1977-78 • Franchise

1977-78 Winnipeg Jets

Record: 50-28-2, 102 pts
Finish: 1st, League
Playoffs: Won AVCO Championship
Coach: Larry Hillman

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	@ Edmonton	7-3	W	1-0-0	2	7-3	41	Jan 18	Quebec	5-1	W	26-14-1	53	195-124
2	Oct 13	Quebec	5-2	W	2-0-0	4	12-5	42	Jan 20	New England	4-4	T	26-14-2	54	199-128
3	Oct 15	@ Cincinnati	5-4	W	3-0-0	6	17-9	43	Jan 22	Indianapolis	4-5	L	26-15-2	54	203-133
4	Oct 16	Indianapolis	9-1	W	4-0-0	8	26-10	44	Jan 23	@ Birmingham	2-6	L	26-16-2	54	205-139
5	Oct 21	New England	2-5	L	4-1-0	8	28-15	45	Jan 26	@ Houston	*1-2	L	26-17-2	54	206-141
6	Oct 23	Birmingham	10-3	W	5-1-0	10	38-18	46	Jan 28	@ Birmingham	5-8	L	26-18-2	54	211-149
7	Oct 26	@ Indianapolis	3-5	L	5-2-0	10	41-23	47	Jan 29	@ Cincinnati	8-4	W	27-18-2	56	219-153
8	Oct 28	Cincinnati	3-2	W	6-2-0	12	44-25	48	Jan 31	@ Quebec	7-2	W	28-18-2	58	226-155
9	Oct 30	Edmonton	5-2	W	7-2-0	14	49-27	49	Feb 4	@ Cincinnati	7-5	W	29-18-2	60	233-160
10	Nov 2	@ Edmonton	6-3	W	8-2-0	16	55-30	50	Feb 5	Edmonton	4-3	W	30-18-2	62	237-163
11	Nov 4	@ Birmingham	4-2	W	9-2-0	18	59-32	51	Feb 8	Birmingham	9-0	W	31-18-2	64	246-163
12	Nov 5	@ Cincinnati	6-1	W	10-2-0	20	65-33	52	Feb 10	Cincinnati	10-2	W	32-18-2	66	256-165
13	Nov 9	Houston	4-3	W	11-2-0	22	69-36	53	Feb 11	@ Indianapolis	5-3	W	33-18-2	68	261-168
14	Nov 11	Quebec	*2-3	L	11-3-0	22	71-39	54	Feb 12	@ Houston	6-5	W	34-18-2	70	267-173
15	Nov 13	Cincinnati	2-3	L	11-4-0	22	73-42	55	Feb 15	Edmonton	6-5	W	35-18-2	72	273-178
16	Nov 15	@ Quebec	*6-7	L	11-5-0	22	79-49	56	Feb 16	@ New England	*2-1	W	36-18-2	74	275-179
17	Nov 16	Birmingham	2-2	T	11-5-1	23	81-51	57	Feb 18	@ Cincinnati	4-0	W	37-18-2	76	279-179
18	Nov 18	@ New England	2-3	L	11-6-1	23	83-54	58	Feb 19	Quebec	5-2	W	38-18-2	78	284-181
19	Nov 19	@ Indianapolis	6-4	W	12-6-1	25	89-58	59	Feb 22	New England	4-2	W	39-18-2	80	288-183
20	Nov 22	@ Edmonton	2-4	L	12-7-1	25	91-62	60	Feb 24	New England	7-2	W	40-18-2	82	295-185
21	Nov 27	Birmingham	3-4	L	12-8-1	25	94-66	61	Feb 26	Houston	9-6	W	41-18-2	84	304-191
22	Dec 2	@ New England	1-4	L	12-9-1	25	95-70	62	Mar 1	@ Birmingham	3-4	L	41-19-2	84	307-195
23	Dec 3	@ Quebec	5-6	L	12-10-1	25	100-76	63	Mar 3	Cincinnati	1-5	L	41-20-2	84	308-200
24	Dec 4	Edmonton	2-3	L	12-11-1	25	102-79	64	Mar 4	@ Indianapolis	6-8	L	41-21-2	84	314-208
25	Dec 7	Houston	5-2	W	13-11-1	27	107-81	65	Mar 5	Houston	3-4	L	41-22-2	84	317-212
26	Dec 9	Cincinnati	*3-4	L	13-12-1	27	110-85	66	Mar 9	Indianapolis	6-5	W	42-22-2	86	323-217
27	Dec 11	Indianapolis	7-1	W	14-12-1	29	117-86	67	Mar 11	@ Quebec	7-4	W	43-22-2	88	330-221
28	Dec 13	Czechoslovakia	5-1	W	15-12-1	31	122-87	68	Mar 12	Birmingham	3-2	W	44-22-2	90	333-223
29	Dec 17	@ New England	6-3	W	16-12-1	33	128-90	69	Mar 15	Edmonton	8-4	W	45-22-2	92	341-227
30	Dec 18	New England	7-3	W	17-12-1	35	135-93	70	Mar 17	@ Edmonton	2-6	L	45-23-2	92	343-233
31	Dec 20	Soviet All-Stars	6-4	W	18-12-1	37	141-97	71	Mar 19	Quebec	5-3	W	46-23-2	94	348-236
32	Dec 21	@ Houston	4-3	W	19-12-1	39	145-100	72	Mar 22	@ New England	5-3	W	47-23-2	96	353-239
33	Dec 23	@ Cincinnati	6-4	W	20-12-1	41	151-104	73	Mar 25	@ Birmingham	3-1	W	48-23-2	98	356-240
34	Dec 26	Quebec	9-4	W	21-12-1	43	160-108	74	Mar 28	@ Houston	3-5	L	48-24-2	98	359-245
35	Jan 6	@ Edmonton	4-1	W	22-12-1	45	164-109	75	Mar 30	@ Indianapolis	4-1	W	49-24-2	100	363-246
36	Jan 8	Indianapolis	4-2	W	23-12-1	47	168-111	76	Apr 1	@ Quebec	2-5	L	49-25-2	100	365-251
37	Jan 11	Birmingham	11-2	W	24-12-1	49	179-113	77	Apr 4	@ Houston	3-6	L	49-26-2	100	368-257
38	Jan 13	@ Houston	2-3	L	24-13-1	49	181-116	78	Apr 6	New England	7-4	W	50-26-2	102	375-261
39	Jan 14	@ Indianapolis	6-3	W	25-13-1	51	187-119	79	Apr 7	@ Edmonton	2-4	L	50-27-2	102	377-265
40	Jan 15	Edmonton	*3-4	L	25-14-1	51	190-123	80	Apr 9	Houston	4-5	L	50-28-2	102	381-270

