Wayne Cashman

Wayne Cashman (born June 24, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a former coach. He played seventeen seasons for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and helped them win the Stanley Cup twice.

Wayne Cashman in 1981
Wayne Cashman
Cashman in 1981.
Born (1945-06-24) June 24, 1945
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Left Wing[1]
Shot Right[1]
Played for Boston Bruins[1]
National team  Canada
Playing career 19651983

Playing career

Cashman played junior hockey in the OHA with the Oshawa Generals; one of his teammates was Bobby Orr. He played parts of three seasons in the minor leagues for the Oklahoma City Blazers and the Hershey Bears before making the Bruins' squad for good in 1969.

Cashman played his entire NHL career with the Boston Bruins (1964–65, 196783). His jersey number was 12.[2] He was a hard-grinding left winger on the era's most formidable forward line with centre Phil Esposito and right wing Ken Hodge.[3] His role was to get into the corners and battle for loose pucks, and feed them to Esposito or Hodge. He was also a tenacious forechecker and served as an enforcer to protect Esposito and Orr.[4]

Cashman was a member of Stanley Cup-winning teams, in 1970 and 1972, and scored twice in the deciding game of the latter finals against the New York Rangers. He scored at least 20 goals in a season eight times in his career, doing so in four straight seasons when he also incurred 100 or more penalty minutes. His best season was in 1974, when he finished fourth in the league in points, played in the All-Star Game, and was named to the NHL Second All-Star team. In 1972 he played for Team Canada in the Summit Series.

He served as the captain of the Bruins from 1977 to 1983. When he retired after the Bruins were eliminated from the playoffs in 1983, he was the last active player from the NHL's Original Six era, just beating out Serge Savard, whose team was eliminated in an earlier playoff round.

After his retirement as a player, Cashman served in several coaching positions, including five seasons as an assistant coach for the New York Rangers and four for the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach. He was appointed head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers for the 1997-98 season and held that post for 61 games until he was replaced by Roger Neilson; he served thereafter as the team's assistant coach.[5] He was also on the coaching staff of Team Canada in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, as an assistant to Marc Crawford.[6][7] He was an assistant coach with the Bruins from 2001 until 2006.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1962–63 Kingston Frontenacs EOJHL
1962–63 Oshawa Generals MJrL 10110
1963–64 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 279122137 622415
1964–65 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 55274673104 632511
1964–65 Boston Bruins NHL 10000
1965–66 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 4826447098 1715203521
1965–66 Oshawa Generals MC 1410273751
1966–67 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 7020365698 113474
1967–68 Boston Bruins NHL 120442 10000
1967–68 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 4221305166
1968–69 Boston Bruins NHL 518233149 60110
1968–69 Hershey Bears AHL 21691530
1969–70 Boston Bruins NHL 709263579 1454950
1970–71 Boston Bruins NHL 77215879100 732515
1971–72 Boston Bruins NHL 74232952103 15471142
1972–73 Boston Bruins NHL 76293968100 51124
1973–74 Boston Bruins NHL 78305989111 16591446
1974–75 Boston Bruins NHL 4211223324 10220
1975–76 Boston Bruins NHL 8028437187 1115616
1976–77 Boston Bruins NHL 6515375276 1418918
1977–78 Boston Bruins NHL 7624386269 15461013
1978–79 Boston Bruins NHL 7527406763 104598
1979–80 Boston Bruins NHL 4411213219 1033632
1980–81 Boston Bruins NHL 7725356080 30110
1981–82 Boston Bruins NHL 6412314359 90226
1982–83 Boston Bruins NHL 654111520 80110
NHL totals 10272775167931041 145315788250

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1972 Canada SS 2 0 2 2 14

NHL coaching statistics

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTPtsFinishResult
PHI1997–98 6132209(95)2nd in Atlantic(fired)

See also

References

  1. "Wayne Cashman's profile". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  2. "Nitro Line (Bruins)". CNN.
  3. "Boston Bruins Legends: Wayne Cashman". Bruinslegends.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  4. "N.H.L.: LAST NIGHT -- PHILADELPHIA; Flyers Demote Cashman". The New York Times. March 10, 1998.
  5. "ARCHIVED - Image Display - Canadian Olympians - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  6. "Wayne Cashman". Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
Preceded by
John Bucyk
Boston Bruins captain
197783
Succeeded by
Terry O'Reilly
Preceded by
Terry Murray
Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
1997–98
Succeeded by
Roger Neilson
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