Entering the 1978-79 season, the Boston Bruins had been one of the
best teams in the National Hockey League for more than a decade-but
they could not shake the infuriating jinx the Montreal Canadiens
held over them in postseason play. Against all odds, the Canadiens
had ousted the Bruins in 13 consecutive playoff series dating back
to the 1940s. In 1979, the Bruin veterans and their passionate fans
wanted one more shot at their nemeses after coming up short in both
the 1977 and 1978 Stanley Cup finals. Colorful but embattled coach
Don Cherry's coterie of lovable, selfless, hard-working,
team-oriented players got their desired chance in the semifinal
round. The underdog Bruins battled the Habs in seven heart-stopping
games, and sweet victory seemed within their grasp-only to have it
snatched from them in the cruelest fashion imaginable: an untimely
penalty for too many men on the ice in the dying minutes of Game
#7. This book looks back at the Boston Bruins' 1978-79 season from
Opening Night at Boston Garden to the catastrophic conclusion seven
months later at the Montreal Forum. It is prefaced by the history
of the Bruins' frustrating playoff jinx versus the Canadiens that
dated back to 1930, the tribulations and events that marked
Boston's 1978-79 regular season, and a recap of the team's
quarterfinal playoff victory over Pittsburgh. Along with detailed
accounts of all seven of the Boston-Montreal semifinal games, it
also contains a post-mortem of what caused the infamous bench
penalty and provides glimpses of all the Bruin personnel who made
that season so memorable and heartbreaking.
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