Record: 38-39-3, 79 pts
Finish: 5th, League
Playoffs: Lost in first round to New England
Coach: Glen Sather
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 | Winnipeg | 3-7 | L | 0-1-0 | 0 | 3-7 | 41 | Jan 20 | @ Birmingham | 3-5 | L | 20-20-1 | 41 | 148-148 |
|
2 | Oct 14 | Quebec | 4-2 | W | 1-1-0 | 2 | 7-9 | 42 | Jan 21 | @ Indianapolis | 3-2 | W | 21-20-1 | 43 | 151-150 |
|
3 | Oct 15 | @ Quebec | 2-6 | L | 1-2-0 | 2 | 9-15 | 43 | Jan 22 | @ Cincinnati | 2-5 | L | 21-21-1 | 43 | 153-155 |
|
4 | Oct 19 | New England | 3-6 | L | 1-3-0 | 2 | 12-21 | 44 | Jan 25 | Indianapolis | 6-2 | W | 22-21-1 | 45 | 159-157 |
|
5 | Oct 26 | @ Houston | *7-8 | L | 1-4-0 | 2 | 19-29 | 45 | Jan 27 | Quebec | 9-6 | W | 23-21-1 | 47 | 168-163 |
|
6 | Oct 28 | @ Birmingham | 3-2 | W | 2-4-0 | 4 | 22-31 | 46 | Jan 29 | Quebec | 3-4 | L | 23-22-1 | 47 | 171-167 |
|
7 | Oct 30 | @ Winnipeg | 2-5 | L | 2-5-0 | 4 | 24-36 | 47 | Jan 31 | @ Indianapolis | 6-4 | W | 24-22-1 | 49 | 177-171 |
|
8 | Nov 2 | Winnipeg | 3-6 | L | 2-6-0 | 4 | 27-42 | 48 | Feb 1 | @ New England | 3-4 | L | 24-23-1 | 49 | 180-175 |
|
9 | Nov 4 | Indianapolis | 3-1 | W | 3-6-0 | 6 | 30-43 | 49 | Feb 3 | @ New England | 6-3 | W | 25-23-1 | 51 | 186-178 |
|
10 | Nov 6 | Houston | 7-1 | W | 4-6-0 | 8 | 37-44 | 50 | Feb 4 | @ Quebec | *4-3 | W | 26-23-1 | 53 | 190-181 |
|
11 | Nov 8 | @ Quebec | 3-7 | L | 4-7-0 | 8 | 40-51 | 51 | Feb 5 | @ Winnipeg | 3-4 | L | 26-24-1 | 53 | 193-185 |
|
12 | Nov 10 | @ New England | 3-5 | L | 4-8-0 | 8 | 43-56 | 52 | Feb 8 | Cincinnati | 6-6 | T | 26-24-2 | 54 | 199-191 |
|
13 | Nov 11 | @ Cincinnati | 3-2 | W | 5-8-0 | 10 | 46-58 | 53 | Feb 12 | Birmingham | 7-0 | W | 27-24-2 | 56 | 206-191 |
|
14 | Nov 12 | @ Birmingham | 1-1 | T | 5-8-1 | 11 | 47-59 | 54 | Feb 14 | Birmingham | 4-1 | W | 28-24-2 | 58 | 210-192 |
|
15 | Nov 16 | Cincinnati | 6-4 | W | 6-8-1 | 13 | 53-63 | 55 | Feb 15 | @ Winnipeg | 5-6 | L | 28-25-2 | 58 | 215-198 |
|
16 | Nov 18 | Cincinnati | *4-3 | W | 7-8-1 | 15 | 57-66 | 56 | Feb 17 | Quebec | 6-4 | W | 29-25-2 | 60 | 221-202 |
|
17 | Nov 20 | New England | *4-5 | L | 7-9-1 | 15 | 61-71 | 57 | Feb 19 | Indianapolis | 4-3 | W | 30-25-2 | 62 | 225-205 |
|
18 | Nov 22 | Winnipeg | 4-2 | W | 8-9-1 | 17 | 65-73 | 58 | Feb 22 | Houston | 5-6 | L | 30-26-2 | 62 | 230-211 |
|
19 | Nov 24 | @ Indianapolis | *4-5 | L | 8-10-1 | 17 | 69-78 | 59 | Feb 24 | Houston | *5-4 | W | 31-26-2 | 64 | 235-215 |
|
20 | Nov 26 | @ New England | 3-1 | W | 9-10-1 | 19 | 72-79 | 60 | Feb 26 | New England | 5-6 | L | 31-27-2 | 64 | 240-221 |
|
