1977-1978 Detroit Red Wings team stats

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1977-1978 Detroit Red Wings: 32-34-14
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 22-11-7 (144 goals scored, 111 allowed) Road record: 10-23-7 (108 goals scored, 155 allowed) Head Coach: Bobby Kromm Power Play: 59/293 (20.1%) Penalty Killing: 232/296 (78.4%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 10-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 183-195 252 goals scored (11th of 18 teams), 266 goals allowed (10th), 1534 PIM (2nd) NHL Averages: 3.30 goals/game (263.7 goals/team), 1099.7 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C     10  Dale McCourt         5'10  180   20   76   33   39   72   10  10   3  108   42   71   15  219  15.1  +10
C     16  Andre St. Laurent    5'10  180   24   77   31   39   70  108  10   0   90   30   66   13  193  16.1   +7
D     28  Reed Larson          6'0   195   21   75   19   41   60   95   7   1  132   45  131   36  240   7.9   -8
LW    22  Dennis Hextall       5'11  175   34   78   16   33   49  195   2   2   61   11   89   34   89  18.0   -5
LW    14  Nick Libett          6'1   195   32   80   23   22   45   46   1   1   63   10   77   21  155  14.8   -3
LW     7  Dan Maloney          6'2   195   27   66   16   29   45  151   3   0   74   23   48    1  165   9.7   +4
LW    15  Paul Woods           5'10  175   22   80   19   23   42   52   3   2   83   13   83   31  107  17.8  +18
LW    23  Bill Lochead         6'1   195   23   77   20   16   36   47   2   0   55    8   41    0  124  16.1   +6
C/RW   8  Dennis Polonich      5'6   166   24   79   16   19   35  254   5   0   63   18   50    0  128  12.5   -5
RW    20  Vaclav Nedomansky    6'2   205   33   63   11   17   28    2   5   0   39   19   37    0  107  10.3  -17
D     24  Greg Joly            6'1   190   23   79    7   20   27   73   2   0   82   11   87   12  134   5.2   -4
D      3  Perry Miller         6'1   194   25   62    4   17   21  120   0   1   77   11   95   24  122   3.3   -5
RW    11  Rick Bowness         6'1   185   22   61    8   11   19   76   2   0   29    4   33    0   46  17.4   -8
D      2  Terry Harper         6'1   200   37   80    2   17   19   85   0   0   88    2  118   51   76   2.6  +19
LW    19  Dennis Hull          5'11  198   33   55    5    9   14    6   2   0   22    8   34    0   72   6.9  -20
C     25  Larry Wright         6'2   180   26   66    3    6    9   13   0   0   27    8   31    0   46   6.5  -12
D     26  Al Cameron           6'1   205   22   63    2    7    9   94   1   0   35    3   44    0   71   2.8  -12
D      5  Jean Hamel           5'11  195   25   32    2    6    8   34   0   0   23    0   21    1   37   5.4   +3
D      4  Thommie Bergman      6'2   200   30   14    1    6    7   16   0   0   17    1   21    6   18   5.6   +1
LW    12  Errol Thompson       5'9   185   27   14    5    1    6    2   1   0   12    6   10    0   27  18.5   -4
LW    27  Bob Ritchie          5'10  170   22   11    2    2    4    0   1   0    5    2    4    0   18  11.1   -1
RW    21  Danny Grant          5'10  188   31   13    2    2    4    6   1   0    7    4    5    0    9  22.2   -2
RW    17  Al McDonough         6'1   175   27   13    2    2    4    4   0   0    6    1    3    0   18  11.1   +2
LW    18  Rob Plumb            5'8   166   20    7    2    1    3    0   1   0    4    2    7    1    7  28.6   -4
D      4  Larry Giroux         6'0   190   26    5    0    3    3    4   0   0    5    2    8    0   10   0.0   -5
C     12  J.P. LeBlanc         5'10  170   31    3    0    2    2    4   0   0    3    1    2    1    5   0.0   +1
G      1  Jim Rutherford       5'8   168   28   43    0    2    2    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    16  Michel Bergeron      5'10  170   23    3    1    0    1    0   0   0    1    0    3    0    6  16.7   -2
G     30  Ron Low              6'1   205   27   32    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     21  Roland Cloutier      5'8   157   20    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    2    0    1   0.0   -2
C     12  Fern LeBlanc         5'9   170   21    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    2    0    4    0    0   ---   -2
D      4  Rick Vasko           6'0   185   20    3    0    0    0    7   0   0    1    0    2    0    6   0.0   -1
D      4  John Hilworth        6'4   205   20    5    0    0    0   12   0   0    3    0    3    0    0   ---    0
G     31  Ed Giacomin          5'11  180   38    9    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
RW    29  Tim Sheehy           6'1   185   29   15    0    0    0    0   0   0    4    2   15    0   17   0.0  -13

