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1977-78 New England Whalers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 44-31-5 (93 points), Finished 2nd in WHA (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harry Neale (44-31-5)

Captain:

Goals For: 335 (3rd of 10), Goals Against: 269 (3rd of 10)
SRS: 0.73 (2nd of 10), SOS: -0.10 (9th of 10)

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

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 12, NEW at HSA
2. Oct 15, NEW vs. BRB
3. Oct 16, NEW at CNS
4. Oct 18, NEW at INR
5. Oct 19, NEW at EDO
6. Oct 21, NEW at WNJ
7. Oct 26, NEW vs. QBN
8. Oct 29, NEW vs. HSA

9. Nov 1, NEW at QBN
10. Nov 4, NEW vs. CNS
11. Nov 6, NEW at CNS
12. Nov 8, NEW at BRB
13. Nov 10, NEW vs. EDO
14. Nov 12, NEW vs. INR
15. Nov 15, NEW at INR
16. Nov 18, NEW vs. WNJ
17. Nov 20, NEW at EDO
18. Nov 22, NEW at QBN
19. Nov 23, NEW vs. INR
20. Nov 25, NEW vs. QBN
21. Nov 26, NEW vs. EDO
22. Nov 30, NEW at HSA

23. Dec 2, NEW vs. WNJ
24. Dec 3, NEW vs. CNS
25. Dec 6, NEW at INR
26. Dec 7, NEW at BRB
27. Dec 9, NEW at BRB
28. Dec 14, NEW vs. SVT
29. Dec 16, NEW vs. CZC
30. Dec 17, NEW vs. WNJ
31. Dec 18, NEW at WNJ
32. Dec 23, NEW vs. INR
33. Dec 27, NEW vs. BRB
34. Dec 30, NEW vs. BRB

35. Jan 1, NEW at CNS
36. Jan 4, NEW vs. QBN
37. Jan 6, NEW at INR
38. Jan 7, NEW vs. CNS
39. Jan 8, NEW vs. BRB
40. Jan 13, NEW vs. EDO
41. Jan 14, NEW vs. HSA
42. Jan 18, NEW at EDO
43. Jan 20, NEW at WNJ
44. Jan 21, NEW at QBN
45. Jan 22, NEW vs. QBN
46. Jan 25, NEW at CNS
47. Jan 27, NEW at BRB
48. Jan 28, NEW at HSA
49. Jan 29, NEW at HSA

50. Feb 1, NEW vs. EDO
51. Feb 3, NEW vs. EDO
52. Feb 4, NEW at HSA
53. Feb 11, NEW at CNS
54. Feb 14, NEW vs. QBN
55. Feb 16, NEW vs. WNJ
56. Feb 18, NEW at INR
57. Feb 21, NEW at QBN
58. Feb 22, NEW at WNJ
59. Feb 24, NEW at WNJ
60. Feb 26, NEW at EDO

61. Mar 1, NEW vs. QBN
62. Mar 3, NEW vs. HSA
63. Mar 4, NEW vs. BRB
64. Mar 5, NEW at QBN
65. Mar 9, NEW at HSA
66. Mar 10, NEW at BRB
67. Mar 14, NEW vs. BRB
68. Mar 15, NEW vs. INR
69. Mar 17, NEW at CNS
70. Mar 18, NEW at QBN
71. Mar 21, NEW vs. INR
72. Mar 22, NEW vs. WNJ
73. Mar 24, NEW vs. HSA
74. Mar 26, NEW vs. EDO
75. Mar 29, NEW vs. CNS

76. Apr 3, NEW vs. HSA
77. Apr 5, NEW at EDO
78. Apr 6, NEW at WNJ
79. Apr 10, NEW vs. CNS
80. Apr 11, NEW vs. INR

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
	Mike Antonovich	us	C	26	5-8	165	L/-	5	October 18, 1951
	Danny Bolduc	us	RW	24	5-9	180	L/-	2	April 6, 1953
	Bill Butters	us	D	27	5-10	185	R/-	3	January 10, 1951
	Jack Carlson	us	LW	23	6-3	205	L/-	3	August 23, 1954
	Steve Carlson	us	C	22	6-3	180	L/-	2	August 26, 1955
	Greg Carroll	ca	C	21	6-0	185	L/-	1	November 10, 1956
	Al Hangsleben	us	D	24	6-1	195	L/-	3	February 22, 1953
	Gordie Howe	ca	RW	49	6-0	205	R/-	4	March 31, 1928
	Mark Howe	us	LW	22	5-11	185	L/-	4	May 28, 1955
	Marty Howe	us	D	23	6-1	195	L/-	4	February 18, 1954
	Dave Keon	ca	C	37	5-9	165	L/-	2	March 22, 1940
	Jean-Louis Levasseur	ca	G	28	5-10	160	-/L	2	June 16, 1949
	Rick Ley	ca	D	29	5-9	190	L/-	5	November 2, 1948
	George Lyle	ca	LW	24	6-2	205	L/-	1	November 24, 1953
	Bryan Maxwell	ca	D	22	6-2	200	L/-	2	September 7, 1955
	Jim Mayer	ca	D	23	6-0	190	R/-	1	October 30, 1954
	John McKenzie	ca	RW	40	5-9	175	R/-	5	December 12, 1937
	André Peloffy	fr	C	26	5-8	160	L/-	R	February 25, 1951
	Larry Pleau	us	LW	31	6-1	190	L/-	5	January 29, 1947
	Ron Plumb	ca	D	27	5-10	175	R/-	5	July 17, 1950
	Gordie Roberts	us	D	20	6-1	195	L/-	2	October 2, 1957
	Mike Rogers	ca	C	23	5-9	170	L/-	3	October 24, 1954
	Brad Selwood	ca	D	29	6-1	200	L/-	5	March 18, 1948
	Tim Sheehy	ca	RW	29	6-1	185	R/-	5	September 3, 1948
	Al Smith	ca	G	32	6-1	200	-/L	3	November 10, 1945
	Tom Webster	ca	RW	29	5-10	170	R/-	5	October 4, 1948

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					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

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
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

Scoring Playoffs

Goalies Playoffs

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