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18-53-9 (45 points), Finished 5th in NHL Smythe Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 218 goals, Allowed 325 goals, SRS: -1.31 (16th of 18)
Coached by Ted Harris (5-12-2), Andre Beaulieu (6-23-3), Lou Nanne (7-18-4)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 45 | .281 | 218 | 325 | -1.31 | 6.79 | 49 | 328 | 14.94 | 61 | 218 | 72.02 | 3 | 10 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 80 | .500 | 264 | 264 | 0.00 | 6.59 | 54 | 255 | 21.15 | 54 | 255 | 78.85 | 6 | 6 |
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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 | Roland Eriksson | C | 6-3 | 190 | 23 | 78 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 0.77 | 22 | 0.29 | 85 | 30 | 91 | 7 | -29 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 257 | 3.29 | 8.2 | ||
| 2 | Tim Young | C | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | 78 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 0.74 | 22 | 0.28 | 78 | 23 | 92 | 0 | -37 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 217 | 2.78 | 10.6 | ||
| 3 | Per-Olov Brasar | LW | 5-8 | 172 | 27 | 77 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 0.74 | 21 | 0.28 | 81 | 30 | 86 | 28 | -7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 170 | 2.21 | 11.8 | ||
| 4 | Glen Sharpley | C | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | 79 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 0.70 | 21 | 0.27 | 76 | 24 | 107 | 22 | -33 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 215 | 2.72 | 10.2 | ||
| 5 | Brad Maxwell | D | 6-2 | 195 | 20 | 75 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 0.63 | 18 | 0.24 | 110 | 42 | 131 | 6 | -57 | 100 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 2.79 | 8.6 | ||
| 6 | Kent-Erik Andersson | RW | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | 73 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 0.45 | 13 | 0.18 | 48 | 12 | 71 | 18 | -17 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 1.66 | 12.4 | ||
| 7 | Ron Zanussi | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | 68 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 0.47 | 13 | 0.19 | 51 | 13 | 60 | 2 | -20 | 89 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 1.43 | 15.5 | ||
| 8 | Steve Jensen | LW | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | 74 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 0.41 | 12 | 0.16 | 47 | 5 | 80 | 8 | -30 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 1.78 | 9.8 | ||
| 9 | Dean Talafous | RW | 6-4 | 180 | 24 | 75 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 0.39 | 11 | 0.15 | 51 | 13 | 55 | 1 | -16 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 1.07 | 16.3 | ||
| 10 | Pierre Jarry | LW | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.74 | 10 | 0.28 | 32 | 10 | 31 | 0 | -9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 2.20 | 11.7 | ||
| 11 | Nick Beverley | D | 6-2 | 185 | 30 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.37 | 8 | 0.14 | 52 | 5 | 69 | 21 | -1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 1.53 | 8.0 | ||
| 12 | Harvey Bennett | C | 6-4 | 215 | 25 | 64 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.13 | 27 | 5 | 54 | 0 | -32 | 91 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1.05 | 16.4 | ||
| 13 | Jim Roberts | LW | 6-1 | 198 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0.43 | 6 | 0.15 | 36 | 11 | 43 | 4 | -14 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1.79 | 5.3 | ||
| 14 | Tom Younghans | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | 72 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0.25 | 7 | 0.10 | 29 | 2 | 57 | 20 | -10 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0.99 | 14.1 | ||
| 15 | Alex Pirus | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | 61 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.25 | 6 | 0.10 | 28 | 3 | 50 | 0 | -25 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 1.46 | 10.1 | ||
| 16 | Fred Barrett | D | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | 79 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0.19 | 5 | 0.06 | 65 | 1 | 140 | 41 | -35 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 1.10 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Doug Hicks | D | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.06 | 48 | 7 | 74 | 5 | -28 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 1.33 | 2.5 | ||
| 18 | Tom Reid | D | 6-1 | 200 | 31 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.19 | 2 | 0.06 | 24 | 1 | 66 | 17 | -26 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0.72 | 3.8 | ||
| 19 | Bryan Maxwell | D | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.39 | 3 | 0.14 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1.83 | 6.1 | ||
| 20 | Jerry Engele | D | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.12 | 2 | 0.04 | 37 | 1 | 51 | 5 | -10 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0.85 | 2.3 | ||
| 21 | Bill Hogaboam | C | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.38 | 1 | 0.14 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | -5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.75 | 16.7 | ||
| 22 | Dennis O'Brien | D | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.05 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 4 | -5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.62 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Bill Fairbairn | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.05 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Bill Butters | D | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.02 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 9 | -3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.78 | 5.6 | ||
| 25 | Lou Nanne | D/RW | 6-1 | 185 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.01 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 7 | -14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.85 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Jim Boo | D | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Jamie Gallimore | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 28 | Don Jackson | D | 6-3 | 210 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Dean Magee | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.57 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Chris Ahrens | D | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 218 | 358 | 576 | 7.20 | 218 | 2.73 | 218 | 49 | 325 | 61 | -95 | 1078 | 166 | 49 | 3 | 18 | 2305 | 28.81 | 9.5 |
| 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 | Pete LoPresti | G | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 53 | 3065 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 30 | .283 | 2 | 216 | 4.23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Paul Harrison | G | 6-1 | 196 | 22 | 27 | 1555 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 14 | .292 | 1 | 99 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Gary Smith | G | 6-4 | 215 | 33 | 3 | 180 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 324 | 4.05 |