1977-78 • Franchise

1977-78 Birmingham Bulls

Record: 36-41-3, 75 pts
Finish: 6th, League
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Winnipeg
Coach: Glen Sonmor

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1	Oct 14	Houston	5-3	W	1-0-0	2	5-3	41	Jan 18	Cincinnati	3-0	W	18-21-2	38	141-156
2	Oct 15	@ New England	2-5	L	1-1-0	2	7-8	42	Jan 20	Edmonton	5-3	W	19-21-2	40	146-159
3	Oct 22	@ Quebec	5-8	L	1-2-0	2	12-16	43	Jan 22	@ Houston	2-4	L	19-22-2	40	148-163
4	Oct 23	@ Winnipeg	3-10	L	1-3-0	2	15-26	44	Jan 25	Winnipeg	6-2	W	20-22-2	42	154-165
5	Oct 25	Indianapolis	4-5	L	1-4-0	2	19-31	45	Jan 27	New England	2-6	L	20-23-2	42	156-171
6	Oct 28	Edmonton	2-3	L	1-5-0	2	21-34	46	Jan 28	Winnipeg	8-5	W	21-23-2	44	164-176
7	Oct 29	@ Indianapolis	2-6	L	1-6-0	2	23-40	47	Jan 31	Houston	2-4	L	21-24-2	44	166-180
8	Nov 2	@ Houston	3-5	L	1-7-0	2	26-45	48	Feb 2	Quebec	2-4	L	21-25-2	44	168-184
9	Nov 4	Winnipeg	2-4	L	1-8-0	2	28-49	49	Feb 4	Indianapolis	5-2	W	22-25-2	46	173-186
10	Nov 5	Quebec	*5-4	W	2-8-0	4	33-53	50	Feb 5	@ Indianapolis	1-6	L	22-26-2	46	174-192
11	Nov 8	New England	3-4	L	2-9-0	4	36-57	51	Feb 7	@ Quebec	3-8	L	22-27-2	46	177-200
12	Nov 9	@ Cincinnati	1-2	L	2-10-0	4	37-59	52	Feb 8	@ Winnipeg	0-9	L	22-28-2	46	177-209
13	Nov 12	Edmonton	1-1	T	2-10-1	5	38-60	53	Feb 12	@ Edmonton	0-7	L	22-29-2	46	177-216
14	Nov 16	@ Winnipeg	2-2	T	2-10-2	6	40-62	54	Feb 14	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	22-30-2	46	178-220
15	Nov 18	@ Indianapolis	2-1	W	3-10-2	8	42-63	55	Feb 16	@ Houston	5-2	W	23-30-2	48	183-222
16	Nov 19	Houston	4-3	W	4-10-2	10	46-66	56	Feb 17	Indianapolis	*5-4	W	24-30-2	50	188-226
17	Nov 23	@ Houston	0-3	L	4-11-2	10	46-69	57	Feb 18	Houston	2-3	L	24-31-2	50	190-229
18	Nov 24	Cincinnati	12-2	W	5-11-2	12	58-71	58	Feb 19	@ Cincinnati	*3-4	L	24-32-2	50	193-233
19	Nov 26	@ Quebec	2-4	L	5-12-2	12	60-75	59	Feb 23	Quebec	7-3	W	25-32-2	52	200-236
20	Nov 27	@ Winnipeg	*4-3	W	6-12-2	14	64-78	60	Feb 25	Cincinnati	7-3	W	26-32-2	54	207-239
21	Nov 30	@ Edmonton	2-4	L	6-13-2	14	66-82	61	Feb 26	Indianapolis	3-6	L	26-33-2	54	210-245
22	Dec 2	@ Edmonton	7-5	W	7-13-2	16	73-87	62	Mar 1	Winnipeg	4-3	W	27-33-2	56	214-248
23	Dec 4	Indianapolis	3-0	W	8-13-2	18	76-87	63	Mar 4	@ New England	5-2	W	28-33-2	58	219-250
24	Dec 7	New England	3-6	L	8-14-2	18	79-93	64	Mar 5	Edmonton	3-4	L	28-34-2	58	222-254
25	Dec 9	New England	1-2	L	8-15-2	18	80-95	65	Mar 9	Quebec	9-2	W	29-34-2	60	231-256
26	Dec 13	@ Houston	5-3	W	9-15-2	20	85-98	66	Mar 10	New England	*4-5	L	29-35-2	60	235-261
27	Dec 15	Cincinnati	5-3	W	10-15-2	22	90-101	67	Mar 12	@ Winnipeg	2-3	L	29-36-2	60	237-264
28	Dec 18	Edmonton	3-2	W	11-15-2	24	93-103	68	Mar 14	@ New England	0-6	L	29-37-2	60	237-270
29	Dec 21	Czechoslovakia	5-0	W	12-15-2	26	98-103	69	Mar 15	@ Cincinnati	2-7	L	29-38-2	60	239-277
30	Dec 26	Soviet All-Stars	6-1	W	13-15-2	28	104-104	70	Mar 17	@ Houston	3-2	W	30-38-2	62	242-279
31	Dec 27	@ New England	1-8	L	13-16-2	28	105-112	71	Mar 19	Indianapolis	3-3	T	30-38-3	63	245-282
32	Dec 29	@ Cincinnati	7-1	W	14-16-2	30	112-113	72	Mar 21	@ Quebec	5-4	W	31-38-3	65	250-286
33	Dec 30	@ New England	2-6	L	14-17-2	30	114-119	73	Mar 22	@ Edmonton	5-3	W	32-38-3	67	255-289
34	Jan 1	Quebec	2-5	L	14-18-2	30	116-124	74	Mar 24	Quebec	*3-4	L	32-39-3	67	258-293
35	Jan 4	@ Indianapolis	1-4	L	14-19-2	30	117-128	75	Mar 25	Winnipeg	1-3	L	32-40-3	67	259-296
36	Jan 6	Houston	6-4	W	15-19-2	32	123-132	76	Mar 31	Edmonton	5-2	W	33-40-3	69	264-298
37	Jan 8	@ New England	5-4	W	16-19-2	34	128-136	77	Apr 1	Cincinnati	5-1	W	34-40-3	71	269-299
38	Jan 10	@ Quebec	4-6	L	16-20-2	34	132-142	78	Apr 5	@ Cincinnati	4-5	L	34-41-3	71	273-304
39	Jan 11	@ Winnipeg	2-11	L	16-21-2	34	134-153	79	Apr 7	Houston	5-3	W	35-41-3	73	278-307
40	Jan 14	@ Cincinnati	4-3	W	17-21-2	36	138-156	80	Apr 9	@ Indianapolis	9-7	W	36-41-3	75	287-314

