1976–77 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1976–77 1976 Boston Bruins Wales 2nd Adams 1st 49–23–8 27–7–6 22–16–2 312 240 Harry Sinden Don Cherry Johnny Bucyk None Boston Garden Peter McNab (38) Jean Ratelle (61) Jean Ratelle (94) Mike Milbury (166) Gilles Gilbert (18) Gilles Gilbert (2.85) Yes The 1976–77 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 53rd season in the NHL. The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals. 2 Offseason NHL draft Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team116Clayton Pachal (C)CanadaNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)234Lorry Gloeckner (D) Canada Victoria Cougars (WCHL)470Bob Miller (C) United States Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)588Peter Vandemark (LW) Canada Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)6106Ted Olson (LW) Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL) Regular season Season standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1976–77 regular season1976-77 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1977_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||W||October 7, 1976||6–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 9, 1976||5–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 10, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 13, 1976||5–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||October 15, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||4–1–0 |- |6||W||October 17, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||5–1–0 |- |7||L||October 19, 1976||5–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||5–2–0 |- |8||W||October 20, 1976||2–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||6–2–0 |- |9||W||October 23, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||7–2–0 |- |10||W||October 27, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||8–2–0 |- |11||W||October 30, 1976||4–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||9–2–0 |- |12||L||October 31, 1976||1–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||9–3–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||W||November 4, 1976||7–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||10–3–0 |- |14||W||November 7, 1976||3–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||11–3–0 |- |15||W||November 10, 1976||6–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||12–3–0 |- |16||T||November 11, 1976||2–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||12–3–1 |- |17||W||November 14, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||13–3–1 |- |18||W||November 18, 1976||3–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||14–3–1 |- |19||W||November 19, 1976||4–1 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||15–3–1 |- |20||W||November 21, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||16–3–1 |- |21||W||November 24, 1976||4–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||17–3–1 |- |22||W||November 25, 1976||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||18–3–1 |- |23||L||November 27, 1976||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||18–4–1 |- |24||L||November 30, 1976||2–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||18–5–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||W||December 1, 1976||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||19–5–1 |- |26||L||December 3, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||19–6–1 |- |27||T||December 5, 1976||5–5 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||19–6–2 |- |28||L||December 9, 1976||1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||19–7–2 |- |29||L||December 11, 1976||3–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||19–8–2 |- |30||L||December 12, 1976||3–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||19–9–2 |- |31||W||December 16, 1976||5–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||20–9–2 |- |32||L||December 18, 1976||4–6 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||20–10–2 |- |33||W||December 19, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||21–10–2 |- |34||L||December 21, 1976||0–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||21–11–2 |- |35||T||December 23, 1976||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||21–11–3 |- |36||W||December 26, 1976||6–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||22–11–3 |- |37||W||December 29, 1976||8–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||23–11–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||L||January 1, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||23–12–3 |- |39||W||January 5, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||24–12–3 |- |40||L||January 8, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||24–13–3 |- |41||W||January 9, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||25–13–3 |- |42||W||January 11, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||26–13–3 |- |43||W||January 13, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||27–13–3 |- |44||T||January 15, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||27–13–4 |- |45||W||January 17, 1977||7–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||28–13–4 |- |46||L||January 20, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1976–77) ||28–14–4 |- |47||W||January 21, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||29–14–4 |- |48||W||January 23, 1977||3–0 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||30–14–4 |- |49||L||January 27, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||30–15–4 |- |50||T||January 29, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||30–15–5 |- |51||L||January 30, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||30–16–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||T||February 1, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||30–16–6 |- |53||W||February 3, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1976–77) ||31–16–6 |- |54||L||February 4, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||31–17–6 |- |55||W||February 6, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1976–77) ||32–17–6 |- |56||L||February 10, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||32–18–6 |- |57||L||February 12, 1977||3–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||32–19–6 |- |58||W||February 13, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1976–77) ||33–19–6 |- |59||W||February 16, 1977||7–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1976–77) ||34–19–6 |- |60||L||February 19, 1977||0–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||34–20–6 |- |61||L||February 23, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1976–77) ||34–21–6 |- |62||W||February 25, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1976–77) ||35–21–6 |- |63||T||February 27, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||35–21–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||W||March 1, 1977||8–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||36–21–7 |- |65||W||March 3, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1976–77) ||37–21–7 |- |66||W||March 5, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||38–21–7 |- |67||W||March 6, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1976–77) ||39–21–7 |- |68||W||March 8, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1976–77) ||40–21–7 |- |69||W||March 10, 1977||10–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1976–77) ||41–21–7 |- |70||W||March 12, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||42–21–7 |- |71||T||March 13, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1976–77) ||42–21–8 |- |72||W||March 17, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||43–21–8 |- |73||L||March 21, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1976–77) ||43–22–8 |- |74||W||March 23, 1977||6–0 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1976–77) ||44–22–8 |- |75||L||March 24, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1976–77) ||44–23–8 |- |76||W||March 26, 1977||7–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||45–23–8 |- |77||W||March 27, 1977||3–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1976–77) ||46–23–8 |- |78||W||March 30, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1976–77) ||47–23–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||W||April 2, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1976–77) ||48–23–8 |- |80||W||April 3, 1977||7–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1976–77) ||49–23–8 |- |- | 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 Jean Ratelle C 78 33 61 94 2219816 Peter McNab C 80 38 48 86 1126608 Gregg Sheppard C 77 31 36 67 203815 Brad Park D 77 12 55 67 6747414 Terry O'Reilly RW 79 14 41 55 14738114 Bobby Schmautz RW 57 23 29 52 6225402 Wayne Cashman LW 65 15 37 52 764303 Don Marcotte LW 80 27 18 45 2028315 John Bucyk LW 49 20 23 43 12−2602 Rick Middleton RW 72 20 22 42 22001 Stan Jonathan LW 69 17 13 30 691102 Matti Hagman C 75 11 17 28 06100 Mike Milbury D 77 6 18 24 16625002 Rick Smith Rick Smith (ice hockey) D 46 6 16 22 3023000 Dallas Smith Dallas Smith (ice hockey) D 58 2 20 22 4016000 Earl Anderson Earl Anderson (ice hockey) RW 40 10 11 21 44103 Dave Forbes LW 73 9 11 20 4713021 Gary Doak D 76 3 13 16 10715000 Hank Nowak LW 24 7 5 12 144001 John Wensink LW 23 4 6 10 325000 Ray Maluta D 23 2 3 5 44000 Doug Halward D 18 2 2 4 69000 Gerry Cheevers G 45 0 4 4 460000 Darryl Edestrand D 17 0 3 3 164000 Gilles Gilbert G 34 0 1 1 150000 Joe Zanussi D 8 0 1 1 81000 Clayton Pachal C/LW 1 0 0 0 120000 Jim Pettie G 1 0 0 0 00000 Al Sims D 1 0 0 0 01000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA 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 4101 Bobby Schmautz RW 14 11 1 12 10401 Gregg Sheppard C 14 5 7 12 8112 Brad Park D 14 2 10 12 4000 Don Marcotte LW 14 5 6 11 10010 Terry O'Reilly RW 14 5 6 11 28001 Rick Middleton RW 13 5 4 9 0001 Wayne Cashman LW 14 1 8 9 18000 Rick Smith Rick Smith (ice hockey) D 14 0 9 9 14000 Peter McNab C 14 5 3 8 2200 Stan Jonathan LW 14 4 2 6 24001 Mike Milbury D 13 2 2 4 47001 John Wensink LW 13 0 3 3 8000 Gary Doak D 14 0 2 2 26000 Dave Forbes LW 14 0 1 1 2000 Matti Hagman C 8 0 1 1 0000 Earl Anderson Earl Anderson (ice hockey) RW 2 0 0 0 0000 John Bucyk LW 5 0 0 0 0000 Gerry Cheevers G 14 0 0 0 4000 Darryl Edestrand D 3 0 0 0 2000 Gilles Gilbert G 1 0 0 0 0000 Doug Halward D 6 0 0 0 4000 Al Sims D 2 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA 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 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-09 1976-77 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1977.html Playoffs Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens Date Visitors Score Home Score NotesMay 7 Boston 3 Montreal 7 May 10 Boston 0 Montreal 3 May 12 Montreal 4Boston 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 John Bucyk, Lester Patrick TrophyCollins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.424, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, 978-1-55468-621-6 References Bruins on Hockey Database Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Bruins Category:Adams Division champion seasons Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Bruins Bruins