Record: 35-42-3, 73 pts
Finish: 7th, League
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Jacques Demers (33-39-3), Jerry Rafter (2-3-0)
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 12 | Indianapolis | 4-5 | L | 0-1-0 | 0 | 4-5 | 41 | Jan 15 | @ Quebec | 6-3 | W | 16-23-2 | 34 | 142-163 |
|
2 | Oct 15 | Winnipeg | 4-5 | L | 0-2-0 | 0 | 8-10 | 42 | Jan 18 | @ Birmingham | 0-3 | L | 16-24-2 | 34 | 142-166 |
|
3 | Oct 16 | New England | 6-2 | W | 1-2-0 | 2 | 14-12 | 43 | Jan 20 | Quebec | 2-8 | L | 16-25-2 | 34 | 144-174 |
|
4 | Oct 18 | @ Quebec | 1-5 | L | 1-3-0 | 2 | 15-17 | 44 | Jan 21 | @ Houston | 2-5 | L | 16-26-2 | 34 | 146-179 |
|
5 | Oct 21 | @ Houston | 5-6 | L | 1-4-0 | 2 | 20-23 | 45 | Jan 22 | Edmonton | 5-2 | W | 17-26-2 | 36 | 151-181 |
|
6 | Oct 28 | @ Winnipeg | 2-3 | L | 1-5-0 | 2 | 22-26 | 46 | Jan 25 | New England | *8-7 | W | 18-26-2 | 38 | 159-188 |
|
7 | Nov 4 | @ New England | 3-4 | L | 1-6-0 | 2 | 25-30 | 47 | Jan 29 | Winnipeg | 4-8 | L | 18-27-2 | 38 | 163-196 |
|
8 | Nov 5 | Winnipeg | 1-6 | L | 1-7-0 | 2 | 26-36 | 48 | Jan 30 | @ Indianapolis | 4-3 | W | 19-27-2 | 40 | 167-199 |
|
9 | Nov 6 | New England | 2-5 | L | 1-8-0 | 2 | 28-41 | 49 | Feb 1 | Indianapolis | 8-0 | W | 20-27-2 | 42 | 175-199 |
|
10 | Nov 9 | Birmingham | 2-1 | W | 2-8-0 | 4 | 30-42 | 50 | Feb 3 | Houston | 1-0 | W | 21-27-2 | 44 | 176-199 |
|
11 | Nov 11 | Edmonton | 2-3 | L | 2-9-0 | 4 | 32-45 | 51 | Feb 4 | Winnipeg | 5-7 | L | 21-28-2 | 44 | 181-206 |
|
12 | Nov 12 | @ Quebec | *6-5 | W | 3-9-0 | 6 | 38-50 | 52 | Feb 8 | @ Edmonton | 6-6 | T | 21-28-3 | 45 | 187-212 |
|
13 | Nov 13 | @ Winnipeg | 3-2 | W | 4-9-0 | 8 | 41-52 | 53 | Feb 10 | @ Winnipeg | 2-10 | L | 21-29-3 | 45 | 189-222 |
|
14 | Nov 16 | @ Edmonton | 4-6 | L | 4-10-0 | 8 | 45-58 | 54 | Feb 11 | New England | 7-8 | L | 21-30-3 | 45 | 196-230 |
|
15 | Nov 18 | @ Edmonton | *3-4 | L | 4-11-0 | 8 | 48-62 | 55 | Feb 12 | Quebec | 8-2 | W | 22-30-3 | 47 | 204-232 |
|
16 | Nov 23 | Quebec | 4-3 | W | 5-11-0 | 10 | 52-65 | 56 | Feb 15 | Houston | 2-5 | L | 22-31-3 | 47 | 206-237 |
|
17 | Nov 24 | @ Birmingham | 2-12 | L | 5-12-0 | 10 | 54-77 | 57 | Feb 17 | @ Houston | *4-3 | W | 23-31-3 | 49 | 210-240 |
|
18 | Nov 25 | @ Houston | 1-3 | L | 5-13-0 | 10 | 55-80 | 58 | Feb 18 | Winnipeg | 0-4 | L | 23-32-3 | 49 | 210-244 |
|
19 | Nov 26 | @ Indianapolis | 7-5 | W | 6-13-0 | 12 | 62-85 | 59 | Feb 19 | Birmingham | *4-3 | W | 24-32-3 | 51 | 214-247 |
|
20 | Nov 29 | @ Quebec | 3-2 | W | 7-13-0 | 14 | 65-87 | 60 | Feb 25 | @ Birmingham | 3-7 | L | 24-33-3 | 51 | 217-254 |
|
21 | Nov 30 | Indianapolis | 3-0 | W | 8-13-0 | 16 | 68-87 | 61 | Mar 1 | @ Edmonton | 6-4 | W | 25-33-3 | 53 | 223-258 |
|
22 | Dec 3 | @ New England | 5-2 | W | 9-13-0 | 18 | 73-89 | 62 | Mar 3 | @ Winnipeg | 5-1 | W | 26-33-3 | 55 | 228-259 |
|
23 | Dec 4 | Houston | 2-3 | L | 9-14-0 | 18 | 75-92 | 63 | Mar 5 | @ Indianapolis | 2-4 | L | 26-34-3 | 55 | 230-263 |
|
24 | Dec 7 | @ Edmonton | *4-5 | L | 9-15-0 | 18 | 79-97 | 64 | Mar 7 | @ Quebec | 5-4 | W | 27-34-3 | 57 | 235-267 |
|
25 | Dec 9 | @ Winnipeg | *4-3 | W | 10-15-0 | 20 | 83-100 | 65 | Mar 9 | Edmonton | 6-5 | W | 28-34-3 | 59 | 241-272 |
|
26 | Dec 14 | Indianapolis | 3-1 | W | 11-15-0 | 22 | 86-101 | 66 | Mar 11 | Edmonton | 2-0 | W | 29-34-3 | 61 | 243-272 |
|
27 | Dec 15 | @ Birmingham | 3-5 | L | 11-16-0 | 22 | 89-106 | 67 | Mar 15 | Birmingham | 7-2 | W | 30-34-3 | 63 | 250-274 |
