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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 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim Rutherford PIT · 40 GP, 0.891 Al Smith DET · 43 GP, 0.892 Cesare Maniago MNS · 43 GP, 0.920 Ed Giacomin NYR · 44 GP, 0.901 Gary Edwards LAK · 44 GP, 0.898

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

1971-72 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
41 40 275802 1264 1163 101 2.50 0.920

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 1, 1972 @ MTL L 2-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Mar 29, 1972 @ TOR L 1-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 60:00
Mar 25, 1972 vs CHI T 5-5 T 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Mar 23, 1972 vs NYR W 4-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 19, 1972 vs MNS W 7-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 16, 1972 @ LAK W 8-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 12, 1972 vs PIT T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Mar 8, 1972 @ MNS W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Mar 4, 1972 @ DET W 5-4 W 46 42 4 0.913 60:00
Feb 26, 1972 @ LAK W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Feb 22, 1972 @ VAN W 4-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Feb 19, 1972 @ MNS W 6-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Feb 17, 1972 @ PHI W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 13, 1972 vs MTL T 2-2 T 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Feb 10, 1972 vs VAN W 9-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 5, 1972 vs DET W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 2, 1972 @ NYR W 2-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 29, 1972 @ PHI W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 23, 1972 vs BUF T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 22, 1972 @ MTL W 8-5 9 7 2 0.778 20:00
Jan 18, 1972 @ STL W 2-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 15, 1972 vs CHI W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 12, 1972 @ PIT T 2-2 T 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 6, 1972 @ BUF W 5-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 2, 1972 @ NYR W 4-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Dec 30, 1971 @ MNS T 2-2 T 46 44 2 0.957 60:00
Dec 25, 1971 vs PHI W 5-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 19, 1971 vs PIT T 2-2 T 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 16, 1971 vs NYR W 8-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Dec 11, 1971 @ VAN W 6-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Dec 5, 1971 vs PIT W 5-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Nov 27, 1971 @ STL T 6-6 T 36 30 6 0.833 60:00
Nov 24, 1971 @ PHI W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 20, 1971 vs CHI W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Nov 14, 1971 vs LAK W 11-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 10, 1971 @ CHI L 1-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Nov 6, 1971 @ DET W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Nov 4, 1971 vs STL W 6-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 27, 1971 @ MTL L 2-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 60:00
Oct 22, 1971 @ CGS W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 10, 1971 vs NYR L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00