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Record: 44-31-5 (93 points), Finished 2nd in WHA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Harry Neale (44-31-5)
Goals For: 335 (3rd of 10), Goals Against: 269 (3rd of 10)
SRS: 0.73 (2nd of 10), SOS: -0.10 (9th of 10)
Playoffs:
Lost Avco Cup Finals (4-0) versus Winnipeg Jets
Lost Semi-Finals (1-4) versus Quebec Nordiques
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Edmonton Oilers
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | SOS | TG/G | PP | PPO | PP% | PPA | PPOA | PK% | SH | SHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Whalers | 80 | 44 | 31 | 5 | 93 | .581 | 335 | 269 | 0.73 | -0.10 | 7.55 | 62 | 239 | 25.94 | 65 | 315 | 79.37 | 9 | 4 |
| League Average | 66 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 66 | .500 | 257 | 257 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.84 | 64 | 287 | 22.42 | 65 | 291 | 77.78 | 9 | 10 |
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | Ht | Wt | S/C | Exp | Birth Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Antonovich | 26 | 5-8 | 165 | L/- | 5 | October 18, 1951 | 32 G, 35 A, 67 P | ||
| Danny Bolduc | 24 | 5-9 | 180 | L/- | 2 | April 6, 1953 | 5 G, 5 A, 10 P | ||
| Bill Butters | 27 | 5-10 | 185 | R/- | 3 | January 10, 1951 | 1 G, 13 A, 14 P | ||
| Jack Carlson | 23 | 6-3 | 205 | L/- | 3 | August 23, 1954 | 9 G, 20 A, 29 P | ||
| Steve Carlson | 22 | 6-3 | 180 | L/- | 2 | August 26, 1955 | 6 G, 7 A, 13 P | ||
| Greg Carroll | 21 | 6-0 | 185 | L/- | 1 | November 10, 1956 | 9 G, 14 A, 23 P | ||
| Al Hangsleben | 24 | 6-1 | 195 | L/- | 3 | February 22, 1953 | 11 G, 18 A, 29 P | ||
| Gordie Howe | 49 | 6-0 | 205 | R/- | 4 | March 31, 1928 | 34 G, 62 A, 96 P | ||
| Mark Howe | 22 | 5-11 | 185 | L/- | 4 | May 28, 1955 | 30 G, 61 A, 91 P | ||
| Marty Howe | 23 | 6-1 | 195 | L/- | 4 | February 18, 1954 | 10 G, 10 A, 20 P | ||
| Dave Keon | 37 | 5-9 | 165 | L/- | 2 | March 22, 1940 | 24 G, 38 A, 62 P | ||
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | 28 | 5-10 | 160 | -/L | 2 | June 16, 1949 | , 3.30 GAA | ||
| Rick Ley | 29 | 5-9 | 190 | L/- | 5 | November 2, 1948 | 3 G, 41 A, 44 P | ||
| George Lyle | 24 | 6-2 | 205 | L/- | 1 | November 24, 1953 | 30 G, 24 A, 54 P | ||
| Bryan Maxwell | 22 | 6-2 | 200 | L/- | 2 | September 7, 1955 | 2 G, 1 A, 3 P | ||
| Jim Mayer | 23 | 6-0 | 190 | R/- | 1 | October 30, 1954 | 11 G, 9 A, 20 P | ||
| John McKenzie | 40 | 5-9 | 175 | R/- | 5 | December 12, 1937 | 27 G, 29 A, 56 P | ||
| Andre Peloffy | 26 | 5-8 | 160 | L/- | R | February 25, 1951 | 2 G, 0 A, 2 P | ||
| Larry Pleau | 31 | 6-1 | 190 | L/- | 5 | January 29, 1947 | 16 G, 18 A, 34 P | ||
| Ron Plumb | 27 | 5-10 | 175 | L/- | 5 | July 17, 1950 | 1 G, 9 A, 10 P | ||
| Gordie Roberts | 20 | 6-1 | 195 | L/- | 2 | October 2, 1957 | 15 G, 46 A, 61 P | ||
| Mike Rogers | 23 | 5-9 | 170 | L/- | 3 | October 24, 1954 | 28 G, 43 A, 71 P | ||
| Brad Selwood | 29 | 6-1 | 200 | L/- | 5 | March 18, 1948 | 6 G, 25 A, 31 P | ||
| Tim Sheehy | 29 | 6-1 | 185 | R/- | 5 | September 3, 1948 | 8 G, 11 A, 19 P | ||
| Al Smith | 32 | 6-1 | 200 | -/L | 3 | November 10, 1945 | , 3.22 GAA | ||
| Tom Webster | 29 | 5-10 | 170 | R/- | 5 | October 4, 1948 | 15 G, 5 A, 20 P |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordie Howe | 49 | 76 | 34 | 62 | 96 | 36 | 46 | 85 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 163 | 20.9 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Mark Howe | 22 | 70 | 30 | 61 | 91 | 33 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 220 | 13.6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Mike Rogers | 23 | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 27 | 22 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 13.7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Mike Antonovich | 26 | 75 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 27 | 17 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 243 | 13.2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Dave Keon | 37 | 77 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 24 | -4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 169 | 14.2 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Gordie Roberts | 20 | 78 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 21 | 17 | 118 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 11.1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | John McKenzie | 40 | 79 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 23 | 15 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 20.0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | George Lyle | 24 | 68 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 23 | 12 | 74 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 18.6 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Rick Ley | 29 | 73 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 13 | 36 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 2.8 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Larry Pleau | 31 | 54 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 17.6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Brad Selwood | 29 | 80 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 5.5 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Al Hangsleben | 24 | 79 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 140 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 7.2 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Jack Carlson | 23 | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 192 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Greg Carroll | 21 | 48 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 12.9 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Tom Webster | 29 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 21.4 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Jim Mayer | 23 | 51 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 19.3 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Marty Howe | 23 | 75 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 6.8 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Tim Sheehy | 29 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | -2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Bill Butters | 27 | 45 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Steve Carlson | 22 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 14.6 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Danny Bolduc | 24 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Ron Plumb | 27 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Bryan Maxwell | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Al Smith | 32 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Andre Peloffy | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Jean-Louis Levasseur | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 335 | 547 | 882 | 307 | 1241 | 264 | 62 | 9 | 2580 | 13.0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Louis Levasseur | 28 | 27 | 91 | 796 | 705 | .886 | 3.30 | 3 | 1655 | |||||
| 2 | Al Smith | 32 | 55 | 174 | 1510 | 1336 | .885 | 3.22 | 2 | 3246 | |||||
| Team Total | 265 | 2306 | 2041 | .885 | 3.24 | 5 | 4901 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Antonovich | 26 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Dave Keon | 37 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Marty Howe | 23 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | John McKenzie | 40 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mike Rogers | 23 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Gordie Howe | 49 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Larry Pleau | 31 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Steve Carlson | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Rick Ley | 29 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Danny Bolduc | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Rob Plumb | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Al Hangsleben | 24 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Gord Roberts | 86 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Tim Sheehy | 29 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | George Lyle | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Brad Selwood | 29 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Jack Carlson | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Mark Howe | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Andre Peloffy | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Alex Smith | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 56 | 89 | 145 | 21 | 224 | 8 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Age | GP | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Smith | 75 | 3 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 120 | |||||||
| Team Total | 45 | 3.22 | 0 | 839 |