1977-78 • Franchise

1977-78 Quebec Nordiques

Record: 40-37-3, 83 pts
Finish: 4th, League
Playoffs: Lost in second round to New England
Coach: Marc Boileau (27-30-2), Maurice Filion (13-7-1)

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 13	@ Winnipeg	2-5	L	0-1-0	0	2-5	41	Jan 22	@ New England	3-6	L	22-17-2	46	182-172
2	Oct 14	@ Edmonton	2-4	L	0-2-0	0	4-9	42	Jan 24	Houston	5-6	L	22-18-2	46	187-178
3	Oct 15	Edmonton	6-2	W	1-2-0	2	10-11	43	Jan 27	@ Edmonton	6-9	L	22-19-2	46	193-187
4	Oct 18	Cincinnati	5-1	W	2-2-0	4	15-12	44	Jan 29	@ Edmonton	4-3	W	23-19-2	48	197-190
5	Oct 21	@ Indianapolis	4-4	T	2-2-1	5	19-16	45	Jan 31	Winnipeg	2-7	L	23-20-2	48	199-197
6	Oct 22	Birmingham	8-5	W	3-2-1	7	27-21	46	Feb 2	@ Birmingham	4-2	W	24-20-2	50	203-199
7	Oct 26	@ New England	1-7	L	3-3-1	7	28-28	47	Feb 3	@ Indianapolis	*4-5	L	24-21-2	50	207-204
8	Oct 30	Houston	5-4	W	4-3-1	9	33-32	48	Feb 4	Edmonton	*3-4	L	24-22-2	50	210-208
9	Nov 1	New England	3-6	L	4-4-1	9	36-38	49	Feb 7	Birmingham	8-3	W	25-22-2	52	218-211
10	Nov 4	@ Houston	7-6	W	5-4-1	11	43-44	50	Feb 9	@ Houston	1-2	L	25-23-2	52	219-213
11	Nov 5	@ Birmingham	*4-5	L	5-5-1	11	47-49	51	Feb 11	@ Houston	4-8	L	25-24-2	52	223-221
12	Nov 8	Edmonton	7-3	W	6-5-1	13	54-52	52	Feb 12	@ Cincinnati	2-8	L	25-25-2	52	225-229
13	Nov 11	@ Winnipeg	*3-2	W	7-5-1	15	57-54	53	Feb 14	@ New England	1-5	L	25-26-2	52	226-234
14	Nov 12	Cincinnati	*5-6	L	7-6-1	15	62-60	54	Feb 15	@ Indianapolis	6-9	L	25-27-2	52	232-243
15	Nov 15	Winnipeg	*7-6	W	8-6-1	17	69-66	55	Feb 17	@ Edmonton	4-6	L	25-28-2	52	236-249
16	Nov 18	@ Houston	5-6	L	8-7-1	17	74-72	56	Feb 19	@ Winnipeg	2-5	L	25-29-2	52	238-254
17	Nov 20	Indianapolis	5-2	W	9-7-1	19	79-74	57	Feb 21	New England	*6-5	W	26-29-2	54	244-259
18	Nov 22	New England	5-4	W	10-7-1	21	84-78	58	Feb 23	@ Birmingham	3-7	L	26-30-2	54	247-266
19	Nov 23	@ Cincinnati	3-4	L	10-8-1	21	87-82	59	Feb 25	Indianapolis	7-5	W	27-30-2	56	254-271
20	Nov 25	@ New England	6-2	W	11-8-1	23	93-84	60	Feb 28	Houston	5-2	W	28-30-2	58	259-273
21	Nov 26	Birmingham	4-2	W	12-8-1	25	97-86	61	Mar 1	@ New England	*4-3	W	29-30-2	60	263-276
22	Nov 29	Cincinnati	2-3	L	12-9-1	25	99-89	62	Mar 4	Houston	3-3	T	29-30-3	61	266-279
23	Dec 1	@ Indianapolis	4-5	L	12-10-1	25	103-94	63	Mar 5	New England	2-1	W	30-30-3	63	268-280
24	Dec 3	Winnipeg	6-5	W	13-10-1	27	109-99	64	Mar 7	Cincinnati	4-5	L	30-31-3	63	272-285
25	Dec 6	Houston	*4-3	W	14-10-1	29	113-102	65	Mar 8	@ Indianapolis	*5-4	W	31-31-3	65	277-289
26	Dec 10	Indianapolis	5-3	W	15-10-1	31	118-105	66	Mar 9	@ Birmingham	2-9	L	31-32-3	65	279-298
27	Dec 11	Czechoslovakia	8-4	W	16-10-1	33	126-109	67	Mar 11	Winnipeg	4-7	L	31-33-3	65	283-305
28	Dec 26	@ Winnipeg	4-9	L	16-11-1	33	130-118	68	Mar 14	Edmonton	6-3	W	32-33-3	67	289-308
29	Dec 27	@ Edmonton	3-9	L	16-12-1	33	133-127	69	Mar 16	Indianapolis	5-2	W	33-33-3	69	294-310
30	Jan 1	@ Birmingham	5-2	W	17-12-1	35	138-129	70	Mar 18	New England	5-3	W	34-33-3	71	299-313
31	Jan 3	Soviet All-Stars	3-3	T	17-12-2	36	141-132	71	Mar 19	@ Winnipeg	3-5	L	34-34-3	71	302-318
32	Jan 4	@ New England	6-4	W	18-12-2	38	147-136	72	Mar 21	Birmingham	4-5	L	34-35-3	71	306-323
33	Jan 6	@ Cincinnati	3-5	L	18-13-2	38	150-141	73	Mar 24	@ Birmingham	*4-3	W	35-35-3	73	310-326
34	Jan 10	Birmingham	6-4	W	19-13-2	40	156-145	74	Mar 25	@ Houston	3-4	L	35-36-3	73	313-330
35	Jan 11	@ Indianapolis	1-2	L	19-14-2	40	157-147	75	Mar 28	Cincinnati	6-4	W	36-36-3	75	319-334
36	Jan 14	Edmonton	7-4	W	20-14-2	42	164-151	76	Apr 1	Winnipeg	5-2	W	37-36-3	77	324-336
37	Jan 15	Cincinnati	3-6	L	20-15-2	42	167-157	77	Apr 2	Houston	7-1	W	38-36-3	79	331-337
38	Jan 18	@ Winnipeg	1-5	L	20-16-2	42	168-162	78	Apr 4	Edmonton	9-1	W	39-36-3	81	340-338
39	Jan 20	@ Cincinnati	8-2	W	21-16-2	44	176-164	79	Apr 8	Indianapolis	7-3	W	40-36-3	83	347-341
40	Jan 21	New England	3-2	W	22-16-2	46	179-166	80	Apr 9	@ Cincinnati	2-6	L	40-37-3	83	349-347

