1971–72 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

1971–72 Boston Bruins

Stanley Cup champions

East Division champions

Division| 1st East
1971–72 record| 54–13–11
Goals for| 330
Goals against| 204
Team information
General manager| Milt Schmidt
Coach| Tom Johnson
Captain| Vacant
Alternate captains| Johnny Bucyk
Phil Esposito
Ted Green
Ed Westfall
Arena| Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals| Phil Esposito (66)
Assists| Bobby Orr (80)
Points| Phil Esposito (130)
Penalty minutes| Dallas Smith (132)
Wins| Eddie Johnston and Gerry Cheevers (27)
Goals against average| Gerry Cheevers (2.50)

<- 1970–71

1972–73 ->

The 1971–72 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 48th season in the NHL. For the second time in three years, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.

## Offseason

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### NHL Draft

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See also: 1971 NHL Amateur Draft

Round  | Overall  | Player

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1  | 5  | Ron Jones
1  | 14  | Terry O'Reilly
2  | 28  | Curt Ridley
3  | 42  | Dave Bonter
4  | 56  | Dave Hynes
5  | 70  | Bert Scott
6  | 84  | Bob MacMahon

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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East Division[1]

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|  | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts

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1 | Boston Bruins | 78 | 54 | 13 | 11 | 330 | 204 | +126 | 119
2 | New York Rangers | 78 | 48 | 17 | 13 | 317 | 192 | +125 | 109
3 | Montreal Canadiens | 78 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 307 | 205 | +102 | 108
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 78 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 209 | 208 | +1 | 80
5 | Detroit Red Wings | 78 | 33 | 35 | 10 | 261 | 262 | −1 | 76
6 | Buffalo Sabres | 78 | 16 | 43 | 19 | 203 | 289 | −86 | 51
7 | Vancouver Canucks | 78 | 20 | 50 | 8 | 203 | 297 | −94 | 48

### Record vs. opponents

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#### Vs. East Division

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| 1971–72 NHL records[2]

Team  | BOS | BUF | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | VAN | Total
Boston | — | 3–1–2 | 5–1 | 2–3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1–1 | 6–0 | 25–7–4
Buffalo | 1–3–2 | — | 0–4–2 | 1–4–1 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–3–1 | 5–25–6
Detroit | 1–5 | 4–0–2 | — | 3–3 | 1–4–1 | 3–3 | 5–0–1 | 17–15–4
Montreal | 3–2–1 | 4–1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–3–2 | 4–1–1 | 6–0 | 21–10–5
New York | 1–5 | 6–0 | 4–1–1 | 3–1–2 | — | 2–2–2 | 5–1 | 21–10–5
Toronto | 1–4–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–4–1 | 2–2–2 | — | 2–2–2 | 14–16–6
Vancouver | 0–6 | 3–2–1 | 0–5–1 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–2–2 | — | 6–26–4

#### Vs. West Division

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| 1971–72 NHL records

Team  | CAL | CHI | LAK | MIN | PHI | PIT | STL | Total
Boston | 4–2 | 4–1–1 | 4–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 6–0 | 2–1–3 | 4–1–1 | 29–6–7
Buffalo | 0–3–3 | 2–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 2–2–2 | 2–2–2 | 2–1–3 | 1–4–1 | 11–18–13
Detroit | 2–2–2 | 0–5–1 | 3–2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2–1 | 4–2 | 2–3–1 | 16–20–6
Montreal | 3–0–3 | 2–1–3 | 5–0–1 | 4–1–1 | 3–2–1 | 4–1–1 | 4–1–1 | 25–6–11
New York | 4–1–1 | 2–1–3 | 6–0 | 1–3–2 | 6–0 | 3–1–2 | 5–1 | 27–7–8
Toronto | 3–2–1 | 0–4–2 | 4–1–1 | 2–2–2 | 2–2–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 19–15–8
Vancouver | 4–2 | 2–3–1 | 0–5–1 | 2–3–1 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–2–1 | 14–24–4

## Schedule and results

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Regular season schedule  No.  | R  | Date  | Score  | Opponent  | Record

