1978 WHA Quarter-Finals
New England Whalers defeat Edmonton Oilers 4-1
W-L: 38-39-3, .494
SRS: 0.04 (3rd of 10)
Goals: 309 (4th of 10)
Goals Against: 307 (6th of 10)
W-L: 44-31-5, .581
SRS: 0.73 (2nd of 10)
Goals: 335 (3rd of 10)
Goals Against: 269 (3rd of 10)
| Game 1, April 14 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Game 2, April 16 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Game 3, April 19 | ||
| New England Whalers | 0 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 2 | |
| Game 4, April 21 | ||
| New England Whalers | 9 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | |
| Game 5, April 23 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
1977-78 Regular Season Stats
| Wednesday, Oct 19, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 6 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | |
| Thursday, Nov 10, 1977 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Sunday, Nov 20, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 5 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | OT |
| Saturday, Nov 26, 1977 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 1 | |
| Friday, Jan 13, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 0 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 18, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 0 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | |
| Wednesday, Feb 1, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Friday, Feb 3, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 6 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Sunday, Feb 26, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 6 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 5 | |
| Sunday, Mar 26, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Wednesday, Apr 5, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |
EDO Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Ron Chipperfield | 23 | C | 80 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 1 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 212 | 15.6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Bill Flett | 34 | RW | 74 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 224 | 18.3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Blair MacDonald | 24 | RW | 80 | 34 | 34 | 68 | -12 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 237 | 14.3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Mike Zuke | 23 | C | 71 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 188 | 12.2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Al Hamilton | 31 | D | 59 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 183 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Brett Callighen | 24 | C | 80 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 112 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Paul Shmyr | 32 | D | 80 | 9 | 40 | 49 | -9 | 100 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| 8 | Joe Micheletti | 23 | D | 56 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 8 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 141 | 9.9 | |||||||||
| 9 | Norm Ferguson | 32 | RW | 71 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 159 | 16.4 | |||||||||
| 10 | Juha Widing | 30 | C | 71 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 11.8 | |||||||||
| 11 | Pierre Guite | 25 | LW | 60 | 12 | 21 | 33 | -7 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 10.2 | |||||||||
| 12 | Randy Rota | 27 | LW | 53 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 8.6 | |||||||||
| 13 | Dave Langevin | 23 | D | 62 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 4.5 | |||||||||
| 14 | Bryan Campbell | 33 | C | 53 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 8.6 | |||||||||
| 15 | Ron Busniuk | 29 | D | 59 | 2 | 18 | 20 | -8 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 | |||||||||
| 16 | Ab DeMarco | 28 | D | 47 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 5.9 | |||||||||
| 17 | Pierre Jarry | 28 | LW | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 | |||||||||
| 18 | Gary MacGregor | 23 | C | 37 | 11 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 14.3 | |||||||||
| 19 | Dave Semenko | 20 | LW | 65 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 140 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12.8 | |||||||||
| 20 | Dennis Sobchuk | 24 | C | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Don McLeod | 31 | G | 33 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1723 | 52:13 | |||||||
| 22 | Ken Baird | 26 | LW | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Warren Miller | 23 | RW | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 | |||||||||
| 24 | Ray McKay | 31 | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Butch Deadmarsh | 27 | LW | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | |||||||||
| 26 | Jerry Holland | 23 | LW | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 | |||||||||
| 27 | Cal Sandbeck | 22 | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| 28 | Jim Troy | 25 | RW | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -11 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |||||||||
| 29 | Rick Morris | 31 | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Craig Topolnisky | 20 | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Dave Dryden | 36 | G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2578 | 53:43 | ||||||||
| 32 | Dave Inkpen | 23 | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Owen Lloyd | 20 | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Gerry Pinder | 29 | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Kevin Primeau | 22 | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Chris Ahrens | 25 | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Ken Broderick | 35 | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497 | 55:13 | ||||||||
| 38 | Jim Cross | 20 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Bob Falkenberg | 32 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Del Hall | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Dale McMullin | 22 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Frank Turnbull | 25 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60:00 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 309 | 499 | 808 | -11 | 1286 | 236 | 62 | 11 | 2859 | 10.8 | ||||||||||||
EDO Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Dave Dryden | 36 | 48 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 150 | 3.49 | 2 | 2578 | 98 | 3.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Don McLeod | 31 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 102 | 3.55 | 2 | 1723 | 110 | -8.9 | |||||||
| 3 | Ken Broderick | 35 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 5.07 | 0 | 497 | |||||||||
| 4 | Frank Turnbull | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 38 | 39 | 3 | 300 | 3.71 | 4 | 4858 | ||||||||||||
NEW Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Gordie Howe* | 49 | RW | 76 | 34 | 62 | 96 | 46 | 85 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 163 | 20.9 | |||||||||
| 2 | Mark Howe* | 22 | LW | 70 | 30 | 61 | 91 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 220 | 13.6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mike Rogers | 23 | C | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 22 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 13.7 | |||||||||
| 4 | Mike Antonovich | 26 | C | 75 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 17 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 243 | 13.2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Dave Keon* | 37 | C | 77 | 24 | 38 | 62 | -4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 169 | 14.2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Gordie Roberts | 20 | D | 78 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 17 | 118 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 11.1 | |||||||||
| 7 | John McKenzie | 40 | RW | 79 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 15 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| 8 | George Lyle | 24 | LW | 68 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 12 | 74 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 9 | Rick Ley | 29 | D | 73 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 36 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| 10 | Larry Pleau | 31 | LW | 54 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| 11 | Brad Selwood | 29 | D | 80 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| 12 | Al Hangsleben | 24 | D | 79 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 140 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jack Carlson | 23 | LW | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 192 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 | |||||||||
| 14 | Greg Carroll | 21 | C | 48 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 12.9 | |||||||||
| 15 | Tom Webster | 29 | RW | 20 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 21.4 | |||||||||
| 16 | Jim Mayer | 23 | D | 51 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 19.3 | |||||||||
| 17 | Marty Howe | 23 | D | 75 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 6.8 | |||||||||
| 18 | Tim Sheehy | 29 | RW | 25 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 19 | Bill Butters | 27 | D | 45 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 | |||||||||
| 20 | Steve Carlson | 22 | C | 38 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 14.6 | |||||||||
| 21 | Danny Bolduc | 24 | RW | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ron Plumb | 27 | D | 27 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 | |||||||||
| 23 | Bryan Maxwell | 22 | D | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 24 | Al Smith | 32 | G | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3246 | 59:01 | ||||||||
| 25 | André Peloffy | 26 | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |||||||||
| 26 | Jean-Louis Levasseur | 28 | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655 | 61:18 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 335 | 547 | 882 | 307 | 1241 | 264 | 62 | 9 | 2580 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||
NEW Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Al Smith | 32 | 55 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 174 | 3.22 | 2 | 3246 | 93 | 13.5 | |||||||
| 2 | Jean-Louis Levasseur | 28 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 91 | 3.30 | 3 | 1655 | 92 | 7.8 | |||||||
| Team Total | 44 | 31 | 5 | 265 | 3.24 | 5 | 4901 | ||||||||||||
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