1977-1978 Winnipeg Jets team stats

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1977-1978 Winnipeg Jets: 50-28-2
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-11-2 (213 goals scored, 124 allowed) Road record: 22-17-0 (168 goals scored, 146 allowed) Head Coach: Larry Hillman Power Play: 78/330 (23.6%) Penalty Killing: 189/233 (81.1%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 16-10 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 287-216 381 goals scored (1st of 10 teams), 270 goals allowed (4th), 988 PIM (8th) 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     14  Ulf Nilsson          5'11  175   27   73   37   89  126   89   7   3   --   --   --   --  180  20.6  +41
RW    15  Anders Hedberg       5'11  175   26   77   63   59  122   60  17   6   --   --   --   --  290  21.7  +60
LW     9  Bobby Hull           5'10  195   38   77   46   71  117   23  10   0   --   --   --   --  257  17.9  +55
C     11  Kent Nilsson         6'1   195   21   80   42   65  107    8  18   0   --   --   --   --  212  19.8  +27
RW    20  Willy Lindstrom      6'0   180   26   77   30   30   60   42   7   0   --   --   --   --  151  19.9   +4
C     10  Peter Sullivan       5'9   165   26   77   16   39   55   43   3   1   --   --   --   --  130  12.3  -12
D      4  Lars-Erik Sjoberg    5'8   179   33   78   11   39   50   72   0   1   --   --   --   --  133   8.3  +60
LW    18  Bobby Guindon        5'9   175   27   77   20   22   42   18   0   4   --   --   --   --  127  15.7   -1
LW    16  Dave Kryskow         5'10  175   20   71   20   21   41   16   3   0   --   --   --   --  103  19.4  +12
LW    21  Dan Labraaten        6'0   190   26   47   18   16   34   30   5   0   --   --   --   --   81  22.2   +7
D      2  Thommie Bergman      6'2   200   30   62    5   28   33   43   0   0   --   --   --   --  139   3.6  +22
C     19  Lynn Powis           6'0   175   28   55   12   19   31   16   2   0   --   --   --   --   68  17.6   +2
D      3  Barry Long           6'2   210   28   78    7   24   31   42   1   1   --   --   --   --  159   4.4  +10
LW    17  Bill Lesuk           5'9   187   31   80    9   18   27   48   0   0   --   --   --   --   85  10.6   -4
D      8  Dave Dunn            6'2   200   29   66    6   20   26   79   1   0   --   --   --   --   53  11.3  +20
D      6  Ted Green            5'10  200   37   73    4   22   26   52   2   0   --   --   --   --   88   4.5  +19
LW    22  Lyle Moffat          5'10  180   29   57    9   16   25   39   0   0   --   --   --   --   58  15.5   -6
D     26  Ken Baird            6'0   190   26   49   14    7   21   29   2   0   --   --   --   --   66  21.2   +5
RW    23  Kent Ruhnke          6'1   190   25   21    8    9   17    2   0   0   --   --   --   --   26  30.8   +9
D      5  Kim Clackson         5'11  195   22   52    2    7    9  203   0   0   --   --   --   --   42   4.8   +6
D     24  Larry Hornung        6'0   190   32   19    1    4    5    2   0   0   --   --   --   --   13   7.7  +17
D      2  Mike Amodeo          5'10  190   25    3    1    1    2    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    4  25.0   +3
G      1  Joe Daley            5'10  170   34   37    0    2    2    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Gary Bromley         5'10  160   27   39    0    1    1    4  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     24  Mike Ford            6'1   172   25    3    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    6   0.0   -5
C     25  Fran Huck            5'7   165   32    5    0    0    0    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    4   0.0   -2
G     35  Markus Mattsson      6'0   180   20   10    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D      7  Bill Davis           6'1   195   23   12    0    0    0    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    9   0.0   -9

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  Joe Daley            34   37  2075  114  3.30  21  11   1  971   .883   1   1
G   30  Gary Bromley         27   39  2252  124  3.30  25  12   1 1090   .886   0   1
G   35  Markus Mattsson      20   10   511   30  3.52   4   5   0  257   .883   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    3  C    Ron Duguay                            Sudbury Wolves (OHA)               
  1    8  D    Miles Zaharko                         New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  3   28  F    Mark Lofthouse                        New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  4   37  C    Don Laurence                          Kitchener Rangers (OHA)            
  5   46  D    Bill Stewart                          Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)         
  6   55  RW   Ric Seiling                           St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)       
  7   64  LW   Jim Hamilton                          London Knights (OHA)               
  8   72  C    Warren Holmes                         Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
  9   80  LW   Mike Keating                          St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)       
 10   88  G    Murray Bannerman                      Victoria Cougars (WCHL)            

