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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 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Glenn Resch NYI · 43 GP, 0.914 Michel Plasse CLR · 41 GP, 0.873 Bill Oleschuk CLR · 40 GP, 0.874 Wayne Stephenson PHI · 40 GP, 0.871 Ken Dryden MTL · 47 GP, 0.909

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

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
43 41 2391001 981 849 132 3.16 0.865

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1979 vs BUF L 3-9 L 20 13 7 0.650 40:00
Apr 4, 1979 @ TOR T 3-3 T 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Apr 1, 1979 vs MTL T 3-3 T 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 31, 1979 @ WSH W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 29, 1979 vs MNS W 7-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs DET W 5-2 W 15 13 2 0.867 60:00
Mar 22, 1979 vs PIT L 1-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 19, 1979 vs TOR W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs CHI W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Mar 13, 1979 @ NYI L 2-7 L 25 18 7 0.720 60:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ MNS W 4-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ DET W 6-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 1, 1979 vs PHI T 4-4 T 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ VAN W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ LAK L 1-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ MNS T 3-3 T 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ NYI T 4-4 T 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Feb 1, 1979 vs CHI W 6-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Jan 31, 1979 @ CHI T 2-2 T 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Jan 25, 1979 vs NYI L 2-4 L 16 13 3 0.813 59:53
Jan 20, 1979 vs BUF L 1-2 L 15 13 2 0.867 59:38
Jan 18, 1979 vs STL W 4-0 W, SO 13 13 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 14, 1979 vs LAK L 3-6 L 20 14 6 0.700 60:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ PIT L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Jan 3, 1979 @ CHI W 6-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 30, 1978 @ MTL L 1-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Dec 27, 1978 @ TOR T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs BUF W 6-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs CLR W 4-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs NYR W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 14, 1978 vs WSH W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 12, 1978 vs VAN W 7-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 T 14 10 4 0.714 59:58
Dec 9, 1978 @ PHI L 2-9 6 3 3 0.500 15:49
Dec 7, 1978 vs DET W 6-5 W 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Dec 3, 1978 @ NYR W 3-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs PHI W 5-3 W 16 13 3 0.813 60:00
Nov 26, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ WSH T 5-5 T 26 23 3 0.885 53:00
Nov 23, 1978 vs BUF W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 17, 1978 @ AFM W 6-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 12, 1978 @ BUF T 4-4 T 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Nov 9, 1978 vs WSH W 6-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00