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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

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 12, 1977 @ Houston Aeros W 3 0 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 15, 1977 Birmingham Bulls W 5 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 16, 1977 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 2 6 2 1 0 L 1
4 Tue, Oct 18, 1977 @ Indianapolis Racers T 2 2 2 1 1 T 1
5 Wed, Oct 19, 1977 @ Edmonton Oilers W 6 3 3 1 1 W 1
6 Fri, Oct 21, 1977 @ Winnipeg Jets W 5 2 4 1 1 W 2
7 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 Quebec Nordiques W 7 1 5 1 1 W 3
8 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 Houston Aeros W 7 2 6 1 1 W 4
9 Tue, Nov 1, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 7 1 1 W 5
10 Fri, Nov 4, 1977 Cincinnati Stingers W 4 3 8 1 1 W 6
11 Sun, Nov 6, 1977 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 5 2 9 1 1 W 7
12 Tue, Nov 8, 1977 @ Birmingham Bulls W 4 3 10 1 1 W 8
13 Thu, Nov 10, 1977 Edmonton Oilers W 5 3 11 1 1 W 9
14 Sat, Nov 12, 1977 Indianapolis Racers W 5 3 12 1 1 W 10
15 Tue, Nov 15, 1977 @ Indianapolis Racers W 6 4 13 1 1 W 11
16 Fri, Nov 18, 1977 Winnipeg Jets W 3 2 14 1 1 W 12
17 Sun, Nov 20, 1977 @ Edmonton Oilers W OT 5 4 15 1 1 W 13
18 Tue, Nov 22, 1977 @ Quebec Nordiques L 4 5 15 2 1 L 1
19 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 Indianapolis Racers T 3 3 15 2 2 T 1
20 Fri, Nov 25, 1977 Quebec Nordiques L 2 6 15 3 2 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 26, 1977 Edmonton Oilers L 1 3 15 4 2 L 2
22 Wed, Nov 30, 1977 @ Houston Aeros T 3 3 15 4 3 T 1
23 Fri, Dec 2, 1977 Winnipeg Jets W 4 1 16 4 3 W 1
24 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 Cincinnati Stingers L 2 5 16 5 3 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 @ Indianapolis Racers L 2 5 16 6 3 L 2
26 Wed, Dec 7, 1977 @ Birmingham Bulls W 6 3 17 6 3 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 9, 1977 @ Birmingham Bulls W OT 2 1 18 6 3 W 2
28 Wed, Dec 14, 1977 Soviet All-Stars W 7 2 19 6 3 W 3
29 Fri, Dec 16, 1977 Czechoslovakia W 5 3 20 6 3 W 4
30 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 Winnipeg Jets L 3 6 20 7 3 L 1
31 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 7 20 8 3 L 2
32 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 Indianapolis Racers W 5 3 21 8 3 W 1
33 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 Birmingham Bulls W 8 1 22 8 3 W 2
34 Fri, Dec 30, 1977 Birmingham Bulls W 6 2 23 8 3 W 3
35 Sun, Jan 1, 1978 @ Cincinnati Stingers W OT 4 3 24 8 3 W 4
36 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 Quebec Nordiques L 4 6 24 9 3 L 1
37 Fri, Jan 6, 1978 @ Indianapolis Racers L 3 4 24 10 3 L 2
38 Sat, Jan 7, 1978 Cincinnati Stingers W 5 3 25 10 3 W 1
39 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 Birmingham Bulls L 4 5 25 11 3 L 1
40 Fri, Jan 13, 1978 Edmonton Oilers W 2 0 26 11 3 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 Houston Aeros L OT 4 5 26 12 3 L 1
42 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 @ Edmonton Oilers L 0 1 26 13 3 L 2
43 Fri, Jan 20, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets T 4 4 26 13 4 T 1
44 Sat, Jan 21, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques L 2 3 26 14 4 L 1
45 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 27 14 4 W 1
46 Wed, Jan 25, 1978 @ Cincinnati Stingers L OT 7 8 27 15 4 L 1