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	2	Amodeo, Mike	3	1	1	2	0	+3	0	0	4	0.250	7	1	3	4	19
D	26	Baird, Ken	49	14	7	21	29	+5	2	0	66	0.212	7	0	4	4	7
D	2	Bergman, Thommie	65	5	28	33	43	+22	0	0	139	0.036	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Bromley, Gary	39	0	1	1	0	-	0	0	0	-	5	0	0	0	2
D	5	Clackson, Kim	52	2	7	9	203	+6	0	0	42	0.048	9	0	1	1	61
G	1	Daley, Joe	37	0	2	2	2	-	0	0	0	-	5	0	1	1	20
D	7	Davis, Bill	12	0	0	0	2	-9	0	0	9	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	8	Dunn, David	66	6	20	26	79	+20	1	0	53	0.113	9	1	2	3	0
D	24	Ford, Mike	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	6	0.000	2	1	0	1	0
D	6	Green, Ted	73	4	22	26	52	+19	2	0	88	0.045	8	0	2	2	2
LW	18	Guindon, Robert	71	20	22	42	18	-1	0	4	127	0.157	9	8	5	13	5
RW	15	Hedberg, Anders	77	63	59	122	60	+60	17	6	290	0.217	9	9	6	15	2
D	24	Hornung, Larry	19	1	4	5	2	+17	0	0	13	0.077	-	-	-	-	-
C	25	Huck, Fran	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	4	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
LW	9	Hull, Bobby	77	46	71	117	23	+55	10	0	257	0.179	9	8	3	11	12
LW	16	Kryskow, Dave	71	20	21	41	16	+12	3	0	103	0.194	9	4	4	8	2
LW	21	Labraaten, Dan	47	18	16	34	30	+7	5	0	81	0.222	4	1	1	2	8
LW	17	Lesuk, Bill	80	9	18	27	48	-4	0	0	85	0.106	9	2	5	7	12
RW	20	Lindstrom, Willy	77	30	30	60	42	+4	7	0	151	0.199	8	3	4	7	17
D	3	Long, Barry	78	7	24	31	42	+10	1	1	159	0.044	9	0	5	5	6
G	35	Mattsson, Markus	10	0	0	0	2	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
LW	22	Moffat, Lyle	57	9	16	25	39	-6	0	0	58	0.155	9	5	7	12	9
C	11	Nilsson, Kent	80	42	65	107	8	+27	18	0	212	0.198	9	2	8	10	10
C	14	Nilsson, Ulf	73	37	89	126	89	+41	7	3	180	0.206	9	1	13	14	12
C	19	Powis, Lynn	55	12	19	31	16	+2	2	0	68	0.176	3	2	1	3	7
RW	23	Ruhnke, Kent	21	8	9	17	2	+9	0	0	26	0.308	5	2	0	2	0
D	4	Sjoberg, Lars-Erik	78	11	39	50	72	+60	0	1	133	0.083	9	0	9	9	4
C	10	Sullivan, Peter	77	16	39	55	43	-12	3	1	130	0.123	9	3	4	7	4

