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1977-78 Detroit Red Wings Statistics

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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) versus Montreal Canadiens
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) versus Atlanta Flames

1977-78 Detroit Red Wings:

Team Statistics

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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

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Dale McCourt C 5-10 180 21 76 33 39 72 10 10 20 10 3 5 219 15.1 108 42 71 15
2 Andre St. Laurent C 5-10 180 24 77 31 39 70 7 108 21 10 0 4 193 16.1 90 30 66 13
3 Reed Larson D 6-0 195 21 75 19 41 60 -8 95 11 7 1 4 240 7.9 132 45 131 36
4 Dennis Hextall LW 5-11 175 34 78 16 33 49 -5 195 12 2 2 3 89 18.0 61 11 89 34
5 Nick Libett LW 6-1 195 32 80 23 22 45 -3 46 21 1 1 1 155 14.8 63 10 77 21
6 Dan Maloney LW 6-2 195 27 66 16 29 45 4 151 13 3 0 1 165 9.7 74 23 48 1
7 Paul Woods LW 5-10 175 22 80 19 23 42 18 52 14 3 2 3 107 17.8 83 13 83 31
8 Bill Lochead LW 6-1 195 23 77 20 16 36 6 47 18 2 0 4 124 16.1 55 8 41 0
9 Dennis Polonich C/RW 5-6 166 24 79 16 19 35 -5 254 11 5 0 0 128 12.5 63 18 50 0
10 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 6-2 205 33 63 11 17 28 -17 2 6 5 0 1 107 10.3 39 19 37 0
11 Greg Joly D 6-1 190 23 79 7 20 27 -4 73 5 2 0 2 134 5.2 82 11 87 12
12 Perry Miller D 6-1 194 25 62 4 17 21 -5 120 3 0 1 1 122 3.3 77 11 95 24
13 Rick Bowness RW 6-1 185 23 61 8 11 19 -8 76 6 2 0 2 46 17.4 29 4 33 0
14 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 38 80 2 17 19 19 85 2 0 0 0 76 2.6 88 2 118 51
15 Dennis Hull LW 5-11 198 33 55 5 9 14 -20 6 3 2 0 1 72 6.9 22 8 34 0
16 Larry Wright C 6-2 180 26 66 3 6 9 -12 13 3 0 0 0 46 6.5 27 8 31 0
17 Al Cameron D 6-1 205 22 63 2 7 9 -12 94 1 1 0 0 71 2.8 35 3 44 0
18 Jean Hamel D 5-11 195 25 32 2 6 8 3 34 2 0 0 0 37 5.4 23 0 21 1
19 Thommie Bergman D 6-2 200 30 14 1 6 7 1 16 1 0 0 0 18 5.6 17 1 21 6
20 Errol Thompson LW 5-9 185 27 14 5 1 6 -4 2 4 1 0 0 27 18.5 12 6 10 0
21 Danny Grant RW 5-10 188 31 13 2 2 4 -2 6 1 1 0 0 9 22.2 7 4 5 0
22 Al McDonough RW 6-1 175 27 13 2 2 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 18 11.1 6 1 3 0
23 Bob Ritchie LW 5-10 170 22 11 2 2 4 -1 0 1 1 0 0 18 11.1 5 2 4 0
24 Rob Plumb LW 5-8 166 20 7 2 1 3 -4 0 1 1 0 0 7 28.6 4 2 7 1
25 Larry Giroux D 6-0 190 26 5 0 3 3 -5 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 5 2 8 0
26 J.P. LeBlanc C 5-10 170 31 3 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 3 1 2 1
27 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 28 43 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 Michel Bergeron RW 5-10 170 23 3 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 6 16.7 1 0 3 0
29 Ron Low G 6-1 205 27 32 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Roland Cloutier C 5-8 157 20 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 2 0
31 Ed Giacomin G 5-11 180 38 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 John Hilworth D 6-4 205 20 5 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
33 Fern LeBlanc C 5-9 170 22 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
34 Tim Sheehy RW 6-1 185 29 15 0 0 0 -13 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.0 4 2 15 0
35 Rick Vasko D 6-0 185 21 3 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 1 0 2 0
Team Total 80 252 393 645 -64 1518 183 59 10 32 2273 11.1 1221 287 1245 247

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 28 43 2468 20 17 4 134 3.26 1
2 Ron Low G 6-1 205 27 32 1816 9 12 9 102 3.37 1
3 Ed Giacomin G 5-11 180 38 9 516 3 5 1 27 3.14 0
Team Total 80 4800 32 34 14 263 3.29 2

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 6-2 205 33 7 3 5 8 0 2 1 0 0
2 Dale McCourt C 5-10 180 21 7 4 2 6 2 2 2 0 0
3 Paul Woods LW 5-10 175 22 7 0 5 5 4 0 0 0 0
4 Nick Libett LW 6-1 195 32 7 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 0
5 Bill Lochead LW 6-1 195 23 7 3 0 3 6 3 0 0 1
6 Errol Thompson LW 5-9 185 27 7 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
7 Dennis Hextall LW 5-11 175 34 7 1 1 2 10 0 0 1 1
8 Andre St. Laurent C 5-10 180 24 7 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
9 Thommie Bergman D 6-2 200 30 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
10 Reed Larson D 6-0 195 21 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
11 Dennis Polonich C/RW 5-6 166 24 7 1 0 1 19 1 0 0 0
12 Al Cameron D 6-1 205 22 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
13 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 38 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
14 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 28 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Rick Bowness RW 6-1 185 23 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
16 Larry Giroux D 6-0 190 26 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
17 Jean Hamel D 5-11 195 25 7 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
18 Dennis Hull LW 5-11 198 33 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
19 Greg Joly D 6-1 190 23 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
20 J.P. LeBlanc C 5-10 170 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Ron Low G 6-1 205 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 7 18 23 41 83 12 5 1 3

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 28 3 180 2 1 12 4.00 0
2 Ron Low G 6-1 205 27 4 240 1 3 17 4.25 0
Team Total 7 420 3 4 29 4.14 0