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1977-78 Edmonton Oilers

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38-39-3 (79 points), Finished 5th in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 309 goals, Allowed 307 goals, SRS: 0.04 (3rd of 10)
Coached by Glen Sather (38-39-3)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New England Whalers

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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
Edmonton Oilers 80 38 39 3 79 .494 309 307 0.04 7.70 62 283 21.91 60 292 79.45 11 8
League Average 66 31 31 3 66 .500 257 257 0.00 7.84 64 287 22.42 65 291 77.78 9 10

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 Ron Chipperfield C 5-11 186 23 80 33 52 85 1.06 33 0.41 1 48 21 11 1 212 2.65 15.6
2 Bill Flett RW 6-1 205 34 74 41 28 69 0.93 29 0.39 9 34 32 8 1 224 3.03 18.3
3 Blair MacDonald RW 5-10 180 24 80 34 34 68 0.85 28 0.34 -12 11 23 7 4 237 2.96 14.3
4 Mike Zuke C 6-0 180 23 71 23 34 57 0.80 22 0.31 1 47 18 2 3 188 2.65 12.2
5 Al Hamilton D 6-1 195 31 59 11 43 54 0.92 19 0.32 24 46 5 6 0 183 3.10 6.0
6 Brett Callighen C 5-11 182 24 80 20 30 50 0.63 19 0.24 5 112 19 1 0 201 2.51 10.0
7 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 32 80 9 40 49 0.61 17 0.21 -9 100 6 3 0 169 2.11 5.3
8 Joe Micheletti D 6-0 185 23 56 14 34 48 0.86 18 0.31 8 56 11 3 0 141 2.52 9.9
9 Norm Ferguson RW 5-9 165 32 71 26 21 47 0.66 20 0.27 14 2 18 8 0 159 2.24 16.4
10 Juha Widing C 6-0 180 30 71 18 24 42 0.59 16 0.23 10 8 17 0 1 153 2.15 11.8
11 Pierre Guite LW 6-2 190 25 60 12 21 33 0.55 13 0.21 -7 71 10 2 0 118 1.97 10.2
12 Randy Rota C/LW 5-8 170 27 53 8 22 30 0.57 11 0.20 11 12 8 0 0 93 1.75 8.6
13 Dave Langevin D 6-2 200 23 62 6 22 28 0.45 10 0.16 11 90 5 1 0 132 2.13 4.5
14 Ron Busniuk RW 5-11 180 29 59 2 18 20 0.34 7 0.11 -8 157 2 0 0 69 1.17 2.9
15 Bryan Campbell C 6-0 173 33 53 7 13 20 0.38 8 0.14 -17 12 5 2 0 81 1.53 8.6
16 Pierre Jarry LW 5-11 190 28 18 4 10 14 0.78 5 0.28 -1 4 4 0 0 45 2.50 8.9
17 Ab DeMarco D 6-0 170 28 47 6 8 14 0.30 5 0.12 -7 20 3 3 0 101 2.15 5.9
18 Gary MacGregor C 5-9 170 23 37 11 2 13 0.35 6 0.17 -2 29 9 2 0 77 2.08 14.3
19 Dave Semenko LW 6-3 200 20 65 6 6 12 0.18 5 0.07 -4 140 6 0 0 47 0.72 12.8
20 Dennis Sobchuk C 6-2 176 24 13 6 3 9 0.69 4 0.30 -4 4 5 1 0 30 2.31 20.0
21 Warren Miller RW 6-0 180 24 18 2 4 6 0.33 2 0.12 1 18 2 0 0 28 1.56 7.1
22 Ken Baird D 6-0 190 26 6 2 4 6 1.00 2 0.37 0 2 2 0 0 10 1.67 20.0
23 Ray McKay D 6-4 183 31 14 1 4 5 0.36 2 0.12 3 4 1 0 0 20 1.43 5.0
24 Butch Deadmarsh LW 5-11 186 27 20 1 3 4 0.20 1 0.07 -1 32 1 0 0 27 1.35 3.7
25 Cal Sandbeck D 6-1 218 22 11 1 2 3 0.27 1 0.10 1 39 0 1 0 19 1.73 5.3
26 Jerry Holland LW 5-10 180 23 22 2 1 3 0.14 1 0.06 -1 14 1 1 0 28 1.27 7.1
27 Jim Troy RW 6-2 200 25 47 2 0 2 0.04 1 0.02 -11 124 2 0 0 19 0.40 10.5
28 Rick Morris LW 5-11 175 31 5 1 1 2 0.40 1 0.16 -7 7 0 0 1 4 0.80 25.0
29 Craig Topolnisky D 5-11 185 20 10 0 2 2 0.20 1 0.06 -1 4 0 0 0 16 1.60 0.0
30 Gerry Pinder LW 5-8 165 29 5 0 1 1 0.20 0 0.06 -1 0 0 0 0 4 0.80 0.0
31 Kevin Primeau RW 6-0 180 22 7 0 1 1 0.14 0 0.04 -1 2 0 0 0 7 1.00 0.0
32 Owen Lloyd D 5-11 195 20 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 0.10 -1 4 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
33 Dave Inkpen D 6-0 195 23 19 0 1 1 0.05 0 0.02 -6 16 0 0 0 7 0.37 0.0
34 Jim Cross LW 6-0 187 20 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
35 Dale McMullen LW 5-10 175 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0.0
36 Del Hall C 5-10 170 28 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
37 Chris Ahrens D 6-0 185 25 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -5 15 0 0 0 4 1.00 0.0
38 Bob Falkenberg D 6-0 185 32 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 80 309 499 808 10.10 309 3.86 309 62 307 60 0 1286 236 62 11 2859 35.74 10.8

