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Butch Goring

#22 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Oct 22, 1949 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, CAN · 5'9", 170 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 51st overall in 1969 by LAK (round 5)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81, 1979-80
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1980-81
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 1977-78
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 1977-78

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Guy Charron WSH · 73 P in 80 GP Pat Hickey NYR · 73 P in 80 GP Rene Robert BUF · 73 P in 67 GP Bill Barber PHI · 72 P in 80 GP Dale McCourt DET · 72 P in 76 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801969-70: 36 points3669-701970-71: 7 points71971-72: 50 points5071-721972-73: 59 points591973-74: 61 points6173-741974-75: 60 points601975-76: 73 points7375-761976-77: 85 points851977-78: 73 points7377-781978-79: 87 points871979-80: 79 points7979-801980-81: 60 points601981-82: 32 points3281-821982-83: 39 points391983-84: 46 points4683-841984-85: 41 points41

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1969-70 LAK 60 13 23 36 -16 8 125 0 0.60
1970-71 LAK 22 2 5 7 5 2 15 0 0.32
1971-72 LAK 76 21 29 50 -11 2 137 0 0.66
1972-73 LAK 67 28 31 59 0 2 148 0 0.88
1973-74 LAK 70 28 33 61 1 2 161 0 0.87
1974-75 LAK 60 27 33 60 26 6 134 0 1.00
1975-76 LAK 80 33 40 73 0 8 193 0 0.91
1976-77 LAK 78 30 55 85 10 6 216 0 1.09
1977-78 LAK 80 37 36 73 -4 2 245 0 0.91
1978-79 LAK 80 36 51 87 -20 16 217 0 1.09
1979-80 LAK 69 20 48 68 -20 12 160 0 0.99
1979-80 NYI 12 6 5 11 7 2 20 0 0.92
1980-81 NYI 78 23 37 60 4 0 152 0 0.77
1981-82 NYI 67 15 17 32 -3 10 63 0 0.48
1982-83 NYI 75 19 20 39 9 8 97 0 0.52
1983-84 NYI 71 22 24 46 6 8 88 0 0.65
1984-85 NYI 29 2 5 7 -12 2 19 0 0.24
1984-85 BOS 39 13 21 34 -8 6 85 0 0.87
16 seasons Career 1113 375 513 888 -26 102 2275 0 0.80

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 LAK 5 0 1 1 -1 0 12 0 0.20
1974-75 LAK 3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0.00
1975-76 LAK 9 2 3 5 -2 4 25 0 0.56
1976-77 LAK 9 7 5 12 -2 0 26 0 1.33
1977-78 LAK 2 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0.00
1978-79 LAK 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
1979-80 NYI 21 7 12 19 8 2 43 0 0.90
1980-81 NYI 18 10 10 20 6 6 36 0 1.11
1981-82 NYI 19 6 5 11 8 12 25 0 0.58
1982-83 NYI 20 4 8 12 5 4 26 0 0.60
1983-84 NYI 21 1 5 6 2 2 16 0 0.29
1984-85 BOS 5 1 1 2 1 0 11 0 0.40
12 seasons Playoffs 134 38 50 88 22 32 227 0 0.66

1977-78 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 37 36 73 -4 2 245 0 0.91 15.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1978 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1978 @ VAN T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1978 vs STL L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1978 vs PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1978 @ DET W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1978 @ CHI L 1-5 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1978 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1978 @ CLE W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1978 @ MNS W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1978 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1978 vs MTL L 3-6 0 1 1 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1978 vs PIT W 4-2 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1978 @ BOS L 3-9 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1978 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1978 @ BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1978 @ TOR W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1978 vs CHI L 3-6 0 2 2 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1978 vs CLR W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1978 vs CLE W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1978 vs BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1978 @ MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1978 @ WSH W 4-1 2 0 2 3 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1978 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1978 @ PIT T 1-1 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1978 @ BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1978 @ NYI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1978 vs DET L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1978 vs MTL T 5-5 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1978 vs WSH W 8-3 3 0 3 4 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1978 @ NYR W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1978 @ MTL L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1978 vs STL W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1978 @ CLR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1978 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ AFM W 8-4 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1978 @ BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1978 @ BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1978 @ DET L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1978 @ PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1978 @ PHI T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1978 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1978 vs CLR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1977 @ CLR T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1977 vs NYI L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1977 @ CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1977 vs MNS W 8-1 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1977 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1977 vs WSH L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1977 vs BUF L 3-7 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1977 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1977 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1977 @ STL W 6-1 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1977 vs AFM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1977 vs PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1977 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1977 @ PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ AFM T 4-4 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1977 vs PIT W 5-3 3 1 4 4 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1977 vs CHI W 8-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1977 vs MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1977 vs CLE T 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1977 vs MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1977 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1977 @ WSH W 5-1 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1977 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1977 vs TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1977 @ STL L 2-7 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1977 @ NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1977 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1977 vs NYI T 2-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1977 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1977 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1977 @ CLE L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1977 @ NYI T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1977 vs DET W 4-2 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1977 vs CLE W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00