1977–78 Winnipeg Jets season

1977–78 Winnipeg Jets
Avco Cup Champions
Division 1st WHA
1977–78 record 50–28–2
Goals for 381
Goals against 270
Team information
General Manager Rudy Pilous
Coach Larry Hillman
Captain Lars-Erik Sjoberg
Team leaders
<1976–77 1978–79>

The 1977–78 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets sixth season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets, finalists in 1977, qualified first for the playoffs and the championship against the New England Whalers in the Final. It was the Jets' second Avco Cup win.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

WHA Team W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Winnipeg Jets 50 28 2 102 381 270 988
New England Whalers 44 31 5 93 335 269 1255
Houston Aeros 42 34 4 88 296 302 1543
Quebec Nordiques 40 37 3 83 349 347 1185
Edmonton Oilers 38 39 3 79 309 307 1296
Birmingham Bulls 36 41 3 75 287 314 2177
Cincinnati Stingers 35 42 3 73 298 332 1701
Indianapolis Racers 24 51 5 53 267 353 1189
Soviet All-Stars 3 4 1 7 27 36 120
Czechoslovakia All-Stars 1 6 1 3 21 40 87

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 12, 1977 7–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 1–0–0
2 W October 13, 1977 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 2–0–0
3 W October 15, 1977 5–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 3–0–0
4 W October 16, 1977 9–1 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 4–0–0
5 L October 21, 1977 2–5 New England Whalers (1977–78) 4–1–0
6 W October 23, 1977 10–3 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 5–1–0
7 L October 26, 1977 3–5 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 5–2–0
8 W October 28, 1977 3–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 6–2–0
9 W October 30, 1977 5–2 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 7–2–0
10 W November 2, 1977 6–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 8–2–0
11 W November 4, 1977 4–2 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 9–2–0
12 W November 5, 1977 6–1 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 10–2–0
13 W November 9, 1977 4–3 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 11–2–0
14 L November 11, 1977 2–3 OT Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 11–3–0
15 L November 13, 1977 2–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 11–4–0
16 L November 15, 1977 6–7 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 11–5–0
17 T November 16, 1977 2–2 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 11–5–1
18 L November 18, 1977 2–3 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 11–6–1
19 W November 19, 1977 6–4 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 12–6–1
20 L November 22, 1977 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 12–7–1
21 L November 27, 1977 3–4 OT Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 12–8–1
22 L December 2, 1977 1–4 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 12–9–1
23 L December 3, 1977 5–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 12–10–1
24 L December 4, 1977 2–3 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 12–11–1
25 W December 7, 1977 5–2 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 13–11–1
26 L December 9, 1977 3–4 OT Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 13–12–1
27 W December 11, 1977 7–1 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 14–12–1
28 W December 13, 1977 5–1 Czechoslovakia (1977–78) 15–12–1
29 W December 17, 1977 6–3 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 16–12–1
30 W December 18, 1977 7–3 New England Whalers (1977–78) 17–12–1
31 W December 20, 1977 6–4 Soviet All-Stars (1977–78) 18–12–1
32 W December 21, 1977 4–3 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 19–12–1
33 W December 23, 1977 6–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 20–12–1
34 W December 26, 1977 9–4 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 21–12–1
35 W January 6, 1978 4–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 22–12–1
36 W January 8, 1978 4–2 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 23–12–1
37 W January 11, 1978 11–2 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 24–12–1
38 L January 13, 1978 2–3 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 24–13–1
39 W January 14, 1978 6–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 25–13–1
40 L January 15, 1978 3–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 25–14–1
41 W January 18, 1978 5–1 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 26–14–1
42 T January 20, 1978 4–4 New England Whalers (1977–78) 26–14–2
43 L January 22, 1978 4–5 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 26–15–2
44 L January 25, 1978 2–6 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 26–16–2
45 L January 26, 1978 1–2 OT @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 26–17–2
46 L January 28, 1978 5–8 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 26–18–2
47 W January 29, 1978 8–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 27–18–2
48 W January 31, 1978 7–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 28–18–2
49 W February 4, 1978 7–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 29–18–2
50 W February 5, 1978 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 30–18–2
51 W February 8, 1978 9–0 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 31–18–2
52 W February 10, 1978 10–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 32–18–2
53 W February 11, 1978 5–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 33–18–2
54 W February 12, 1978 6–5 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 34–18–2
55 W February 15, 1978 6–5 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 35–18–2
56 W February 16, 1978 2–1 OT @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 36–18–2
57 W February 18, 1978 4–0 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 37–18–2
58 W February 19, 1978 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 38–18–2
59 W February 22, 1978 4–2 New England Whalers (1977–78) 39–18–2
60 W February 24, 1978 7–2 New England Whalers (1977–78) 40–18–2
61 W February 26, 1978 9–6 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 41–18–2
62 L March 1, 1978 3–4 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 41–19–2
63 L March 3, 1978 1–5 Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 41–20–2
64 L March 4, 1978 6–8 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 41–21–2
65 L March 5, 1978 3–4 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 41–22–2
66 W March 9, 1978 6–5 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 42–22–2
67 W March 11, 1978 7–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 43–22–2
68 W March 12, 1978 3–2 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 44–22–2
69 W March 15, 1978 8–4 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 45–22–2
70 L March 17, 1978 2–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 45–23–2
71 W March 19, 1978 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 46–23–2
72 W March 22, 1978 5–3 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 47–23–2
73 W March 25, 1978 3–1 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 48–23–2
74 L March 28, 1978 3–5 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 48–24–2
75 W March 30, 1978 4–1 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 49–24–2
76 L April 1, 1978 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 49–25–2
77 L April 4, 1978 3–6 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 49–26–2
78 W April 6, 1978 7–4 New England Whalers (1977–78) 50–26–2
79 L April 7, 1978 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 50–27–2
80 L April 9, 1978 4–5 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 50–28–2

