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1977-78 New England Whalers

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44-31-5 (93 points), Finished 2nd in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 335 goals, Allowed 269 goals, SRS: 0.73 (2nd of 10)
Coached by Harry Neale (44-31-5)

Playoffs:
Lost Avco Cup Finals (4-0) to Winnipeg Jets
Lost Semi-Finals (1-4) to Quebec Nordiques
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Edmonton Oilers

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
New England Whalers 80 44 31 5 93 .581 335 269 0.73 7.55 62 239 25.94 65 315 79.37 9 4
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 Gordie Howe RW 6-0 205 49 76 34 62 96 1.26 36 0.47 46 85 18 16 0 163 2.14 20.9
2 Mark Howe D 5-11 185 22 70 30 61 91 1.30 34 0.48 30 32 26 4 0 220 3.14 13.6
3 Mike Rogers C 5-9 170 23 80 28 43 71 0.89 27 0.34 22 46 23 4 1 204 2.55 13.7
4 Mike Antonovich C 5-8 165 26 75 32 35 67 0.89 27 0.36 17 32 27 5 0 243 3.24 13.2
5 Dave Keon C 5-9 165 37 77 24 38 62 0.81 24 0.31 -4 2 18 1 5 169 2.19 14.2
6 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 20 78 15 46 61 0.78 22 0.28 17 118 10 5 0 135 1.73 11.1
7 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 40 79 27 29 56 0.71 22 0.28 15 61 18 9 0 135 1.71 20.0
8 George Lyle LW 6-2 205 24 68 30 24 54 0.79 22 0.33 12 74 27 3 0 161 2.37 18.6
9 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 29 73 3 41 44 0.60 14 0.19 36 95 3 0 0 106 1.45 2.8
10 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 31 54 16 18 34 0.63 14 0.25 12 4 14 2 0 91 1.69 17.6
11 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 29 80 6 25 31 0.39 11 0.13 11 88 4 2 0 109 1.36 5.5
12 Al Hangsleben D 6-1 195 24 79 11 18 29 0.37 11 0.14 17 140 11 0 0 152 1.92 7.2
13 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 23 67 9 20 29 0.43 11 0.16 9 192 9 0 0 81 1.21 11.1
14 Greg Carroll C 6-0 185 21 48 9 14 23 0.48 9 0.18 3 27 7 0 2 70 1.46 12.9
15 Marty Howe D 6-1 195 23 75 10 10 20 0.27 8 0.11 10 66 9 1 0 146 1.95 6.8
16 Jim Mayer RW 6-0 190 23 51 11 9 20 0.39 8 0.16 1 21 10 1 0 57 1.12 19.3
17 Tom Webster RW 5-10 170 29 20 15 5 20 1.00 9 0.45 8 5 10 5 0 70 3.50 21.4
18 Tim Sheehy RW 6-1 185 29 25 8 11 19 0.76 7 0.29 -2 14 5 3 0 43 1.72 18.6
19 Bill Butters D 5-10 185 27 45 1 13 14 0.31 4 0.10 21 69 1 0 0 37 0.82 2.7
20 Steve Carlson C 6-3 180 22 38 6 7 13 0.34 5 0.14 7 11 4 1 1 41 1.08 14.6
21 Ron Plumb D 5-10 175 27 27 1 9 10 0.37 3 0.12 6 18 1 0 0 74 2.74 1.4
22 Danny Bolduc LW 5-9 180 24 41 5 5 10 0.24 4 0.10 6 22 5 0 0 37 0.90 13.5
23 Bryan Maxwell D 6-2 200 22 17 2 1 3 0.18 1 0.08 9 11 2 0 0 30 1.76 6.7
24 Andre Peloffy C 5-8 160 26 10 2 0 2 0.20 1 0.10 -2 2 2 0 0 6 0.60 33.3
Team Total 80 335 547 882 11.03 335 4.19 335 62 269 65 69 1241 264 62 9 2580 32.25 13.0

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 Al Smith G 6-1 200 32 55 3246 30 20 3 63 .594 2 174 3.22 1510 1336 .885 0 3 3 4
2 Jean-Louis Levasseur G 5-10 160 28 27 1655 14 11 2 30 .556 3 91 3.30 796 705 .886 0 0 0 2
Team Total 80 4901 44 31 5 5 265 3.24 2306 2041 .885

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 Antonovich C 5-8 165 26 14 10 7 17 1.21 1 4 1
2 Dave Keon C 5-9 165 37 14 5 11 16 1.14 2 4 1
3 Mark Howe D 5-11 185 22 14 8 7 15 1.07 0 18 0
4 John McKenzie RW 5-9 175 40 14 6 6 12 0.86 -2 16 1
5 Mike Rogers C 5-9 170 23 14 5 6 11 0.79 -2 8 0
6 Gordie Howe RW 6-0 205 49 14 5 5 10 0.71 0 15 2
7 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 31 14 5 4 9 0.64 -2 8 1
8 Rick Ley D 5-9 190 29 14 1 8 9 0.64 2 4 0
9 Steve Carlson C 6-3 180 22 13 2 7 9 0.69 4 2 0
10 Danny Bolduc LW 5-9 180 24 14 2 4 6 0.43 2 4 0
11 Ron Plumb D 5-10 175 27 14 1 5 6 0.43 2 16 1
12 Al Hangsleben D 6-1 195 24 14 1 4 5 0.36 2 37 0
13 Gordie Roberts D 6-1 195 20 14 0 5 5 0.36 1 29 0
14 Tim Sheehy RW 6-1 185 29 13 1 3 4 0.31 1 9 0
15 George Lyle LW 6-2 205 24 12 2 1 3 0.25 5 13 0
16 Brad Selwood D 6-1 200 29 14 0 3 3 0.21 4 8 0
17 Jack Carlson LW 6-3 205 23 9 1 1 2 0.22 4 14 0
18 Marty Howe D 6-1 195 23 14 1 1 2 0.14 -2 13 1
19 Andre Peloffy C 5-8 160 26 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0
Team Total 14 56 89 145 10.36 224 8

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 Jean-Louis Levasseur G 5-10 160 28 12 719 8 4 16 .667 0 31 2.59 0 1 1 2
2 Al Smith G 6-1 200 32 3 120 0 2 0 .000 0 14 7.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 839 8 6 0 45 3.22