Editing Gerry Cheevers

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1940)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2018}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| halloffame = 1985
| image = Gerry Cheevers 1983.JPG
| image_size = 
| caption = Cheevers in 1983
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|12|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[St. Catharines]], Ontario, Canada
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 190
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br>[[Boston Bruins]]<br>[[Cleveland Crusaders]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| career_start = 1961
| career_end = 1980
| website = {{URL|http://www.gerrycheevers.com}}
}}
'''Gerald Michael Cheevers''' (born December 7, 1940) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] who played in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) and [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) between 1961 and 1980. Cheevers is best known for his two stints with the [[Boston Bruins]], whom he helped win the [[Stanley Cup]] in 1970 and 1972. He was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1985.

He was the first to decorate his [[goaltender mask]] with stitch markings where a puck had struck, leading to the contemporary tradition of goaltenders decorating their masks with distinctive stitches.

==Playing career==
Cheevers's hockey career began in 1956 at the age of 16 when he played for the [[Toronto St. Michael's Majors|St. Michael's Majors]] of the [[Ontario Hockey Association]].

The right to sign him to an NHL contract was held by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] (with whom he played two games) until the [[Boston Bruins]] drafted him in 1965, despite Toronto general manager [[Punch Imlach]] trying to slip Cheevers through unselected by listing him as a forward.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monahan |first1=Tom |title=B'S CHEEVERS RANKED AS MOST CONSISTENT OF ALL NHL GOALIES |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/archive-in-1972-star-goaltender-cheevers-was-thriving-with-bruins |publisher=The Hockey News |access-date=April 14, 2024 |date=April 7, 1972}}</ref> In the [[1964–65 AHL season|1964–65]] season he won 48 games in leading the Rochester Americans to their first [[Calder Cup]] championship, becoming the final goaltender in league history to play every game (coincidentally, he did this one season after his future Bruins teammate [[Eddie Johnston]] was the final goaltender to do so in the NHL). Cheevers still holds the AHL record for most victories in a season by a goaltender.

He was claimed [[1965–66 AHL season|that offseason]] by the Boston Bruins in the [[1965 NHL Intra-League Draft|Intra-League Draft]] and saw his first action with the Bruins [[1965–66 Boston Bruins season|in the 1966 season]], although he spent the bulk of the next two years with the Bruins' farm club, the [[Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–1977)|Oklahoma City Blazers]] of the [[Central Professional Hockey League]].

With [[1967 NHL expansion|the six-team expansion]] in 1967, and the Bruins losing goaltenders [[Bernie Parent]] and [[Doug Favell]] to the expansion [[Philadelphia Flyers]], Cheevers became the number one goaltender in Boston for the next five seasons.

He was a member of both the [[1969–70 NHL season|1970]] and [[1971–72 NHL season|1972]] [[Stanley Cup]] winning teams, gaining a reputation as a driven, "money" goaltender. Cheevers held the Boston Bruins' record for most playoff wins by a goaltender (with 53) until it was surpassed by [[Tuukka Rask]] in 2021.  Cheevers had held the record since 1977 when he surpassed Frank Brimsek's mark of 32.

In [[1971–72 NHL season|1972]], he went undefeated in 32 consecutive games, an NHL record that still stands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beta.thescore.com/news/457792|title=This Day in Hockey History|publisher=The Score|date=March 19, 2014 |access-date=March 24, 2014 |first=Ian|last=McLaren}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/14/sports/no-headline-230307.html|title=Bruins Keep Rolling |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 14, 1983|access-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref>

In the [[1972–73 WHA season|fall of 1972]], he jumped to the fledgling [[World Hockey Association]], where he played three and a half seasons for the [[Cleveland Crusaders]]. He made the First All-Star Team in [[1972–73 WHA season|1973]] and Second All-Star Team in [[1973–74 WHA season|1974]] and [[1974–75 WHA season|1975]]. He finished 2nd in league [[Gordie Howe Trophy|MVP voting]] in the 1972-73 season.<ref>https://newspaperarchive.com/post-herald-jun-08-1973-p-3/</ref> In 1974, he played seven of the eight games for Team Canada in the [[1974 Summit Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Summit in 1974: Team Canada Players|url=http://www.chidlovski.net/1974/74_playersca.asp?playerid=ca30|access-date=2021-04-30|website=www.chidlovski.net}}</ref> Cheevers sat out the third game since his father was gravely ill in hospital.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gerry Cheevers expects to complete series|last=Proudfoot|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Proudfoot (journalist)|date=September 23, 1974|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-1974-summit-series/146472208/|access-date=May 2, 2024}}</ref>

