1950–51 Boston Bruins season

1950–51 Boston Bruins
Division4th NHL
1950–51 record22–30–18
Goals for178
Goals against197
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachLynn Patrick
CaptainMilt Schmidt
Team leaders
GoalsMilt Schmidt (22)
AssistsMilt Schmidt (39)
PointsMilt Schmidt (61)
Penalty minutesBill Ezinicki (119)
WinsJack Gelineau (22)
Goals against averageJack Gelineau (2.81)

The 1950–51 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 27th season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 44 13 13 236 139 +97 101
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 41 16 13 212 138 +74 95
3 Montreal Canadiens 70 25 30 15 173 184 −11 65
4 Boston Bruins 70 22 30 18 178 197 −19 62
5 New York Rangers 70 20 29 21 169 201 −32 61
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 13 47 10 171 280 −109 36

Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 9–4–1 2–8–4 5–6–3 4–2–8 2–10–2
Chicago 4–9–1 — 1–13 4–8–2 2–9–3 2–8–4
Detroit 8–2–4 13–1 — 8–4–2 8–3–3 7–3–4
Montreal 6–5–3 8–4–2 4–8–2 — 5–3–6 2–10–2
New York 2–4–8 9–2–3 5–7–2 3–5–6 — 3–10–1
Toronto 10–2–2 8–2–4 3–7–4 10–2–2 10–3–1 —


Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 14, 1950 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 0–0–1
2 L October 15, 1950 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 0–1–1
3 L October 18, 1950 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 0–2–1
4 T October 22, 1950 0–0 New York Rangers (1950–51) 0–2–2
5 T October 25, 1950 1–1 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 0–2–3
6 L October 28, 1950 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 0–3–3
7 L October 29, 1950 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 0–4–3
8 L November 2, 1950 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 0–5–3
9 W November 4, 1950 3–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 1–5–3
10 L November 5, 1950 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 1–6–3
11 T November 8, 1950 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 1–6–4
12 L November 11, 1950 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 1–7–4
13 L November 12, 1950 0–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 1–8–4
14 W November 15, 1950 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 2–8–4
15 L November 18, 1950 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 2–9–4
16 W November 19, 1950 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 3–9–4
17 L November 23, 1950 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 3–10–4
18 T November 25, 1950 3–3 New York Rangers (1950–51) 3–10–5
19 L November 26, 1950 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 3–11–5
20 W November 29, 1950 6–3 Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 4–11–5
21 L December 2, 1950 2–3 New York Rangers (1950–51) 4–12–5
22 W December 3, 1950 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 5–12–5
23 W December 6, 1950 5–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 6–12–5
24 W December 7, 1950 3–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 7–12–5
25 L December 9, 1950 1–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 7–13–5
26 W December 10, 1950 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 8–13–5
27 L December 14, 1950 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 8–14–5
28 L December 16, 1950 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 8–15–5
29 L December 17, 1950 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 8–16–5
30 T December 20, 1950 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 8–16–6
31 W December 21, 1950 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 9–16–6
32 T December 23, 1950 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 9–16–7
33 W December 25, 1950 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 10–16–7
34 T December 27, 1950 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 10–16–8
35 L December 31, 1950 0–3 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 10–17–8
36 W January 1, 1951 3–2 New York Rangers (1950–51) 11–17–8
37 W January 4, 1951 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 12–17–8
38 L January 7, 1951 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 12–18–8
39 W January 9, 1951 5–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 13–18–8
40 L January 13, 1951 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 13–19–8
41 W January 14, 1951 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 14–19–8
42 T January 17, 1951 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 14–19–9
43 L January 20, 1951 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 14–20–9
44 W January 21, 1951 5–1 New York Rangers (1950–51) 15–20–9
45 T January 25, 1951 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 15–20–10
46 W January 27, 1951 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 16–20–10
47 T January 28, 1951 1–1 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 16–20–11
48 L February 1, 1951 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 16–21–11
49 L February 3, 1951 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 16–22–11
50 T February 4, 1951 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 16–22–12
51 T February 7, 1951 2–2 New York Rangers (1950–51) 16–22–13
52 W February 10, 1951 6–0 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 17–22–13
53 L February 11, 1951 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 17–23–13
54 W February 18, 1951 7–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 18–23–13
55 T February 19, 1951 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 18–23–14
56 T February 21, 1951 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1950–51) 18–23–15
57 L February 24, 1951 2–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 18–24–15
58 W February 25, 1951 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 19–24–15
59 T February 28, 1951 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 19–24–16
60 T March 3, 1951 3–3 New York Rangers (1950–51) 19–24–17
61 W March 4, 1951 10–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 20–24–17
62 L March 7, 1951 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 20–25–17
63 L March 10, 1951 3–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 20–26–17
64 W March 11, 1951 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 21–26–17
65 L March 15, 1951 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1950–51) 21–27–17
66 L March 17, 1951 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 21–28–17
67 T March 18, 1951 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1950–51) 21–28–18
68 W March 21, 1951 6–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51) 22–28–18
69 L March 24, 1951 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 22–29–18
70 L March 25, 1951 0–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51) 22–30–18