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	4	Baxter, Paul	76	6	29	35	240	-37	0	0	145	0.041	11	4	7	11	42
D	24	Bernier, Jean	74	10	32	42	4	+22	1	1	135	0.074	10	3	4	7	2
C	21	Bernier, Serge	58	26	52	78	48	-1	9	1	180	0.144	11	4	10	14	17
C	11	Bordeleau, Christian	26	9	22	31	28	+6	3	0	72	0.125	10	1	5	6	6
RW	17	Bordeleau, Paulin	77	42	23	65	29	-13	7	2	217	0.194	11	4	6	10	2
LW	18	Boudrias, Andre	66	10	17	27	22	+4	1	2	70	0.143	11	0	2	2	4
RW	15	Brackenbury, Curt	33	4	9	13	54	+4	0	0	41	0.098	10	1	1	2	31
G	30	Broderick, Ken	24	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	2	0	0	0	0
G	1	Brodeur, Richard	36	0	2	2	0	-	0	0	1	0.000	11	0	0	0	0
RW	9	Cloutier, Real	73	56	73	129	19	+14	20	0	312	0.179	10	9	7	16	15
LW	14	Constantin, Charles	48	2	4	6	50	-3	0	0	42	0.048	-	-	-	-	-
G	25	Corsi, Jim	23	0	1	1	2	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
LW	26	Cote, Alain	27	3	5	8	8	-9	1	0	19	0.158	11	1	2	3	0
D	7	Dorey, Jim	26	1	9	10	23	-5	0	0	32	0.031	11	0	3	3	34
LW	10	Driscoll, Peter	21	3	7	10	28	-1	1	0	32	0.094	-	-	-	-	-
LW	20	Dube, Norm	73	16	31	47	17	-10	3	0	148	0.108	10	2	2	4	6
D	16	Evans, Chris	36	0	2	2	22	-4	0	0	36	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	12	Fitchner, Bob	72	15	28	43	76	-5	2	1	125	0.120	11	1	6	7	10
LW	13	Guite, Pierre	8	4	5	9	15	+6	1	0	29	0.138	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	Hagman, Matti	53	25	31	56	16	-14	9	0	108	0.231	-	-	-	-	-
D	6	Inkpen, Dave	24	0	1	1	20	-6	0	0	8	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	22	Lacombe, Francois	22	1	7	8	12	+1	0	0	27	0.037	10	1	4	5	2
LW	28	Lagace, Pierre	17	2	4	6	12	+1	0	0	11	0.182	1	0	0	0	0
D	5	Lariviere, Garry	80	7	49	56	78	+3	2	0	149	0.047	11	3	2	5	4
G	31	Mattsson, Markus	6	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	McLeod, Don	7	0	3	3	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
RW	23	Miller, Warren	60	14	24	38	50	-26	2	1	121	0.116	11	0	2	2	0
LW	27	Morris, Rick	25	0	5	5	40	+1	0	0	22	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
LW	19	Sutherland, Steve	75	23	10	33	143	-15	1	2	138	0.167	11	2	0	2	37
LW	8	Tardif, Marc	78	65	89	154	50	+15	16	1	375	0.173	11	6	9	15	11
D	3	Tremblay, J.C.	54	5	37	42	26	-14	0	0	106	0.047	1	0	1	1	0
D	2	Weir, Wally	13	0	0	0	47	-5	0	0	21	0.000	11	1	2	3	50