|
28 | Dec 17 | Soviet All-Stars | 4-5 | L | 11-17-0 | 22 | 93-111 | 68 | Mar 17 | New England | 2-6 | L | 30-35-3 | 63 | 252-280 |
|
29 | Dec 20 | Czechoslovakia | 5-5 | T | 11-17-1 | 23 | 98-116 | 69 | Mar 18 | Indianapolis | 4-2 | W | 31-35-3 | 65 | 256-282 |
|
30 | Dec 22 | @ Indianapolis | 4-1 | W | 12-17-1 | 25 | 102-117 | 70 | Mar 19 | @ Edmonton | 2-4 | L | 31-36-3 | 65 | 258-286 |
|
31 | Dec 23 | Winnipeg | 4-6 | L | 12-18-1 | 25 | 106-123 | 71 | Mar 22 | Houston | 9-2 | W | 32-36-3 | 67 | 267-288 |
|
32 | Dec 28 | Indianapolis | *5-4 | W | 13-18-1 | 27 | 111-127 | 72 | Mar 28 | @ Quebec | 4-6 | L | 32-37-3 | 67 | 271-294 |
|
33 | Dec 29 | Birmingham | 1-7 | L | 13-19-1 | 27 | 112-134 | 73 | Mar 29 | @ New England | 1-6 | L | 32-38-3 | 67 | 272-300 |
|
34 | Dec 30 | @ Houston | 5-5 | T | 13-19-2 | 28 | 117-139 | 74 | Apr 1 | @ Birmingham | 1-5 | L | 32-39-3 | 67 | 273-305 |
|
35 | Jan 1 | New England | *3-4 | L | 13-20-2 | 28 | 120-143 | 75 | Apr 2 | @ Indianapolis | 3-6 | L | 32-40-3 | 67 | 276-311 |
|
36 | Jan 4 | Houston | 5-3 | W | 14-20-2 | 30 | 125-146 | 76 | Apr 5 | Birmingham | 5-4 | W | 33-40-3 | 69 | 281-315 |
|
37 | Jan 6 | Quebec | 5-3 | W | 15-20-2 | 32 | 130-149 | 77 | Apr 7 | @ Indianapolis | 6-4 | W | 34-40-3 | 71 | 287-319 |
|
38 | Jan 7 | @ New England | 3-5 | L | 15-21-2 | 32 | 133-154 | 78 | Apr 8 | @ Houston | 4-5 | L | 34-41-3 | 71 | 291-324 |
|
39 | Jan 11 | Edmonton | 0-2 | L | 15-22-2 | 32 | 133-156 | 79 | Apr 9 | Quebec | 6-2 | W | 35-41-3 | 73 | 297-326 |
|
40 | Jan 14 | Birmingham | 3-4 | L | 15-23-2 | 32 | 136-160 | 80 | Apr 10 | @ New England | 1-6 | L | 35-42-3 | 73 | 298-332
|
Player Scoring
| pos.
| #
| Player
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
| +/-
| ppg
| shg
| sog
| sc%
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
|
|
LW | 15 | Abgrall, Dennis | 65 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 13 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 0.165 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 6 | Allen, Jeff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 5 | Baltimore, Bryon | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.063 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 5 | Beaudoin, Serge | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 7 | Carroll, Greg | 26 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 0.125 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 21 | Coates, Brian | 42 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 18 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0.151 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 11 | Deadmarsh, Butch | 45 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 86 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0.099 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 6 | Debol, Dave | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.200 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
