playing on the left side on Boston's greatly feared power-play unit, which featured Phil Esposito, John McKenzie, Bobby Orr and Fred Stanfield. Bucyk starred into his penultimate season (during which he surrendered his team captaincy, while suffering an injury, to Wayne Cashman), and ended his playing career after the 1978 season, after which the Bruins retired his number #9 jersey. At the time of his retirement, Bucyk was fourth all-time in points (behind Gordie Howe, Esposito and Stan Mikita) and in goals. He scored 545 goals as a Bruin, the most in franchise history. Only Ray Bourque has subsequently passed his team mark for points and assists. Bucyk's 40 playoff goals for Boston places him seventh on the team's all-time list as of the end of the 2020–21 season. Bucyk scored exactly 100 playoff points for Boston, one of just seven Bruins to reach a three-figure total in this department. Bucyk remains affiliated with the Bruins, serving on various occasions as a broadcaster and in the front office. He previously served as the team's director of road services, and is now listed by the team as ambassador. As part of Boston's coaching and administrative staff, Bucyk had his name engraved on the Stanley Cup for a third time with the Bruins in 2011, his 53rd consecutive season with the organization. As of the 2023 season, Bucyk's 67 years in professional hockey is the longest such tenure on record. Bucyk was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs * Stanley Cup Champion. Achievements and facts Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 1955, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971. Named to the NHL second All-Star team in 1968. Stanley Cup champion in 1970 and 1972. Won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1971 and 1974. Named to the NHL first All-Star team in 1971. Won Lester Patrick Trophy for contributions to hockey in the United States in 1977. Known as the "Chief" due to presumed Native American looks by a mistaken Boston cartoonist. A Ukrainian Canadian and member of the "Uke" line with Bronco Horvath and Vic Stasiuk. When the Bruins ended their twenty-nine-year championship drought in 1970, Bucyk was given the honour of being the first player of the team to hoist the Stanley Cup around the Boston Garden, since he was the most senior Alternate Captain (the Bruins did not have