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Rick Middleton

#16 · Right wing · Boston Bruins

Born Dec 4, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 169 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 14th overall in 1973 by NYR (round 1)

Trophy case

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 1981-82

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Darryl Sittler TOR · 87 P in 70 GP Gilbert Perreault BUF · 85 P in 79 GP Lanny McDonald TOR · 85 P in 79 GP Butch Goring LAK · 87 P in 80 GP Eric Vail AFM · 83 P in 80 GP

Career

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

0501001974-75: 40 points4074-751975-76: 50 points5075-761976-77: 42 points4276-771977-78: 60 points6077-781978-79: 86 points8678-791979-80: 92 points9279-801980-81: 103 points10380-811981-82: 94 points9481-821982-83: 96 points9682-831983-84: 105 points10583-841984-85: 76 points7684-851985-86: 44 points4485-861986-87: 68 points6886-871987-88: 32 points3287-88

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1974-75 NYR 49 22 18 40 -6 19 106 0 0.82
1975-76 NYR 77 24 26 50 -39 14 159 0 0.65
1976-77 BOS 72 20 22 42 2 2 128 0 0.58
1977-78 BOS 79 25 35 60 41 8 171 0 0.76
1978-79 BOS 72 38 48 86 32 7 152 0 1.19
1979-80 BOS 80 40 52 92 30 24 223 0 1.15
1980-81 BOS 80 44 59 103 15 16 222 0 1.29
1981-82 BOS 75 51 43 94 15 12 202 0 1.25
1982-83 BOS 80 49 47 96 31 8 212 0 1.20
1983-84 BOS 80 47 58 105 26 14 209 0 1.31
1984-85 BOS 80 30 46 76 3 6 168 0 0.95
1985-86 BOS 49 14 30 44 16 10 100 0 0.90
1986-87 BOS 76 31 37 68 6 6 141 0 0.89
1987-88 BOS 59 13 19 32 3 11 79 0 0.54
14 seasons Career 1008 448 540 988 175 157 2272 0 0.98

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1974-75 NYR 3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0.00
1976-77 BOS 13 5 4 9 4 0 20 0 0.69
1977-78 BOS 15 5 2 7 -3 0 27 0 0.47
1978-79 BOS 11 4 8 12 3 0 26 0 1.09
1979-80 BOS 10 4 2 6 -2 5 22 0 0.60
1980-81 BOS 3 0 1 1 -8 2 8 0 0.33
1981-82 BOS 11 6 9 15 7 0 29 0 1.36
1982-83 BOS 17 11 22 33 13 6 43 0 1.94
1983-84 BOS 3 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 0.00
1984-85 BOS 5 3 0 3 1 0 13 0 0.60
1986-87 BOS 4 2 2 4 -1 0 6 0 1.00
1987-88 BOS 18 5 4 9 2 4 17 0 0.50
12 seasons Playoffs 113 45 54 99 11 19 216 0 0.88

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 38 48 86 32 7 152 0 1.19 25.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 28, 1979 @ BUF L 2-9 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs DET W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1979 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1979 vs TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 vs NYR L 4-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1979 @ NYI L 2-7 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 vs NYI T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ MNS W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1979 @ AFM L 5-7 3 1 4 -2 2 7 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ DET W 6-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs MNS W 5-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1979 vs PHI T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1979 vs CLR L 2-4 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ VAN W 4-3 2 1 3 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 2 2 4 3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ MNS T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 @ PHI L 3-5 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs VAN W 6-1 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ NYI T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1979 vs CHI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1979 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1979 vs AFM W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs BUF L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1979 vs STL W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ STL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 vs LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ PIT L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1979 vs MNS W 6-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 @ MNS W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 @ CHI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1978 @ BUF W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 @ MTL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 @ TOR T 1-1 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs BUF W 6-4 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs CLR W 4-2 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ NYR W 4-1 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 vs VAN W 7-3 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 1 1 2 4 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ PHI L 2-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1978 vs DET W 6-5 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 @ TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1978 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs PHI W 5-3 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1978 @ BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ WSH T 5-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1978 vs BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1978 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1978 @ AFM W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 vs TOR L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1978 @ BUF T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 @ DET L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1978 vs WSH W 6-2 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 vs MTL T 1-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs PHI L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1978 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ TOR W 5-3 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 @ MNS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1978 @ STL W 7-2 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 @ CHI L 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1978 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 vs TOR W 4-2 1 1 2 2 5 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 @ PIT T 4-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1978 vs PIT W 8-2 0 2 2 4 0 4 0 00:00