1977-1978 Houston Aeros: 42-34-4
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Home record: 26-13-2 (165 goals scored, 139 allowed)
Road record: 16-21-2 (131 goals scored, 163 allowed)
Head Coach: Bill Dineen
Power Play: 56/270 (20.7%)
Penalty Killing: 289/366 (79.0%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 6-8
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 234-217
296 goals scored (6th of 10 teams), 302 goals allowed (5th), 1543 PIM (3rd)
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 7 Andre Lacroix 5'8 175 32 78 36 77 113 57 7 0 -- -- -- -- 193 18.7 +8
LW 12 Morris Lukowich 5'9 170 21 80 40 35 75 131 13 0 -- -- -- -- 199 20.1 +13
C 8 Terry Ruskowski 5'10 178 23 78 15 57 72 170 3 1 -- -- -- -- 144 10.4 +13
LW 18 John Tonelli 6'1 200 20 65 23 41 64 103 5 0 -- -- -- -- 146 15.8 +13
RW 27 Don Larway 6'1 192 23 69 24 35 59 52 5 0 -- -- -- -- 176 13.6 +1
LW 10 John Gray 5'10 180 28 77 35 23 58 80 6 0 -- -- -- -- 151 23.2 +15
RW 21 Rich Preston 6'0 185 25 73 25 25 50 52 7 3 -- -- -- -- 213 11.7 +3
RW 15 Cam Connor 6'2 200 23 68 21 16 37 217 0 0 -- -- -- -- 152 13.8 +4
D 4 Scott Campbell 6'3 205 20 75 8 29 37 116 1 0 -- -- -- -- 113 7.1 +10
D 6 Poul Popiel 5'10 175 34 80 6 31 37 53 1 1 -- -- -- -- 126 4.8 -6
C 19 Steve West 5'0 165 25 71 11 21 32 23 0 0 -- -- -- -- 60 18.3 +4
D 2 John Schella 6'0 190 30 63 9 20 29 125 4 0 -- -- -- -- 139 6.5 -2
D 16 John Hughes 5'11 200 23 79 3 25 28 130 1 0 -- -- -- -- 90 3.3 +20
C 13 Larry Lund 6'0 190 37 76 9 17 26 36 1 0 -- -- -- -- 60 15.0 -22
D 5 Al McLeod 5'11 200 28 80 2 22 24 54 0 0 -- -- -- -- 85 2.4 +18
F 26 Ron Hansis 6'2 190 25 78 13 9 22 51 1 0 -- -- -- -- 62 21.0 0
LW 14 Ted Taylor 6'0 175 35 54 11 11 22 46 1 1 -- -- -- -- 74 14.9 +8
D 17 Larry Hale 6'1 180 36 56 2 11 13 22 0 0 -- -- -- -- 16 12.5 +4
LW 11 Frank Hughes 5'10 180 28 11 3 2 5 2 0 0 -- -- -- -- 29 10.3 -10
G 31 Ernie Wakely 5'11 160 37 51 0 4 4 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
RW 24 Keke Mortson 6'0 175 43 6 0 1 1 7 0 0 -- -- -- -- 2 0.0 -1
LW 17 John Mazur 5'10 175 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 0 --- -1
D 24 Glen Irwin 5'11 195 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 6'2 200 35 12 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Lynn Zimmerman 5'8 155 35 20 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 3 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 32 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 31 Ernie Wakely 37 51 3070 166 3.24 28 18 4 1608 .897 3 2
G 1 Lynn Zimmerman 35 20 1166 84 4.32 10 9 0 641 .869 2 0
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 35 12 634 47 4.45 4 7 0 360 .869 0 0
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 1 D Scott Campbell London Knights (OHA)
2 10 F Dwight Foster Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
3 21 LW Dave Semenko Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
4 30 G Glen Hanlon Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
5 39 C Reg Kerr Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
6 48 D Kevin McCarthy Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
7 57 G Markus Mattsson Finland
8 66 Harald Luckner Sweden
9 74 F Matti Forss Finland
10 82 LW Mike Dwyer Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)
10 90 G Dave Parro Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
11-1977 | traded future considerations to Stingers for Ernie Wakely |
02-1978 | traded Glen Irwin to Racers for a draft pick |
02-1978 | traded future considerations to Bulls for Paul Terbenche |
07-06-1978 | Islanders reclaimed the rights to John Tonelli (after Houston franchise folded) |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/16/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques W 4-3 (OT)
04/18/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques L 4-5 (OT)
04/20/1978 at Quebec Nordiques L 1-5
04/21/1978 at Quebec Nordiques L 0-3
04/23/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-2
04/25/1978 at Quebec Nordiques L 2-11
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 7 Andre Lacroix 5'8 175 32 6 2 2 4 0 -- --
LW 14 Ted Taylor 6'0 175 35 6 3 1 4 10 -- --
LW 18 John Tonelli 6'1 200 20 6 1 3 4 8 -- --
LW 10 John Gray 5'10 180 28 6 0 3 3 10 0 0
RW 27 Don Larway 6'1 192 23 6 1 2 3 4 -- --
LW 12 Morris Lukowich 5'9 170 21 6 1 2 3 17 -- --
C 8 Terry Ruskowski 5'10 178 23 4 1 1 2 5 -- --
D 4 Scott Campbell 6'3 205 20 6 1 1 2 8 -- --
F 26 Ron Hansis 6'2 190 25 6 1 1 2 4 -- --
D 16 John Hughes 5'11 200 23 6 1 1 2 6 -- --
C 13 Larry Lund 6'0 190 37 6 0 2 2 2 0 0
D 6 Poul Popiel 5'10 175 34 6 0 2 2 13 0 0
D 3 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 32 6 1 1 2 0 -- --
RW 15 Cam Connor 6'2 200 23 2 1 0 1 22 -- --
RW 24 Keke Mortson 6'0 175 43 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
D 5 Al McLeod 5'11 200 28 6 1 0 1 2 -- --
D 2 John Schella 6'0 190 30 6 0 1 1 33 0 0
C 19 Steve West 5'0 165 25 6 1 0 1 0 -- --
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 6'2 200 35 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
G 1 Lynn Zimmerman 5'8 155 35 4 0 0 0 6 0 0
D 17 Larry Hale 6'1 180 36 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 11 Frank Hughes 5'10 180 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 24 Glen Irwin 5'11 195 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 17 John Mazur 5'10 175 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 21 Rich Preston 6'0 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 31 Ernie Wakely 5'11 160 37 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Lynn Zimmerman 35 4 239 21 5.27 1 2 .000 0 0
G 30 Wayne Rutledge 35 3 131 8 3.66 1 2 .000 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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