Wayne Cashman
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Wayne Cashman is a retired Canadian
professional ice hockey player and a former NHL
head coach.
's on the Oshawa Generals
of the OHA
. 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.
Cashman was a hard-grinding left winger on the era's most formidable forward line with superstar centre Phil Esposito
and right wing Ken Hodge
His role was to get into the corners and battle for lose pucks, feeding them to Esposito or Hodge. Cashman was also a tenacious forechecker and he also served as an enforcer to protect Esposito and Bobby Orr
.
Cashman was a member of Stanley Cup
winning teams in 1970 and 1972, the latter where he scored twice in the deciding game six against the New York Rangers
. He scored 20 goals a season eight times in his career, accomplishing this feat in four straight seasons with 100 or more penalty minutes. His best season was in 1974, when he scored 30 goals and 59 assists to finish fourth in the league in points, played in the All-Star Game
, and was named to the NHL Second All-Star team.
He served as the captain of the Bruins from the 1978 season until 1983.
After his retirement as a player, Cashman served in several coaching positions, largely for his former teammate Phil Esposito
; five seasons as an assistant coach for the New York Rangers
, four for the Tampa Bay Lightning
as an assistant coach. After Terry Murray
was dismissed, Cashman was appointed head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
for the 1997-98 season and held that post for 61 games until being replaced by Roger Neilson
and served thereafter as the team's assistant coach. He was also on the coaching staff of Team Canada in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He was an assistant coach with the Bruins from 2001 until 2006.
His total NHL coaching record is 32-20-9.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional ice hockey player and a former NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
head coach.
Playing career
Cashman played his junior hockey as a teammate of Bobby OrrBobby Orr
Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr, OC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Orr played in the National Hockey League for his entire career, the first ten seasons with the Boston Bruins, joining the Chicago Black Hawks for two more. Orr is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest...
's on the Oshawa Generals
Oshawa Generals
The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. The Generals are one of the most successful franchises in Canadian Hockey League...
of the OHA
Ontario Hockey Association
The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
. He played parts of three seasons in the minor leagues for the Oklahoma City Blazers
Oklahoma City Blazers
The Oklahoma City Blazers were a professional ice hockey team that played in the Northwest Division of the Central Hockey League. The Blazers played at the Ford Center, located in downtown Oklahoma City. Their colors were burgundy, gold and white...
and the Hershey Bears
Hershey Bears
The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...
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.
Cashman was a hard-grinding left winger on the era's most formidable forward line with superstar centre Phil Esposito
Phil Esposito
Philip Anthony Esposito, OC is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and is considered to be one of the best to have...
and right wing Ken Hodge
Ken Hodge
Kenneth Raymond Hodge, Sr. is a retired hockey player for the NHL Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers.-Playing career:...
His role was to get into the corners and battle for lose pucks, feeding them to Esposito or Hodge. Cashman was also a tenacious forechecker and he also served as an enforcer to protect Esposito and Bobby Orr
Bobby Orr
Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr, OC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Orr played in the National Hockey League for his entire career, the first ten seasons with the Boston Bruins, joining the Chicago Black Hawks for two more. Orr is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest...
.
Cashman was a member of Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
winning teams in 1970 and 1972, the latter where he scored twice in the deciding game six against the New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
. He scored 20 goals a season eight times in his career, accomplishing this feat in four straight seasons with 100 or more penalty minutes. His best season was in 1974, when he scored 30 goals and 59 assists to finish fourth in the league in points, played in the All-Star Game
27th National Hockey League All-Star Game
The 27th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, home of the Chicago Black Hawks, on January 29, 1974. It was the second time that the All-Star Game was held in Chicago. The East Division All-Stars defeated the West Division All-Stars 5–4...
, and was named to the NHL Second All-Star team.
He served as the captain of the Bruins from the 1978 season until 1983.
After his retirement as a player, Cashman served in several coaching positions, largely for his former teammate Phil Esposito
Phil Esposito
Philip Anthony Esposito, OC is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and is considered to be one of the best to have...
; five seasons as an assistant coach for the New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
, four for the Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...
as an assistant coach. After Terry Murray
Terry Murray
Terry Rodney Murray is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, and current head coach of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings...
was dismissed, Cashman was appointed head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
for the 1997-98 season and held that post for 61 games until being replaced by Roger Neilson
Roger Neilson
Roger Paul Neilson, CM was a National Hockey League coach, and was responsible for many innovations in the game...
and served thereafter as the team's assistant coach. He was also on the coaching staff of Team Canada in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He was an assistant coach with the Bruins from 2001 until 2006.
His total NHL coaching record is 32-20-9.
Career achievements and facts
- Finished with 277 goals and 516 assists in 1027 games.
- Played for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit SeriesSummit SeriesThe Summit Series was the first competition between the Soviet and an NHL-inclusive Canadian national ice hockey teams, an eight-game series held in September 1972...
. - At the time of his retirement, was the final active player who had played in the NHL in the "Original SixOriginal SixThe Original Six is a term for the group of six teams that composed the National Hockey League for the 25 seasons between the 1942–43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion. These six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and the...
" era prior to the 1967 expansion1967 NHL expansionThe National Hockey League undertook a major expansion for the 1967–68 season, adding six new franchises to double the size of the league. This marked the first change in the composition of the league since 1942, when the Brooklyn Americans folded. Thus, the expansion ended the era of the Original...
.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1963–64 | Oshawa Generals Oshawa Generals The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. The Generals are one of the most successful franchises in Canadian Hockey League... |
OHA Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the... |
27 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Boston Bruins Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the... |
NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 55 | 27 | 46 | 73 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 48 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Oklahoma City Blazers Oklahoma City Blazers The Oklahoma City Blazers were a professional ice hockey team that played in the Northwest Division of the Central Hockey League. The Blazers played at the Ford Center, located in downtown Oklahoma City. Their colors were burgundy, gold and white... |
CHL | 70 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 98 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1967–68 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CPHL | 42 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968–69 1968–69 AHL season The 1968–69 AHL season was the 33rd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 74 games each in the schedule. The Buffalo Bisons finished first overall in the regular season... |
Hershey Bears Hershey Bears The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
21 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 51 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 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 | ||||