1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season

1977–78 Birmingham Bulls

Division

6th WHA

1977–78 record

36–41–3

Goals for

287

Goals against

314

Team information

Coach

Glen Sonmor,
John F. Bassett

Team leaders

<1976–77

1978–79>

The 1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season was the Birmingham Bulls second season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The Bulls qualified for the playoffs, losing in the quarter-finals to the Winnipeg Jets.

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

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

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
Linseman, KenKen Linseman	C	71	38	38	76	126	6	5	4
Marrin, PeterPeter Marrin	C	80	28	43	71	53	9	7	1
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	RW	80	37	29	66	22	4	11	1
Napier, MarkMark Napier	RW	79	33	32	65	90	-11	14	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	80	9	35	44	48	12	3	0
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato	RW	77	18	25	43	59	-3	4	0
Gorman, DaveDave Gorman	RW	63	19	21	40	93	18	2	0
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart	C	48	13	26	39	52	13	2	1
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	72	14	24	38	22	-5	6	0
Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin	D	64	8	25	33	105	14	1	0
Noris, JoeJoe Noris	C/D	45	9	19	28	6	-9	0	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	53	8	20	28	91	7	0	0
Turkiewicz, JimJim Turkiewicz	D	78	3	21	24	45	10	0	0
Hanson, DaveDave Hanson	D	42	7	16	23	241	10	0	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	52	3	18	21	52	10	0	0
Alley, SteveSteve Alley	LW	27	8	12	20	11	17	1	0
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton	LW	56	6	9	15	279	-8	0	1
Stephenson, BobBob Stephenson	RW	39	7	6	13	33	-2	0	0
Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson	D	43	1	12	13	29	-6	0	0
Westrum, PatPat Westrum	D	77	2	10	12	97	-7	0	0
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	45	6	4	10	284	-12	1	0
Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy	RW	13	4	2	6	5	-14	2	0
Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky	RW	12	2	3	5	6	-9	1	0
Bilodeau, GillesGilles Bilodeau	LW	59	2	2	4	258	-14	0	0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans	D	12	1	2	3	4	-7	0	0
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	G	58	0	3	3	26	0	0	0
Wood, WayneWayne Wood	G	32	0	3	3	22	0	0	0
Terbenche, PaulPaul Terbenche	D	11	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Arndt, DannyDanny Arndt	LW	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	3306	58	24	31	1	210	3.81	2
Wood, WayneWayne Wood	1551	32	12	10	2	99	3.83	1
Team:	4857	80	36	41	3	309	3.82	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Linseman, KenKen Linseman	C	5	2	2	4	15	0
Marrin, PeterPeter Marrin	C	5	0	3	3	2	0
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton	LW	5	2	0	2	10	0
Gorman, DaveDave Gorman	RW	4	1	1	2	0	0
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson	RW	5	1	1	2	0	0
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich	LW	3	1	1	2	0	0
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart	C	5	1	1	2	6	1
Turkiewicz, JimJim Turkiewicz	D	5	1	1	2	0	0
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano	D	4	0	2	2	16	0
Napier, MarkMark Napier	RW	5	0	2	2	14	0
Alley, SteveSteve Alley	LW	5	1	0	1	5	0
Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin	D	5	1	0	1	46	0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto	RW	4	1	0	1	20	0
Hanson, DaveDave Hanson	D	5	0	1	1	48	0
Westrum, PatPat Westrum	D	3	0	1	1	2	0
Bilodeau, GillesGilles Bilodeau	LW	3	0	0	0	27	0
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato	RW	4	0	0	0	4	0
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	G	5	0	0	0	0	0
Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson	D	5	0	0	0	7	0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	D	5	0	0	0	12	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	4	0	0	0	9	0
Wood, WayneWayne Wood	G	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett	271	5	1	4	26	5.76
Wood, WayneWayne Wood	29	1	0	0	3	6.21
Team:	300	5	1	4	29	5.80

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

References

↑ "1977–78 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
↑ "1977-78 Birmingham Bulls Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

External links

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See also	Draft All-Star Game 1978 Stanley Cup Finals

1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Player stats

See also

References

External links