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


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   31  Ed Giacomin          38    9   516   27  3.14   3   5   1  252   .893   0   0
G    1  Jim Rutherford       28   43  2468  134  3.26  20  17   4 1120   .880   1   1
G   30  Ron Low              27   32  1816  102  3.37   9  12   9  909   .888   2   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

1977 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    1  C    Dale McCourt             532          St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)       
  3   37  D    Rick Vasko                31          Peterborough Petes (OHA)           
  4   55  D    John Hilworth             57          Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)         
  5   73  D    Jim Korn                 597          Providence College (NCAA)          
  6   91  G    Jim Baxter                            Union College (NCAA)               
  7  109  LW   Randy Wilson                          Providence College (NCAA)          
  8  125  C    Raymond Roy                           Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  9  141  C    Kip Churchill                         Union College (NCAA)               
 10  155  D    Lance Gatoni                          University of Toronto (CIAU)       
 11  163  LW   Rob Plumb                 14          Kingston Canadians (OHA)           
 12  170  LW   Alain Belanger             9          Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)    
 13  175  RW   Dean Willers                          Union College (NCAA)               
 14  178  C    Roland Cloutier           34          Trois Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)    
 15  181  RW   Ed Hill                               University of Vermont (NCAA)       
 16  184  LW   Val James                 11          Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)            
 17  185  RW   Grant Morin                           Calgary Centennials (WCHL)         

Traded draft picks:

#2 to CHI (Jean Savard)


Transactions

07-08-1977	signed Perry Miller as a free agent
07-14-1977	signed Steve Durbano as a free agent
08-1977	traded future considerations to Flames for Al McDonough
08-17-1977	signed Danny Gruen as a free agent
08-17-1977	traded Walt McKechnie, Detroit's #2 pick in the 1979 draft and Detroit's #3 pick in the 1978 draft to Capitals for the rights to Ron Low and Washington's #3 pick in the 1979 draft
08-18-1977	purchased Rick Bowness from Flames
10-04-1977	signed Dave Hanson as a free agent
10-10-1977	claimed Paul Woods from Canadiens in waiver draft
10-20-1977	traded Michel Bergeron to Islanders for Andre St. Laurent
10-22-1977	signed Larry Wright as a free agent
11-01-1977	sold Terry Murray to Flyers
11-18-1977	traded Steve Durbano, Dave Hanson and future considerations to Bulls for Tim Sheehy and Vaclav Nedomansky
12-02-1977	traded Detroit's #4 pick in the 1980 draft to Black Hawks for Dennis Hull
01-09-1978	traded Danny Grant to Kings for the rights to Barry Long and Montreal's #3 pick in the 1978 draft
02-12-1978	sold Tim Sheehy to Whalers
03-13-1978	traded Dan Maloney and Detroit's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Maple Leafs for Errol Thompson, Toronto's #1 picks in 1978 and 1980 drafts and Toronto's #2 pick in the 1978 draft
06-06-1978	signed Sean Shanahan as a free agent
07-27-1978	traded Jack Carlson to North Stars for future considerations
08-08-1978	assigned the rights to Dale McCourt to Kings as compensation for signing Rogie Vachon as a free agent
08-08-1978	signed Rogie Vachon as a free agent
08-24-1978	signed Dan Bolduc as a free agent
09-08-1978	Dennis Hull retired
09-13-1978	claimed Pierre Plante on waivers from North Stars
10-02-1978	Rangers claimed Pierre Plante on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/11/1978   at Atlanta Flames            W   5-3 
04/13/1978   vs Atlanta Flames            W   3-2 
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Round 2
04/17/1978   at Montreal Canadiens        L   2-6 
04/19/1978   at Montreal Canadiens        W   4-2 
04/21/1978   vs Montreal Canadiens        L   2-4 
04/23/1978   vs Montreal Canadiens        L   0-8 
04/25/1978   at Montreal Canadiens        L   2-4