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson C 73 37 89 126 89 41 7 3
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg RW 77 63 59 122 60 60 17 6
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull LW 77 46 71 117 23 55 10 0
Nilsson, KentKent Nilsson C 80 42 65 107 8 27 18 0
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom RW 77 30 30 60 42 4 7 0
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan C 77 16 39 55 43 -12 3 1
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg D 78 11 39 50 72 60 0 1
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon LW 77 20 22 42 18 -1 0 4
Kryskow, DaveDave Kryskow LW 71 20 21 41 16 12 3 0
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten LW 47 18 16 34 30 7 5 0
Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman D 62 5 28 33 43 22 0 0
Powis, LynnLynn Powis C 55 12 19 31 16 2 2 0
Long, BarryBarry Long D 78 7 24 31 42 10 1 1
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk LW 80 9 18 27 48 -4 0 0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn D 66 6 20 26 79 20 1 0
Green, TedTed Green D 73 4 22 26 52 19 2 0
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat LW 57 9 16 25 39 -6 0 0
Baird, KenKen Baird D 49 14 7 21 29 5 2 0
Ruhnke, KentKent Ruhnke RW 21 8 9 17 2 9 0 0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson D 52 2 7 9 203 6 0 0
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung D 19 1 4 5 2 17 0 0
Amodeo, MikeMike Amodeo D 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley G 37 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley G 39 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Davis, BillBill Davis D 12 0 0 0 2 -9 0 0
Ford, MikeMike Ford D 3 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0
Huck, FranFran Huck C 5 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley 2252 39 25 12 1 124 3.30 1
Daley, JoeJoe Daley 2075 37 21 11 1 114 3.30 1
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson 511 10 4 5 0 30 3.52 0
Team: 4838 80 50 28 2 268 3.32 2

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg RW 9 9 6 15 2 1
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson C 9 1 13 14 12 0
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon LW 9 8 5 13 5 2
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat LW 9 5 7 12 9 0
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull LW 9 8 3 11 12 2
Nilsson, KentKent Nilsson C 9 2 8 10 10 0
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg D 9 0 9 9 4 0
Kryskow, DaveDave Kryskow LW 9 4 4 8 2 1
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom RW 8 3 4 7 17 0
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan C 9 3 4 7 4 1
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk LW 9 2 5 7 12 0
Long, BarryBarry Long D 9 0 5 5 6 0
Amodeo, MikeMike Amodeo D 7 1 3 4 19 0
Baird, KenKen Baird D 7 0 4 4 7 0
Powis, LynnLynn Powis C 3 2 1 3 7 0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn D 9 1 2 3 0 0
Ruhnke, KentKent Ruhnke RW 5 2 0 2 0 1
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten LW 4 1 1 2 8 0
Green, TedTed Green D 8 0 2 2 2 0
Ford, MikeMike Ford D 2 1 0 1 0 0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson D 9 0 1 1 61 0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley G 5 0 1 1 20 0
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley G 5 0 0 0 2 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley 268 5 4 0 7 1.57 0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley 271 5 4 1 13 2.88 0
Team: 539 9 8 1 20 2.23 0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1977-78 Winnipeg Jets Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WNJ/1978.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 

External links

Franchise
Avco World Trophy finals
Won: 1976 • 1978 • 1979 • Lost: 1973 • 1977
Division championships
WHA: 1972–73 • 1975–76 • 1977–78 • NHL: None
Arena
See also
Winnipeg Jets (current)
WHA
1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79
NHL
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