1949–50 Boston Bruins season

1949–50 Boston Bruins
League5th NHL
1949–50 record22–32–16
Home record15–12–8
Road record7–20–8
Goals for198
Goals against228
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachGeorges Boucher
CaptainMilt Schmidt
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsJohnny Peirson (27)
AssistsPaul Ronty (36)
PointsPaul Ronty (59)
Penalty minutesFern Flaman (122)
WinsJack Gelineau (22)
Goals against averageJack Gelineau (3.28)

The 1949–50 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 26th season in the NHL.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 37 19 14 229 164 +65 88
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 29 22 19 172 150 +22 77
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 31 27 12 176 173 +3 74
4 New York Rangers 70 28 31 11 170 189 −19 67
5 Boston Bruins 70 22 32 16 198 228 −30 60
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 22 38 10 203 244 −41 54

Record vs. opponents

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1949–50 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 5–7–2 3–8–3 4–5–5 5–5–4 5–7–2
Chicago 7–5–2 — 3–9–2 4–8–2 4–9–1 4–7–3
Detroit 8–3–3 9–3–2 — 5–3–6 7–5–2 8–5–1
Montreal 5–4–5 8–4–2 3–5–6 — 7–5–2 6–4–4
New York 5–5–4 9–4–1 5–7–2 5–7–2 — 4–8–2
Toronto 7–5–2 7–4–3 5–8–1 4–6–4 8–4–2 —


Schedule and results

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1949–50 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 12, 1949 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 0–1–0
2 T October 16, 1949 2–2 New York Rangers (1949–50) 0–1–1
3 W October 19, 1949 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 1–1–1
4 W October 22, 1949 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 2–1–1
5 T October 23, 1949 0–0 Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 2–1–2
6 L October 26, 1949 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 2–2–2
7 L October 29, 1949 1–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 2–3–2
8 L October 30, 1949 4–10 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 2–4–2
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
9 L November 2, 1949 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 2–5–2
10 T November 5, 1949 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 2–5–3
11 L November 9, 1949 1–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 2–6–3
12 L November 12, 1949 5–7 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 2–7–3
13 W November 13, 1949 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 3–7–3
14 L November 16, 1949 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 3–8–3
15 L November 17, 1949 3–8 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 3–9–3
16 W November 20, 1949 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 4–9–3
17 W November 23, 1949 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 5–9–3
18 T November 26, 1949 3–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 5–9–4
19 T November 27, 1949 1–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 5–9–5
20 L November 30, 1949 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 5–10–5
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
21 L December 1, 1949 4–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 5–11–5
22 W December 3, 1949 5–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 6–11–5
23 W December 4, 1949 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 7–11–5
24 L December 7, 1949 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 7–12–5
25 T December 8, 1949 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 7–12–6
26 L December 10, 1949 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 7–13–6
27 W December 11, 1949 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 8–13–6
28 L December 14, 1949 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 8–14–6
29 L December 17, 1949 1–3 New York Rangers (1949–50) 8–15–6
30 W December 18, 1949 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 9–15–6
31 W December 21, 1949 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 10–15–6
32 W December 24, 1949 8–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 11–15–6
33 T December 25, 1949 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 11–15–7
34 T December 28, 1949 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 11–15–8
35 L December 31, 1949 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 11–16–8
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
36 W January 1, 1950 6–0 New York Rangers (1949–50) 12–16–8
37 L January 5, 1950 3–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 12–17–8
38 W January 8, 1950 4–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 13–17–8
39 W January 11, 1950 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 14–17–8
40 L January 14, 1950 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 14–18–8
41 L January 15, 1950 1–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 14–19–8
42 W January 18, 1950 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 15–19–8
43 L January 21, 1950 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 15–20–8
44 L January 22, 1950 4–5 Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 15–21–8
45 T January 25, 1950 4–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 15–21–9
46 L January 26, 1950 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 15–22–9
47 T January 28, 1950 2–2 New York Rangers (1949–50) 15–22–10
48 W January 29, 1950 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 16–22–10
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
49 W February 1, 1950 3–2 New York Rangers (1949–50) 17–22–10
50 L February 5, 1950 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 17–23–10
51 L February 8, 1950 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 17–24–10
52 L February 11, 1950 4–9 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 17–25–10
53 T February 12, 1950 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 17–25–11
54 T February 15, 1950 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 17–25–12
55 T February 19, 1950 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 17–25–13
56 L February 22, 1950 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 17–26–13
57 L February 25, 1950 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 17–27–13
58 L February 26, 1950 3–4 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 17–28–13
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
59 W March 1, 1950 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 18–28–13
60 W March 4, 1950 5–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 19–28–13
61 W March 5, 1950 11–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 20–28–13
62 L March 8, 1950 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 20–29–13
63 L March 11, 1950 0–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 20–30–13
64 T March 12, 1950 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 20–30–14
65 W March 15, 1950 4–1 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 21–30–14
66 T March 18, 1950 1–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 21–30–15
67 W March 19, 1950 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 22–30–15
68 L March 22, 1950 5–7 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 22–31–15
69 L March 25, 1950 0–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 22–32–15
70 T March 26, 1950 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 22–32–16

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Ronty C 70 23 36 59 8
Johnny Peirson RW 57 27 25 52 49
Phil Maloney C 70 15 31 46 6
Milt Schmidt C/D 68 19 22 41 41
Ken Smith LW 66 10 31 41 12
Woody Dumart LW 69 14 25 39 14
Dave Creighton C 64 18 13 31 13
Bud Poile RW 39 16 14 30 6
Ed Harrison C/LW 70 14 12 26 23
Bill Quackenbush D 70 8 17 25 4
Sam Bettio LW 44 9 12 21 32
Ed Kryzanowski D 57 6 10 16 12
Murray Henderson D 64 3 8 11 42
Pete Horeck LW 34 5 5 10 22
Zellio Toppazzini RW 36 5 5 10 18
Jack Crawford D 46 2 8 10 8
Fern Flaman D 69 2 5 7 122
Ed Sandford LW 19 1 4 5 6
Lorne Ferguson LW 3 1 1 2 0
Gord Byers D 1 0 1 1 0
Arnie Kullman C 12 0 1 1 11
Jack McIntyre D 1 0 1 1 0
Red Sullivan C 3 0 1 1 0
Dick Bittner G 1 0 0 0 0
Bart Bradley C 1 0 0 0 0
Norm Corcoran C/RW 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Gelineau G 67 0 0 0 0
Gord Henry G 2 0 0 0 0
Ross Lowe D/LW 3 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Jack Gelineau 4020 67 22 30 15 220 3.28 3
Dick Bittner 60 1 0 0 1 3 3.00 0
Gord Henry 120 2 0 2 0 5 2.50 0
Team: 4200 70 22 32 16 228 3.26 3

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1949–1950 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1949-50 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "1949-50 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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