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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 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dunc Wilson PIT · 45 GP, 0.906 Glenn Resch NYI · 46 GP, 0.917 Pete Lopresti MNS · 44 GP, 0.882 Cesare Maniago VAN · 47 GP, 0.894 Phil Myre AFM · 43 GP, 0.886

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

1976-77 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
45 45 3010503 1152 1015 137 3.05 0.881

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1977 vs TOR W 7-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Apr 2, 1977 @ NYI W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 30, 1977 @ BUF W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Mar 26, 1977 @ TOR W 7-5 W 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Mar 24, 1977 vs PHI L 2-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 60:00
Mar 23, 1977 @ DET W 6-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 17, 1977 vs BUF W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Mar 12, 1977 @ PHI W 3-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Mar 8, 1977 vs AFM W 3-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Mar 5, 1977 vs BUF W 3-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Mar 3, 1977 @ NYR W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 27, 1977 @ PIT T 2-2 T 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Feb 23, 1977 @ MNS L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:32
Feb 12, 1977 @ MTL L 3-8 L 43 35 8 0.814 60:00
Feb 4, 1977 @ AFM L 3-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 60:00
Feb 3, 1977 vs STL W 5-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Feb 1, 1977 @ STL T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 27, 1977 vs CLR L 4-6 L 20 14 6 0.700 60:00
Jan 23, 1977 vs AFM W 3-0 W, SO 14 14 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 21, 1977 @ CLE W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 17, 1977 vs MTL W 7-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 15, 1977 vs MNS T 3-3 T 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Jan 11, 1977 @ WSH W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Jan 9, 1977 @ CHI W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 5, 1977 @ CLE W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 1, 1977 @ LAK L 2-5 L 20 15 5 0.750 60:00
Dec 26, 1976 vs CLE W 6-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Dec 23, 1976 vs NYR T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 21, 1976 @ NYI L 0-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Dec 19, 1976 vs PIT W 6-3 W 19 16 3 0.842 60:00
Dec 16, 1976 vs STL W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 11, 1976 @ PHI L 3-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:41
Dec 5, 1976 vs WSH T 5-5 T 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Nov 27, 1976 @ TOR L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Nov 24, 1976 @ PIT W 4-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 19, 1976 @ WSH W 4-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Nov 14, 1976 vs CLR W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 10, 1976 @ DET W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Nov 4, 1976 vs CHI W 7-5 W 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Oct 30, 1976 @ MTL W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Oct 23, 1976 @ LAK W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Oct 19, 1976 @ STL L 5-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 58:45
Oct 15, 1976 vs TOR W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 10, 1976 vs CLE W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Oct 7, 1976 vs MNS W 6-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00