21 | Nov 30 | Birmingham | 4-2 | W | 10-10-1 | 21 | 76-81 | 61 | Mar 1 | Cincinnati | 4-6 | L | 31-28-2 | 64 | 244-227 |
|
22 | Dec 2 | Birmingham | 5-7 | L | 10-11-1 | 21 | 81-88 | 62 | Mar 3 | Indianapolis | 6-8 | L | 31-29-2 | 64 | 250-235 |
|
23 | Dec 4 | @ Winnipeg | 3-2 | W | 11-11-1 | 23 | 84-90 | 63 | Mar 5 | @ Birmingham | 4-3 | W | 32-29-2 | 66 | 254-238 |
|
24 | Dec 7 | Cincinnati | *5-4 | W | 12-11-1 | 25 | 89-94 | 64 | Mar 7 | @ Houston | 3-4 | L | 32-30-2 | 66 | 257-242 |
|
25 | Dec 9 | Houston | 3-5 | L | 12-12-1 | 25 | 92-99 | 65 | Mar 9 | @ Cincinnati | 5-6 | L | 32-31-2 | 66 | 262-248 |
|
26 | Dec 11 | Houston | 2-4 | L | 12-13-1 | 25 | 94-103 | 66 | Mar 11 | @ Cincinnati | 0-2 | L | 32-32-2 | 66 | 262-250 |
|
27 | Dec 14 | Czechoslovakia | 6-1 | W | 13-13-1 | 27 | 100-104 | 67 | Mar 14 | @ Quebec | 3-6 | L | 32-33-2 | 66 | 265-256 |
|
28 | Dec 18 | @ Birmingham | 2-3 | L | 13-14-1 | 27 | 102-107 | 68 | Mar 15 | @ Winnipeg | 4-8 | L | 32-34-2 | 66 | 269-264 |
|
29 | Dec 20 | @ Houston | 4-6 | L | 13-15-1 | 27 | 106-113 | 69 | Mar 17 | Winnipeg | 6-2 | W | 33-34-2 | 68 | 275-266 |
|
30 | Dec 21 | Soviet All-Stars | 5-2 | W | 14-15-1 | 29 | 111-115 | 70 | Mar 19 | Cincinnati | 4-2 | W | 34-34-2 | 70 | 279-268 |
|
31 | Dec 27 | Quebec | 9-3 | W | 15-15-1 | 31 | 120-118 | 71 | Mar 22 | Birmingham | 3-5 | L | 34-35-2 | 70 | 282-273 |
|
32 | Dec 30 | Indianapolis | 8-5 | W | 16-15-1 | 33 | 128-123 | 72 | Mar 24 | Indianapolis | 4-0 | W | 35-35-2 | 72 | 286-273 |
|
33 | Jan 1 | Houston | 1-2 | L | 16-16-1 | 33 | 129-125 | 73 | Mar 26 | @ New England | 3-5 | L | 35-36-2 | 72 | 289-278 |
|
34 | Jan 6 | Winnipeg | 1-4 | L | 16-17-1 | 33 | 130-129 | 74 | Mar 28 | @ Indianapolis | *4-3 | W | 36-36-2 | 74 | 293-281 |
|
35 | Jan 8 | @ Houston | 4-2 | W | 17-17-1 | 35 | 134-131 | 75 | Mar 30 | @ Houston | 1-5 | L | 36-37-2 | 74 | 294-286 |
|
36 | Jan 11 | @ Cincinnati | 2-0 | W | 18-17-1 | 37 | 136-131 | 76 | Mar 31 | @ Birmingham | 2-5 | L | 36-38-2 | 74 | 296-291 |
|
37 | Jan 13 | @ New England | 0-2 | L | 18-18-1 | 37 | 136-133 | 77 | Apr 1 | @ Indianapolis | 4-1 | W | 37-38-2 | 76 | 300-292 |
|
38 | Jan 14 | @ Quebec | 4-7 | L | 18-19-1 | 37 | 140-140 | 78 | Apr 4 | @ Quebec | 1-9 | L | 37-39-2 | 76 | 301-301 |
|
39 | Jan 15 | @ Winnipeg | *4-3 | W | 19-19-1 | 39 | 144-143 | 79 | Apr 5 | New England | 4-4 | T | 37-39-3 | 77 | 305-305 |
|
40 | Jan 18 | New England | 1-0 | W | 20-19-1 | 41 | 145-143 | 80 | Apr 7 | Winnipeg | 4-2 | W | 38-39-3 | 79 | 309-307 |
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|
Player Scoring
| pos.