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Broderick, Ken	24	1140	83	0	0	9-8-1	4.37	590	0.859	2	48	2	0-1	2.50
Brodeur, Richard	36	1962	121	1	0	18-15-2	3.70	1120	0.892	11	622	38	5-5	3.67
Corsi, Jim	23	1089	82	1	0	10-7-0	4.52	647	0.873	-	-	-	-	-
Mattsson, Markus	6	266	30	0	0	1-3-0	6.77	166	0.819	-	-	-	-	-
McLeod, Don	7	403	28	1	0	2-4-0	4.17	215	0.870	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Don McLeod signed to contract, Aug 1977
• Chris Evans claimed on waivers, Nov 1977
• Matti Hagman purchased from Boston (NHL), Dec 1977
• Pierre Guite and Don McLeod traded to Edmonton for Dave Inkpen, Ken Broderick, Warren Miller and Rick Morris, Dec 1977
• Peter Driscoll and Dave Inkpen sold to Indianapolis, Dec 1977
• Markus Mattsson acquired from Winnipeg for cash and draft picks, Jan 1978. Returned to Winnipeg, Mar 1978
• Charlie Constantin 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	7-4-0	52-47	4-1-0	30-19	3-3-0	22-28
Cincinnati	3-8-0	43-50	2-4-0	25-25	1-4-0	18-25
Edmonton	6-5-0	57-48	5-1-0	38-17	1-4-0	19-31
Houston	5-5-1	49-45	4-1-1	29-19	1-4-0	20-26
Indianapolis	6-4-1	53-44	5-0-0	29-15	1-4-1	24-29
New England	8-4-0	45-48	5-1-0	24-21	3-3-0	21-27
Winnipeg	4-7-0	39-58	3-2-0	24-27	1-5-0	15-31
Touring Teams	1-0-1	11-7	1-0-1	11-7	0-0-0	0-0
October	4-3-1	33-32	4-0-0	24-12	0-3-1	9-20
November	8-6-0	66-57	5-3-0	38-32	3-3-0	28-25
December	4-3-0	34-38	4-0-0	23-15	0-3-0	11-23
January	7-8-1	66-70	3-3-1	29-32	4-5-0	37-38
February	5-10-0	60-76	4-1-0	29-19	1-9-0	31-57
March	8-6-1	60-61	5-3-1	39-33	3-3-0	21-28
April	4-1-0	30-13	4-0-0	28-17	0-1-0	2-6

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