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50-28-2 (102 points), Finished 1st in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
1977-78 Avco Cup Champions
Scored 381 goals, Allowed 270 goals, SRS: 1.22 (1st of 10)
Coached by Larry Hillman (50-28-2)
Playoffs:
Won Avco Cup Finals (4-0) over New England Whalers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Birmingham Bulls
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 50 | 28 | 2 | 102 | .638 | 381 | 270 | 1.22 | 8.14 | 78 | 330 | 23.64 | 44 | 233 | 81.12 | 16 | 10 |
| League Average | 66 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 66 | .500 | 257 | 257 | 0.00 | 7.84 | 64 | 287 | 22.42 | 65 | 291 | 77.78 | 9 | 10 |
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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 | Ulf Nilsson | C | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | 73 | 37 | 89 | 126 | 1.73 | 45 | 0.62 | 41 | 89 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 180 | 2.47 | 20.6 | |||||||
| 2 | Anders Hedberg | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | 77 | 63 | 59 | 122 | 1.58 | 49 | 0.64 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 290 | 3.77 | 21.7 | |||||||
| 3 | Bobby Hull | LW | 5-10 | 195 | 39 | 77 | 46 | 71 | 117 | 1.52 | 45 | 0.58 | 55 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 257 | 3.34 | 17.9 | |||||||
| 4 | Kent Nilsson | C | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 80 | 42 | 65 | 107 | 1.34 | 41 | 0.51 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 212 | 2.65 | 19.8 | |||||||
| 5 | Willy Lindstrom | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 77 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 0.78 | 24 | 0.31 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 151 | 1.96 | 19.9 | |||||||
| 6 | Peter Sullivan | C | 5-9 | 165 | 26 | 77 | 16 | 39 | 55 | 0.71 | 20 | 0.26 | -12 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 130 | 1.69 | 12.3 | |||||||
| 7 | Lars-Erik Sjoberg | D | 5-8 | 179 | 33 | 78 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 0.64 | 17 | 0.22 | 60 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 1.71 | 8.3 | |||||||
| 8 | Bobby Guindon | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 0.55 | 17 | 0.22 | -1 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 1.65 | 15.7 | |||||||
| 9 | Dave Kryskow | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | 71 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 0.58 | 16 | 0.23 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 1.45 | 19.4 | |||||||
| 10 | Dan Labraaten | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 47 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 0.72 | 14 | 0.29 | 7 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 1.72 | 22.2 | |||||||
| 11 | Thommie Bergman | D | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | 62 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 0.53 | 11 | 0.18 | 22 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 2.24 | 3.6 | |||||||
| 12 | Barry Long | D | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | 78 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 0.40 | 11 | 0.14 | 10 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 2.04 | 4.4 | |||||||
| 13 | Lynn Powis | C | 6-0 | 175 | 28 | 55 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 0.56 | 12 | 0.21 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 1.24 | 17.6 | |||||||
| 14 | Bill Lesuk | LW | 5-9 | 187 | 31 | 80 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0.34 | 10 | 0.12 | -4 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1.06 | 10.6 | |||||||
| 15 | Ted Green | D | 5-10 | 200 | 37 | 73 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.12 | 19 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 1.21 | 4.5 | |||||||
| 16 | Dave Dunn | D | 6-2 | 202 | 29 | 66 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 0.39 | 9 | 0.14 | 20 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 0.80 | 11.3 | |||||||
| 17 | Lyle Moffat | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | 57 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 0.44 | 9 | 0.16 | -6 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1.02 | 15.5 | |||||||
| 18 | Ken Baird | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0.43 | 9 | 0.19 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 1.35 | 21.2 | |||||||
| 19 | Kent Ruhnke | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.81 | 7 | 0.32 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.24 | 30.8 | |||||||
| 20 | Kim Clackson | D | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | 52 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.17 | 3 | 0.06 | 6 | 203 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0.81 | 4.8 | |||||||
| 21 | Larry Hornung | D | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.26 | 2 | 0.09 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.68 | 7.7 | |||||||
| 22 | Mike Amodeo | D | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 | 25.0 | |||||||
| 23 | Mike Ford | D | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.00 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 24 | Bill Davis | D | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.75 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 25 | Fran Huck | C | 5-7 | 165 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 381 | 629 | 1010 | 12.63 | 381 | 4.76 | 381 | 78 | 270 | 44 | 77 | 966 | 287 | 78 | 16 | 2484 | 31.05 | 15.3 |
| 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 | Gary Bromley | G | 5-10 | 160 | 28 | 39 | 2252 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 51 | .671 | 1 | 124 | 3.30 | 1090 | 966 | .886 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Joe Daley | G | 5-10 | 170 | 34 | 37 | 2075 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 43 | .652 | 1 | 114 | 3.30 | 971 | 857 | .883 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Markus Mattsson | G | 6-0 | 180 | 20 | 10 | 511 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .444 | 0 | 30 | 3.52 | 257 | 227 | .883 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4838 | 50 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 268 | 3.32 | 2318 | 2050 | .884 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anders Hedberg | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1.67 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Ulf Nilsson | C | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1.56 | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | Bobby Guindon | LW | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1.44 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 4 | Lyle Moffat | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.33 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Bobby Hull | LW | 5-10 | 195 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1.22 | 5 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||
| 6 | Kent Nilsson | C | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1.11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Lars-Erik Sjoberg | D | 5-8 | 179 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | Dave Kryskow | LW | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.89 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Willy Lindstrom | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.88 | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | Bill Lesuk | LW | 5-9 | 187 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.78 | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | Peter Sullivan | C | 5-9 | 165 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.78 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 12 | Barry Long | D | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.56 | 11 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | Ken Baird | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Mike Amodeo | D | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | -2 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | Dave Dunn | D | 6-2 | 202 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | Lynn Powis | C | 6-0 | 175 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | Kent Ruhnke | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | -2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Dan Labraaten | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | Ted Green | D | 5-10 | 200 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | Mike Ford | D | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | Kim Clackson | D | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 6 | 61 | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 9 | 53 | 88 | 141 | 15.67 | 221 | 8 |
| 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 | Gary Bromley | G | 5-10 | 160 | 28 | 5 | 268 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 0 | 7 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Joe Daley | G | 5-10 | 170 | 34 | 5 | 271 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .800 | 0 | 13 | 2.88 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 539 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2.23 |