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Wayne Cashman

Wayne Cashman (born June 24, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played seventeen seasons for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and helped them win the Stanley Cup twice, and was the last active player who started his NHL career in the Original Six era.

Wayne Cashman
Cashman with the Boston Bruins in 1981
Born (1945-06-24) June 24, 1945 (age 79)
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]
Coached for New York Rangers (assistant)
Tampa Bay Lightning (assistant)
San Jose Sharks (assistant)
Philadelphia Flyers
Boston Bruins (assistant)
National team  Canada
Playing career 1965–1983
Coaching career 1987–2006

Playing career

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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, 1967–83). 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] Esposito has regarded Cashman as underrated and not receiving sufficient credit, saying "Wayne was the digger. He was the heart and soul of our line. Without a doubt."[5]

Cashman scored his first NHL goal on November 6, 1968 in Boston's 7-1 home victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

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, won by Boston, 3-0. 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 first four games of the Summit Series. Before the final four games, at an exhibition game in Sweden, Ulf Sterner's stick got lodged in Cashman's mouth, cutting his tongue open. The injury required 50 stitches and kept him out of the rest of the Summit Series.[6][7]

 
Cashman with the Boston Bruins in 1981

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.[8][9][10][11] He was also on the coaching staff of Team Canada in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, as an assistant to Marc Crawford.[12][13] He was an assistant coach with the Bruins from 2001 until 2006.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1962–63 Kingston Frontenacs EOJHL — — — — — — — — — —
1962–63 Oshawa Generals MJrL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1963–64 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 27 9 12 21 37 6 2 2 4 15
1964–65 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 55 27 46 73 104 6 3 2 5 11
1964–65 Boston Bruins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1965–66 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 48 26 44 70 98 17 15 20 35 21
1965–66 Oshawa Generals MC — — — — — 14 10 27 37 51
1966–67 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 70 20 36 56 98 11 3 4 7 4
1967–68 Boston Bruins NHL 12 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
1967–68 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 42 21 30 51 66 — — — — —
1968–69 Boston Bruins NHL 51 8 23 31 49 6 0 1 1 0
1968–69 Hershey Bears AHL 21 6 9 15 30 — — — — —
1969–70 Boston Bruins NHL 70 9 26 35 79 14 5 4 9 50
1970–71 Boston Bruins NHL 77 21 58 79 100 7 3 2 5 15
1971–72 Boston Bruins NHL 74 23 29 52 103 15 4 7 11 42
1972–73 Boston Bruins NHL 76 29 39 68 100 5 1 1 2 4
1973–74 Boston Bruins NHL 78 30 59 89 111 16 5 9 14 46
1974–75 Boston Bruins NHL 42 11 22 33 24 1 0 2 2 0
1975–76 Boston Bruins NHL 80 28 43 71 87 11 1 5 6 16
1976–77 Boston Bruins NHL 65 15 37 52 76 14 1 8 9 18
1977–78 Boston Bruins NHL 76 24 38 62 69 15 4 6 10 13
1978–79 Boston Bruins NHL 75 27 40 67 63 10 4 5 9 8
1979–80 Boston Bruins NHL 44 11 21 32 19 10 3 3 6 32
1980–81 Boston Bruins NHL 77 25 35 60 80 3 0 1 1 0
1981–82 Boston Bruins NHL 64 12 31 43 59 9 0 2 2 6
1982–83 Boston Bruins NHL 65 4 11 15 20 8 0 1 1 0
NHL totals 1,027 277 516 793 1,041 145 31 57 88 250

International

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

NHL coaching statistics

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Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Finish Result
PHI 1997–98 61 32 20 9 (95) 2nd in Atlantic (fired; demoted to assistant)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wayne Cashman's profile". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". www.sjjerseys.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Nitro Line (Bruins)". CNN. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009.
  4. ^ "Boston Bruins Legends: Wayne Cashman". Bruinslegends.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  5. ^ "Cashman Honored at Sports Museum's Annual Tradition". 30 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Summit Series Heroes: Wayne Cashman".
  7. ^ "Cold War on Ice Summit Series '72 HD". YouTube. August 18, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Cashman Is New Flyers Coach". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1997-07-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  9. ^ "N.H.L.: LAST NIGHT -- PHILADELPHIA; Flyers Demote Cashman". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1998-03-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  10. ^ "CASHMAN DEMOTED". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  11. ^ Nidetz, Stephen (1998-03-10). "FLYERS FIRE CASHMAN, HIRE NEILSON". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  12. ^ "ARCHIVED - Image Display - Canadian Olympians - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  13. ^ "Wayne Cashman". Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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Preceded by Boston Bruins captain
1977–83 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
1997–98 		Succeeded by
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