| #
| Player
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
| +/-
| ppg
| shg
| sog
| sc%
| gp
| g
| a
| pts
| pim
|
|
D | 2 | Ahrens, Chris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 24 | Baird, Ken | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.200 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
G | 1 | Broderick, Ken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 8 | Busniuk, Ron | 59 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 157 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0.029 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
|
C | 18 | Callighen, Brett | 80 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 112 | +5 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 0.100 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
|
C | 21 | Campbell, Bryan | 53 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 0.086 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
C | 7/10 | Chipperfield, Ron | 80 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 48 | +1 | 11 | 1 | 212 | 0.156 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
|
D | 17 | Cross, Jim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 15 | Deadmarsh, Butch | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.037 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 5 | DeMarco, Ab | 47 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 0.059 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
G | 28 | Dryden, Dave | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
D | 2 | Falkenberg, Bob | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 9 | Ferguson, Norm | 71 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 2 | +14 | 8 | 0 | 159 | 0.164 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
RW | 19 | Flett, Bill | 74 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 34 | +9 | 8 | 1 | 224 | 0.183 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 16 | Guite, Pierre | 60 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 71 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 0.102 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
|
C | 15 | Hall, Del | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 3 | Hamilton, Al | 59 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 46 | +24 | 6 | 0 | 183 | 0.060 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 24 | Holland, Jerry | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0.071 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 5 | Inkpen, Dave | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 22 | Jarry, Pierre | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.089 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
|
D | 26 | Langevin, Dave | 62 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 90 | +11 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 0.045 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
|
D | 30 | Lloyd, Owen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 14/16 | MacDonald, Blair | 80 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 11 | -12 | 7 | 4 | 237 | 0.143 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
|
C | 17 | MacGregor, Gary | 37 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 29 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 0.143 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 17 | McKay, Ray | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.050 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
|
G | 1 | McLeod, Don | 33 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
LW | 22 | McMullin, Dale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
D | 4 | Micheletti, Joe | 56 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 56 | +8 | 3 | 0 | 141 | 0.099 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
|
RW | 22 | Miller, Warren | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.071 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 7 | Morris, Rick | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
LW | 15 | Pinder, Gerry | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 15/23 | Primeau, Kevin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
LW | 20 | Rota, Randy | 53 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 12 | +11 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0.086 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