47 Fri, Jan 27, 1978 @ Birmingham Bulls W 6 2 28 15 4 W 1
48 Sat, Jan 28, 1978 @ Houston Aeros W 3 0 29 15 4 W 2
49 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 @ Houston Aeros L 4 6 29 16 4 L 1
50 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 Edmonton Oilers W 4 3 30 16 4 W 1
51 Fri, Feb 3, 1978 Edmonton Oilers L 3 6 30 17 4 L 1
52 Sat, Feb 4, 1978 @ Houston Aeros L 4 5 30 18 4 L 2
53 Sat, Feb 11, 1978 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 8 7 31 18 4 W 1
54 Tue, Feb 14, 1978 Quebec Nordiques W 5 1 32 18 4 W 2
55 Thu, Feb 16, 1978 Winnipeg Jets L OT 1 2 32 19 4 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 @ Indianapolis Racers W 4 1 33 19 4 W 1
57 Tue, Feb 21, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques L OT 5 6 33 20 4 L 1
58 Wed, Feb 22, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 4 33 21 4 L 2
59 Fri, Feb 24, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 7 33 22 4 L 3
60 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 @ Edmonton Oilers W 6 5 34 22 4 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 1, 1978 Quebec Nordiques L OT 3 4 34 23 4 L 1
62 Fri, Mar 3, 1978 Houston Aeros L OT 2 3 34 24 4 L 2
63 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 Birmingham Bulls L 2 5 34 25 4 L 3
64 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 2 34 26 4 L 4
65 Thu, Mar 9, 1978 @ Houston Aeros L 4 6 34 27 4 L 5
66 Fri, Mar 10, 1978 @ Birmingham Bulls W OT 5 4 35 27 4 W 1
67 Tue, Mar 14, 1978 Birmingham Bulls W 6 0 36 27 4 W 2
68 Wed, Mar 15, 1978 Indianapolis Racers W 7 0 37 27 4 W 3
69 Fri, Mar 17, 1978 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 6 2 38 27 4 W 4
70 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 5 38 28 4 L 1
71 Tue, Mar 21, 1978 Indianapolis Racers W 6 3 39 28 4 W 1
72 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 Winnipeg Jets L 3 5 39 29 4 L 1
73 Fri, Mar 24, 1978 Houston Aeros L 0 1 39 30 4 L 2
74 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 Edmonton Oilers W 5 3 40 30 4 W 1
75 Wed, Mar 29, 1978 Cincinnati Stingers W 6 1 41 30 4 W 2
76 Mon, Apr 3, 1978 Houston Aeros W 8 6 42 30 4 W 3
77 Wed, Apr 5, 1978 @ Edmonton Oilers T 4 4 42 30 5 T 1
78 Thu, Apr 6, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets L 4 7 42 31 5 L 1
79 Mon, Apr 10, 1978 Cincinnati Stingers W 6 1 43 31 5 W 1
80 Tue, Apr 11, 1978 Indianapolis Racers W 6 3 44 31 5 W 2

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 14, 1978 Edmonton Oilers W 6 4 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 16, 1978 Edmonton Oilers W 4 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Wed, Apr 19, 1978 @ Edmonton Oilers L 0 2 2 1 0 L 1
4 Fri, Apr 21, 1978 @ Edmonton Oilers W 9 1 3 1 0 W 1
5 Sun, Apr 23, 1978 Edmonton Oilers W 4 1 4 1 0 W 2
6 Fri, Apr 28, 1978 Quebec Nordiques W 5 1 5 1 0 W 3
7 Sun, Apr 30, 1978 Quebec Nordiques L 2 3 5 2 0 L 1
8 Wed, May 3, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques W 5 4 6 2 0 W 1
9 Fri, May 5, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques W 7 3 7 2 0 W 2
10 Sun, May 7, 1978 Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 8 2 0 W 3
11 Fri, May 12, 1978 Winnipeg Jets L 1 4 8 3 0 L 1
12 Sun, May 14, 1978 Winnipeg Jets L 2 5 8 4 0 L 2
13 Fri, May 19, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 10 8 5 0 L 3
14 Mon, May 22, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 5 8 6 0 L 4