1977-78 • Franchise

1977-78 Houston Aeros

Record: 42-34-4, 88 pts
Finish: 3rd, League
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Quebec
Coach: Bill Dineen

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	New England	0-3	L	0-1-0	0	0-3	41	Jan 21	Cincinnati	5-2	W	19-19-3	41	149-155
2	Oct 14	@ Birmingham	3-5	L	0-2-0	0	3-8	42	Jan 22	Birmingham	4-2	W	20-19-3	43	153-157
3	Oct 15	Indianapolis	5-1	W	1-2-0	2	8-9	43	Jan 24	@ Quebec	6-5	W	21-19-3	45	159-162
4	Oct 21	Cincinnati	6-5	W	2-2-0	4	14-14	44	Jan 26	Winnipeg	*2-1	W	22-19-3	47	161-163
5	Oct 26	Edmonton	*8-7	W	3-2-0	6	22-21	45	Jan 28	New England	0-3	L	22-20-3	47	161-166
6	Oct 29	@ New England	2-7	L	3-3-0	6	24-28	46	Jan 29	New England	6-4	W	23-20-3	49	167-170
7	Oct 30	@ Quebec	4-5	L	3-4-0	6	28-33	47	Jan 31	@ Birmingham	4-2	W	24-20-3	51	171-172
8	Nov 1	@ Indianapolis	3-6	L	3-5-0	6	31-39	48	Feb 3	@ Cincinnati	0-1	L	24-21-3	51	171-173
9	Nov 2	Birmingham	5-3	W	4-5-0	8	36-42	49	Feb 4	New England	5-4	W	25-21-3	53	176-177
10	Nov 4	Quebec	6-7	L	4-6-0	8	42-49	50	Feb 9	Quebec	2-1	W	26-21-3	55	178-178
11	Nov 6	@ Edmonton	1-7	L	4-7-0	8	43-56	51	Feb 11	Quebec	8-4	W	27-21-3	57	186-182
12	Nov 9	@ Winnipeg	3-4	L	4-8-0	8	46-60	52	Feb 12	Winnipeg	5-6	L	27-22-3	57	191-188
13	Nov 11	Indianapolis	5-3	W	5-8-0	10	51-63	53	Feb 15	@ Cincinnati	5-2	W	28-22-3	59	196-190
14	Nov 18	Quebec	6-5	W	6-8-0	12	57-68	54	Feb 16	Birmingham	2-5	L	28-23-3	59	198-195
15	Nov 19	@ Birmingham	3-4	L	6-9-0	12	60-72	55	Feb 17	Cincinnati	*3-4	L	28-24-3	59	201-199
16	Nov 23	Birmingham	3-0	W	7-9-0	14	63-72	56	Feb 18	@ Birmingham	3-2	W	29-24-3	61	204-201
17	Nov 25	Cincinnati	3-1	W	8-9-0	16	66-73	57	Feb 22	@ Edmonton	6-5	W	30-24-3	63	210-206
18	Nov 30	New England	3-3	T	8-9-1	17	69-76	58	Feb 24	@ Edmonton	*4-5	L	30-25-3	63	214-211
19	Dec 2	Indianapolis	2-4	L	8-10-1	17	71-80	59	Feb 26	@ Winnipeg	6-9	L	30-26-3	63	220-220
20	Dec 4	@ Cincinnati	3-2	W	9-10-1	19	74-82	60	Feb 28	@ Quebec	2-5	L	30-27-3	63	222-225
21	Dec 6	@ Quebec	*3-4	L	9-11-1	19	77-86	61	Mar 1	@ Indianapolis	1-5	L	30-28-3	63	223-230
22	Dec 7	@ Winnipeg	2-5	L	9-12-1	19	79-91	62	Mar 3	@ New England	*3-2	W	31-28-3	65	226-232
23	Dec 9	@ Edmonton	5-3	W	10-12-1	21	84-94	63	Mar 4	@ Quebec	3-3	T	31-28-4	66	229-235
24	Dec 11	@ Edmonton	4-2	W	11-12-1	23	88-96	64	Mar 5	@ Winnipeg	4-3	W	32-28-4	68	233-238
25	Dec 13	Birmingham	3-5	L	11-13-1	23	91-101	65	Mar 7	Edmonton	4-3	W	33-28-4	70	237-241
26	Dec 15	@ Indianapolis	3-3	T	11-13-2	24	94-104	66	Mar 9	New England	6-4	W	34-28-4	72	243-245
27	Dec 18	Czechoslovakia	3-2	W	12-13-2	26	97-106	67	Mar 11	@ Indianapolis	2-4	L	34-29-4	72	245-249
28	Dec 20	Edmonton	6-4	W	13-13-2	28	103-110	68	Mar 12	Indianapolis	6-3	W	35-29-4	74	251-252
29	Dec 21	Winnipeg	3-4	L	13-14-2	28	106-114	69	Mar 17	Birmingham	2-3	L	35-30-4	74	253-255
30	Dec 23	Soviet All-Stars	2-6	L	13-15-2	28	108-120	70	Mar 22	@ Cincinnati	2-9	L	35-31-4	74	255-264
31	Dec 29	@ Indianapolis	7-1	W	14-15-2	30	115-121	71	Mar 24	@ New England	1-0	W	36-31-4	76	256-264
32	Dec 30	Cincinnati	5-5	T	14-15-3	31	120-126	72	Mar 25	Quebec	4-3	W	37-31-4	78	260-267
33	Jan 1	@ Edmonton	2-1	W	15-15-3	33	122-127	73	Mar 28	Winnipeg	5-3	W	38-31-4	80	265-270
34	Jan 4	@ Cincinnati	3-5	L	15-16-3	33	125-132	74	Mar 30	Edmonton	5-1	W	39-31-4	82	270-271
35	Jan 6	@ Birmingham	4-6	L	15-17-3	33	129-138	75	Apr 2	@ Quebec	1-7	L	39-32-4	82	271-278
36	Jan 7	Indianapolis	1-2	L	15-18-3	33	130-140	76	Apr 3	@ New England	6-8	L	39-33-4	82	277-286
37	Jan 8	Edmonton	2-4	L	15-19-3	33	132-144	77	Apr 4	Winnipeg	6-3	W	40-33-4	84	283-289
38	Jan 13	Winnipeg	3-2	W	16-19-3	35	135-146	78	Apr 7	@ Birmingham	3-5	L	40-34-4	84	286-294
39	Jan 14	@ New England	*5-4	W	17-19-3	37	140-150	79	Apr 8	Cincinnati	5-4	W	41-34-4	86	291-298
40	Jan 20	@ Indianapolis	4-3	W	18-19-3	39	144-153	80	Apr 9	@ Winnipeg	5-4	W	42-34-4	88	296-302

