1961-62 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics

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Record: 15-47-8 (38 points), Finished 6th in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Phil Watson (15-47-8)

Captain: Don McKenney

Primary Arena: Boston Garden

Goals For: 177 (6th of 6), Goals Against: 306 (6th of 6)
SRS: -1.53 (6th of 6), SOS: 0.31 (1st of 6)

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Boston Bruins	70	15	47	8	38	.271	177	306	-1.54	0.31	2.53	4.37	38			50			5	9	2166	8.2	2463	.876		3
League Average	70	29	29	12	70	.500	211	211					40			40			5	5	2217	9.5	2217	.905		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
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Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
4	Bob Armstrong	ca CA	D	30	6-1	190	R/-	10	April 7, 1931	2 G, 1 A, 3 P
24	Bob Beckett	ca CA	C	25	6-0	185	L/-	2	April 8, 1936	7 G, 2 A, 9 P
20	Leo Boivin	ca CA	D	30	5-8	183	L/-	10	August 2, 1931	5 G, 18 A, 23 P
9	Johnny Bucyk	ca CA	LW	26	6-0	215	L/-	6	May 12, 1935	20 G, 40 A, 60 P
10	Charlie Burns	us US	C	25	5-11	170	L/-	3	February 14, 1936	11 G, 17 A, 28 P
1	Ed Chadwick	ca CA	G	28	5-11	184	-/L	5	May 8, 1933	0-3-1, 5.50 GAA
8	Wayne Connelly	ca CA	C	22	5-10	170	R/-	1	December 16, 1939	8 G, 12 A, 20 P
1	Bruce Gamble	ca CA	G	23	5-9	200	-/L	2	May 24, 1938	6-18-4, 4.32 GAA
12	Terry Gray	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	175	R/-	R	March 21, 1938	8 G, 7 A, 15 P
6	Ted Green	ca CA	D	21	5-10	200	R/-	1	March 23, 1940	3 G, 8 A, 11 P
1	Don Head	ca CA	G	28	5-10	200	-/L	R	June 30, 1933	9-26-3, 4.16 GAA
27	Orland Kurtenbach	ca CA	C	25	6-2	180	L/-	1	September 7, 1936	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
24	Larry Leach	ca CA	C	25	6-2	175	L/-	2	June 18, 1936	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
17	Don McKenney (C)	ca CA	C	27	6-0	160	L/-	7	April 30, 1934	22 G, 33 A, 55 P
22	Dick Meissner	ca CA	RW	22	5-11	200	R/-	2	January 6, 1940	3 G, 3 A, 6 P
19	Doug Mohns	ca CA	D/RW	28	6-0	185	L/-	8	December 13, 1933	16 G, 29 A, 45 P
16	Murray Oliver	ca CA	C	24	5-10	170	L/-	3	November 14, 1937	17 G, 29 A, 46 P
7	Cliff Pennington	ca CA	C	21	6-0	170	R/-	1	April 18, 1940	9 G, 32 A, 41 P
23	André Pronovost	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	188	L/-	5	July 9, 1936	15 G, 8 A, 23 P
11	Dallas Smith	ca CA	D	20	5-11	180	L/-	2	October 10, 1941	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
4	Pat Stapleton	ca CA	D	21	5-8	180	L/-	R	July 4, 1940	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
21	Jerry Toppazzini	ca CA	RW	30	6-0	180	R/-	9	July 29, 1931	19 G, 31 A, 50 P
18	Ed Westfall	ca CA	D	21	6-1	197	R/-	R	September 19, 1940	2 G, 9 A, 11 P
11	Tommy Williams	us US	RW/C	21	5-11	180	R/-	R	April 17, 1940	6 G, 6 A, 12 P

