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42-34-4 (88 points), Finished 3rd in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 296 goals, Allowed 302 goals, SRS: -0.07 (5th of 10)
Coached by Bill Dineen (42-34-4)
Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Quebec Nordiques
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Aeros | 80 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 88 | .550 | 296 | 302 | -0.07 | 7.48 | 56 | 270 | 20.74 | 77 | 366 | 78.96 | 6 | 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 |
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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 | Andre Lacroix | C | 5-8 | 175 | 32 | 78 | 36 | 77 | 113 | 1.45 | 40 | 0.52 | 8 | 57 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 193 | 2.47 | 18.7 | |||||||
| 2 | Morris Lukowich | LW | 5-9 | 170 | 21 | 80 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 0.94 | 30 | 0.38 | 13 | 131 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 199 | 2.49 | 20.1 | |||||||
| 3 | Terry Ruskowski | C | 5-10 | 178 | 23 | 78 | 15 | 57 | 72 | 0.92 | 24 | 0.31 | 13 | 170 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 1.85 | 10.4 | |||||||
| 4 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 20 | 65 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 0.98 | 23 | 0.36 | 13 | 103 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 146 | 2.25 | 15.8 | |||||||
| 5 | Don Larway | RW | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | 69 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 0.86 | 22 | 0.32 | 1 | 52 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 176 | 2.55 | 13.6 | |||||||
| 6 | John Gray | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 77 | 35 | 23 | 58 | 0.75 | 24 | 0.31 | 15 | 80 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 151 | 1.96 | 23.2 | |||||||
| 7 | Rich Preston | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | 73 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0.68 | 20 | 0.27 | 3 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 213 | 2.92 | 11.7 | |||||||
| 8 | Scott Campbell | D | 6-3 | 205 | 20 | 75 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 0.49 | 12 | 0.17 | 10 | 116 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 1.51 | 7.1 | |||||||
| 9 | Poul Popiel | D | 5-10 | 175 | 34 | 80 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 0.46 | 12 | 0.15 | -6 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 1.58 | 4.8 | |||||||
| 10 | Cam Connor | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 68 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 0.54 | 15 | 0.22 | 4 | 217 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 2.24 | 13.8 | |||||||
| 11 | Steve West | C | 5-8 | 150 | 25 | 71 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 0.45 | 12 | 0.16 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.85 | 18.3 | |||||||
| 12 | John Schella | D | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | 63 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 0.46 | 10 | 0.16 | -2 | 125 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 2.21 | 6.5 | |||||||
| 13 | John Hughes | D | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | 79 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 0.35 | 9 | 0.11 | 20 | 130 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 0.78 | 4.8 | |||||||
| 14 | Larry Lund | C | 6-0 | 190 | 37 | 76 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.34 | 9 | 0.12 | -22 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0.79 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 15 | Al McLeod | D | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | 80 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 0.30 | 7 | 0.09 | 18 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1.06 | 2.4 | |||||||
| 16 | Ron Hansis | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | 78 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 0.28 | 9 | 0.12 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 0.79 | 21.0 | |||||||
| 17 | Ted Taylor | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 35 | 54 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0.41 | 9 | 0.16 | 8 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 1.37 | 14.9 | |||||||
| 18 | Larry Hale | D | 6-1 | 180 | 36 | 56 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.07 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.29 | 12.5 | |||||||
| 19 | Frank Hughes | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.45 | 2 | 0.19 | -10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.64 | 10.3 | |||||||
| 20 | Cleland Mortson | RW | 5-10 | 165 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.05 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 21 | Glen Irwin | D | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 22 | John Mazur | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 296 | 512 | 808 | 10.10 | 296 | 3.70 | 296 | 56 | 302 | 77 | 15 | 1535 | 234 | 56 | 6 | 2202 | 27.53 | 13.4 |
| 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 | Ernie Wakely | G | 5-11 | 160 | 37 | 51 | 3070 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 60 | .600 | 2 | 166 | 3.24 | 1608 | 1442 | .897 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Lynn Zimmerman | G | 5-7 | 155 | 35 | 20 | 1166 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 20 | .526 | 0 | 84 | 4.32 | 641 | 557 | .869 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Wayne Rutledge | G | 6-2 | 200 | 36 | 12 | 634 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .364 | 0 | 47 | 4.45 | 360 | 313 | .869 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4870 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 297 | 3.66 | 2609 | 2312 | .886 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Lacroix | C | 5-8 | 175 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | John Tonelli | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.67 | -4 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | Ted Taylor | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.67 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Morris Lukowich | LW | 5-9 | 170 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.50 | -3 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | John Gray | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | Don Larway | RW | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.50 | -3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Terry Ruskowski | C | 5-10 | 178 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | -1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | Poul Popiel | D | 5-10 | 175 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | Paul Terbenche | D | 5-10 | 170 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | John Hughes | D | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | Larry Lund | C | 6-0 | 190 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | -1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | Scott Campbell | D | 6-3 | 205 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | -2 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
| 13 | Ron Hansis | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Steve West | C | 5-8 | 150 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | John Schella | D | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | -8 | 33 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | Cleland Mortson | RW | 5-10 | 165 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | Al McLeod | D | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | -9 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | Cam Connor | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 6 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 6.67 | 152 | 2 |
| 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 | Wayne Rutledge | G | 6-2 | 200 | 36 | 3 | 239 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 21 | 5.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Lynn Zimmerman | G | 5-7 | 155 | 35 | 4 | 131 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 8 | 3.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 370 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 4.70 |