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32-34-14 (78 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 252 goals, Allowed 266 goals, SRS: -0.15 (11th of 18)
Coached by Bobby Kromm (32-34-14)
Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Atlanta Flames
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1977-78 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 78 | .488 | 252 | 266 | -0.15 | 6.48 | 59 | 293 | 20.14 | 64 | 296 | 78.38 | 10 | 7 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 80 | .500 | 264 | 264 | 0.00 | 6.59 | 54 | 255 | 21.15 | 54 | 255 | 78.85 | 6 | 6 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale McCourt | C | 5-10 | 180 | 21 | 76 | 33 | 39 | 72 | 0.95 | 29 | 0.38 | 108 | 42 | 71 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 219 | 2.88 | 15.1 | ||
| 2 | Andre St. Laurent | C | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | 77 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 0.91 | 28 | 0.36 | 90 | 30 | 66 | 13 | 7 | 108 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 193 | 2.51 | 16.1 | ||
| 3 | Reed Larson | D | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 75 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 0.80 | 23 | 0.30 | 132 | 45 | 131 | 36 | -8 | 95 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 240 | 3.20 | 7.9 | ||
| 4 | Dennis Hextall | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 34 | 78 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 0.63 | 19 | 0.24 | 61 | 11 | 89 | 34 | -5 | 195 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 1.14 | 18.0 | ||
| 5 | Dan Maloney | LW | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | 66 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 0.68 | 17 | 0.26 | 74 | 23 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 151 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 2.50 | 9.7 | ||
| 6 | Nick Libett | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 32 | 80 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 0.56 | 19 | 0.23 | 63 | 10 | 77 | 21 | -3 | 46 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 1.94 | 14.8 | ||
| 7 | Paul Woods | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | 80 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 0.53 | 17 | 0.21 | 83 | 13 | 83 | 31 | 18 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 107 | 1.34 | 17.8 | ||
| 8 | Bill Lochead | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 77 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 0.47 | 15 | 0.20 | 55 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 1.61 | 16.1 | ||
| 9 | Dennis Polonich | C/RW | 5-6 | 166 | 24 | 79 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0.44 | 14 | 0.18 | 63 | 18 | 50 | 0 | -5 | 254 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 1.62 | 12.5 | ||
| 10 | Vaclav Nedomansky | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 33 | 63 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0.44 | 11 | 0.17 | 39 | 19 | 37 | 0 | -17 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 1.70 | 10.3 | ||
| 11 | Greg Joly | D | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 79 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 0.34 | 10 | 0.13 | 82 | 11 | 87 | 12 | -4 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 1.70 | 5.2 | ||
| 12 | Perry Miller | D | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | 62 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.34 | 7 | 0.12 | 77 | 11 | 95 | 24 | -5 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 1.97 | 3.3 | ||
| 13 | Rick Bowness | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | 61 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.31 | 8 | 0.12 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 0 | -8 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0.75 | 17.4 | ||
| 14 | Terry Harper | D | 6-1 | 200 | 38 | 80 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0.24 | 6 | 0.08 | 88 | 2 | 118 | 51 | 19 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0.95 | 2.6 | ||
| 15 | Dennis Hull | LW | 5-11 | 198 | 33 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.25 | 5 | 0.10 | 22 | 8 | 34 | 0 | -20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 1.31 | 6.9 | ||
| 16 | Al Cameron | D | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 63 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.05 | 35 | 3 | 44 | 0 | -12 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1.13 | 2.8 | ||
| 17 | Larry Wright | C | 6-2 | 180 | 26 | 66 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.05 | 27 | 8 | 31 | 0 | -12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.70 | 6.5 | ||
| 18 | Jean Hamel | D | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.25 | 3 | 0.09 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1.16 | 5.4 | ||
| 19 | Thommie Bergman | D | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.50 | 2 | 0.17 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.29 | 5.6 | ||
| 20 | Errol Thompson | LW | 5-9 | 185 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.43 | 3 | 0.20 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.93 | 18.5 | ||
| 21 | Danny Grant | RW | 5-10 | 188 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.31 | 2 | 0.13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.69 | 22.2 | ||
| 22 | Al McDonough | RW | 6-1 | 175 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.31 | 2 | 0.13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.38 | 11.1 | ||
| 23 | Bob Ritchie | LW | 5-10 | 170 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.36 | 2 | 0.15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.64 | 11.1 | ||
| 24 | Larry Giroux | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.60 | 1 | 0.19 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Rob Plumb | LW | 5-8 | 166 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 | 1 | 0.19 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.00 | 28.6 | ||
| 26 | J.P. LeBlanc | C | 5-10 | 170 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Michel Bergeron | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.00 | 16.7 | ||
| 28 | Roland Cloutier | C | 5-8 | 157 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Fern LeBlanc | C | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 30 | John Hilworth | D | 6-4 | 205 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 31 | Rick Vasko | D | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Tim Sheehy | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.13 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 252 | 393 | 645 | 8.06 | 252 | 3.15 | 252 | 59 | 266 | 64 | -9 | 1518 | 183 | 59 | 10 | 32 | 2273 | 28.41 | 11.1 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Rutherford | G | 5-8 | 168 | 28 | 43 | 2468 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 44 | .537 | 1 | 134 | 3.26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Ron Low | G | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | 32 | 1816 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 27 | .450 | 1 | 102 | 3.37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Ed Giacomin | G | 5-11 | 180 | 38 | 9 | 516 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .389 | 0 | 27 | 3.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 263 | 3.29 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaclav Nedomansky | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Dale McCourt | C | 5-10 | 180 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.86 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Paul Woods | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Nick Libett | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Bill Lochead | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | Errol Thompson | LW | 5-9 | 185 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Thommie Bergman | D | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Andre St. Laurent | C | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Dennis Hextall | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | Reed Larson | D | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Al Cameron | D | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Dennis Polonich | C/RW | 5-6 | 166 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Terry Harper | D | 6-1 | 200 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | J.P. LeBlanc | C | 5-10 | 170 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Greg Joly | D | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Dennis Hull | LW | 5-11 | 198 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Jean Hamel | D | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Larry Giroux | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Rick Bowness | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 7 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 5.86 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Rutherford | G | 5-8 | 168 | 28 | 3 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Ron Low | G | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | 4 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 420 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 4.14 |