1967–68 Boston Bruins season

The 1967–68 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 44th season in the NHL.

1967–68 Boston Bruins
Division3rd East
1967–68 record37–27–10
Goals for259
Goals against216
Team information
General ManagerMilt Schmidt
CoachHarry Sinden
CaptainVacant
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsPhil Esposito (35)
AssistsPhil Esposito (49)
PointsPhil Esposito (84)
Penalty minutesDon Awrey (150)
WinsGerry Cheevers (23)
Goals against averageGerry Cheevers (2.83)

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
East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens74422210236167+6994
2New York Rangers74392312226183+4390
3Boston Bruins74372710259216+4384
4Chicago Black Hawks74322616212222−1080
5Toronto Maple Leafs74333110209176+3376
6Detroit Red Wings74273512245257−1266

Record vs. opponents
1967-68 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET LAK MIN MON NYR OAK PHI PIT STL TOR
Boston —5–3–25–3–23–12–25–56–2–22–23–12–22–1–12–5–3
Chicago 3–5–2—4–3–32–1–13–12–6–23–4–33–0–13–12–1–12–0–25–4–1
Detroit 3–5–23–4–3—1–2–12–23–6–13–5–23–0–13–13–12–1–11–8–1
Los Angeles 1–31–2–12–1–1—2–6–22–22–24–4–25–4–16–44–3–32–2
Minnesota 2–21–32–26–2–2—1–2–10–2–25–2–33–6–13–4–33–5–21–2–1
Montreal 5–56–2–26–3–12–22–1–1—4–4–23–12–1–14–03–0–15–3–2
New York 2–6–24–3–35–3–22–22–0–24–4–2—4–03–13–0–13–17–3
Oakland 2–20–3–10–3–14–4–22–5–31–30–4—4–3–31–5–40–7–31–3
Philadelphia 1–31–31–34–5–16–3–11–2–11–33–4–3—3–4–37–1–23–1
Pittsburgh 2–21–2–11–34–64–3–30–40–3–15–1–44–3–3—4–62–1–1
St. Louis 1–2–10–2–21–2–13–4–35–3–20–3–11–37–0–31–7–26–4—2–1–1
Toronto 5–2–34–5–18–1–12–22–1–13–5–23–73–11–31–2–11–2–1—

