Wayne Cashman – Best Supporting Actor for the Boston Bruins? Not the superstar but the leader of the pack for some pretty great Boston teams in the 1970’s. He got his start in junior hockey in the shadow of Bobby Orr with the Oshawa Generals. Cashman continued in the shadow of Orr and friends throughout most of his career with the Bruins.
Junior and Minor Pro
NHL Career
Hockey Card Collection
Coaching Career
Rookie Card
Career Stats
Wayne Cashman – Junior and Minor Pro
Wayne Cashman played four years of junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals from 1962-63 to 1965-66. In his final year, the hockey world was focused on Oshawa team leader Bobby Orr but Wayne had a pretty decent year, as well.
Over 48 regular season games, Cashman scored 26 goals and assisted on 44 for 70 points. He placed eighth in the league for assists and was ninth in the race for the Eddie Powers Trophy. The Generals finished fourth in the nine team league but rose to the challenge in the playoffs, downing the Kitchener Rangers in the finals, 4-1 to capture the Robertson Cup. Oshawa then advanced to the Memorial Cup final before losing to the Edmonton Oil Kings in six games.
Between junior and the National Hockey League, Cashman played two years with the Oklahoma City Blazers of the CPHL, 1966-67 and 1967-68. In the 1966-67 season, Wayne was fifth on the team in points. The Blazers placed first overall in the six team league and won the championship in five games over the Omaha Knights. Teammates included Terry Crisp, Jean Pronovost, Glen Sather and J.P. Parise with Bernie Parent, Gerry Cheevers and Doug Favell sharing the goaltending duties.
Wayne Cashman – NHL
Wayne Cashman played 1,027 regular season games in the National Hockey League between 1964-65 and 1982-83. Over that time, he scored 277 goals and assisted on 516 for 793 points. Wayne played 145 more games in the Stanley Cup playoffs, adding 88 points. His first game in the NHL came in 1964-65 while still a junior with Oshawa. He played 12 more in 1967-68 before becoming a regular with the Bruins in 1968-69.
Wayne Cashman Collection
Wayne’s best offensive season in the NHL came in 1973-74. He scored 30 and assisted on 59 for 89 points over the full 78 game schedule. Cashman tied for fifth in assists with Andre Boudrias of the Vancouver Canucks. His 89 points placed him fourth in the NHL behind just Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr and Ken Hodge, all teammates with the Bruins.
Cashman was part of two Stanley Cup champions with Boston in 1969-70 and 1971-72. He was also part of three close calls with the Bruins, losing in the finals to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1973-74 and the Montreal Canadiens in 1976-77 and 1977-78.
Wayne was the captain of the Bruins from 1977-78 until he retired after the 1982-83 season. He took over for John Bucyk and was replaced by Terry O’Reilly. He remains sixth all-time for the most points as a Boston Bruin over a career.
Not a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame on an individual basis, Cashman was a member of the 1972 Team Canada that competed against the Soviet Union at the Summit Series. Wayne played in two games, recording two assists.
Wayne Cashman – Coach
Between 1987-88 and 2005-06, Cashman found himself behind the benches of the New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins, mostly as an assistant coach. In 1997-98, Wayne was head coach of the Flyers before being replaced by Roger Neilson 61 games into the season. Cashman remained as assistant coach for the rest of the season.
In 2000-01, Wayne spent a year as head coach of the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL. The team was dismal and did not qualify for the Kelly Cup playoffs.
Wayne Cashman – Rookie Card
The Wayne Cashman rookie card appears as number 7 in the 1970-71 O-Pee-Chee set. The card is valued at around four times that of a common card. However, it was all a matter of timing with Cashman and he is forever overshadowed by the rookie cards of Gilbert Perreault, Bobby Clarke and Darryl Sittler.
Wayne Cashman Career Stats
| Season | Team | Lge | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1962-63 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1963-64 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 27 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 37 |
| 1964-65 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 55 | 27 | 46 | 73 | 104 |
| 1964-65 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965-66 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 48 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 98 |
| 1966-67 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CPHL | 70 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 98 |
| 1967-68 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CPHL | 42 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 66 |
| 1967-68 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1968-69 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 21 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 |
| 1968-69 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 51 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 49 |
| 1969-70 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 70 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 79 |
| 1970-71 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 77 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 100 |
| 1971-72 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 74 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 103 |
| 1972-73 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 29 | 39 | 68 | 100 |
| 1973-74 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 78 | 30 | 59 | 89 | 111 |
| 1974-75 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 42 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 24 |
| 1975-76 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 87 |
| 1976-77 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 65 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 76 |
| 1977-78 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 69 |
| 1978-79 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 75 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 63 |
| 1979-80 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 44 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 19 |
| 1980-81 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 77 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 80 |
| 1981-82 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 64 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 59 |
| 1982-83 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 65 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 |
| NHL Totals | 1027 | 277 | 516 | 793 | 1041 |