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Bromley, Gary	39	2250	124	0	1	25-12-1	3.31	1090	0.886	5	268	7	4-0	1.57
Daley, Joe	37	2075	114	1	1	21-11-1	3.30	971	0.883	5	271	13	4-1	2.88
Mattsson, Markus	10	511	30	1	0	4-5-0	3.52	257	0.883	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Gary Bromley, Larry Hornung signed to contracts, May 1977
• Kent Nilsson signed to contract, Jul 1977
• Kim Clackson signed to contract, Aug 1977
• Dave Kryskow signed to contract, Nov 1977
• Ken Baird, Lynn Powis signed to contracts, Dec 1977
• Markus Mattsson traded to Quebec for cash, draft picks, Jan 1978. Reacquired from Quebec, Mar 1978
• Mike Ford and Mike Amodeo signed to contracts, Mar 1978
• Thommie Bergman released, Mar 1978

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Birmingham	6-4-1	55-34	4-1-1	38-13	2-3-0	17-21
Cincinnati	8-3-0	55-34	2-3-0	19-16	6-0-0	36-18
Edmonton	7-5-0	51-42	4-2-0	28-21	3-3-0	23-21
Houston	5-6-0	44-44	3-2-0	25-20	2-4-0	19-24
Indianapolis	8-3-0	60-38	4-1-0	30-14	4-2-0	30-24
New England	7-3-1	47-34	4-1-1	31-20	3-2-0	16-14
Quebec	7-4-0	58-39	5-1-0	31-15	2-3-0	27-24
Touring Teams	2-0-0	11-5	2-0-0	11-5	0-0-0	0-0
October	7-2-0	49-27	5-1-0	34-15	2-1-0	15-12
November	5-6-1	45-39	1-3-1	13-15	4-3-0	32-24
December	9-4-0	66-42	6-2-0	44-22	3-2-0	22-20
January	7-6-1	66-47	3-2-1	31-18	4-4-0	35-29
February	13-0-0	78-36	8-0-0	54-22	5-0-0	24-14
March	8-6-0	59-55	4-2-0	26-23	4-4-0	33-32
April	1-4-0	18-24	1-1-0	11-9	0-3-0	7-15

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