Schedule and results
Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 11, 19674–4Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)0–0–1
2WOctober 15, 19676–2Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)1–0–1
3WOctober 18, 19677–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)2–0–1
4WOctober 19, 19676–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)3–0–1
5LOctober 21, 19672–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)3–1–1
6WOctober 26, 19672–0Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)4–1–1
7WOctober 29, 19674–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)5–1–1
8LNovember 1, 19671–5@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)5–2–1
9TNovember 5, 19672–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)5–2–2
10WNovember 8, 19676–3@ New York Rangers (1967–68)6–2–2
11WNovember 11, 19672–1Oakland Seals (1967–68)7–2–2
12LNovember 12, 19672–4Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)7–3–2
13LNovember 15, 19672–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)7–4–2
14WNovember 18, 19673–1New York Rangers (1967–68)8–4–2
15WNovember 19, 19676–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)9–4–2
16LNovember 22, 19671–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)9–5–2
17WNovember 23, 19674–2New York Rangers (1967–68)10–5–2
18WNovember 25, 19673–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)11–5–2
19WNovember 26, 19677–5Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)12–5–2
20WNovember 29, 19675–1Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)13–5–2
21TDecember 2, 19674–4Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)13–5–3
22WDecember 3, 19675–3Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)14–5–3
23WDecember 7, 19673–1New York Rangers (1967–68)15–5–3
24TDecember 9, 19673–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)15–5–4
25LDecember 10, 19671–3Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)15–6–4
26LDecember 13, 19672–6Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)15–7–4
27LDecember 15, 19671–4@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)15–8–4
28WDecember 16, 19675–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)16–8–4
29LDecember 20, 19673–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)16–9–4
30WDecember 23, 19674–0@ New York Rangers (1967–68)17–9–4
31WDecember 25, 19676–3Oakland Seals (1967–68)18–9–4
32WDecember 27, 19677–2Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)19–9–4
33LDecember 30, 19674–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)19–10–4
34LDecember 31, 19674–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)19–11–4
35TJanuary 3, 19685–5@ New York Rangers (1967–68)19–11–5
36WJanuary 4, 19683–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)20–11–5
37TJanuary 6, 19683–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)20–11–6
38LJanuary 7, 19682–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)20–12–6
39WJanuary 11, 19685–4Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)21–12–6
40LJanuary 13, 19681–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)21–13–6
41WJanuary 14, 19689–2Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)22–13–6
42LJanuary 18, 19682–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)22–14–6
43WJanuary 20, 19684–2Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)23–14–6
44WJanuary 21, 19686–0Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)24–14–6
45LJanuary 24, 19681–2@ New York Rangers (1967–68)24–15–6
46LJanuary 25, 19680–2Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)24–16–6
47LJanuary 27, 19682–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)24–17–6
48LJanuary 28, 19680–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)24–18–6
49TFebruary 1, 19684–4Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)24–18–7
50TFebruary 3, 19683–3New York Rangers (1967–68)24–18–8
51WFebruary 4, 19685–4Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)25–18–8
52WFebruary 7, 19686–4@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)26–18–8
53TFebruary 10, 19681–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)26–18–9
54TFebruary 11, 19683–3St. Louis Blues (1967–68)26–18–10
55LFebruary 14, 19681–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)26–19–10
56LFebruary 17, 19681–3@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)26–20–10
57WFebruary 18, 19686–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)27–20–10
58LFebruary 21, 19683–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)27–21–10
59WFebruary 22, 19683–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)28–21–10
60LFebruary 24, 19680–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)28–22–10
61WFebruary 27, 19685–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)29–22–10
62WFebruary 29, 19684–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)30–22–10
63WMarch 3, 19689–3St. Louis Blues (1967–68)31–22–10
64WMarch 6, 19685–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)32–22–10
65WMarch 7, 19682–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)33–22–10
66LMarch 10, 19685–7Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)33–23–10
67WMarch 13, 19682–1@ New York Rangers (1967–68)34–23–10
68LMarch 16, 19680–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)34–24–10
69WMarch 17, 19683–1Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)35–24–10
70WMarch 21, 19688–0Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)36–24–10
71LMarch 24, 19683–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)36–25–10
72LMarch 28, 19684–5New York Rangers (1967–68)36–26–10
73WMarch 30, 19682–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)37–26–10
74LMarch 31, 19681–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)37–27–10

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Phil EspositoC7435498421913
John BucykLW723039698614
John McKenzieRW74283866107704
Fred StanfieldLW7320446410301
Ken HodgeRW7425315631503
Tommy WilliamsRW6818325014004
Derek SandersonC7124254998416
Ted GreenD7273643133300
Eddie ShackLW70231942107406
Ed WestfallD/RW7314223638122
Bobby OrrD4611203163301
Dallas SmithD744232765001
Glen SatherLW658122034021
Don AwreyD7431215150000
Skip KrakeC68571213030
Gary DoakD5921012100001
Ross LonsberryLW1922412000
Wayne CashmanLW120442000
Gerry CheeversG470228000
John ArbourD401111000
Ron MurphyLW120114000
Barry GibbsD160002000
Andre GillG50000000
Eddie JohnstonG280000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gerry Cheevers264647231751252.833
Eddie Johnston1524281185732.870
Andre Gill2705320132.891
Team:4440743727102112.854

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Ken HodgeRW43032000
Phil EspositoC40330000
Ed WestfallD/RW42022000
Ted GreenD411211100
John McKenzieRW41128000
John BucykLW30220000
Bobby OrrD40222000
Derek SandersonC40229000
Dallas SmithD40220000
Tommy WilliamsRW41012000
Don AwreyD40114000
Eddie ShackLW40116000
Fred StanfieldLW40110000
Wayne CashmanLW10000000
Gerry CheeversG40004000
Gary DoakD40004000
Skip KrakeC40002000
Ron MurphyLW40000000
Glen SatherLW30000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Gerry Cheevers240404153.750
Team:240404153.750

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and honors

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 1967 NHL Entry Draft.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
110Meehan BonnarRight Wing CanadaSt. Thomas Stars (WOJBHL)

Roster
Boston Bruins 1967–1968 Roster
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

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References
  1. "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1967-68 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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