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
LW	11	Alley, Steve	27	8	12	20	11	+17	1	0	43	0.186	5	1	0	1	10
LW	17	Arndt, Danny	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
LW	16	Beaton, Frank	56	6	9	15	279	-8	0	1	63	0.095	5	2	0	2	10
D	5	Beaudoin, Serge	64	8	25	33	105	+14	1	0	95	0.084	5	1	0	1	46
LW	8	Bilodeau, Gilles	59	2	2	4	258	-14	0	0	20	0.100	3	0	0	0	27
RW	24	Cassolato, Tony	77	18	25	43	59	-3	4	0	124	0.145	4	0	0	0	4
D	14	Durbano, Steve	45	6	4	10	284	-12	1	0	64	0.094	4	0	2	2	16
D	12	Evans, Chris	12	1	2	3	4	-7	0	0	8	0.125	-	-	-	-	-
G	35	Garrett, John	58	0	3	3	26	-	0	0	0	-	5	0	0	0	0
RW	7	Gorman, Dave	63	19	21	40	93	+18	2	0	108	0.176	4	1	1	2	0
D	15	Hanson, Dave	42	7	16	23	241	+10	0	0	39	0.179	5	0	1	1	48
LW	19	Henderson, Paul	80	37	29	66	22	+4	11	1	212	0.175	5	1	1	2	0
D	33	Hoganson, Dale	43	1	12	13	29	-6	0	0	54	0.019	5	0	0	0	7
D	3	Hughes, Brent	80	9	35	44	48	+12	3	0	109	0.083	5	0	0	0	12
D	4	Langway, Rod	52	3	18	21	52	+10	0	0	75	0.040	4	0	0	0	9
C	10	Linseman, Ken	71	38	38	76	126	+6	5	4	216	0.176	5	2	2	4	15
RW	27	Mahovlich, Frank	72	14	24	38	22	-5	6	0	125	0.112	3	1	1	2	0
C	20	Marrin, Peter	80	28	43	71	53	+9	7	1	187	0.150	5	0	3	3	2
RW	9	Napier, Mark	79	33	32	65	9	-11	14	0	194	0.170	5	0	2	2	14
RW	14	Nedomansky, Vaclav	12	2	3	5	6	-9	1	0	29	0.069	-	-	-	-	-
D	21	Noris, Joe	45	9	19	28	6	-9	0	0	83	0.108	-	-	-	-	-
RW	17	Roberto, Phil	53	8	20	28	91	+7	0	0	91	0.088	4	1	0	1	20
RW	16	Sheehy, Tim	13	4	2	6	5	-14	2	0	43	0.093	-	-	-	-	-
D	30	Stephenson, Bob	39	7	6	13	33	-2	0	0	51	0.137	-	-	-	-	-
C	18	Stewart, John C.	48	13	26	39	52	+13	2	1	86	0.151	5	1	1	2	6
D	4	Terbenche, Paul	11	1	0	1	0	+1	0	0	4	0.250	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Turkiewicz, Jim	78	3	21	24	45	+10	0	0	83	0.036	5	1	1	2	0
D	6	Westrum, Pat	77	2	10	12	97	-7	0	0	72	0.028	3	0	1	1	0
G	1	Wood, Wayne	32	0	3	3	22	-	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Garrett, John	58	3306	210	5	2	24-31-1	3.81	1714	0.877	5	271	26	1-4	5.76
Wood, Wayne	32	1551	99	0	1	12-10-2	3.83	794	0.875	1	29	3	0-0	6.21