Cheevers returned to the Bruins during the [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76 season]] after a financial dispute with the Crusaders' management. In the [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80 season]] Cheevers and [[Gilles Gilbert]] were runners-up for the [[Vezina Trophy]], which was won by [[Don Edwards (ice hockey)|Don Edwards]] and [[Bob Sauvé]] of the [[Buffalo Sabres]]. He retired at the end of that season.

Cheevers had a career NHL [[goals against average]] of 2.89, recorded 230 NHL wins, played in 419 NHL games, and registered 26 NHL shutouts. He is second in the WHA's history in career GAA and shutouts, even though he played during only half the league's existence. If one combines both their NHL and WHA statistics, Gerry Cheevers (329), [[Mike Liut]] (325), and [[Bernie Parent]] (304) all would have at least 300 wins. Cheevers was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1985, and is one of the few goaltenders in the Hall to have never been named to the All-Star Team or won the Vezina Trophy in the [[National Hockey League]].

===Style===
Cheevers was not afraid to stray from the crease to cut down the shooter's angle or to act as a "third defenseman". He was very aggressive with opposing players who strayed into or near the crease and was not afraid to hit opposing players with his goalie stick if they got too close to the crease.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

Not a "stand-up" goalie, Cheevers could often be found on his knees or even his side. He perfected this "flopping" style while playing for Rochester during the 1962–63 season. Americans' coach Rudy Migay had Cheevers practice without his stick, thus requiring him to rely more on using his body and his pads.

[[File:Gerry Cheevers Mask.jpg |thumb|right|200px|Cheevers wearing his distinctive mask with the [[Boston Bruins]] in 1980]]

===Mask===
Cheevers was inspired to create his distinctive stitch pattern [[Goaltender mask|mask]] when a puck hit him in the face during practice. Cheevers, never one to miss an opportunity to skip out of practice, went to the [[dressing room]]. Bruins coach [[Harry Sinden]] followed him to the dressing room, where he found Cheevers enjoying a beer and smoking a cigarette. Annoyed, Sinden ordered Cheevers, who wasn't injured, to get back on the ice. In jest, John "Frosty" Forristall, the Bruins' assistant trainer, drew a stitch mark on his mask, which amused the team.<ref name="O'Reilly">{{cite news|last1=O'Reilly|first1=Terry|title=The Crazy World of Trademarks |url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/the-crazy-world-of-trademarks-1.3918789 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |work=Under the Influence|agency=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|publisher=[[CBC Radio]]|date=January 5, 2017}}</ref> After that, any time he was similarly struck, he had a new stitch-mark drawn on his mask. Cheevers later claimed that the mask spared him from over 150 medical stitches over his career and was the first to be custom decorated in the sport.<ref name="O'Reilly"/> The mask became one of the most recognized of the era, and the original is now on the wall of his grandson's bedroom.

Years later, goalie [[Steve Shields (ice hockey)|Steve Shields]] paid tribute to Cheevers when he played for the Bruins in 2002 and 2003, sporting a modern airbrushed version of the stitch-covered mask.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/050210&num=3 |title=Masked Marvels |access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> In 2008, ''[[The Hockey News]]'' rated his mask the greatest ever by a wide margin. It received 221 of a possible 300 points; [[Gilles Gratton]]'s mask was rated second with 66.