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 20 Vaclav Nedomansky 6'2 205 33 7 3 5 8 0 1 0 C 10 Dale McCourt 5'10 180 20 7 4 2 6 2 2 0 LW 15 Paul Woods 5'10 175 22 7 0 5 5 4 0 0 LW 14 Nick Libett 6'1 195 32 7 3 1 4 0 1 0 LW 23 Bill Lochead 6'1 195 23 7 3 0 3 6 0 0 LW 12 Errol Thompson 5'9 185 27 7 2 1 3 2 1 0 D 4 Thommie Bergman 6'2 200 30 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 LW 22 Dennis Hextall 5'11 175 34 7 1 1 2 10 0 1 D 28 Reed Larson 6'0 195 21 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 C 16 Andre St. Laurent 5'10 180 24 7 1 1 2 4 0 0 G 1 Jim Rutherford 5'8 168 28 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 D 26 Al Cameron 6'1 205 22 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 D 2 Terry Harper 6'1 200 37 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 C/RW 8 Dennis Polonich 5'6 166 24 7 1 0 1 19 0 0 D 4 Larry Giroux 6'0 190 26 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 12 J.P. LeBlanc 5'10 170 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 11 Rick Bowness 6'1 185 22 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 G 30 Ron Low 6'1 205 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 24 Greg Joly 6'1 190 23 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 D 5 Jean Hamel 5'11 195 25 7 0 0 0 10 0 0 LW 19 Dennis Hull 5'11 198 33 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 RW 16 Michel Bergeron 5'10 170 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 21 Roland Cloutier 5'8 157 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Ed Giacomin 5'11 180 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 21 Danny Grant 5'10 188 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 John Hilworth 6'4 205 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 12 Fern LeBlanc 5'9 170 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 7 Dan Maloney 6'2 195 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 17 Al McDonough 6'1 175 27 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 3 Perry Miller 6'1 194 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 18 Rob Plumb 5'8 166 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 27 Bob Ritchie 5'10 170 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 29 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Rick Vasko 6'0 185 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 25 Larry Wright 6'2 180 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Ron Low 27 4 240 17 4.25 1 3 141 .879 0 0 G 1 Jim Rutherford 28 3 180 12 4.00 2 1 87 .862 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1977 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 0-0-1 10/15/1977 at Los Angeles Kings L 2-4 0-1-1 10/18/1977 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-3 0-2-1 10/20/1977 vs Montreal Canadiens T 2-2 0-2-2 10/22/1977 at Minnesota North Stars W 4-2 1-2-2 10/26/1977 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 2-2-2 10/27/1977 vs Minnesota North Stars W 3-1 3-2-2 10/29/1977 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 4-7 3-3-2 11/02/1977 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 3-1 4-3-2 11/05/1977 vs Cleveland Barons L 3-4 4-4-2 11/06/1977 at Cleveland Barons W 4-1 5-4-2 11/09/1977 vs Washington Capitals T 1-1 5-4-3 11/12/1977 vs New York Rangers W 3-1 6-4-3 11/13/1977 at Philadelphia Flyers L 0-3 6-5-3 11/16/1977 vs St. Louis Blues W 10-1 7-5-3 11/18/1977 at Atlanta Flames L 3-5 7-6-3 11/19/1977 at St. Louis Blues W 2-1 8-6-3 11/23/1977 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 4-1 9-6-3 11/26/1977 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-3 9-7-3 11/27/1977 vs New York Islanders L 1-4 9-8-3 11/30/1977 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 4-6 9-9-3 12/03/1977 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-4 9-10-3 12/04/1977 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-6 9-11-3 12/06/1977 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 1-2 9-12-3 12/08/1977 at Boston Bruins L 4-6 9-13-3 12/10/1977 at New York Islanders L 4-7 9-14-3 12/15/1977 vs New York Rangers T 5-5 9-14-4 12/17/1977 at St. Louis Blues W 3-2 10-14-4 12/18/1977 at New York Rangers L 2-6 10-15-4 12/21/1977 vs Buffalo Sabres L 3-5 10-16-4 12/23/1977 at Washington Capitals L 2-3 10-17-4 12/27/1977 vs Colorado Rockies W 5-2 11-17-4 12/29/1977 at Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 11-17-5 12/31/1977 vs Boston Bruins L 0-7 11-18-5 01/05/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 2-1 12-18-5 01/08/1978 vs Los Angeles Kings W 4-3 13-18-5 01/11/1978 at Washington Capitals W 6-3 14-18-5 01/12/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-6 14-19-5 01/14/1978 vs Buffalo Sabres W 6-2 15-19-5 01/18/1978 at Colorado Rockies T 4-4 15-19-6

