1977–78 St. Louis Blues season

The 1977–78 St. Louis Blues season was the eleventh for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to the season, the team's founders, Sid Salomon, Jr. and Sid Salomon III, sold the team to pet food giant Ralston Purina, and the St. Louis Arena became the Checkerdome. The Blues finished the season with a record of 20 wins, 47 losses and 13 ties for 53 points, and finished out of the playoffs for only the second time in team history.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	80	32	29	19	230	220	83
Colorado Rockies	80	19	40	21	257	305	59
Vancouver Canucks	80	20	43	17	239	320	57
St. Louis Blues	80	20	47	13	195	304	53
Minnesota North Stars	80	18	53	9	218	325	45

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 12, 1977	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	0–1–0
2	L	October 15, 1977	1–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	0–2–0
3	L	October 16, 1977	0–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	0–3–0
4	L	October 19, 1977	3–7	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	0–4–0
5	L	October 22, 1977	2–3	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	0–5–0
6	L	October 23, 1977	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	0–6–0
7	T	October 25, 1977	2–2	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	0–6–1
8	L	October 26, 1977	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	0–7–1
9	L	October 29, 1977	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	0–8–1
10	W	November 1, 1977	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	1–8–1
11	T	November 2, 1977	4–4	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	1–8–2
12	L	November 5, 1977	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	1–9–2
13	L	November 6, 1977	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	1–10–2
14	W	November 9, 1977	8–6	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	2–10–2
15	W	November 11, 1977	2–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	3–10–2
16	W	November 12, 1977	3–1	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	4–10–2
17	T	November 15, 1977	2–2	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	4–10–3
18	L	November 16, 1977	1–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	4–11–3
19	L	November 19, 1977	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	4–12–3
20	L	November 23, 1977	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	4–13–3
21	W	November 26, 1977	2–1	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	5–13–3
22	L	November 27, 1977	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	5–14–3
23	L	November 30, 1977	0–4	New York Rangers (1977–78)	5–15–3
24	L	December 3, 1977	2–7	New York Islanders (1977–78)	5–16–3
25	L	December 6, 1977	1–6	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	5–17–3
26	L	December 8, 1977	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	5–18–3
27	W	December 10, 1977	6–4	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	6–18–3
28	L	December 11, 1977	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	6–19–3
29	W	December 14, 1977	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	7–19–3
30	L	December 17, 1977	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	7–20–3
31	T	December 19, 1977	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	7–20–4
32	L	December 21, 1977	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	7–21–4
33	L	December 22, 1977	3–6	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	7–22–4
34	L	December 27, 1977	0–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	7–23–4
35	L	December 29, 1977	4–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	7–24–4
36	W	December 31, 1977	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	8–24–4
37	L	January 3, 1978	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	8–25–4
38	T	January 7, 1978	0–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	8–25–5
39	W	January 8, 1978	3–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	9–25–5
40	L	January 11, 1978	4–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	9–26–5
41	W	January 13, 1978	2–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	10–26–5
42	W	January 14, 1978	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	11–26–5
43	T	January 17, 1978	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	11–26–6
44	L	January 19, 1978	0–3	New York Islanders (1977–78)	11–27–6
45	L	January 21, 1978	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	11–28–6
46	L	January 22, 1978	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	11–29–6
47	L	January 26, 1978	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	11–30–6
48	L	January 28, 1978	3–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	11–31–6
49	L	February 1, 1978	3–5	Boston Bruins (1977–78)	11–32–6
50	T	February 4, 1978	2–2	New York Rangers (1977–78)	11–32–7
51	L	February 6, 1978	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	11–33–7
52	L	February 8, 1978	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78)	11–34–7
53	L	February 11, 1978	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	11–35–7