Cheevers's mask design has appeared in rock-n-roll culture. [[Black Veil Brides]]' lead singer [[Andy Biersack]] cited it as the reason he got interested in hockey and played goalie when he was younger. In homage to Cheevers, Biersack painted stitches on his face for live shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/thelife/music/news/story?id=5987025 |title=Hockey, music part of singer's makeup |date=January 4, 2011 |access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>

===Publications===
In 1971, Cheevers published the book ''Goaltender'', detailing his experiences during the 1970–71 season, through to the unexpected loss in the first round to the underdog [[Montreal Canadiens]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Goaltender |publisher=Dodd Mead|oclc = 70356023}}</ref>

==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.

==Retirement==
After his departure as Bruins' coach, Cheevers served as a color commentator for the [[Hartford Whalers]] from 1986 to 1995 and the [[Boston Bruins]] from 1999 to 2002. From 1995 to 2006 he was a member of the Bruins' scouting staff. Cheevers has also devoted time to [[Thoroughbred racing]]. His most successful runner was the [[Graded stakes race|Grade 1]] winner [[Royal Ski]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=598966&registry=T&rbt=TB |title=Royal Ski |publisher=Equibase Co. LLC |date=2021-12-17 |accessdate=2021-12-17}}</ref> Cheevers frequently made allusions to horse racing during interviews. After playing a particularly good game in the 1972 Stanley Cup playoffs, Cheevers told reporters he "felt like [[Riva Ridge]]"—the horse that had recently won the [[1972 Kentucky Derby]].

Cheevers lives in [[Everett, Massachusetts]].

===Popular culture===
In 1996, Canadian pop-punk band [[Chixdiggit]] released their self-titled album on [[SubPop]], and included the song "I Feel Like Gerry Cheevers (Stitchmarks On My Heart)." The lyrics include references to Cheevers's undefeated streak, the stitch marks drawn for every shot that hit his cheek, and his number 30 jersey. The chorus includes the lyrics "he wore a mask just like my heart, it had stitch marks on every part."{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

==Awards==
* 1964–65 – [[Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award]], which goes to the AHL goalie with the best [[goals against average]]
* Played in the 1969 [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star Game]]
* [[Stanley Cup]] champion in 1970 and 1972
* 1972–73 – [[World Hockey Association|WHA]] First Team All-Star, won Ben Hatskin Award for best goaltender
* 1973–74 – World Hockey Association Second Team All-Star
* 1974–75 – World Hockey Association Second Team All-Star
* 1979–80 – [[Runner-up]] for the NHL's [[Vezina Trophy]] (Lowest goals-against average at the time)
* Inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1985
* Inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame in 1987
* Inducted as an inaugural member into the [[World Hockey Association Hall of Fame]] in 2010<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whahof.com/hofmembers.html |title=WHA Hall of Fame Members |access-date=September 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115092143/http://whahof.com/hofmembers.html |archive-date=January 15, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[List of Boston Bruins award winners|Named One of the Top 100 Best Bruins Players of all Time]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=Bruins Announce “Historic 100” Ahead of All-Centennial Team Reveal {{!}} Boston Bruins |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-announce-historic-100-ahead-of-all-centennial-team-reveal |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[List of Boston Bruins award winners|Named to the Boston Bruins All-Centennial Team]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Bruins Announce All-Centennial Team {{!}} Boston Bruins |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-announce-all-centennial-team |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>

==International play==
* 1974 – Played for [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]] at the [[1974 Summit Series]]
* 1976 – Spare goaltender for Team Canada in the Canada Cup
* 1979 – Played for NHL All-Stars in the Challenge Cup vs. Team Soviet Union

