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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 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Tonelli NYI · 93 P in 80 GP Bernie Federko STL · 92 P in 74 GP Morris Lukowich WIN · 92 P in 77 GP Ken Linseman PHI · 92 P in 79 GP Barry Pederson BOS · 92 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

1981-82 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 51 43 94 15 12 202 0 1.25 25.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1982 vs HFD W 7-2 1 2 3 5 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1982 @ QUE W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1982 vs QUE L 5-8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1982 @ BUF L 5-9 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1982 vs MNS L 5-6 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1982 vs BUF W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1982 vs WIN W 7-4 3 0 3 3 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1982 @ MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1982 @ CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1982 vs LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1982 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1982 @ STL T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1982 vs NYR L 4-6 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1982 @ HFD L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1982 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1982 @ DET W 7-5 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1982 @ VAN L 3-6 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1982 @ EDM T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1982 @ CGY L 3-6 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1982 @ MNS W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1982 vs CHI L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1982 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1982 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1982 vs CLR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1982 @ HFD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1982 vs MTL L 3-6 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1982 vs CGY T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1982 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1982 vs TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1982 @ PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1982 @ PHI L 3-7 1 0 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1982 vs HFD T 3-3 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1982 vs NYI W 5-4 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1982 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1982 @ QUE L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1982 vs WIN W 8-6 2 3 5 3 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1982 @ MTL L 1-3 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1982 @ WIN W 8-5 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1982 @ EDM T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1981 @ CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1981 @ VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1981 @ HFD W 9-6 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1981 @ WSH W 7-4 3 1 4 4 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1981 vs LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1981 @ MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1981 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1981 vs CLR W 5-1 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1981 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1981 @ NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1981 @ QUE W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1981 vs BUF W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1981 vs NYI W 5-4 2 2 4 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1981 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1981 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1981 vs QUE L 1-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1981 @ TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1981 vs HFD W 6-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1981 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1981 vs PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1981 vs EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1981 vs MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1981 @ QUE W 10-1 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1981 vs VAN W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1981 vs HFD W 4-1 2 1 3 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1981 vs NYR W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1981 vs MTL T 5-5 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1981 @ MTL L 0-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1981 @ DET T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1981 @ STL W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1981 @ LAK W 5-4 2 1 3 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1981 @ CLR W 6-1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1981 @ CHI W 8-5 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1981 vs WSH W 6-3 2 2 4 5 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1981 @ HFD T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1981 vs QUE L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00