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1977-78 Winnipeg Jets Schedule and Results

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Record: 50-28-2 (102 points), Finished 1st in WHA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Hillman (50-28-2)

1977-78 Avco Cup Champions

Goals For: 381 (1st of 10), Goals Against: 270 (4th of 10)
SRS: 1.22 (1st of 10), SOS: -0.16 (10th of 10)

Playoffs:
Won Avco Cup Finals (4-0) versus New England Whalers
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Birmingham Bulls


WHA Champions

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Fri, Apr 14, 1978 Birmingham Bulls W 9 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 16, 1978 Birmingham Bulls W 8 3 2 0 0 W 2
3 Wed, Apr 19, 1978 @ Birmingham Bulls L 2 3 2 1 0 L 1
4 Fri, Apr 21, 1978 @ Birmingham Bulls W 5 1 3 1 0 W 1
5 Sun, Apr 23, 1978 Birmingham Bulls W 5 2 4 1 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
6 Fri, May 12, 1978 @ New England Whalers W 4 1 5 1 0 W 3
7 Sun, May 14, 1978 @ New England Whalers W 5 2 6 1 0 W 4
8 Fri, May 19, 1978 New England Whalers W 10 2 7 1 0 W 5
9 Mon, May 22, 1978 New England Whalers W 5 3 8 1 0 W 6