1977-1978 Birmingham Bulls: 36-41-3
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Home record: 23-16-2 (171 goals scored, 127 allowed)
Road record: 13-25-1 (116 goals scored, 187 allowed)
Head Coaches: Glen Sonmor (36-38-3), John Bassett (0-3-0)
Power Play: 60/286 (21.0%)
Penalty Killing: 271/355 (76.3%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 8-13
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 219-217
287 goals scored (7th of 10 teams), 314 goals allowed (7th), 2177 PIM (1st)
WHA Averages: 3.92 goals/game (313.5 goals/team), 1416.8 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 10 Ken Linseman 5'11 180 19 71 38 38 76 126 5 4 -- -- -- -- 216 17.6 +6
C 20 Pete Marrin 5'10 180 24 80 28 43 71 53 7 1 -- -- -- -- 187 15.0 +9
RW 19 Paul Henderson 5'11 180 34 80 37 29 66 22 11 1 -- -- -- -- 212 17.5 +4
RW 9 Mark Napier 5'10 182 20 79 33 32 65 90 14 0 -- -- -- -- 194 17.0 -11
D 3 Brent Hughes 6'0 205 34 80 9 35 44 48 3 0 -- -- -- -- 109 8.3 +12
RW 24 Tony Cassolato 5'11 180 21 77 18 25 43 59 4 0 -- -- -- -- 124 14.5 -3
RW 7 Dave Gorman 5'11 185 22 63 19 21 40 93 2 0 -- -- -- -- 108 17.6 +18
C 18 John Stewart 6'0 180 23 48 13 26 39 52 2 1 -- -- -- -- 86 15.1 +13
LW 27 Frank Mahovlich 6'0 205 39 72 14 24 38 22 6 0 -- -- -- -- 125 11.2 -5
D 5 Serge Beaudoin 6'2 215 25 64 8 25 33 105 1 0 -- -- -- -- 95 8.4 +14
C/D 21 Joe Noris 6'0 185 26 45 9 19 28 6 0 0 -- -- -- -- 83 10.8 -9
RW 17 Phil Roberto 6'1 190 28 53 8 20 28 91 0 0 -- -- -- -- 91 8.8 +7
D 2 Jim Turkiewicz 5'10 185 22 78 3 21 24 45 0 0 -- -- -- -- 83 3.6 +10
D 15 Dave Hanson 6'0 190 23 42 7 16 23 241 0 0 -- -- -- -- 39 17.9 +10
D 4 Rod Langway 6'2 218 20 52 3 18 21 52 0 0 -- -- -- -- 75 4.0 +10
LW 11 Steve Alley 6'0 185 24 27 8 12 20 11 1 0 -- -- -- -- 43 18.6 +17
LW 16 Frank Beaton 5'10 200 24 56 6 9 15 279 0 1 -- -- -- -- 63 9.5 -8
RW 22 Bob Stephenson 6'1 187 23 39 7 6 13 33 0 0 -- -- -- -- 51 13.7 -2
D 33 Dale Hoganson 5'10 190 28 43 1 12 13 29 0 0 -- -- -- -- 54 1.9 -6
D 6 Pat Westrum 5'10 185 29 77 2 10 12 97 0 0 -- -- -- -- 72 2.8 -7
D 14 Steve Durbano 6'1 210 26 45 6 4 10 284 1 0 -- -- -- -- 64 9.4 -12
RW 16 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 29 13 4 2 6 5 2 0 -- -- -- -- 43 9.3 -14
RW 14 Vaclav Nedomansky 6'2 205 33 12 2 3 5 6 1 0 -- -- -- -- 29 6.9 -9
LW 8 Gilles Bilodeau 6'1 220 22 59 2 2 4 258 0 0 -- -- -- -- 20 10.0 -14
D 12 Chris Evans 5'9 180 31 12 1 2 3 4 0 0 -- -- -- -- 8 12.5 -7
G 1 Wayne Wood 6'1 195 26 32 0 3 3 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 35 John Garrett 5'8 175 26 58 0 3 3 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 4 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 32 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 4 25.0 +1
LW 25 Danny Arndt 5'10 170 22 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 0 --- +1
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 35 John Garrett 26 58 3306 210 3.81 24 31 1 1714 .877 5 2
G 1 Wayne Wood 26 32 1551 99 3.83 12 10 2 794 .875 0 1
