1977-1978 Vancouver Canucks team stats

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1977-1978 Vancouver Canucks: 20-43-17
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 13-15-12 (127 goals scored, 139 allowed) Road record: 7-28-5 (112 goals scored, 181 allowed) Head Coach: Orland Kurtenbach Power Play: 60/269 (22.3%) Penalty Killing: 165/230 (71.7%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 3-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 176-248 239 goals scored (13th of 18 teams), 320 goals allowed (14th), 962 PIM (12th) 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      4  Mike Walton          5'10  175   32   65   29   37   66   30  14   0   87   44   69    0  115  25.2  -26
RW     8  Rick Blight          6'2   195   22   80   25   38   63   33  11   0   93   41   84    0  238  10.5  -32
RW    10  Dennis Ververgaert   6'0   185   24   80   21   33   54   23   6   0   81   25   80    0  136  15.4  -24
LW     9  Don Lever            5'11  185   25   75   17   32   49   58   6   0   74   21  100   18  168  10.1  -29
RW    15  Hilliard Graves      5'11  175   27   80   21   26   47   18   4   1   68   12   96   23  138  15.2  -17
D      6  Dennis Kearns        5'9   185   32   80    4   43   47   27   1   0  115   48  142   35  101   4.0  -40
C      7  Pit Martin           5'9   170   34   67   15   31   46   36   4   0   70   25   80    9  104  14.4  -26
LW    21  Jere Gillis          6'0   194   20   79   23   18   41   35   2   0   59   15   68    0  154  14.9  -24
C     14  Chris Oddleifson     6'2   185   27   78   17   22   39   64   2   1   60    9   91   22   91  18.7  -18
LW    17  Ron Sedlbauer        6'3   195   23   62   18   12   30   25   1   0   43    6   52    9  119  15.1   -6
LW    24  Garry Monahan        6'0   199   31   67   10   19   29   28   0   0   40    5   56   23  105   9.5   +2
D     19  Claire Alexander     6'1   175   32   32    8   18   26    6   4   0   53   21   47    8  105   7.6   -7
D     27  Harold Snepsts       6'3   210   23   75    4   16   20  118   0   0   71    0  115   28   95   4.2  -16
D     22  Bob Manno            6'0   185   21   49    5   14   19   29   4   0   47   13   62    5   50  10.0  -23
LW    23  Gerry O'Flaherty     5'10  182   27   59    6   11   17   15   0   1   27    2   44   14   90   6.7   -5
LW    16  Brad Gassoff         5'11  195   22   47    9    6   15   70   0   0   28    3   31    0   40  22.5   -6
D     18  John Grisdale        6'0   195   29   42    0    9    9   47   0   0   45    2   57   16   44   0.0   +2
D     29  Jack McIlhargey      6'0   190   25   69    3    5    8  172   0   0   42    1  103   17   36   8.3  -45
D      5  Sheldon Kannegiesser 6'0   198   30   42    1    7    8   36   0   0   41    0   63   15   21   4.8   -7
D     28  Larry Goodenough     6'0   195   24   42    1    6    7   28   0   0   26    5   46    9   49   2.0  -16
C     25  Ralph Stewart        6'1   190   29   16    2    3    5    0   1   0    5    1   15    1   28   7.1  -10
D      5  Larry Carriere       6'1   190   25    7    0    3    3   11   0   0    5    0    7    2   10   0.0    0
LW    12  Rob Flockhart        6'0   185   21   24    0    1    1   12   0   0    5    0   19    0   15   0.0  -14
G     35  Curt Ridley          6'0   190   26   40    0    1    1    9  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C      7  Sid Veysey           5'11  175   22    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    1    0    0   ---   -1
G      1  Murray Bannerman     5'11  185   20    1    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Glen Hanlon          6'0   185   20    4    0    0    0    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Cesare Maniago       6'3   195   38   46    0    0    0   18  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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    1  Murray Bannerman     20    1    20    0  0.00   0   0   0    7  1.000   0   0
G    1  Glen Hanlon          20    4   200    9  2.70   1   2   1   94   .904   1   0
G   30  Cesare Maniago       38   46  2570  172  4.02  10  24   8 1325   .870   1   1
G   35  Curt Ridley          26   40  2010  136  4.06   9  17   8 1031   .868   1   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

1977 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    4  LW   Jere Gillis              386          Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  2   22  D    Jeff Bandura               2          Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)       
  3   40  G    Glen Hanlon              477          Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)         
  4   56  D    Dave Morrow                      10   Calgary Centennials (WCHL)           [pick acquired from COL]
  4   58  G    Murray Bannerman         289          Victoria Cougars (WCHL)            
  5   76  C    Steve Hazlett              1          St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)       
  6   94  LW   Brian Drumm                           Peterborough Petes (OHA)           
  7  112  C    Ray Creasy                            New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      

Traded draft picks:

Transactions

11-04-1977	traded Murray Bannerman (acq. 5/27/78) to Black Hawks for Pit Martin
11-21-1977	traded Larry Carriere to Kings for Sheldon Kannegiesser
01-29-1978	purchased Claire Alexander from Maple Leafs
05-23-1978	signed Gary Bromley as a free agent
06-05-1978	signed Lars Lindgren as a free agent
06-05-1978	signed Lars Zetterstrom as a free agent
06-07-1978	signed Roland Eriksson as a free agent
06-12-1978	traded Mike Walton to Blues for St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1978 draft
06-14-1978	traded Vancouver's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Black Hawks for Thomas Gradin
06-15-1978	claimed Randy Holt from Barons in dispersal draft
07-1978	Cesare Maniago retired
09-13-1978	sold Garry Monahan to Maple Leafs

