T||December 9, 1967||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||15–5–4 |- |25||L||December 10, 1967||1–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||15–6–4 |- |26||L||December 13, 1967||2–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||15–7–4 |- |27||L||December 15, 1967||1–4 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||15–8–4 |- |28||W||December 16, 1967||5–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||16–8–4 |- |29||L||December 20, 1967||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||16–9–4 |- |30||W||December 23, 1967||4–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||17–9–4 |- |31||W||December 25, 1967||6–3 || align="left"| Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||18–9–4 |- |32||W||December 27, 1967||7–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||19–9–4 |- |33||L||December 30, 1967||4–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||19–10–4 |- |34||L||December 31, 1967||4–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||19–11–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||T||January 3, 1968||5–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||19–11–5 |- |36||W||January 4, 1968||3–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||20–11–5 |- |37||T||January 6, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||20–11–6 |- |38||L||January 7, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||20–12–6 |- |39||W||January 11, 1968||5–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||21–12–6 |- |40||L||January 13, 1968||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||21–13–6 |- |41||W||January 14, 1968||9–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||22–13–6 |- |42||L||January 18, 1968||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||22–14–6 |- |43||W||January 20, 1968||4–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||23–14–6 |- |44||W||January 21, 1968||6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||24–14–6 |- |45||L||January 24, 1968||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||24–15–6 |- |46||L||January 25, 1968||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||24–16–6 |- |47||L||January 27, 1968||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||24–17–6 |- |48||L||January 28, 1968||0–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||24–18–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||T||February 1, 1968||4–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||24–18–7 |- |50||T||February 3, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||24–18–8 |- |51||W||February 4, 1968||5–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||25–18–8 |- |52||W||February 7, 1968||6–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||26–18–8 |- |53||T||February 10, 1968||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||26–18–9 |- |54||T||February 11, 1968||3–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||26–18–10 |- |55||L||February 14, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||26–19–10 |- |56||L||February 17, 1968||1–3 || align="left"| @ Oakland Seals (1967–68) ||26–20–10 |- |57||W||February 18, 1968||6–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68) ||27–20–10 |- |58||L||February 21, 1968||3–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68) ||27–21–10 |- |59||W||February 22, 1968||3–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||28–21–10 |- |60||L||February 24, 1968||0–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||28–22–10 |- |61||W||February 27, 1968||5–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68) ||29–22–10 |- |62||W||February 29, 1968||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||30–22–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |63||W||March 3, 1968||9–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1967–68) ||31–22–10 |- |64||W||March 6, 1968||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||32–22–10 |- |65||W||March 7, 1968||2–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68) ||33–22–10 |- |66||L||March 10, 1968||5–7 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||33–23–10 |- |67||W||March 13, 1968||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1967–68) ||34–23–10 |- |68||L||March 16, 1968||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||34–24–10 |- |69||W||March 17, 1968||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||35–24–10 |- |70||W||March 21, 1968||8–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68) ||36–24–10 |- |71||L||March 24, 1968||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68) ||36–25–10 |- |72||L||March 28, 1968||4–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1967–68) ||36–26–10 |- |73||W||March 30, 1968||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68) ||37–26–10 |- |74||L||March 31, 1968||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68) ||37–27–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Phil Esposito C 74 35 49 84 21913 John Bucyk LW 72 30 39 69 8614 John McKenzie John McKenzie (ice hockey) RW 74 28 38 66 107704 Fred Stanfield LW 73 20 44 64 10301 Ken Hodge RW 74 25 31 56 31503 Tommy Williams Tom Williams (ice hockey b. 1940) RW 68 18 32 50 14004 Derek Sanderson C 71 24 25 49 98416 Ted Green D 72 7 36 43 133300 Eddie Shack LW 70 23 19 42 107406 Ed Westfall D/RW 73 14 22 36 38122 Bobby Orr D 46 11 20 31 63301 Dallas Smith Dallas Smith (ice hockey) D 74 4 23 27 65001 Glen Sather LW 65 8 12 20 34021 Don Awrey D 74 3 12 15 150000 Skip Krake C 68 5 7 12 13030 Gary Doak D 59 2 10 12 100001 Ross Lonsberry LW 19 2 2 4 12000 Wayne Cashman LW 12 0 4 4 2000 Gerry Cheevers G 47 0 2 2 8000 John Arbour D 4 0 1 1 11000 Ron Murphy LW 12 0 1 1 4000 Barry Gibbs D 16 0 0 0 2000 Andre Gill Andre Gill (ice hockey) G 5 0 0 0 0000 Eddie Johnston G 28 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Gerry Cheevers 2646 47 23 17 5 125 2.83 3 Eddie Johnston 1524 28 11 8 5 73 2.87 0 Andre Gill Andre Gill (ice hockey) 270 5 3 2 0 13 2.89 1 Team: 4440 74 37 27 10 211 2.85 4 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Ken Hodge RW 4 3 0 3 2000 Phil Esposito C 4 0 3 3 0000 Ed Westfall D/RW 4 2 0 2 2000 Ted Green D 4 1 1 2 11100 John McKenzie John McKenzie (ice hockey) RW 4 1 1 2 8000 John Bucyk LW 3 0 2 2 0000 Bobby Orr D 4 0 2 2 2000 Derek Sanderson C 4 0 2 2 9000 Dallas Smith Dallas Smith (ice hockey) D 4 0 2 2 0000 Tommy Williams Tom Williams (ice hockey b. 1940) RW 4 1 0 1 2000 Don Awrey D 4 0 1 1 4000 Eddie Shack LW 4 0 1 1 6000 Fred Stanfield LW 4 0 1 1 0000 Wayne Cashman LW 1 0 0 0 0000 Gerry Cheevers G 4 0 0 0 4000 Gary Doak D 4 0 0 0 4000 Skip Krake C 4 0 0 0 2000 Ron Murphy LW 4 0 0 0 0000 Glen Sather LW 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Gerry Cheevers 240 4 0 4 15 3.75 0 Team: 240 4 0 4 15 3.75 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-09 1967-68 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1968.html Awards and honors 1967–68 NHL season #Awards Draft picks Boston's picks at the 1967 NHL entry draft. Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (league) 1 10 Meehan Bonnar Right wing Canada St. Thomas Stars (WOJBHL) References Bruins on Hockey Database Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Category:1960s in Boston