54	L	February 15, 1978	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78)	11–36–7
55	W	February 18, 1978	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	12–36–7
56	L	February 19, 1978	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78)	12–37–7
57	L	February 21, 1978	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	12–38–7
58	T	February 22, 1978	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78)	12–38–8
59	T	February 25, 1978	5–5	Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	12–38–9
60	W	February 26, 1978	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78)	13–38–9
61	W	February 28, 1978	7–1	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	14–38–9
62	W	March 1, 1978	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	15–38–9
63	T	March 4, 1978	3–3	Washington Capitals (1977–78)	15–38–10
64	L	March 5, 1978	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78)	15–39–10
65	L	March 7, 1978	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78)	15–40–10
66	L	March 9, 1978	3–6	New York Islanders (1977–78)	15–41–10
67	T	March 11, 1978	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	15–41–11
68	T	March 14, 1978	3–3	@ New York Islanders (1977–78)	15–41–12
69	L	March 15, 1978	2–6	Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	15–42–12
70	W	March 18, 1978	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	16–42–12
71	W	March 19, 1978	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78)	17–42–12
72	L	March 22, 1978	1–6	New York Rangers (1977–78)	17–43–12
73	L	March 23, 1978	3–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78)	17–44–12
74	T	March 25, 1978	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78)	17–44–13
75	L	March 27, 1978	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1977–78)	17–45–13
76	W	March 29, 1978	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	18–45–13
77	W	April 1, 1978	3–1	Cleveland Barons (1977–78)	19–45–13
78	L	April 4, 1978	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78)	19–46–13
79	W	April 5, 1978	3–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78)	20–46–13
80	L	April 8, 1978	2–5	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78)	20–47–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Unger, GarryGarry Unger	C	80	32	20	52	66	-35	10	0	5
Federko, BernieBernie Federko	C	72	17	24	41	27	-35	4	0	1
Hammarstrom, IngeInge Hammarstrom	LW	70	19	19	38	4	-21	3	0	2
Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	80	13	25	38	12	-20	0	1	2
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	C	80	17	17	34	29	-20	3	0	3
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	RW	60	14	16	30	10	-23	2	1	1
Bennett, CurtCurt Bennett	LW	50	7	17	24	54	-22	1	0	1
Sutter, BrianBrian Sutter	LW	78	9	13	22	123	-38	4	0	1
Larose, ClaudeClaude Larose	RW	69	8	13	21	20	-19	2	0	0
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	28	7	12	19	23	-11	3	0	0
Gibbs, BarryBarry Gibbs	D	51	6	12	18	45	-11	4	0	0
Affleck, BruceBruce Affleck	D	75	4	14	18	26	-56	0	0	1
Brownschidle, JackJack Brownschidle	D	40	2	15	17	23	-11	1	0	0
Redmond, DickDick Redmond	D	28	4	11	15	16	-14	2	0	0
Ogilvie, BrianBrian Ogilvie	C	32	6	8	14	12	-12	3	0	0
Roberts, JimJim Roberts	D/RW	75	4	10	14	39	-20	0	0	1
Hess, BobBob Hess	D	55	2	12	14	16	0	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	78	1	11	12	40	-48	0	0	0
Holt, GaryGary Holt	LW	49	7	4	11	81	-6	0	0	1
Bourbonnais, RickRick Bourbonnais	RW	31	3	7	10	11	-12	1	0	0
Komadoski, NeilNeil Komadoski	D	33	2	8	10	73	-29	0	0	0
Currie, TonyTony Currie	RW	22	4	5	9	4	-10	1	0	0
Richardson, KenKen Richardson	C	12	2	5	7	2	4	0	0	0
Smrke, JohnJohn Smrke	LW	18	2	4	6	11	-7	0	0	0
Frig, LenLen Frig	D	30	1	3	4	45	-13	0	0	1
Thomson, FloydFloyd Thomson	LW	6	1	1	2	4	-3	0	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	9	0	2	2	5	-6	0	0	0
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	G	44	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
Palazzari, DougDoug Palazzari	C	3	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Plager, BobBob Plager	D	18	0	0	0	4	-8	0	0	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Myre, PhilPhil Myre	2620	44	11	25	8	159	3.64	1
Johnston, EddieEddie Johnston	650	12	5	6	1	45	4.15	0
Grant, DougDoug Grant	500	9	3	3	2	24	2.88	0
Staniowski, EdEd Staniowski	886	17	1	10	2	57	3.86	0
Belanger, YvesYves Belanger	144	3	0	3	0	15	6.25	0
Team:	4800	80	20	47	13	300	3.75	1

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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;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1977-78 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"1977–78 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.

External links

St. Louis Blues

Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

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Adams	Boston Buffalo Cleveland Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game 1978 Stanley Cup Finals

1977–78 St. Louis Blues season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

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