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1977 at New York Rangers L 3-6 0-1-0 10/14/1977 at Colorado Rockies T 4-4 0-1-1 10/15/1977 at Minnesota North Stars W 5-3 1-1-1 10/18/1977 vs Detroit Red Wings W 3-2 2-1-1 10/23/1977 vs Boston Bruins T 3-3 2-1-2 10/25/1977 vs Los Angeles Kings W 3-1 3-1-2 10/27/1977 vs New York Islanders L 2-3 3-2-2 10/29/1977 vs Colorado Rockies L 2-6 3-3-2 11/02/1977 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-5 3-4-2 11/04/1977 vs New York Rangers L 1-5 3-5-2 11/06/1977 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-3 3-6-2 11/08/1977 at Colorado Rockies L 2-6 3-7-2 11/09/1977 at St. Louis Blues L 6-8 3-8-2 11/11/1977 vs Minnesota North Stars W 4-2 4-8-2 11/15/1977 vs Cleveland Barons W 5-4 5-8-2 11/17/1977 at Boston Bruins T 4-4 5-8-3 11/19/1977 at New York Islanders L 2-9 5-9-3 11/20/1977 at New York Rangers W 3-0 6-9-3 11/22/1977 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 6-9-4 11/26/1977 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 2-2 6-9-5 11/29/1977 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 0-3 6-10-5 12/02/1977 vs Atlanta Flames W 3-2 7-10-5 12/04/1977 at Chicago Black Hawks W 6-2 8-10-5 12/06/1977 at Washington Capitals W 5-2 9-10-5 12/07/1977 at Atlanta Flames T 2-2 9-10-6 12/10/1977 at Montreal Canadiens L 2-7 9-11-6 12/11/1977 at Buffalo Sabres L 0-3 9-12-6 12/13/1977 vs Washington Capitals W 3-1 10-12-6 12/17/1977 vs Buffalo Sabres T 5-5 10-12-7 12/19/1977 at Los Angeles Kings L 2-3 10-13-7 12/20/1977 vs Atlanta Flames T 2-2 10-13-8 12/23/1977 vs Minnesota North Stars L 5-7 10-14-8 12/27/1977 vs New York Islanders L 2-4 10-15-8 12/30/1977 vs Colorado Rockies T 2-2 10-15-9 01/01/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks W 3-2 11-15-9 01/03/1978 at New York Islanders L 1-4 11-16-9 01/04/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-8 11-17-9 01/06/1978 at Cleveland Barons L 1-6 11-18-9 01/07/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 4-6 11-19-9 01/11/1978 vs St. Louis Blues W 6-4 12-19-9

Date Opponent Result Record 01/14/1978 vs Colorado Rockies T 3-3 12-19-10 01/17/1978 vs New York Rangers L 4-5 12-20-10 01/19/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 12-20-11 01/21/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-8 12-21-11 01/22/1978 at Buffalo Sabres T 2-2 12-21-12 01/26/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 2-6 12-22-12 01/28/1978 vs St. Louis Blues W 8-3 13-22-12 01/31/1978 vs Washington Capitals W 4-2 14-22-12 02/02/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens T 4-4 14-22-13 02/04/1978 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 1-5 14-23-13 02/07/1978 vs Atlanta Flames L 2-4 14-24-13 02/09/1978 at Philadelphia Flyers L 2-5 14-25-13 02/11/1978 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-3 14-26-13 02/12/1978 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-8 14-27-13 02/14/1978 at Washington Capitals W 4-2 15-27-13 02/15/1978 at New York Rangers L 3-6 15-28-13 02/17/1978 at Cleveland Barons L 2-3 15-29-13 02/18/1978 at St. Louis Blues L 3-4 15-30-13 02/22/1978 vs Boston Bruins L 4-6 15-31-13 02/25/1978 vs Minnesota North Stars W 5-1 16-31-13 02/27/1978 vs Cleveland Barons T 3-3 16-31-14 03/01/1978 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 3-2 17-31-14 03/04/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 3-4 17-32-14 03/05/1978 at Boston Bruins L 3-6 17-33-14 03/07/1978 at New York Islanders L 2-5 17-34-14 03/08/1978 at Atlanta Flames L 3-8 17-35-14 03/11/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 3-1 18-35-14 03/12/1978 at Detroit Red Wings T 4-4 18-35-15 03/15/1978 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 7-4 19-35-15 03/17/1978 at Colorado Rockies L 1-3 19-36-15 03/18/1978 vs Detroit Red Wings L 4-5 19-37-15 03/20/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens L 1-5 19-38-15 03/24/1978 vs Buffalo Sabres T 2-2 19-38-16 03/26/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks L 3-4 19-39-16 03/28/1978 at Minnesota North Stars L 4-9 19-40-16 03/29/1978 at St. Louis Blues L 1-3 19-41-16 03/31/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 2-3 19-42-16 04/04/1978 vs St. Louis Blues W 3-2 20-42-16 04/07/1978 vs Los Angeles Kings T 5-5 20-42-17 04/08/1978 at Los Angeles Kings L 3-5 20-43-17

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