1956-57 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics

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Record: 34-24-12 (80 points), Finished 3rd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Milt Schmidt (34-24-12)

Captain: Fern Flaman

Primary Arena: Boston Garden

Goals For: 195 (3rd of 6), Goals Against: 174 (3rd of 6)
SRS: 0.25 (3rd of 6), SOS: -0.05 (4th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-1) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Semi-Finals (4-1) over Detroit Red Wings

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Recent Game Results

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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	34	24	12	80	.571	195	174	0.25	-0.05	2.79	2.49	34			51			3	3						6
League Average	70	28	28	13	70	.500	188	188					44			44			4	4		113000.0				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%
Boston Bruins
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
4	Bob Armstrong	ca	D	25	6-1	190	R/-	5	April 7, 1931	1 G, 15 A, 16 P
24	Bob Beckett	ca	C	20	6-0	185	L/-	R	April 8, 1936	0 G, 3 A, 3 P
11	Jack Bionda	ca	D	23	6-0	180	L/-	1	September 18, 1933	2 G, 3 A, 5 P
20	Leo Boivin	ca	D	25	5-8	183	L/-	5	August 2, 1931	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
6	Buddy Boone	ca	RW	24	5-7	158	R/-	R	September 11, 1932	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
18	Jack Caffery	ca	C	22	6-0	165	R/-	1	June 30, 1934	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
22	Dick Cherry	ca	D	19	6-0	195	L/-	R	March 28, 1937	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
12	Real Chevrefils	ca	LW	24	5-10	180	L/-	5	May 2, 1932	31 G, 17 A, 48 P
1	Norm Defelice	ca	G	24	5-10	150	-/L	R	January 19, 1933	3-5-2, 3.00 GAA
14	Fern Flaman (C)	ca	D	30	5-10	190	R/-	12	January 25, 1927	6 G, 25 A, 31 P
9	Cal Gardner	ca	C	32	6-1	172	L/-	11	October 30, 1924	12 G, 20 A, 32 P
25	Floyd Hillman	ca	D	23	5-11	170	L/-	R	November 19, 1933	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16	Leo Labine	ca	RW	25	5-10	170	R/-	5	July 22, 1931	18 G, 29 A, 47 P
8	Fleming Mackell	ca	C	27	5-7	156	L/-	9	April 30, 1929	22 G, 17 A, 39 P
17	Don McKenney	ca	C	22	6-0	160	L/-	2	April 30, 1934	21 G, 39 A, 60 P
19	Doug Mohns	ca	LW	23	6-0	185	L/-	3	December 13, 1933	6 G, 34 A, 40 P
25	Al Nicholson	ca	LW	20	6-1	180	L/-	1	April 26, 1936	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
22	Ed Panagabko	ca	LW	22	5-8	170	L/-	1	May 17, 1934	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
23	Johnny Peirson	ca	RW	31	5-11	170	R/-	9	July 21, 1925	13 G, 26 A, 39 P
24	George Ranieri	ca	LW	21	5-8	190	L/-	R	January 14, 1936	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15	Larry Regan	ca	RW	26	5-9	162	R/-	R	August 9, 1930	14 G, 19 A, 33 P
1	Terry Sawchuk	ca	G	27	5-11	195	-/L	7	December 28, 1929	18-10-6, 2.38 GAA
1	Don Simmons	ca	G	25	5-10	150	-/R	R	September 13, 1931	13-9-4, 2.42 GAA
22	Floyd Smith	ca	RW	21	5-10	180	R/-	1	May 16, 1935	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
10	Allan Stanley	ca	D	30	6-1	170	L/-	8	March 1, 1926	6 G, 25 A, 31 P
7	Vic Stasiuk	ca	LW	27	6-0	185	L/-	7	May 23, 1929	24 G, 16 A, 40 P
21	Jerry Toppazzini	ca	RW	25	6-0	180	R/-	4	July 29, 1931	15 G, 23 A, 38 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Don McKenney	22	C	69	21	39	60		31	18	3	0	1	35	4	0					5.0	1.2	6.3
2	Real Chevrefils	24	LW	70	31	17	48		38	26	5	0	9	16	1	0					4.8	1.2	6.0
3	Leo Labine	25	RW	67	18	29	47		130	17	1	0	1	25	4	0					3.5	1.2	4.7
4	Vic Stasiuk	27	LW	64	24	16	40		67	17	7	0	2	14	2	0					3.6	1.1	4.7
5	Doug Mohns	23	LW	68	6	34	40		89	4	2	0	1	18	16	0					1.5	1.2	2.7
6	Fleming Mackell	27	C	65	22	17	39		76	17	4	1	6	14	3	0					3.2	1.1	4.3
7	Johnny Peirson	31	RW	68	13	26	39		41	11	2	0	5	17	9	0					2.1	1.2	3.3
8	Jerry Toppazzini	25	RW	55	15	23	38		29	13	1	1	2	20	2	1					2.8	1.0	3.8
9	Larry Regan	26	RW	69	14	19	33		29	12	1	1	1	17	2	0					1.6	1.2	2.8
10	Cal Gardner	32	C	70	12	20	32		64	7	5	0	2	14	6	0					1.2	1.2	2.5
11	Fern Flaman*	30	D	68	6	25	31		108	6	0	0	1	24	1	0					2.5	4.8	7.3
12	Allan Stanley*	30	D	60	6	25	31		45	3	3	0	1	14	10	1					2.6	4.2	6.9
13	Bob Armstrong	25	D	57	1	15	16		79	1	0	0	0	10	4	1					0.7	4.0	4.7
14	Leo Boivin*	25	D	55	2	8	10		55	2	0	0	1	7	1	0					0.2	3.9	4.1
15	Jack Bionda	23	D	35	2	3	5		41	2	0	0	0	3	0	0					0.1	2.5	2.5
16	Jack Caffery	22	C	47	2	2	4		20	2	0	0	1	2	0	0					-1.6	0.8	-0.7
17	Bob Beckett	20	C	18	0	3	3		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0					-0.5	0.3	-0.2
18	Al Nicholson	20	LW	5	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.1	0.1	0.0
19	Dick Cherry	19	D	6	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.4	0.3
20	Norm Defelice	24	G	10	0	0	0		2					0					600	60:00	0.0	0.0	1.3
21	Floyd Hillman	23	D	6	0	0	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.4	0.3
22	Ed Panagabko	22	LW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
23	George Ranieri	21	LW	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	-0.1
24	Terry Sawchuk*	27	G	34	0	0	0		16					0					2040	60:00	0.0	0.0	6.6
25	Don Simmons	25	G	26	0	0	0		0					0					1560	60:00	0.0	0.0	4.9
26	Floyd Smith	21	RW	24	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-1.1	0.4	-0.7
	Team Total			70	195	322	517		980	158	34	3	34	254	65	3					31.8	33.7	78.2

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Terry Sawchuk*	27	34		18	10	6	81	1015	934	.920	2.38	2	2040				90	9.4	2.68	6.6
2	Don Simmons	25	26		13	9	4	63	737	674	.915	2.42	4	1560				96	2.6	2.73	4.9
3	Norm Defelice	24	10		3	5	2	30	282	252	.894	3.00	0	600				119	-4.9	3.40	1.3
	Team Total				34	24	12	174	2034	1860	.914	2.49	6	4200				96	7.2	2.80	12.8