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:90%;"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|[[Regular season]]
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! align="center" colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|[[Playoffs]]
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! W
! L
! T
! MIN
! GA
! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]]
! [[Goals against average|GAA]]
! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP
! W
! L
! MIN
! GA
! SO
! GAA
! SV%
|-
| 1956–57 
| St. Michael's Midget Majors 
| THL
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1956–57 OHA season|1956–57]]
| [[Toronto St. Michael's Majors|St. Michael's Majors]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHA-Jr.]]
| 1
| —
| —
| —
| 60
| 4
| 0
| 4.00
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- 
| [[1957–58 OHA season|1957–58]]
| St. Michael's Majors
| OHA-Jr.
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 3
| 0
| 3.00
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1958–59 
| [[St. Michael's Buzzers]]
| [[Metro Junior A Hockey League|MetJHL]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|-
| [[1958–59 OHA season|1958–59]]
| St. Michael's Majors
| OHA-Jr.
| 6
| —
| —
| —
| 360
| 28
| 0
| 4.67
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1959–60 OHA season|1959–60]]
| St. Michael's Majors
| OHA-Jr.
| 36
| 18
| 13
| 5
| 2,160
| 111
| 5
| 3.08
| —
| 10 
| —
| —
| 600
| 33
| 0
| 3.30
| —
|-
| [[1960–61 OHA season|1960–61]]
| St. Michael's Majors
| OHA-Jr.
| 30
| 12
| 20
| 5
| 1,775
| 94
| 2
| 3.18
| —
| 20
| —
| —
| 1,200
| 52
| 1
| 2.60
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1961 Memorial Cup|1960–61]]
| St. Michael's Majors
| [[Memorial Cup|MC]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
| —
| 9
| 7
| 2
| 540
| 21
| 1
| 2.33
| —
|- 
| [[1961–62 EPHL season|1961–62]]
| [[Sault Thunderbirds]]
| [[Eastern Professional Hockey League (1959–1963)|EPHL]] 
| 29
| 13
| 13
| 3
| 1,740
| 103
| 1
| 3.55
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1961–62 AHL season|1961–62]]
| [[Pittsburgh Hornets]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 300
| 21 
| 0
| 4.20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- 
| [[1961–62 NHL season|1961–62]]
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 120
| 6
| 0
| 3.00
| .905
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1961–62
| [[Rochester Americans]]
| AHL
| 19
| 9
| 9
| 1
| 1,140
| 69
| 1
| 3.63
| —
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 120
| 8
| 0
| 4.00
| —
|-
| [[1962–63 AHL season|1962–63]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 19
| 7
| 9
| 3
| 1,140
| 75
| 1
| 3.95
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1962–63 EPHL season|1962–63]]
| [[Sudbury Wolves (EPHL)|Sudbury Wolves]]
| EPHL
| 51
| 17
| 24
| 10
| 3,060
| 212
| 4
| 4.15
| —
| 8
| 4
| 4
| 485
| 29
| 1
| 3.59
| —
|-
| [[1963–64 AHL season|1963–64]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 66
| 38
| 25
| 2
| 4,359
| 195
| 3
| 2.84
| —
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 120
| 8
| 0
| 4.00
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1964–65 AHL season|1964–65]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 72
| 48
| 21
| 3
| 4,359
| 195
| 5
| 2.68
| —
| 10
| 8
| 2
| 615
| 24
| 0
| 2.34
| —
|-
| [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| NHL
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 340
| 34
| 0
| 6.00
| .829
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1965–66 CPHL season|1965–66]]
| [[Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–77)|Oklahoma City Blazers]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CPHL]]
| 30
| 16
| 9
| 5
| 1,760
| 73
| 3
| 2.49
| —
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 540
| 19
| 0
| 2.11
| —
|-
| [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 22
| 5
| 10
| 6
| 1,284
| 72
| 1
| 3.33
| .896
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1966–67 CPHL season|1966–67]]
| Oklahoma City Blazers
| CPHL
| 26
| 14
| 6
| 5
| 1,520
| 71
| 1
| 2.80
| —
| 11
| 8
| 3
| 677
| 29
| 1
| 2.57
| —
|-
| [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 47
| 23
| 17
| 5
| 2,646
| 125
| 3
| 2.83
| .907