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Milt Schmidt C/D 62 22 39 61 33
Woody Dumart LW 70 20 21 41 7
Johnny Peirson RW 70 19 19 38 43
Bill Ezinicki RW 53 16 19 35 119
Lorne Ferguson LW 70 16 17 33 31
Paul Ronty C 70 10 22 32 20
Dunc Fisher RW 53 9 20 29 20
Bill Quackenbush D 70 5 24 29 12
Pete Horeck LW 66 10 13 23 57
Ed Sandford LW 51 10 13 23 33
Vic Lynn LW/D 56 14 6 20 69
Murray Henderson D 66 4 7 11 37
Max Quackenbush D 47 4 6 10 26
Dave Creighton C 56 5 4 9 4
Ed Kryzanowski D 69 3 6 9 10
Ross Lowe D/LW 43 5 3 8 40
Ken Smith LW 14 1 3 4 11
Phil Maloney C 13 2 0 2 2
Fern Flaman D 14 1 1 2 37
Hal Laycoe D 6 1 1 2 4
Ed Reigle D 17 0 2 2 25
Ed Harrison C/LW 9 1 0 1 0
Zellio Toppazzini RW 4 0 1 1 0
Bob Armstrong D 2 0 0 0 2
Jack Gelineau G 70 0 0 0 4
Stephen Kraftcheck D 22 0 0 0 8
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jack Gelineau 4200 70 22 30 18 197 2.81 4
Team: 4200 70 22 30 18 197 2.81 4

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Woody Dumart LW 6 1 2 3 0
Bill Ezinicki RW 6 1 1 2 18
Johnny Peirson RW 2 1 1 2 2
Lorne Ferguson LW 6 1 0 1 2
Dunc Fisher RW 6 1 0 1 0
Dave Creighton C 5 0 1 1 0
Hal Laycoe D 6 0 1 1 5
Bill Quackenbush D 6 0 1 1 0
Paul Ronty C 6 0 1 1 2
Ed Sandford LW 6 0 1 1 4
Milt Schmidt C/D 6 0 1 1 7
Jack Gelineau G 4 0 0 0 0
Murray Henderson D 5 0 0 0 2
Gord Henry G 2 0 0 0 0
Pete Horeck LW 4 0 0 0 13
Stephen Kraftcheck D 6 0 0 0 7
Ed Kryzanowski D 6 0 0 0 2
Vic Lynn LW/D 5 0 0 0 2
Jack McIntyre D 2 0 0 0 0
Max Quackenbush D 6 0 0 0 4
Red Sullivan C 2 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Jack Gelineau 260 4 1 2 7 1.62 1
Gord Henry 120 2 0 2 10 5.00 0
Team: 380 5 1 4 17 2.68 1

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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 records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "1950–1951 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1950-51 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.