1977-1978 Winnipeg Jets: 50-28-2
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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
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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
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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.
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