Editing Gerry Cheevers (section)

==Coaching career==
Cheevers's final season as a player came in 1980 when popular coach [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]] was replaced by [[Fred Creighton]]. After winning their division in seven of the previous nine seasons, the Bruins were in third place late in the year, and general manager [[Harry Sinden]] fired Creighton and took over as coach for the remainder of the season. For the [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81 season]], Cheevers was named coach. In that year's playoffs, the Bruins suffered a shocking sweep by the [[Minnesota North Stars]], who had never before won a game in [[Boston Garden]]. Even so, Sinden stuck with Cheevers, who led the Bruins to two first-place and two second-place finishes in their division over the next three years. He led the team to the league's best record in the [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]] season; in the playoffs, the team fell to the eventual [[Stanley Cup]] champions, the [[New York Islanders]], in the semifinals.

Cheevers was replaced by Sinden in the middle of the 1984–85 season. With a record of 204–126–46, he ranks seventh in career winning percentage (.604) among NHL coaches with more than 250 games experience.