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 240
| 15
| 0
| 3.75
| .895
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1968–69 NHL season|1968–69]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 52
| 28
| 12
| 12
| 3,112
| 145
| 3
| 2.80
| .912
| 9
| 6
| 3
| 572
| 16
| 3
| 1.68
| .947
|-
| [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 41
| 24
| 8
| 8
| 2,384
| 108
| 4
| 2.72
| .919
| 13
| 12
| 1
| 781
| 29
| 0
| 2.23
| .925
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 40
| 27
| 8
| 5
| 2,400
| 109
| 3
| 2.73
| .918
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 360
| 21
| 0
| 3.50
| .892
|-
| [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 41
| 27
| 5
| 8
| 2,420
| 101
| 2
| 2.50
| .920
| 8
| 6
| 2
| 483
| 21
| 2
| 2.61
| .915
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1972–73 WHA season|1972–73]]
| [[Cleveland Crusaders]]
| [[World Hockey Association|WHA]]
| 52
| 32
| 20
| 0
| 3,144
| 149
| 5
| 2.84
| .912
| 9
| 5
| 4
| 548
| 22
| 0
| 2.41
| .921
|-
| [[1973–74 WHA season|1973–74]]
| Cleveland Crusaders
| WHA
| 59
| 30
| 20
| 6
| 3,562
| 180
| 4
| 3.03
| .906
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 303
| 18
| 0
| 3.56
| .908
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1974–75 WHA season|1974–75]]
| Cleveland Crusaders
| WHA
| 52
| 26
| 24
| 2
| 3,076
| 167
| 4
| 3.26
| .905
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 300
| 23
| 0
| 4.60
| —
|-
| [[1975–76 WHA season|1975–76]]
| Cleveland Crusaders
| WHA
| 28
| 11
| 14
| 1
| 1,570
| 95
| 1
| 3.63
| .886
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 15
| 8
| 2
| 5
| 900
| 41
| 1
| 2.73
| .902
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 392
| 14
| 1
| 2.14
| .917
|-
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 45
| 30
| 10
| 5
| 2,700
| 137
| 3
| 3.04
| .882
| 14
| 8
| 5
| 858
| 44
| 1
| 3.08
| .865
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 21
| 10
| 5
| 2
| 1,086
| 48
| 1
| 2.65
| .887
| 12
| 8
| 4
| 731
| 35
| 1
| 2.87
| .883
|-
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 43
| 23
| 9
| 10
| 2,509
| 132
| 1
| 3.16
| .865
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 360
| 15
| 0
| 2.50
| .891
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1979–80 NHL season|1979–80]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 42
| 24
| 11
| 7
| 2,479
| 116
| 4
| 2.81
| .881
| 10
| 4
| 6
| 619
| 32
| 0
| 3.10
| .875
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 418
! 230
! 102
! 74
! 24,394
! 1,175
! 26
! 2.89
! .901
! 88
! 53
! 34
! 5,396
! 242
! 8
! 2.69
! .902
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|WHA totals
! 191
! 99
! 78
! 9
! 11,352
! 591
! 14
! 3.12
! .905
! 19
! 7
! 12
! 1,151
! 63
! 0
! 3.28
! —
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em;"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP
! W
! L
! T
! MIN
! GA
! SO
! GAA
|-
| [[1974 Summit Series|1974]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| SS
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 420
| 24
| 0
| 3.43
|}{{cite web |url=http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/cheevers.html|title = Gerry Cheever's stats |publisher=The Goaltender Home Page|access-date=August 6, 2017}}

==Coaching statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="6"|Regular season !! Postseason
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! Pts !! Finish !! Result
|-
! [[Boston Bruins|BOS]] !! [[1980–81 NHL season|1980–81]]
| 80 || 37 || 20 || 13 || 87 || 2nd in [[Adams Division|Adams]] || Lost in preliminary round
|- 
! BOS !! [[1981–82 NHL season|1981–82]]
| 80 || 43 || 37 || 10 || 96 || 2nd in Adams || Lost in Division Finals
|-
! BOS !! [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| 80 || 50 || 20 || 10 || 110 || 1st in Adams || Lost in Conference Finals
|-
! BOS !! [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| 80 || 49 || 25 || 9 || 104 || 1st in Adams || Lost in Division Semifinals
|-
! BOS !! [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| 56 || 25 || 24 || 7 || (57) || (fired) || —
|-
! colspan="2"|Total !! 376 !! 204 !! 126 !! 46 !! &nbsp; !! &nbsp; !! 4 playoff appearances
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=P198501}}

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