Wayne Cashman

Wayne Cashman
Wayne Cashman
	Cashman in 1981.
Born	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	1965–1983

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.

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, 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]

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 per 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 1978 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

Wayne Cashman in 1981

			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	M-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	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	CPHL	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			1027	277	516	793	1041	145	31	57	88	250

International

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

NHL coaching statistics

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

References

"Wayne Cashman's profile". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
"Nitro Line (Bruins)". CNN.
"Boston Bruins Legends: Wayne Cashman". Bruinslegends.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
"N.H.L.: LAST NIGHT -- PHILADELPHIA; Flyers Demote Cashman". The New York Times. March 10, 1998.
"ARCHIVED - Image Display - Canadian Olympians - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
"Wayne Cashman". Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

External links

Wayne Cashman career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by John Bucyk	Boston Bruins captain 1977–83	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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[internet_hockey_database-1] "Wayne Cashman's profile". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2007-02-15.

[3] "Nitro Line (Bruins)". CNN.

[4] "Boston Bruins Legends: Wayne Cashman". Bruinslegends.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

[5] "N.H.L.: LAST NIGHT -- PHILADELPHIA; Flyers Demote Cashman". The New York Times. March 10, 1998.

[6] "ARCHIVED - Image Display - Canadian Olympians - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-10.

[7] "Wayne Cashman". Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 April 2020.