1977–78 Birmingham Bulls säsong

1977–78 Birmingham Bulls
Division	6:e WHA
Rekord 1977–78	36–41–3
Mål för	287
Mål mot	314
Laginformation
Tränare	Glen Sonmor , John F. Bassett
Kapten	Dale Hoganson
Suppleant kaptener	Paul Henderson Brent Hughes
Lagledare
Mål	Ken Linseman 38
Assist	Peter Marrin 43
Poäng	Ken Linseman 76

säsongen 1977–78 var Birmingham Bulls andra säsong av drift i World Hockey Association . Bulls kvalificerade sig till slutspelet och förlorade i kvartsfinalen mot Winnipeg Jets .

Vanlig säsong

Slutställning

Obs: W = Vinster, L = Förluster, T = Oavgjort, GF= Mål för, GA = Mål mot, Pts = Poäng

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 Eros	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
Sovjetiska All-Stars	3	4	1	7	27	36	120
Tjeckoslovakien All-Stars	1	6	1	3	21	40	87

Spellogg

Ordinarie säsongsschema
Nej.	R	Datum	Göra	Motståndare	Spela in
1	W	14 oktober 1977	5–3	Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	1–0–0
2	L	15 oktober 1977	2–5	@ New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	1–1–0
3	L	22 oktober 1977	5–8	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	1–2–0
4	L	23 oktober 1977	3–10	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	1–3–0
5	L	25 oktober 1977	4–5	Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	1–4–0
6	L	28 oktober 1977	2–3	Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	1–5–0
7	L	29 oktober 1977	2–6	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	1–6–0
8	L	2 november 1977	3–5	@ Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	1–7–0
9	L	4 november 1977	2–4	Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	1–8–0
10	W	5 november 1977	5–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	2–8–0
11	L	8 november 1977	3–4	New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	2–9–0
12	L	9 november 1977	1–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	2–10–0
13	T	12 november 1977	1–1	Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	2–10–1
14	T	16 november 1977	2–2	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	2–10–2
15	W	18 november 1977	2–1	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	3–10–2
16	W	19 november 1977	4–3	Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	4–10–2
17	L	23 november 1977	0–3	@ Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	4–11–2
18	W	24 november 1977	12–2	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	5–11–2
19	L	26 november 1977	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	5–12–2
20	W	27 november 1977	4–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	6–12–2
21	L	30 november 1977	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	6–13–2
22	W	2 december 1977	7–5	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	7–13–2
23	W	4 december 1977	3–0	Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	8–13–2
24	L	7 december 1977	3–6	New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	8–14–2
25	L	9 december 1977	1–2 OT	New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	8–15–2
26	W	13 december 1977	5–3	@ Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	9–15–2
27	W	15 december 1977	5–3	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	10–15–2
28	W	18 december 1977	3–2	Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	11–15–2
29	W	21 december 1977	5–0	Tjeckoslovakien (1977–78)	12–15–2
30	W	26 december 1977	6–1	Sovjetiska All-Stars (1977–78)	13–15–2
31	L	27 december 1977	1–8	@ New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	13–16–2
32	W	29 december 1977	7–1	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	14–16–2
33	L	30 december 1977	2–6	@ New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	14–17–2
34	L	1 januari 1978	2–5	Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	14–18–2
35	L	4 januari 1978	1–4	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	14–19–2
36	W	6 januari 1978	6–4	Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	15–19–2
37	W	8 januari 1978	5–4	@ New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	16–19–2
38	L	10 januari 1978	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	16–20–2
39	L	11 januari 1978	2–11	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	16–21–2
40	W	14 januari 1978	4–3	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	17–21–2
41	W	18 januari 1978	3–0	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	18–21–2
42	W	20 januari 1978	5–3	Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	19–21–2
43	L	22 januari 1978	2–4	@ Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	19–22–2
44	W	25 januari 1978	6–2	Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	20–22–2
45	L	27 januari 1978	2–6	New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	20–23–2
46	W	28 januari 1978	8–5	Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	21–23–2
47	L	31 januari 1978	2–4	Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	21–24–2
48	L	2 februari 1978	2–4	Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	21–25–2
49	W	4 februari 1978	5–2	Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	22–25–2
50	L	5 februari 1978	1–6	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	22–26–2
51	L	7 februari 1978	3–8	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	22–27–2
52	L	8 februari 1978	0–9	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	22–28–2
53	L	12 februari 1978	0–7	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	22–29–2
54	L	14 februari 1978	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	22–30–2
55	W	16 februari 1978	5–2	@ Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	23–30–2
56	W	17 februari 1978	5–4 OT	Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	24–30–2
57	L	18 februari 1978	2–3	Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	24–31–2
58	L	19 februari 1978	3–4 OT	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	24–32–2
59	W	23 februari 1978	7–3	Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	25–32–2
60	W	25 februari 1978	7–3	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	26–32–2
61	L	26 februari 1978	3–6	Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	26–33–2
62	W	1 mars 1978	4–3	Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	27–33–2
63	W	4 mars 1978	5–2	@ New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	28–33–2
64	L	5 mars 1978	3–4	Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	28–34–2
65	W	9 mars 1978	9–2	Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	29–34–2
66	L	10 mars 1978	4–5 OT	New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	29–35–2
67	L	12 mars 1978	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	29–36–2
68	L	14 mars 1978	0–6	@ New England Whalers ( 1977–78 )	29–37–2
69	L	15 mars 1978	2–7	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	29–38–2
70	W	17 mars 1978	3–2	@ Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	30–38–2
71	T	19 mars 1978	3–3	Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	30–38–3
72	W	21 mars 1978	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	31–38–3
73	W	22 mars 1978	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	32–38–3
74	L	24 mars 1978	3–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques ( 1977–78 )	32–39–3
75	L	25 mars 1978	1–3	Winnipeg Jets ( 1977–78 )	32–40–3
76	W	31 mars 1978	5–2	Edmonton Oilers ( 1977–78 )	33–40–3
77	W	1 april 1978	5–1	Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	34–40–3
78	L	5 april 1978	4–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers ( 1977–78 )	34–41–3
79	W	7 april 1978	5–3	Houston Eros ( 1977–78 )	35–41–3
80	W	9 april 1978	9–7	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1977–78 )	36–41–3

