BOSTON - Former Bruins forward Peter McNab passed away on Sunday at the age of 70. The Vancouver native played eight seasons with the Black & Gold from 1976-84 during the height of the club's "Lunch Pail A.C." era.
After spending the first three seasons of his career in Buffalo, McNab was acquired by the Bruins from the Sabres in 1976 and went on to post at least 35 goals and 75 points in six consecutive seasons upon his arrival in Boston. The University of Denver product collected a career-high 86 points (38 goals, 48 assists) in his first season with Boston in 1976-77, during which he was named to the NHL All-Star Game and helped the B's to the Stanley Cup Final.
The following year in 1977-78 - during which the B's made a second straight trip to the Final - McNab notched a career-high 41 goals for his first of two 40-goal campaigns. As such, he was the leading goal scorer on Boston's record-setting club that set the NHL mark with 11 20-goal scorers.