1954–55 Boston Bruins season

The 1954–55 Boston Bruins season saw the Bruins finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 23 wins, 26 losses, and 21 ties for 67 points. In the playoffs, they lost the semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens in five games.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 9, 1954||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||0–1–0

|2||T||October 11, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||0–1–1

|3||W||October 14, 1954||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||1–1–1

|4||T||October 17, 1954||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||1–1–2

|5||L||October 20, 1954||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||1–2–2

|6||L||October 21, 1954||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||1–3–2

|7||T||October 23, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||1–3–3

|8||L||October 30, 1954||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||1–4–3

|9||L||November 4, 1954||2–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||1–5–3

|10||L||November 7, 1954||3–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||1–6–3

|11||W||November 10, 1954||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||2–6–3

|12||L||November 13, 1954||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||2–7–3

|13||L||November 14, 1954||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||2–8–3

|14||T||November 17, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||2–8–4

|15||W||November 18, 1954||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||3–8–4

|16||W||November 20, 1954||1–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||4–8–4

|17||W||November 21, 1954||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||5–8–4

|18||L||November 24, 1954||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||5–9–4

|19||T||November 25, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||5–9–5

|20||W||November 28, 1954||6–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||6–9–5

|21||L||December 1, 1954||0–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||6–10–5

|22||W||December 2, 1954||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||7–10–5

|23||W||December 4, 1954||6–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||8–10–5

|24||L||December 5, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||8–11–5

|25||W||December 9, 1954||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||9–11–5

|26||W||December 11, 1954||3–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||10–11–5

|27||T||December 12, 1954||2–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||10–11–6

|28||L||December 16, 1954||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||10–12–6

|29||L||December 18, 1954||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||10–13–6

|30||L||December 19, 1954||1–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||10–14–6

|31||T||December 25, 1954||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||10–14–7

|32||L||December 30, 1954||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||10–15–7

|33||W||January 1, 1955||4–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||11–15–7

|34||T||January 2, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||11–15–8

|35||W||January 5, 1955||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||12–15–8

|36||T||January 6, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||12–15–9

|37||T||January 8, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||12–15–10

|38||T||January 9, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||12–15–11

|39||T||January 12, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||12–15–12

|40||L||January 13, 1955||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||12–16–12

|41||L||January 15, 1955||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||12–17–12

|42||W||January 16, 1955||6–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||13–17–12

|43||W||January 20, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||14–17–12

|44||W||January 22, 1955||3–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||15–17–12

|45||L||January 23, 1955||0–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||15–18–12

|46||W||January 27, 1955||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||16–18–12

|47||L||January 29, 1955||0–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||16–19–12

|48||W||January 30, 1955||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||17–19–12

|49||W||February 2, 1955||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||18–19–12

|50||T||February 3, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||18–19–13

|51||W||February 5, 1955||8–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||19–19–13

|52||T||February 6, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||19–19–14

|53||W||February 10, 1955||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||20–19–14

|54||T||February 12, 1955||5–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1954–55) ||20–19–15

|55||T||February 13, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||20–19–16

|56||T||February 16, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||20–19–17

|57||L||February 17, 1955||2–10 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||20–20–17

|58||T||February 19, 1955||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||20–20–18

|59||T||February 21, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||20–20–19

|60||T||February 23, 1955||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||20–20–20

|61||L||February 26, 1955||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||20–21–20

|62||W||March 2, 1955||2–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1954–55) ||21–21–20

|63||L||March 3, 1955||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||21–22–20

|64||T||March 5, 1955||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||21–22–21

|65||W||March 6, 1955||3–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55) ||22–22–21

|66||L||March 10, 1955||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||22–23–21

|67||L||March 12, 1955||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||22–24–21

|68||W||March 13, 1955||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1954–55) ||23–24–21

|69||L||March 16, 1955||4–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1954–55) ||23–25–21

|70||L||March 20, 1955||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55) ||23–26–21

Legend:

Player statistics

Forwards Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player GP G A Pts PIM Don McKenney 69 22 20 42 34 Leo Labine 67 24 18 42 75 Réal Chevrefils 64 18 22 40 30 Cal Gardner 70 16 22 38 40 Fleming Mackell 60 11 24 35 76 Lorne Ferguson 69 20 14 34 24 Ed Sandford 60 14 20 34 38 Doug Mohns 70 14 18 32 82 Murray Costello 54 4 11 15 25 Milt Schmidt 23 4 8 12 26 Gus Bodnar 67 4 4 8 14 Floyd Smith 3 0 1 1 0 Skip Teal 1 0 0 0 0 Norm Corcoran 2 0 0 0 2 Joe Klukay 10 0 0 0 4

Defensemen Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player GP G A Pts PIM Bill Quackenbush 68 2 20 22 8 Warren Godfrey 62 1 17 18 58 Fernie Flaman 70 4 14 18 150 Leo Boivin 59 6 11 17 105 Hal Laycoe 70 4 13 17 34 Bob Armstrong 57 1 3 4 38

Goaltending Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average Player GP W L T SO GAA John Henderson 45 15 14 15 5 2.49 Jim Henry 27 8 12 6 1 3.02

Awards and records Fernie Flaman, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

References