1977-1978 New England Whalers: 44-31-5
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Home record: 26-14-1 (180 goals scored, 120 allowed)
Road record: 18-17-4 (155 goals scored, 149 allowed)
Head Coach: Harry Neale
Power Play: 62/239 (25.9%)
Penalty Killing: 250/315 (79.4%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 9-4
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 264-200
335 goals scored (3rd of 10 teams), 269 goals allowed (3rd), 1255 PIM (5th)
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% +/-
RW 9 Gordie Howe 6'0 205 49 76 34 62 96 85 16 0 -- -- -- -- 163 20.9 +46
D 5 Mark Howe 5'11 185 22 70 30 61 91 32 4 0 -- -- -- -- 220 13.6 +30
C 17 Mike Rogers 5'9 170 23 80 28 43 71 46 4 1 -- -- -- -- 204 13.7 +22
C 12 Mike Antonovich 5'8 165 26 75 32 35 67 32 5 0 -- -- -- -- 243 13.2 +17
C 14 Dave Keon 5'9 165 37 77 24 38 62 2 1 5 -- -- -- -- 169 14.2 -4
D 7 Gordie Roberts 6'1 195 20 78 15 46 61 118 5 0 -- -- -- -- 135 11.1 +17
RW 19 John McKenzie 5'9 175 40 79 27 29 56 61 9 0 -- -- -- -- 135 20.0 +15
LW 16 George Lyle 6'2 205 24 68 30 24 54 74 3 0 -- -- -- -- 161 18.6 +12
D 2 Rick Ley 5'9 190 29 73 3 41 44 95 0 0 -- -- -- -- 106 2.8 +36
C 4 Larry Pleau 6'1 190 30 54 16 18 34 4 2 0 -- -- -- -- 91 17.6 +12
D 3 Brad Selwood 6'1 200 29 80 6 25 31 88 2 0 -- -- -- -- 109 5.5 +11
D 10 Alan Hangsleben 6'1 195 24 79 11 18 29 140 0 0 -- -- -- -- 152 7.2 +17
LW 23 Jack Carlson 6'3 205 23 67 9 20 29 192 0 0 -- -- -- -- 81 11.1 +9
C 11 Greg Carroll 6'0 185 21 49 9 14 23 27 0 2 -- -- -- -- 70 12.9 +3
RW 8 Tom Webster 5'10 170 29 20 15 5 20 5 5 0 -- -- -- -- 70 21.4 +8
RW 27 Jim Mayer 6'0 190 23 51 11 9 20 21 1 0 -- -- -- -- 57 19.3 +1
D 18 Marty Howe 6'1 195 23 75 10 10 20 66 1 0 -- -- -- -- 146 6.8 +10
RW 15 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 29 25 8 11 19 14 3 0 -- -- -- -- 43 18.6 -2
D 22 Bill Butters 5'10 185 26 45 1 13 14 69 0 0 -- -- -- -- 17 5.9 -21
C 26 Steve Carlson 6'3 180 22 38 6 7 13 11 1 1 -- -- -- -- 41 14.6 +7
LW 21 Dan Bolduc 5'9 180 24 41 5 5 10 22 0 0 -- -- -- -- 37 13.5 +6
D 6 Ron Plumb 5'10 175 27 27 1 9 10 18 0 0 -- -- -- -- 74 1.4 +6
D 24 Bryan Maxwell 6'2 200 22 17 2 1 3 11 0 0 -- -- -- -- 30 6.7 +9
G 1 Al Smith 6'1 200 32 55 0 3 3 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 20 Andre Peloffy 5'8 160 26 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 -- -- -- -- 3 66.7 -2
G 30 Louis Levasseur 5'10 160 28 27 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 1 Al Smith 32 55 3246 174 3.22 30 20 3 1510 .885 1 5
G 30 Louis Levasseur 28 27 1655 91 3.30 14 11 2 796 .886 3 3
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
2 11 C Ron Areshenkoff Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
2 15 D Moe Robinson Kingston Canadians (OHA)
2 19 RW Randy Pierce Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
3 23 D John Baby Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
5 43 RW Brian Hill Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
6 52 D Jim Korn Providence College (NCAA)
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
06-1977 | signed Gordie Howe as a free agent |
06-1977 | Ralph Backstrom retired |
06-11-1977 | signed Jim Mayer (after Calgary folded) as a free agent |
07-1977 | Tommy Abrahamsson retired |
07-1977 | released Doug Roberts |
08-15-1977 | signed Al Smith as a free agent |
02-1978 | traded Greg Carroll to Stingers for Ron Plumb |
02-1978 | signed Bryan Maxwell as a free agent |
02-09-1978 | released Bryan Maxwell |
02-12-1978 | purchased Tim Sheehy from Red Wings |
05-1978 | Oilers claimed Jim Mayer on waivers |
07-1978 | released Andre Peloffy |
09-1978 | Larry Pleau retired |
10-1978 | Tom Webster retired |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/14/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers W 6-4
04/16/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-1
04/19/1978 at Edmonton Oilers L 0-2
04/21/1978 at Edmonton Oilers W 9-1
04/23/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-1
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Semifinals
04/28/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-1
04/30/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques L 2-3
05/03/1978 at Quebec Nordiques W 5-4
05/05/1978 at Quebec Nordiques W 7-3
05/07/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques W 6-3
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Finals
05/12/1978 vs Winnipeg Jets L 1-4
05/14/1978 vs Winnipeg Jets L 2-5
05/19/1978 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-10
05/22/1978 at Winnipeg Jets L 3-5
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 12 Mike Antonovich 5'8 165 26 14 10 7 17 4 -- --
C 14 Dave Keon 5'9 165 37 14 5 11 16 4 -- --
D 5 Mark Howe 5'11 185 22 14 8 7 15 18 -- --
RW 19 John McKenzie 5'9 175 40 14 6 6 12 16 -- --
C 17 Mike Rogers 5'9 170 23 14 5 6 11 8 -- --
RW 9 Gordie Howe 6'0 205 49 14 5 5 10 15 -- --
C 26 Steve Carlson 6'3 180 22 13 2 7 9 2 -- --
D 2 Rick Ley 5'9 190 29 14 1 8 9 4 -- --
C 4 Larry Pleau 6'1 190 30 15 5 4 9 8 -- --
LW 21 Dan Bolduc 5'9 180 24 14 2 4 6 2 -- --
D 6 Ron Plumb 5'10 175 27 14 1 5 6 16 -- --
D 10 Alan Hangsleben 6'1 195 24 14 1 4 5 37 -- --
D 7 Gordie Roberts 6'1 195 20 14 0 5 5 29 0 0
RW 15 Tim Sheehy 6'1 185 29 13 1 3 4 9 -- --
LW 16 George Lyle 6'2 205 24 12 2 1 3 13 -- --
D 3 Brad Selwood 6'1 200 29 14 0 3 3 8 0 0
LW 23 Jack Carlson 6'3 205 23 9 1 1 2 14 -- --
D 18 Marty Howe 6'1 195 23 14 1 1 2 13 -- --
G 30 Louis Levasseur 5'10 160 28 12 0 1 1 2 0 0
C 20 Andre Peloffy 5'8 160 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 1 Al Smith 6'1 200 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 22 Bill Butters 5'10 185 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 11 Greg Carroll 6'0 185 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 24 Bryan Maxwell 6'2 200 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 27 Jim Mayer 6'0 190 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
RW 8 Tom Webster 5'10 170 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Louis Levasseur 28 12 719 31 2.59 8 4 .000 0
G 1 Al Smith 32 3 120 14 7.00 0 2 .000 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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