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

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

Regular season and playoffs

				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

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

See also

• List of NHL players with 1000 games played
• List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise

References

1. "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.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or 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