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	4	Campbell, Scott	75	8	29	37	116	+10	1	0	113	0.071	6	1	1	2	8
RW	15	Connor, Cam	68	21	16	37	217	+4	0	0	152	0.138	2	1	0	1	22
LW	10	Gray, John	77	35	23	58	80	+15	6	0	151	0.232	6	0	3	3	10
D	17	Hale, Larry	56	2	11	13	22	+4	0	0	16	0.125	-	-	-	-	-
RW	26	Hansis, Ron	78	13	9	22	51	0	1	0	62	0.210	6	1	1	2	4
LW	16	Hughes, Frank	11	3	2	5	2	-10	0	0	29	0.103	-	-	-	-	-
D	20	Hughes, John	79	3	25	28	130	+20	1	0	62	0.048	6	1	1	2	6
D	24	Irwin, Glen	3	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	7	Lacroix, Andre	78	36	77	113	57	+8	7	0	193	0.187	6	2	2	4	0
RW	27	Larway, Don	69	24	35	59	52	+1	5	0	176	0.136	6	1	2	3	4
LW	12	Lukowich, Morris	80	40	35	75	131	+13	13	0	199	0.201	6	1	2	3	17
C	13	Lund, Larry	76	9	17	26	36	-22	1	0	60	0.150	6	0	2	2	2
LW	16	Mazur, John	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	McLeod, Al	80	2	22	24	54	+18	0	0	85	0.024	6	1	0	1	2
RW	24	Mortson, Keke	6	0	1	1	7	-1	0	0	2	0.000	2	0	1	1	0
D	6	Popiel, Poul	80	6	31	37	53	-6	1	1	126	0.048	6	0	2	2	13
RW	21	Preston, Rich	73	25	25	50	52	+3	7	3	213	0.117	-	-	-	-	-
C	8	Ruskowski, Terry	78	15	57	72	170	+13	3	1	144	0.104	4	1	1	2	5
G	30	Rutledge, Wayne	12	0	0	0	2	-	0	0	0	-	3	0	0	0	2
D	2	Schella, John	63	9	20	29	125	-2	4	0	139	0.065	6	0	1	1	33
LW	14	Taylor, Ted	54	11	11	22	46	+8	1	1	74	0.149	6	3	1	4	10
D	3	Terbenche, Paul	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	1	2	0
LW	18	Tonelli, John	65	23	41	64	103	+13	5	0	146	0.158	6	1	3	4	8
G	31	Wakely, Ernie	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
C	19	West, Steve	71	11	21	32	23	+4	0	0	60	0.183	6	1	0	1	0
G	1	Zimmerman, Lynn	20	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	4	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Rutledge, Wayne	12	634	47	0	0	4-7-0	4.45	360	0.869	3	131	8	1-2	3.66
Wakely, Ernie	51	3070	166	3	2	28-18-4	3.24	1608	0.897	-	-	-	-	-
Zimmerman, Lynn	20	1166	84	2	0	10-9-0	4.32	641	0.869	4	239	21	1-2	5.27