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1 | L | October 10, 1971 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1971–72) | 0–1–0
2 | W | October 13, 1971 | 6–1 | @ New York Rangers (1971–72) | 1–1–0
3 | W | October 14, 1971 | 6–2 | Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) | 2–1–0
4 | T | October 17, 1971 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) | 2–1–1
5 | W | October 20, 1971 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) | 3–1–1
6 | W | October 22, 1971 | 5–1 | @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) | 4–1–1
7 | W | October 24, 1971 | 4–3 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) | 5–1–1
8 | L | October 27, 1971 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) | 5–2–1
9 | L | October 28, 1971 | 0–2 | California Golden Seals (1971–72) | 5–3–1
10 | W | October 31, 1971 | 5–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) | 6–3–1
11 | W | November 4, 1971 | 6–1 | St. Louis Blues (1971–72) | 7–3–1
12 | W | November 6, 1971 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) | 8–3–1
13 | L | November 7, 1971 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) | 8–4–1
14 | L | November 10, 1971 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) | 8–5–1
15 | W | November 11, 1971 | 5–2 | California Golden Seals (1971–72) | 9–5–1
16 | W | November 14, 1971 | 11–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) | 10–5–1
17 | W | November 18, 1971 | 5–0 | Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) | 11–5–1
18 | W | November 20, 1971 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) | 12–5–1
19 | W | November 21, 1971 | 6–2 | St. Louis Blues (1971–72) | 13–5–1
20 | W | November 24, 1971 | 2–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) | 14–5–1
21 | W | November 25, 1971 | 4–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) | 15–5–1
22 | T | November 27, 1971 | 6–6 | @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) | 15–5–2
23 | W | December 4, 1971 | 5–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) | 16–5–2
24 | W | December 5, 1971 | 5–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) | 17–5–2
25 | W | December 8, 1971 | 5–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) | 18–5–2
26 | W | December 11, 1971 | 6–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) | 19–5–2
27 | L | December 12, 1971 | 2–4 | @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) | 19–6–2
28 | W | December 16, 1971 | 8–1 | New York Rangers (1971–72) | 20–6–2
29 | W | December 18, 1971 | 4–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) | 21–6–2
30 | T | December 19, 1971 | 2–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) | 21–6–3
31 | T | December 23, 1971 | 4–4 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) | 21–6–4
32 | W | December 25, 1971 | 5–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) | 22–6–4
33 | W | December 26, 1971 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) | 23–6–4
34 | W | December 29, 1971 | 5–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) | 24–6–4
35 | T | December 30, 1971 | 2–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) | 24–6–5
36 | W | January 2, 1972 | 4–1 | @ New York Rangers (1971–72) | 25–6–5
37 | W | January 5, 1972 | 2–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) | 26–6–5
38 | W | January 6, 1972 | 5–2 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) | 27–6–5
39 | L | January 8, 1972 | 3–5 | @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) | 27–7–5
40 | T | January 12, 1972 | 2–2 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) | 27–7–6
41 | T | January 13, 1972 | 1–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) | 27–7–7
42 | W | January 15, 1972 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) | 28–7–7
43 | W | January 16, 1972 | 9–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) | 29–7–7
44 | W | January 18, 1972 | 2–0 | @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) | 30–7–7
45 | W | January 22, 1972 | 8–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) | 31–7–7
46 | T | January 23, 1972 | 3–3 | Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) | 31–7–8
47 | W | January 27, 1972 | 4–2 | Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) | 32–7–8
48 | W | January 29, 1972 | 4–2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) | 33–7–8
49 | W | January 30, 1972 | 5–2 | St. Louis Blues (1971–72) | 34–7–8
50 | W | February 2, 1972 | 2–0 | @ New York Rangers (1971–72) | 35–7–8
51 | W | February 3, 1972 | 6–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) | 36–7–8
52 | W | February 5, 1972 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) | 37–7–8
53 | L | February 6, 1972 | 2–8 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) | 37–8–8
54 | W | February 10, 1972 | 9–1 | Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) | 38–8–8
55 | W | February 12, 1972 | 5–1 | Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) | 39–8–8
56 | T | February 13, 1972 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) | 39–8–9
57 | W | February 15, 1972 | 6–3 | California Golden Seals (1971–72) | 40–8–9
58 | W | February 17, 1972 | 4–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) | 41–8–9
59 | W | February 19, 1972 | 6–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) | 42–8–9
60 | W | February 20, 1972 | 3–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) | 43–8–9
61 | W | February 22, 1972 | 4–3 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) | 44–8–9
62 | W | February 23, 1972 | 8–6 | @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) | 45–8–9
63 | W | February 26, 1972 | 5–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) | 46–8–9
64 | W | March 2, 1972 | 7–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) | 47–8–9
65 | W | March 4, 1972 | 5–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) | 48–8–9
66 | L | March 5, 1972 | 0–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) | 48–9–9
67 | W | March 8, 1972 | 5–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) | 49–9–9
68 | L | March 11, 1972 | 4–6 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) | 49–10–9
69 | T | March 12, 1972 | 4–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) | 49–10–10
70 | W | March 16, 1972 | 8–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) | 50–10–10
71 | W | March 19, 1972 | 7–3 | Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) | 51–10–10
72 | W | March 23, 1972 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1971–72) | 52–10–10
73 | T | March 25, 1972 | 5–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) | 52–10–11
74 | W | March 26, 1972 | 5–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) | 53–10–11
75 | L | March 28, 1972 | 3–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) | 53–11–11
76 | L | March 29, 1972 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) | 53–12–11
77 | L | April 1, 1972 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) | 53–13–11
78 | W | April 2, 1972 | 6–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) | 54–13–11