Transactions

• Paul Terbenche signed to contract, May 1977
• Rights to Steve Durbano purchased from Quebec, Jun 1977
• Brent Hughes signed to contract, Jun 1977
• Steve Alley acquired from New England for future considerations, Jul 1977
• Phil Roberto signed to contract, Jul 1977
• Bob Stephenson signed to contract, Sep 1977
• Serge Beaudoin signed to contract, Nov 1977
• Tim Sheehy and Vaclav Nedomansky traded to Detroit (NHL) for Steve Durbano and Dave Hanson, Nov 1977. Sheehy later released, signed by New England. Hanson returned to Detroit at close of season
• Frank Beaton signed to contract, Nov 1977
• Chris Evans waived, Nov 1977, claimed by Quebec
• Paul Terbenche traded to Houston for future considerations, Mar 1978 (Playoffs only)

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Cincinnati	7-4-0	53-31	5-0-0	32-9	2-4-0	21-22
Edmonton	5-5-1	34-38	3-2-1	19-15	2-3-0	15-23
Houston	7-5-0	42-39	4-2-0	24-20	3-3-0	18-19
Indianapolis	5-5-1	38-44	3-2-1	23-20	2-3-0	15-24
New England	2-9-0	28-54	0-5-0	13-23	2-4-0	15-31
Quebec	4-7-0	47-52	3-3-0	28-22	1-4-0	19-30
Winnipeg	4-6-1	34-55	3-2-0	21-17	1-4-1	13-38
Touring Teams	2-0-0	11-1	2-0-0	11-1	0-0-0	0-0
October	1-6-0	23-40	1-2-0	11-11	0-4-0	12-29
November	5-7-2	43-42	3-2-1	27-18	2-5-1	16-24
December	8-4-0	48-37	5-2-0	26-14	3-2-0	22-23
January	7-7-0	52-61	5-3-0	34-29	2-4-0	18-32
February	5-9-0	44-65	4-3-0	31-25	1-6-0	13-40
March	7-7-1	54-53	3-4-1	32-26	4-3-0	22-27
April	3-1-0	23-16	2-0-0	10-4	1-1-0	13-12

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