Traded draft picks:


Transactions

12-1977	signed Lynn Powis as a free agent
12-1977	signed Ken Baird as a free agent
01-1978	traded Markus Mattsson and Winnipeg's #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Nordiques for Quebec's #4 pick in the 1978 draft and cash
02-1978	traded future considerations to Nordiques for Markus Mattsson
03-1978	signed Mike Amodeo as a free agent

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

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/14/1978   vs Birmingham Bulls          W   9-3 
04/16/1978   vs Birmingham Bulls          W   8-3 
04/19/1978   at Birmingham Bulls          L   2-3 
04/21/1978   at Birmingham Bulls          W   5-1 
04/23/1978   vs Birmingham Bulls          W   5-2 
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Finals
05/12/1978   at New England Whalers       W   4-1 
05/14/1978   at New England Whalers       W   5-2 
05/19/1978   vs New England Whalers       W  10-2 
05/22/1978   vs New England Whalers       W   5-3

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 15 Anders Hedberg 5'11 175 26 9 9 6 15 2 -- -- C 14 Ulf Nilsson 5'11 175 27 9 1 13 14 12 -- -- LW 18 Bobby Guindon 5'9 175 27 9 8 5 13 5 -- -- LW 22 Lyle Moffat 5'10 180 29 9 5 7 12 9 -- -- LW 9 Bobby Hull 5'10 195 38 9 8 3 11 12 -- -- C 11 Kent Nilsson 6'1 195 21 9 2 8 10 10 -- -- D 4 Lars-Erik Sjoberg 5'8 179 33 9 0 9 9 4 0 0 LW 16 Dave Kryskow 5'10 175 20 9 4 4 8 2 -- -- RW 20 Willy Lindstrom 6'0 180 26 8 3 4 7 17 -- -- LW 17 Bill Lesuk 5'9 187 31 9 2 5 7 12 -- -- C 10 Peter Sullivan 5'9 165 26 9 3 4 7 4 -- -- D 3 Barry Long 6'2 210 28 9 0 5 5 6 0 0 D 2 Mike Amodeo 5'10 190 25 7 1 3 4 19 -- -- D 26 Ken Baird 6'0 190 26 7 0 4 4 7 0 0 C 19 Lynn Powis 6'0 175 28 3 2 1 3 7 -- -- D 8 Dave Dunn 6'2 200 29 9 1 2 3 0 -- -- LW 21 Dan Labraaten 6'0 190 26 4 1 1 2 8 -- -- RW 23 Kent Ruhnke 6'1 190 25 5 2 0 2 0 -- -- D 6 Ted Green 5'10 200 37 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 D 24 Mike Ford 6'1 172 25 2 1 0 1 0 -- -- G 1 Joe Daley 5'10 170 34 5 0 1 1 20 0 0 D 5 Kim Clackson 5'11 195 22 9 0 1 1 61 0 0 G 30 Gary Bromley 5'10 160 27 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 2 Thommie Bergman 6'2 200 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 7 Bill Davis 6'1 195 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 24 Larry Hornung 6'0 190 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 25 Fran Huck 5'7 165 32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 35 Markus Mattsson 6'0 180 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Gary Bromley 27 5 268 7 1.57 4 0 .000 0 0 G 1 Joe Daley 34 5 271 13 2.88 4 1 .000 0 0