## Playoffs

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Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 and the St. Louis Blues 4–0 to advance to the final.

### Stanley Cup Finals

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Main article: 1972 Stanley Cup Finals

As of 2022, the 1972 Bruins are the most recent team to have won the Cup without a formal captain.[3] John Bucyk, as the team's senior assistant captain, accepted the Cup and circled the rink in the ceremonial skate.

Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers

Boston won Stanley Cup 4–2

1972 Stanley Cup playoffs

| Stanley Cup Quarterfinals vs Toronto Maple Leafs: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0)

# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Boston goals | Toronto goals | Decision | Attendance | Series | Recap
1 | April 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 0–5 | Boston Bruins |  |  |  |  |  | 1–0 |
2 | April 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–3 | Boston Bruins | 2:58 |  |  |  |  | 1–1 |
3 | April 8 | Boston Bruins | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs |  |  |  |  |  | 2–1 |
4 | April 9 | Boston Bruins | 5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs |  |  |  |  |  | 3–1 |
5 | April 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–3 | Boston Bruins |  |  |  |  |  | 4–1 |
Stanley Cup Semifinals vs St. Louis Blues: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)

# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Boston goals | St. Louis goals | Decision | Attendance | Series | Recap
1 | April 18 | St. Louis Blues | 1–6 | Boston Bruins |  |  |  |  |  | 1–0 |
2 | April 20 | St. Louis Blues | 2–10 | Boston Bruins |  |  |  |  |  | 2–0 |
3 | April 23 | Boston Bruins | 7–2 | St. Louis Blues |  |  |  |  |  | 3–0 |
4 | April 25 | Boston Bruins | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues |  |  |  |  |  | 4–0 |
Stanley Cup Finals vs New York Rangers: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1)

# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Boston goals | New York goals | Decision | Attendance | Series | Recap
1 | April 30 | New York Rangers | 5–6 | Boston Bruins |  |  |  |  |  | 1–0 |
2 | May 2 | New York Rangers | 1–2 | Boston Bruins |  |  |  |  |  | 2–0 |
3 | May 4 | Boston Bruins | 2–5 | New York Rangers |  |  |  |  |  | 2–1 |
4 | May 7 | Boston Bruins | 3–2 | New York Rangers |  |  |  |  |  | 3–1 |
5 | May 9 | New York Rangers | 3–2 | Boston Bruins |  |  |  |  |  | 3–2 |
6 | May 11 | Boston Bruins | 3–0 | New York Rangers |  |  |  |  |  | 4–2 |