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 Dave Dryden G 6-1 186 36 48 2578 21 23 2 44 .478 2 150 3.49 1239 1089 .879 0 1 1 0
2 Don McLeod G 6-0 190 31 33 1723 15 10 1 31 .596 2 102 3.55 750 648 .864 0 8 8 2
3 Ken Broderick G 5-10 178 35 9 497 2 5 0 4 .286 0 42 5.07 206 164 .796 0 0 0 0
4 Frank Turnbull G 5-8 155 25 1 60 0 1 0 0 .000 0 6 6.00 24 18 .750 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4858 38 39 3 4 300 3.71 2219 1919 .865

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 Mike Zuke C 6-0 180 23 5 2 3 5 1.00 -2 0 0
2 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 32 5 1 3 4 0.80 -3 11 0
3 Joe Micheletti D 6-0 185 23 5 0 2 2 0.40 0 4 0
4 Blair MacDonald RW 5-10 180 24 5 1 1 2 0.40 -2 0 0
5 Dave Langevin D 6-2 200 23 5 0 2 2 0.40 -4 10 0
6 Brett Callighen C 5-11 182 24 5 0 2 2 0.40 -1 16 0
7 Ron Chipperfield C 5-11 186 23 5 1 1 2 0.40 -1 0 0
8 Pierre Guite LW 6-2 190 25 5 1 1 2 0.40 -3 20 1
9 Randy Rota C/LW 5-8 170 27 5 1 1 2 0.40 -1 4 0
10 Dennis Sobchuk C 6-2 176 24 5 1 0 1 0.20 -2 4 0
11 Pierre Jarry LW 5-11 190 28 5 1 0 1 0.20 -3 4 0
12 Ray McKay D 6-4 183 31 4 0 1 1 0.25 -1 4 0
13 Juha Widing C 6-0 180 30 5 0 1 1 0.20 -4 0 0
14 Jim Troy RW 6-2 200 25 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
15 Dave Semenko LW 6-3 200 20 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 8 0
16 Cal Sandbeck D 6-1 218 22 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 10 0
17 Kevin Primeau RW 6-0 180 22 2 0 0 0 0.00 -2 2 0
18 Ab DeMarco D 6-0 170 28 1 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0
19 Norm Ferguson RW 5-9 165 32 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0
20 Ron Busniuk RW 5-11 180 29 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 18 0
Team Total 5 9 18 27 5.40 115 1

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 Don McLeod G 6-0 190 31 4 207 1 3 2 .250 1 16 4.64 0 0 0 0
2 Dave Dryden G 6-1 186 36 2 91 0 1 0 .000 0 6 3.96 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 298 1 4 1 22 4.43