G | 31 | Dion, Michel | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 9 | Dudley, Rick | 72 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 156 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 204 | 0.147 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 8 | Ftorek, Robbie | 80 | 59 | 50 | 109 | 54 | +31 | 20 | 2 | 262 | 0.225 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 16 | Gilligan, Bill | 54 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 59 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 0.125 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 27 | Greig, Bruce | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 57 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.300 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 27 | Hall, Del | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.114 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 22 | Handrahan, Alf | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 42 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.111 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 20 | Harris, Hugh | 45 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0.116 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
G | 22 | Hoganson, Paul | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 24 | Hislop, Jamie | 80 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 17 | +20 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 0.182 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 6 | Lahache, Floyd | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
G | 35 | Lapointe, Norm | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 8 | Larose, Claude | 51 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 6 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0.110 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 7 | Leduc, Richie | 54 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 44 | -27 | 7 | 1 | 184 | 0.147 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 21/25 | Legge, Barry | 78 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 114 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 0.068 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
G | 1 | Liut, Mike | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 11 | Locas, Jacques | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 2 | Maggs, Darryl | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.061 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 3 | Marotte, Gilles | 29 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 58 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.020 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 18 | Marsh, Peter | 74 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 123 | -17 | 4 | 0 | 234 | 0.107 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 4 | Melrose, Barry | 69 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 113 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0.039 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 6/10 | Norwich, Craig | 65 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 48 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0.070 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 2 | Plumb, Ron | 54 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 45 | -18 | 8 | 0 | 150 | 0.087 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 14 | Sobchuk, Dennis | 23 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 0.081 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 12 | Stapleton, Pat | 65 | 4 | 45 | 49 | 28 | +6 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 0.039 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 17 | Stewart, Paul | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 241 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.067 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 17 | Stoughton, Blaine | 30 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0.080 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 23 | Thomas, Reg | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.091 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 19 | Trognitz, Willie | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 94 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.100 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