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

Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1977 at Edmonton Oilers W 7-3 1-0-0 10/13/1977 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-2 2-0-0 10/15/1977 at Cincinnati Stingers W 5-4 3-0-0 10/16/1977 vs Indianapolis Racers W 9-1 4-0-0 10/21/1977 vs New England Whalers L 2-5 4-1-0 10/23/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls W 10-3 5-1-0 10/26/1977 at Indianapolis Racers L 3-5 5-2-0 10/28/1977 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 3-2 6-2-0 10/30/1977 vs Edmonton Oilers W 5-2 7-2-0 11/02/1977 at Edmonton Oilers W 6-3 8-2-0 11/04/1977 at Birmingham Bulls W 4-2 9-2-0 11/05/1977 at Cincinnati Stingers W 6-1 10-2-0 11/09/1977 vs Houston Aeros W 4-3 11-2-0 11/11/1977 vs Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 11-3-0 11/13/1977 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 2-3 11-4-0 11/15/1977 at Quebec Nordiques L 6-7 11-5-0 11/16/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls T 2-2 11-5-1 11/18/1977 at New England Whalers L 2-3 11-6-1 11/19/1977 at Indianapolis Racers W 6-4 12-6-1 11/22/1977 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-4 12-7-1 11/27/1977 vs Birmingham Bulls L 3-4 12-8-1 12/02/1977 at New England Whalers L 1-4 12-9-1 12/03/1977 at Quebec Nordiques L 5-6 12-10-1 12/04/1977 vs Edmonton Oilers L 2-3 12-11-1 12/07/1977 vs Houston Aeros W 5-2 13-11-1 12/09/1977 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 3-4 13-12-1 12/11/1977 vs Indianapolis Racers W 7-1 14-12-1 12/13/1977 vs Czech All Stars W 5-1 15-12-1 12/17/1977 at New England Whalers W 6-3 16-12-1 12/18/1977 vs New England Whalers W 7-3 17-12-1 12/20/1977 vs Soviet All Stars W 6-4 18-12-1 12/21/1977 at Houston Aeros W 4-3 19-12-1 12/23/1977 at Cincinnati Stingers W 6-4 20-12-1 12/26/1977 vs Quebec Nordiques W 9-4 21-12-1 01/06/1978 at Edmonton Oilers W 4-1 22-12-1 01/08/1978 vs Indianapolis Racers W 4-2 23-12-1 01/11/1978 vs Birmingham Bulls W 11-2 24-12-1 01/13/1978 at Houston Aeros L 2-3 24-13-1 01/14/1978 at Indianapolis Racers W 6-3 25-13-1 01/15/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers L 3-4 25-14-1

Date Opponent Result Record 01/18/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-1 26-14-1 01/20/1978 vs New England Whalers T 4-4 26-14-2 01/22/1978 vs Indianapolis Racers L 4-5 26-15-2 01/25/1978 at Birmingham Bulls L 2-6 26-16-2 01/26/1978 at Houston Aeros L 1-2 26-17-2 01/28/1978 at Birmingham Bulls L 5-8 26-18-2 01/29/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers W 8-4 27-18-2 01/31/1978 at Quebec Nordiques W 7-2 28-18-2 02/04/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers W 7-5 29-18-2 02/05/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers W 4-3 30-18-2 02/08/1978 vs Birmingham Bulls W 9-0 31-18-2 02/10/1978 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 10-2 32-18-2 02/11/1978 at Indianapolis Racers W 5-3 33-18-2 02/12/1978 at Houston Aeros W 6-5 34-18-2 02/15/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers W 6-5 35-18-2 02/16/1978 at New England Whalers W 2-1 36-18-2 02/18/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers W 4-0 37-18-2 02/19/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-2 38-18-2 02/22/1978 vs New England Whalers W 4-2 39-18-2 02/24/1978 vs New England Whalers W 7-2 40-18-2 02/26/1978 vs Houston Aeros W 9-6 41-18-2 03/01/1978 at Birmingham Bulls L 3-4 41-19-2 03/03/1978 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 1-5 41-20-2 03/04/1978 at Indianapolis Racers L 6-8 41-21-2 03/05/1978 vs Houston Aeros L 3-4 41-22-2 03/09/1978 vs Indianapolis Racers W 6-5 42-22-2 03/11/1978 at Quebec Nordiques W 7-4 43-22-2 03/12/1978 vs Birmingham Bulls W 3-2 44-22-2 03/15/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers W 8-4 45-22-2 03/17/1978 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-6 45-23-2 03/19/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-3 46-23-2 03/22/1978 at New England Whalers W 5-3 47-23-2 03/25/1978 at Birmingham Bulls W 3-1 48-23-2 03/28/1978 at Houston Aeros L 3-5 48-24-2 03/30/1978 at Indianapolis Racers W 4-1 49-24-2 04/01/1978 at Quebec Nordiques L 2-5 49-25-2 04/04/1978 at Houston Aeros L 3-6 49-26-2 04/06/1978 vs New England Whalers W 7-4 50-26-2 04/07/1978 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-4 50-27-2 04/09/1978 vs Houston Aeros L 4-5 50-28-2

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