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1977-78 Detroit Red Wings

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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

1977-78 Statistics / Games

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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Skaters Regular Season

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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

Goalies Regular Season

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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

Skaters Playoffs

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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

Goalies Playoffs

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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