Slutspel

Winnipeg Jets 4, Birmingham Bulls 1 – Kvartsfinal

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	14 april	Birmingham Bulls	3–9	Winnipeg Jets	1–0
2	16 april	Birmingham Bulls	3–8	Winnipeg Jets	2–0
3	19 april	Winnipeg Jets	2–3	Birmingham Bulls	2–1
4	21 april	Winnipeg Jets	5–1	Birmingham Bulls	3–1
5	23 april	Birmingham Bulls	2–5	Winnipeg Jets	4–1

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ken Linseman C 71 38 38 76 126 6 5 4 0 Peter Marrin C 80 28 43 71 53 9 7 1 0 Paul Henderson RW 80 37 29 66 22 4 11 1 0 Mark Napier RW 79 33 32 65 90 −11 14 0 0 Brent Hughes D 80 9 35 44 48 12 3 0 0 Tony Cassolato RW 77 18 25 43 59 −3 4 0 0 Dave Gorman RW 63 19 21 40 93 18 2 0 0 John Stewart C 48 13 26 39 52 13 2 1 0 Frank Mahovlich LW 72 14 24 38 22 −5 6 0 0 Serge Beaudoin D 64 8 25 33 105 14 1 0 0 Joe Noris CD 45 9 19 28 6 −9 0 0 0 Phil Roberto RW 53 8 20 28 91 7 0 0 0 Jim Turkiewicz D 78 3 21 24 45 10 0 0 0 Dave Hanson D 42 7 16 23 241 10 0 0 0 Rod Langway D 52 3 18 21 52 10 0 0 0 Steve Alley LW 27 8 12 20 11 17 1 0 0 Frank Beaton LW 56 6 9 15 279 −8 0 1 0 Bob Stephenson RW 39 7 6 13 33 −2 0 0 0 Dale Hoganson D 43 1 12 13 29 −6 0 0 0 Pat Westrum D 77 2 10 12 97 −7 0 0 0 Steve Durbano D 45 6 4 10 284 −12 1 0 0 Tim Sheehy RW 13 4 2 6 5 −14 2 0 0 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 12 2 3 5 6 −9 1 0 0 Gilles Bilodeau LW 59 2 2 4 258 −14 0 0 0 Chris Evans D 12 1 2 3 4 −7 0 0 0 John Garrett G 58 0 3 3 26 0 0 0 0 Wayne Wood G 32 0 3 3 22 0 0 0 0 Paul Terbenche D 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Danny Arndt LW 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA SÅ John Garrett 3306 58 24 31 1 210 3,81 2 Wayne Wood 1551 32 12 10 2 99 3,83 1 Team: 4857 80 36 41 3 309 3,82 3

Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Ken Linseman C 5 2 2 4 15 0 0 0 Peter Marrin C 5 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 Frank Beaton LW 5 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 Dave Gorman RW 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Paul Henderson RW 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Frank Mahovlich LW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 John Stewart C 5 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 Jim Turkiewicz D 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Steve Durbano D 4 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 Mark Napier RW 5 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 Steve Alley LW 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 Serge Beaudoin D 5 1 0 1 46 0 0 0 Phil Roberto RW 4 1 0 1 20 0 0 0 Dave Hanson D 5 0 1 1 48 0 0 0 Pat Westrum D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Gilles Bilodeau LW 3 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 Tony Cassolato RW 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 John Garrett G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dale Hoganson D 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 Brent Hughes D 5 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 Rod Langway D 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 Wayne Wood G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA SÅ John Garrett 271 5 1 4 26 5,76 0 Wayne Wood 29 1 0 0 3 6.21 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 29 5,80 0

Obs: Pos = Position; GP = Spelade spel; G = Mål; A = Assist; Pts = Poäng; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Straffminuter; PPG = Power-play-mål; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Matchvinnande mål MIN = Spelade minuter; W = Vinster; L = Förluster; T = Slipsar; GA = Mål-mot; GAA = Mål-mot snitt; SO = Avstängningar;

Utkastval

Birminghams draftval vid WHA Amateur Draft 1977 .

Runda	#	Spelare	Nationalitet	College/junior/klubblag (ligan)
1	6	Rod Langway (D)	Förenta staterna	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
2	12	Brad Maxwell (D)	Kanada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	22	Mark Johnson (F)	Förenta staterna	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
4	31	Norm Dupont (LW)	Kanada	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
5	40	Steve Baker (G)	Förenta staterna	Union College (ECAC-2)
6	49	Greg Tebbutt (D)	Kanada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
7	58	Bob Suter (D)	Förenta staterna	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
8	67	Curt Christopherson (D)	Förenta staterna	Colorado College (WCHA)
9	75	Jean Savard (F)	Kanada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
10	83	Ken Linseman (F)	Kanada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)

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