Transactions

• John Hughes acquired from Cincinnati for rights to Craig Norwich, May 1977
• Andre Lacroix signed to contract from defunct San Diego, May 1977
• Frank Hughes signed to contract, Jul 1977, released Nov 1977
• Ernie Wakely acquired from Cincinnati for future considerations, Nov 1977
• John Mazur signed to tryout contract, Mar 1978
• Paul Terbenche acquired from Birmingham for future considerations, Mar 1978
• Glenn Irwin traded to Indianapolis for future considerations, Mar 1978

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Birmingham	5-7-0	39-42	3-3-0	19-18	2-4-0	20-24
Cincinnati	6-4-1	40-40	4-1-1	27-21	2-3-0	13-19
Edmonton	8-3-0	47-42	4-1-0	25-19	4-2-0	22-23
Indianapolis	5-5-1	38-35	3-2-0	19-13	2-3-1	20-22
New England	6-4-1	37-42	3-2-1	20-21	3-2-0	17-21
Quebec	5-5-1	45-49	4-1-0	26-20	1-4-1	19-29
Winnipeg	6-5-0	44-44	4-2-0	24-19	2-3-0	20-25
Touring Teams	1-1-0	5-8	1-1-0	5-8	0-0-0	0-0
October	3-4-0	28-33	3-1-0	19-16	0-3-0	9-17
November	5-5-1	41-43	5-1-1	31-22	0-4-0	10-21
December	6-6-2	51-50	2-4-1	24-30	4-2-1	27-20
January	10-5-0	51-46	5-3-0	23-20	5-2-0	28-26
February	6-7-0	51-53	3-3-0	25-24	3-4-0	26-29
March	9-4-1	48-46	6-1-0	32-20	3-3-1	16-26
April	3-3-0	26-31	2-0-0	11-7	1-3-0	15-24

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