Standard Stats

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Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Johnny Bucyk	26	LW	67	20	40	60	-43	32	14	6	0	2	24	16	0	202	9.9
2	Don McKenney	27	C	70	22	33	55	-31	10	14	8	0	3	21	12	0	177	12.4			ASG,Byng-3
3	Jerry Toppazzini	30	RW	70	19	31	50	-11	26	12	6	1	1	17	11	3	166	11.4
4	Murray Oliver	24	C	70	17	29	46	-44	20	16	1	0	2	24	5	0	201	8.5
5	Doug Mohns	28	D	69	16	29	45	-62	74	9	7	0	1	15	14	0	166	9.6			ASG,Hart-9
6	Cliff Pennington	21	C	70	9	32	41	-41	2	6	3	0	1	16	16	0	146	6.2			Calder-2
7	Charlie Burns	25	C	70	11	17	28	-17	43	6	2	3	2	16	0	1	139	7.9
8	Leo Boivin	29	D	65	5	18	23	-46	70	4	0	1	0	18	0	0	123	4.1			ASG
9	André Pronovost	25	LW	70	15	8	23	-33	74	13	2	0	1	8	0	0	131	11.5
10	Wayne Connelly	22	C	61	8	12	20	-28	34	8	0	0	0	12	0	0	127	6.3			Calder-4
11	Terry Gray	23	RW	42	8	7	15	-27	15	7	1	0	0	7	0	0	70	11.4
12	Tommy Williams	21	RW	27	6	6	12	-1	2	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	55	10.9
13	Ed Westfall	21	D	63	2	9	11	-20	53	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	65	3.1
14	Ted Green	21	D	66	3	8	11	-36	116	2	1	0	1	8	0	0	76	3.9
15	Bob Beckett	25	C	34	7	2	9	-18	14	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	49	14.3
16	Larry Leach	25	C	28	2	5	7	-5	18	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	36	5.6
17	Pat Stapleton	21	D	69	2	5	7	-58	42	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	98	2.0			Calder-3
18	Dick Meissner	22	RW	66	3	3	6	-42	13	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	105	2.9
19	Bob Armstrong	30	D	9	2	1	3	-10	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	9.5
20	Orland Kurtenbach	25	C	8	0	0	0	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
21	Don Head	28	G	38	0	0	0		14					0					2280:00
22	Dallas Smith	20	D	7	0	0	0	-4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
23	Bruce Gamble	23	G	28	0	0	0		4					0					1680:00
24	Ed Chadwick	28	G	4	0	0	0		0					0					240:00
	Team Totals			70	177			-581	712	134	38	5	15				2166	8.2

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Don Head	28	38	9	26	3	158	1307	1149	.879	4.16	2	2280:00	128	-35.0	4.37	2.0	0	0	0	14
2	Bruce Gamble	23	28	6	18	4	121	1003	882	.879	4.32	1	1680:00	128	-26.6	4.50	1.0	0	0	0	4
3	Ed Chadwick	28	4	0	3	1	22	149	127	.852	5.50	0	240:00	157	-8.0	5.50	-0.3	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		70	15	47	8	301	2459	2158	.878	4.30	3	4200:00	130	-69.6	4.49	2.7	0	0	0	18

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Penalty Shots (2)

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
								Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Johnny Bucyk	26	LW	67	21	43	64	23.2	83	33	93	0	-43	4.2	0.2	4.4
2	Don McKenney	27	C	70	23	35	58	22.1	77	32	77	1	-31	3.8	0.2	4.0	ASG,Byng-3
3	Jerry Toppazzini	30	RW	70	20	33	53	19.9	70	30	82	31	-11	3.0	0.2	3.3
4	Murray Oliver	24	C	70	18	31	49	18.3	53	7	91	1	-44	2.5	0.2	2.7
5	Doug Mohns	28	D	69	17	31	48	17.7	94	37	142	23	-62	4.2	0.9	5.0	ASG,Hart-9
6	Cliff Pennington	21	C	70	9	34	43	14.2	61	33	71	2	-41	1.3	0.2	1.5	Calder-2
7	Charlie Burns	25	C	70	12	18	30	11.5	42	2	101	44	-17	0.3	0.2	0.6
8	Leo Boivin	29	D	65	5	19	24	7.9	65	1	134	24	-46	1.2	0.8	2.1	ASG
9	André Pronovost	25	LW	70	16	8	24	10.9	45	5	78	5	-33	0.2	0.2	0.5
10	Wayne Connelly	22	C	61	8	13	21	7.9	44	3	73	4	-28	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	Calder-4
11	Terry Gray	23	RW	42	8	7	15	6.3	18	1	45	1	-27	0.2	0.1	0.3
12	Tommy Williams	21	RW	27	6	6	12	4.9	18	1	19	0	-1	0.4	0.1	0.5
13	Ted Green	21	D	66	3	8	11	3.8	43	1	93	15	-36	0.0	0.9	0.8
14	Ed Westfall	21	D	63	2	9	11	3.6	50	0	78	8	-20	-0.1	0.8	0.7
15	Bob Beckett	25	C	34	7	2	9	4.4	12	0	30	0	-18	-0.1	0.1	0.0
16	Larry Leach	25	C	28	2	5	7	2.5	10	0	16	1	-5	-0.5	0.1	-0.4
17	Pat Stapleton	21	D	69	2	5	7	2.5	53	0	134	23	-58	-0.6	0.9	0.3	Calder-3
18	Dick Meissner	22	RW	66	3	3	6	2.5	14	0	67	11	-42	-2.2	0.2	-2.0
19	Bob Armstrong	30	D	9	2	1	3	1.4	10	1	23	4	-10	0.3	0.1	0.4
20	Orland Kurtenbach	25	C	8	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	6	0	-4	-0.4	0.0	-0.3
21	Dallas Smith	20	D	7	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	7	0	-4	-0.1	0.1	0.0