|
D | 2 | Sandbeck, Cal | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.053 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
|
LW | 27 | Semenko, Dave | 65 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 140 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.128 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
|
D | 6 | Shmyr, Paul | 80 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 100 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 0.053 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
|
C | 10 | Sobchuk, Dennis | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0.200 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
|
D | 25 | Topolnisky, Craig | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
G | 25 | Turnbull, Frank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
RW | 23 | Troy, Jim | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
C | 11 | Widing, Juha | 71 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 8 | +10 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 0.118 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
C | 12 | Zuke, Mike | 71 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 47 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 188 | 0.122 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0
|
Goaltending
| Goaltender
| gp
| min
| ga
| en
| so
| w-l-t
| gaa
| sog
| sv%
| gp
| min
| ga
| w-l
| gaa
|
|
Broderick, Ken | 9 | 497 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2-5-0 | 5.07 | 206 | 0.796 | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Dryden, Dave | 48 | 2578 | 150 | 5 | 2 | 21-23-2 | 3.49 | 1239 | 0.879 | 2 | 91 | 6 | 0-1 | 3.96 |
|
McLeod, Don | 33 | 1723 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 15-10-1 | 3.55 | 750 | 0.864 | 4 | 207 | 16 | 1-3 | 4.64 |
|
Turnbull, Frank | 1 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0-1-0 | 6.00 | 24 | 0.750 | - | - | - | - | -
|
Transactions
• Ron Chipperfield, Warren Miller, Ken Baird and Butch Deadmarsh signed from defunct Calgary, May 1977
• Norm Ferguson signed to contract, May 1977
• Gerry Pinder, Juha Widing signed to contracts, Jun 1977
• Kevin Devine, Paul Shmyr signed to contracts, Aug 1977
• Kevin Devine, Blair MacDonald, Barry Wilkins, Rusty Patenaude and Claude St. Sauveur traded to Indianapolis for Dave Inkpen and Mike Zuke, Sep 1977
• Jerry Holland signed to contract, Sep 1977
• Rights to Joe Micheletti acquired from Winnipeg for future considerations, Sep 1977 (Winnipeg had acquired his rights from Calgary a month earlier)
• Bob Falkenberg, Dave Semenko (rights acquired from Houston) signed to contracts, Oct 1977
• Ken Baird released, Dec 1977, signed by Winnipeg
• Dave Inkpen, Ken Broderick, Warren Miller and Rick Morris traded to Quebec for Don McLeod and Pierre Guite, Dec 1977
• Butch Deadmarsh and Dave Debol traded to Cincinnati for Del Hall and Dennis Sobchuk, Dec 1977
• Chris Ahrens and Pierre Jarry acquired from Minnesota (NHL) for future considerations, Mar 1978; Ahrens returned to Minnesota after failing physical (hernia)
• Ray McKay, Kevin Primeau signed to contracts, Mar 1978
Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month
| opponent
| overall
| gf-ga
| home
| gf-ga
| away
| gf-ga
|
Birmingham | 5-5-1 | 38-34 | 3-2-0 | 23-15 | 2-3-1 | 15-19 | |
Cincinnati | 6-4-1 | 41-40 | 4-1-1 | 29-25 | 2-3-0 | 12-15 |
|
Houston | 3-8-0 | 42-47 | 2-4-0 | 23-22 | 1-4-0 | 19-25 |
|
Indianapolis | 9-2-0 | 52-34 | 5-1-0 | 31-19 | 4-1-0 | 21-15 |
|
New England | 3-7-1 | 35-41 | 1-3-1 | 17-21 | 2-4-0 | 18-20 |
|
Quebec | 5-6-0 | 48-57 | 4-1-0 | 31-19 | 1-5-0 | 17-38 |
|
Winnipeg | 5-7-0 | 42-51 | 3-3-0 | 21-23 | 2-4-0 | 21-28 |
|
Touring Teams | 2-0-0 | 11-3 | 2-0-0 | 11-3 | 0-0-0 | 0-0 |
|
|
|
October | 2-5-0 | 24-36 | 1-2-0 | 10-15 | 1-3-0 | 14-21 |
|
November | 8-5-1 | 52-45 | 6-2-0 | 35-24 | 2-3-1 | 17-21 |
|
December | 6-5-0 | 52-42 | 5-3-0 | 43-31 | 1-2-0 | 9-11 |
|
January | 8-7-0 | 49-48 | 3-3-0 | 21-18 | 5-4-0 | 28-30 |
|
February | 7-5-1 | 63-50 | 5-2-1 | 42-30 | 2-3-0 | 21-20 |
|
March | 5-11-0 | 56-70 | 3-3-0 | 27-23 | 2-8-0 | 29-47 |
|
April | 2-1-1 | 13-16 | 1-0-1 | 8-6 | 1-1-0 | 5-10 |
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