1977-1978 New York Islanders: 48-17-15
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Home record: 29-3-8 (184 goals scored, 94 allowed)
Road record: 19-14-7 (150 goals scored, 116 allowed)
Head Coach: Al Arbour
Power Play: 71/227 (31.3%)
Penalty Killing: 227/272 (83.5%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 7-6
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 256-159
334 goals scored (2nd of 18 teams), 210 goals allowed (3rd), 938 PIM (13th)
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 19 Bryan Trottier 5'11 195 21 77 46 77 123 46 13 2 156 55 55 6 193 23.8 +52
D 5 Denis Potvin 6'0 205 24 80 30 64 94 81 9 0 204 70 107 30 288 10.4 +57
RW 22 Mike Bossy 6'0 186 20 73 53 38 91 6 25 0 130 57 42 0 235 22.6 +31
LW 9 Clark Gillies 6'3 215 23 80 35 50 85 76 9 0 146 54 43 0 277 12.6 +49
C 14 Bob Bourne 6'3 200 23 80 30 33 63 31 2 0 81 10 56 0 178 16.9 +15
RW 15 Billy Harris 6'2 195 25 80 22 38 60 40 1 1 77 7 53 10 148 14.9 +27
RW 23 Bob Nystrom 6'1 200 25 80 30 29 59 94 3 0 85 6 60 0 178 16.9 +19
D 7 Stefan Persson 6'1 189 23 66 6 50 56 54 3 0 128 66 52 9 77 7.8 +19
C 21 Mike Kaszycki 5'9 190 21 58 13 29 42 24 3 0 59 7 37 0 85 15.3 +15
LW 12 J.P. Parise 5'9 175 36 39 12 16 28 12 1 0 44 3 22 0 68 17.6 +19
C 10 Lorne Henning 5'11 185 25 79 12 15 27 6 0 2 34 0 65 41 79 15.2 +10
D 2 Gerry Hart 5'9 190 29 78 2 23 25 94 0 0 101 0 76 19 126 1.6 +44
C 11 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 25 37 10 14 24 8 2 0 31 5 24 0 60 16.7 +2
D/RW 18 Ed Westfall 6'1 197 37 71 5 19 24 14 0 1 35 1 58 31 72 6.9 +7
C 17 Jude Drouin 5'10 160 29 56 5 17 22 12 0 0 40 4 22 0 78 6.4 +14
LW 8 Garry Howatt 5'9 175 25 61 7 12 19 146 0 0 38 0 31 0 60 11.7 +7
RW 16 Michel Bergeron 5'10 170 23 25 9 6 15 2 0 0 22 0 6 0 40 22.5 +16
D 25 Dave Lewis 6'2 205 24 77 3 11 14 58 0 1 93 0 82 21 111 2.7 +32
D 3 Pat Price 6'2 200 22 52 2 10 12 27 0 0 60 5 30 0 50 4.0 +25
D 4 Jean Potvin 5'11 188 28 34 1 10 11 8 0 0 33 1 27 6 36 2.8 +11
D 6 Bert Marshall 6'3 205 34 58 0 7 7 44 0 0 43 0 38 5 32 0.0 +10
D 4 Bob Lorimer 6'1 200 24 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 3 33.3 0
G 1 Glenn Resch 5'9 165 29 45 0 1 1 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Goran Hogosta 6'1 179 23 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 20 Neil Nicholson 5'11 180 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0.0 +2
C 21 Andre St. Laurent 5'10 180 24 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 0
C 12 Richie Hansen 5'10 185 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0 0
LW/RW 20 Alex McKendry 6'4 200 21 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0.0 0
G 31 Billy Smith 5'10 185 27 38 0 0 0 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 30 Goran Hogosta 23 1 9 0 0.00 0 0 0 4 1.000 0 0
G 1 Glenn Resch 29 45 2637 112 2.55 28 9 7 1208 .907 1 3
G 31 Billy Smith 27 38 2154 95 2.65 20 8 8 1039 .909 2 2
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 15 RW Mike Bossy 752 Laval National (QMJHL)
2 33 C John Tonelli 1028 224 Houston Aeros (WHA)
3 50 RW Hector Marini 154 Sudbury Wolves (OHA) [pick acquired from BUF]
3 51 RW Bruce Andres New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
