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1977-78 Houston Aeros

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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

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
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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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