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Gerry Cheevers

#30 · Goalie · Boston Bruins · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 7, 1940 in St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 185 lb · Catches left

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1971-72, 1969-70

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Davidson NYR · 41 GP, 0.885 Phil Myre PHI · 41 GP, 0.875 Greg Millen PIT · 44 GP, 0.881 Pete Peeters PHI · 40 GP, 0.898 Glenn Resch NYI · 45 GP, 0.901

Career

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

020401961-62: 2 games261-621965-66: 7 games765-661966-67: 22 games2266-671967-68: 47 games4767-681968-69: 52 games5268-691969-70: 41 games4169-701970-71: 40 games4070-711971-72: 41 games4171-721975-76: 15 games1575-761976-77: 45 games4576-771977-78: 21 games2177-781978-79: 43 games4378-791979-80: 42 games4279-80

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1961-62 TOR 2 11000 70 64 6 3.00 0.914
1965-66 BOS 7 04100 195 161 34 6.00 0.826
1966-67 BOS 22 510601 703 631 72 3.33 0.898
1967-68 BOS 47 2119603 1337 1212 125 2.84 0.907
1968-69 BOS 52 27121303 1638 1493 145 2.80 0.911
1969-70 BOS 41 248804 1337 1229 108 2.72 0.919
1970-71 BOS 40 278503 1326 1217 109 2.73 0.918
1971-72 BOS 41 275802 1264 1163 101 2.50 0.920
1975-76 BOS 15 82501 412 371 41 2.74 0.900
1976-77 BOS 45 3010503 1152 1015 137 3.05 0.881
1977-78 BOS 21 105201 434 386 48 2.66 0.889
1978-79 BOS 43 2391001 981 849 132 3.16 0.865
1979-80 BOS 42 2411704 968 852 116 2.81 0.880
13 seasons Career 418 22710476026 11817 10643 1174 2.89 0.901

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1967-68 BOS 4 0400 143 128 15 3.77 0.895
1968-69 BOS 9 6303 302 286 16 1.68 0.947
1969-70 BOS 13 12100 386 357 29 2.23 0.925
1970-71 BOS 6 3300 194 173 21 3.51 0.892
1971-72 BOS 8 6202 247 226 21 2.61 0.915
1975-76 BOS 6 2401 169 155 14 2.14 0.917
1976-77 BOS 14 8501 327 283 44 3.08 0.865
1977-78 BOS 12 8401 302 267 35 2.87 0.884
1978-79 BOS 6 4200 137 122 15 2.50 0.891
1979-80 BOS 10 4600 255 223 32 3.11 0.875
10 seasons Playoffs 88 533408 2462 2220 242 2.70 0.902

1979-80 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
42 42 2411704 968 852 116 2.81 0.880

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1980 @ MTL L 1-6 L 17 13 4 0.765 40:00
Apr 2, 1980 @ TOR W 5-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Mar 30, 1980 vs WIN W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Mar 27, 1980 vs STL W 7-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Mar 23, 1980 vs PHI W 7-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Mar 22, 1980 @ AFM W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Mar 19, 1980 @ MNS L 4-7 L 27 20 7 0.741 52:49
Mar 18, 1980 @ STL T 3-3 T 19 16 3 0.842 59:38
Mar 16, 1980 vs WSH T 3-3 T 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Mar 15, 1980 vs VAN T 2-2 T 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Mar 13, 1980 vs DET W 4-2 W 16 14 2 0.875 60:00
Mar 12, 1980 @ WSH L 4-6 L 23 18 5 0.783 59:38
Mar 9, 1980 vs HFD T 1-1 T 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Mar 8, 1980 @ NYI W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ DET W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 1, 1980 vs LAK W 4-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 27, 1980 @ HFD W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Feb 23, 1980 @ VAN T 4-4 T 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Feb 16, 1980 @ CLR W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Feb 10, 1980 vs MTL L 2-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 58:31
Feb 7, 1980 vs TOR W 8-6 W 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Feb 3, 1980 @ PHI T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 2, 1980 vs QUE W 7-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 31, 1980 vs NYI W 4-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Jan 30, 1980 @ HFD L 2-8 L 19 13 6 0.684 45:58
Jan 27, 1980 vs PIT L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Jan 26, 1980 @ PIT W 6-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Jan 21, 1980 vs MNS W 3-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 17, 1980 vs EDM W 7-1 W 12 11 1 0.917 60:00
Jan 4, 1980 @ WIN W 2-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 59:56
Dec 30, 1979 @ CHI L 3-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:14
Dec 23, 1979 @ NYR W 4-3 W 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Dec 20, 1979 vs TOR W 10-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 15, 1979 vs CHI L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 59:15
Dec 9, 1979 vs VAN W 5-3 W 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Dec 4, 1979 @ PHI T 2-2 T 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Dec 1, 1979 @ DET L 3-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Nov 27, 1979 vs BUF L 2-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 59:17
Nov 24, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:47
Nov 20, 1979 @ QUE W 5-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Nov 17, 1979 @ TOR W 2-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 13, 1979 @ WSH W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00