4 69 C Steve Stoyanovich 23 R.P.I. (NCAA)
5 87 G Markus Mattsson 92 68 Ilves Tampere (Finland)
6 105 D Steve Letzgus Michigan Tech (NCAA)
7 121 C Harald Luckner Karlstad (Sweden)
Traded draft picks:
#8 to MTL (Keith Hendrickson)
#9 to MTL (Barry Borrett)
#10 to MTL (Mark Holden)
#11 to MTL (Dan Poulin)
#12 to MTL (Cary Farelli)
#13 to MTL (Mark Wells)
#14 to MTL (Jean Belisle)
#15 to MTL (Bob Boileau)
Transactions
06-18-1977 | signed Goran Hogosta as a free agent |
10-20-1977 | traded Andre St. Laurent to Red Wings for Michel Bergeron |
01-10-1978 | traded J.P. Parise and Jean Potvin to Barons for Wayne Merrick, Darcy Reiger and Cleveland's #4 pick in the 1978 draft (pick later cancelled) |
07-06-1978 | reclaimed the rights to John Tonelli (after Houston franchise folded) from Aeros |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 2
04/17/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-1
04/19/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 3-2 (OT)
04/21/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 0-2
04/23/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-3
04/25/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 2-1 (OT)
04/27/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-5
04/29/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-2 (OT)
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 14 Bob Bourne 6'3 200 23 7 2 3 5 2 1 0
RW 22 Mike Bossy 6'0 186 20 7 2 2 4 2 0 0
C 21 Mike Kaszycki 5'9 190 21 7 1 3 4 4 0 0
RW 23 Bob Nystrom 6'1 200 25 7 3 1 4 14 1 0
D 5 Denis Potvin 6'0 205 24 7 2 2 4 6 0 0
C 19 Bryan Trottier 5'11 195 21 7 0 3 3 4 0 0
LW 9 Clark Gillies 6'3 215 23 7 2 0 2 15 1 0
D 6 Bert Marshall 6'3 205 34 7 0 2 2 9 0 0
D 7 Stefan Persson 6'1 189 23 7 0 2 2 6 0 0
D 3 Pat Price 6'2 200 22 5 0 1 1 2 0 0
LW 8 Garry Howatt 5'9 175 25 7 0 1 1 62 0 0
D 25 Dave Lewis 6'2 205 24 7 0 1 1 11 0 0
C 11 Wayne Merrick 6'1 195 25 7 1 0 1 0 0 0
G 31 Billy Smith 5'10 185 27 1 0 0 0 9 0 0
D/RW 18 Ed Westfall 6'1 197 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 17 Jude Drouin 5'10 160 29 5 0 0 0 5 0 0
RW 15 Billy Harris 6'2 195 25 7 0 0 0 4 0 0
D 2 Gerry Hart 5'9 190 29 7 0 0 0 16 0 0
C 10 Lorne Henning 5'11 185 25 7 0 0 0 4 0 0
G 1 Glenn Resch 5'9 165 29 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 16 Michel Bergeron 5'10 170 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 12 Richie Hansen 5'10 185 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 30 Goran Hogosta 6'1 179 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 4 Bob Lorimer 6'1 200 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW/RW 20 Alex McKendry 6'4 200 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 20 Neil Nicholson 5'11 180 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 12 J.P. Parise 5'9 175 36 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 4 Jean Potvin 5'11 188 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 21 Andre St. Laurent 5'10 180 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Glenn Resch 29 7 388 15 2.32 3 4 178 .916 0 0
G 31 Billy Smith 27 1 47 1 1.28 0 0 14 .929 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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