Date Opponent Result Record 01/19/1978 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 4-2 16-19-6 01/21/1978 at Boston Bruins L 1-7 16-20-6 01/22/1978 vs Washington Capitals W 6-3 17-20-6 01/28/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-6 17-21-6 01/29/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 3-3 17-21-7 01/31/1978 vs Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-5 17-22-7 02/01/1978 at Cleveland Barons L 0-2 17-23-7 02/04/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 2-2 17-23-8 02/05/1978 vs Cleveland Barons W 4-3 18-23-8 02/07/1978 at Los Angeles Kings W 2-1 19-23-8 02/09/1978 vs Boston Bruins L 3-5 19-24-8 02/11/1978 at New York Islanders L 5-8 19-25-8 02/12/1978 vs Vancouver Canucks W 8-3 20-25-8 02/16/1978 vs Atlanta Flames W 5-3 21-25-8 02/18/1978 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-4 21-26-8 02/19/1978 vs Los Angeles Kings W 5-1 22-26-8 02/23/1978 vs Washington Capitals W 4-1 23-26-8 02/25/1978 at Atlanta Flames T 2-2 23-26-9 02/26/1978 vs St. Louis Blues L 1-3 23-27-9 02/28/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-9 23-28-9 03/01/1978 at New York Rangers L 2-3 23-29-9 03/04/1978 at Minnesota North Stars W 3-1 24-29-9 03/05/1978 vs Minnesota North Stars W 4-3 25-29-9 03/09/1978 vs Boston Bruins T 2-2 25-29-10 03/11/1978 vs Colorado Rockies W 5-4 26-29-10 03/12/1978 vs Vancouver Canucks T 4-4 26-29-11 03/16/1978 at Los Angeles Kings T 3-3 26-29-12 03/18/1978 at Vancouver Canucks W 5-4 27-29-12 03/19/1978 at Colorado Rockies L 4-6 27-30-12 03/22/1978 vs Atlanta Flames W 4-1 28-30-12 03/25/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 2-2 28-30-13 03/26/1978 at Washington Capitals W 4-1 29-30-13 03/28/1978 vs Buffalo Sabres W 7-0 30-30-13 03/30/1978 vs Los Angeles Kings L 0-4 30-31-13 04/01/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks L 0-2 30-32-13 04/02/1978 vs New York Islanders L 2-5 30-33-13 04/05/1978 at Cleveland Barons T 5-5 30-33-14 04/06/1978 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-4 31-33-14 04/08/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-5 31-34-14 04/09/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-0 32-34-14

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