G | 35 | Wakely, Ernie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | -
|
Goaltending
| Goaltender
| gp
| min
| ga
| en
| so
| w-l-t
| gaa
| sog
| sv%
| gp
| min
| ga
| w-l
| gaa
|
|
Dion, Michel | 45 | 2356 | 140 | 2 | 4 | 21-17-1 | 3.57 | 1220 | 0.885 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Hoganson, Paul | 7 | 326 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1-2-1 | 4.42 | 153 | 0.843 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Lapointe, Norm | 13 | 647 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 5-6-1 | 4.64 | 345 | 0.855 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Liut, Mike | 27 | 1215 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 8-12-0 | 4.25 | 663 | 0.870 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Wakely, Ernie | 6 | 311 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0-5-0 | 5.02 | 146 | 0.822 | - | - | - | - | -
|
Transactions
• Robbie Ftorek, Del Hall purchased from Phoenix, May 1977
• Rights to Mike Liut acquired from New England for Bryan Maxwell and Greg Carroll, May 1977
• Ernie Wakely signed to contract, Aug 1977
• Serge Beaudoin signed to contract, Sep 1977, released, Oct 1977
• Michel Dion, Dave Forbes signed to contracts, Oct 1977
• Ernie Wakely traded to Houston for future considerations, Oct 1977
• Pat Stapleton, Willie Trognitz signed to contracts, Nov 1977
• Paul Stewart signed to contract, Dec 1977
• Del Hall and Dennis Sobchuk traded to Edmonton for Butch Deadmarsh, Dec 1977
• Gilles Marotte and Blaine Stoughton traded to Indianapolis for Bryon Baltimore and Hugh Harris, Dec 1977
• Bruce Greig signed to contract, Jan 1978
• Rich Leduc and Claude Larose traded to Indianapolis for Darryl Maggs and Reg Thomas, Feb 1978
• Ron Plumb traded to New England for Greg Carroll, Feb 1978
• Paul Hoganson signed to contract, Feb 1978
• Darryl Maggs suspended after leaving team, Mar 1978
Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month
| opponent
| overall
| gf-ga
| home
| gf-ga
| away
| gf-ga
|
Birmingham | 4-7-0 | 31-53 | 4-2-0 | 22-21 | 0-5-0 | 9-32 | |
Edmonton | 4-6-1 | 40-41 | 3-2-0 | 15-12 | 1-4-1 | 25-29 |
|
Houston | 4-6-1 | 40-40 | 3-2-0 | 19-13 | 1-4-1 | 21-27 |
|
Indianapolis | 9-3-0 | 53-35 | 5-1-0 | 27-12 | 4-2-0 | 26-23 |
|
New England | 3-8-0 | 41-55 | 2-4-0 | 28-32 | 1-4-0 | 13-23 |
|
Quebec | 8-3-0 | 50-43 | 4-1-0 | 25-18 | 4-2-0 | 25-25 |
|
Winnipeg | 3-8-0 | 34-55 | 0-6-0 | 18-36 | 3-2-0 | 16-19 |
|
Touring Teams | 0-1-1 | 9-10 | 0-1-1 | 9-10 | 0-0-0 | 0-0 |
|
|
|
October | 1-5-0 | 22-26 | 1-2-0 | 14-12 | 0-3-0 | 8-14 |
|
November | 7-8-0 | 46-61 | 3-3-0 | 14-18 | 4-5-0 | 32-43 |
|
December | 5-6-2 | 49-52 | 2-4-1 | 24-31 | 3-2-1 | 25-21 |
|
January | 6-8-0 | 50-60 | 4-5-0 | 35-41 | 2-3-0 | 15-19 |
|
February | 5-6-1 | 50-55 | 4-4-0 | 35-29 | 1-2-1 | 15-26 |
|
March | 8-5-0 | 55-46 | 5-1-0 | 30-17 | 3-4-0 | 25-29 |
|
April | 3-4-0 | 26-32 | 2-0-0 | 11-6 | 1-4-0 | 15-26 |
|
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