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1977 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 6 D Rod Langway U. of New Hampshire (NCAA)
2 12 D Brad Maxwell New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3 22 F Mark Johnson U. of Wisconsin (NCAA)
4 31 LW Norm Dupont Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
5 40 G Steve Baker Union College (NCAA)
6 49 D Greg Tebbutt Regina Pats (WCHL)
7 58 D Bob Suter U. of Wisconsin (NCAA)
8 67 Curt Christopherson Colorado College (WCHL)
9 75 F Jean Savard Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
10 83 F Ken Linseman Kingston Canadians (OHA)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
11-1977 | claimed Serge Beaudoin on waivers from Stingers |
11-18-1977 | traded Tim Sheehy and Vaclav Nedomansky to Red Wings for Steve Durbano, Dave Hanson and future considerations |
02-1978 | traded Paul Terbenche to Aeros for future considerations |
07-1978 | Frank Mahovlich retired |
07-06-1978 | signed Ernie Wakely as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/14/1978 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-9
04/16/1978 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-8
04/19/1978 vs Winnipeg Jets W 3-2
04/21/1978 vs Winnipeg Jets L 1-5
04/23/1978 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-5
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 10 Ken Linseman 5'11 180 19 5 2 2 4 15 -- --
LW 27 Frank Mahovlich 6'0 205 39 3 1 1 2 0 -- --
D 14 Steve Durbano 6'1 210 26 4 0 2 2 16 0 0
RW 7 Dave Gorman 5'11 185 22 4 1 1 2 0 -- --
LW 16 Frank Beaton 5'10 200 24 5 2 0 2 10 -- --
RW 19 Paul Henderson 5'11 180 34 5 1 1 2 0 -- --
C 20 Pete Marrin 5'10 180 24 5 1 1 2 0 -- --
RW 9 Mark Napier 5'10 182 20 5 0 2 2 14 0 0
C 18 John Stewart 6'0 180 23 5 1 1 2 6 -- --
D 2 Jim Turkiewicz 5'10 185 22 5 1 1 2 0 -- --
D 6 Pat Westrum 5'10 185 29 3 0 1 1 2 0 0
RW 17 Phil Roberto 6'1 190 28 4 1 0 1 20 -- --
LW 11 Steve Alley 6'0 185 24 5 1 0 1 5 -- --
D 5 Serge Beaudoin 6'2 215 25 5 1 0 1 46 -- --
D 15 Dave Hanson 6'0 190 23 5 0 1 1 48 0 0
G 1 Wayne Wood 6'1 195 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
LW 8 Gilles Bilodeau 6'1 220 22 3 0 0 0 27 0 0
RW 24 Tony Cassolato 5'11 180 21 4 0 0 0 4 0 0
D 4 Rod Langway 6'2 218 20 4 0 0 0 9 0 0
G 35 John Garrett 5'8 175 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 33 Dale Hoganson 5'10 190 28 5 0 0 0 7 0 0
D 3 Brent Hughes 6'0 205 34 5 0 0 0 12 0 0
LW 25 Danny Arndt 5'10 170 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 12 Chris Evans 5'9 180 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 14 Vaclav Nedomansky 6'2 205 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C/D 21 Joe Noris 6'0 185 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 16 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 22 Bob Stephenson 6'1 187 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 4 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 35 John Garrett 26 5 271 26 5.76 1 4 .000 0 0
G 1 Wayne Wood 26 1 29 3 6.21 0 0 .000 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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