* Scorer of game-winning goal in italics

## Player statistics

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### Regular season

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Scoring
Player  | Pos  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM  | +/-  | PPG  | SHG  | GWG

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Phil Esposito | C | 76 | 66 | 67 | 133 | 76 | 55 | 28 | 2 | 16
Bobby Orr | D | 76 | 37 | 80 | 117 | 106 | 86 | 11 | 4 | 4
John Bucyk | LW | 78 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 7
Fred Stanfield | LW | 78 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4
John McKenzie | RW | 77 | 22 | 47 | 69 | 126 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3
Derek Sanderson | C | 78 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 108 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2
Mike Walton | C | 76 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 45 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4
Ken Hodge | RW | 60 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 81 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2
Wayne Cashman | LW | 74 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 103 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3
Ed Westfall | D/RW | 77 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 5
Dallas Smith | D | 78 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 132 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1
Garnet Bailey | LW | 73 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0
Reggie Leach | RW | 56 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2
Ted Green | D | 54 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0
Rick Smith | D | 61 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0
Don Marcotte | LW | 47 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Carol Vadnais | D | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
Don Awrey | D | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0
Eddie Johnston | G | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ivan Boldirev | C | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
Gerry Cheevers | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Terry O'Reilly | RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
Doug Roberts | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Matt Ravlich | D | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0
Nick Beverley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ron Jones | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Garry Peters | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Bob Stewart | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0

Goaltending
Player  | MIN  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | GA  | GAA  | SO

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Gerry Cheevers | 2420 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 101 | 2.50 | 2
Eddie Johnston | 2260 | 38 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 102 | 2.71 | 2
Team: | 4680 | 78 | 54 | 13 | 11 | 203 | 2.60 | 4

### Playoffs

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Scoring
Player  | Pos  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM  | PPG  | SHG  | GWG

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Phil Esposito | C | 15 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3
Bobby Orr | D | 15 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1
John Bucyk | LW | 15 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0
Ken Hodge | RW | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 3
John McKenzie | RW | 15 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0
Fred Stanfield | LW | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
Mike Walton | C | 15 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2
Wayne Cashman | LW | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0
Ed Westfall | D/RW | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1
Garnet Bailey | LW | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1
Don Awrey | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0
Dallas Smith | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0
Don Marcotte | LW | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1
Derek Sanderson | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0
Carol Vadnais | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0
Gerry Cheevers | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ted Green | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Chris Hayes | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Eddie Johnston | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Garry Peters | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

Goaltending
Player  | MIN  | GP  | W  | L  | GA  | GAA  | SO

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Gerry Cheevers | 483 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 2.61 | 2
Eddie Johnston | 420 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1.86 | 1
Team: | 903 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 34 | 2.26 | 3

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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;

## Transactions

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September 4, 1971  | To California Golden Seals

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cash  | To Boston Bruins

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Doug Roberts

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November 17, 1971  | To California Golden Seals

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Ivan Boldirev | To Boston Bruins

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Rich Leduc
Chris Oddleifson
February 23, 1972  | To California Golden Seals

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Reggie Leach
Rick Smith
Bob Stewart | To Boston Bruins

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Don O'Donoghue
Carol Vadnais
March 5, 1972  | To California Golden Seals

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cash  | To Boston Bruins

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Tom Williams

## Awards and records

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* Prince of Wales Trophy
* Phil Esposito, Art Ross Trophy Winner
* Bobby Orr, Conn Smythe Trophy
* Bobby Orr, Norris Trophy

## References

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* Bruins on Hockey Database

1. ^ "1971–1972 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. ^ Fischler, Stan (August 15, 2022). "Fischler Report: So You Want Your Son to be an NHL Star". thehockeynews.com. The Hockey News. "The last team to win a Stanley Cup without having a captain was the 1972 Boston Bruins. But they had Bobby Orr; so who needed a captain?"
4. ^ "1971-72 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.

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