1977–78 Edmonton Oilers säsong

1977–78 Edmonton Oilers
Division 5:e WHA
Rekord 1977–78 38–39–3
Hemmarekord 24–15–2
Vägrekord 14–24–1
Mål för 309 (4:a)
Mål mot 307 (4:a)
Laginformation
General manager Brian Conacher
Tränare Glen Sather
Kapten Paul Shmyr
Suppleant kaptener

Norm Ferguson Bill Flett Al Hamilton
Arena Northlands Colosseum
Lagledare
Mål Bill Flett (41)
Assist Ron Chipperfield (52)
Poäng Ron Chipperfield (85)
Straffminuter Ron Busniuk (157)
Plus minus Al Hamilton (+24)
Vinner Dave Dryden (21)
Mål mot snitt Dave Dryden (3,49)

säsongen 1977–78 var Oilers sjätte säsong. Oilers placerade sig på femte plats för att kvalificera sig till slutspelet och förlorade i den första omgången.

Lågsäsongen

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


Schema och resultat

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

Slutspel

New England Whalers 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 – Preliminär omgång

# Datum Besökare Göra Hem Spela in
1 14 april Edmonton 4–6 Nya England 0–1
2 16 april Edmonton 1–4 Nya England 0–2
3 19 april Nya England 0–2 Edmonton 1–2
4 21 april Nya England 9–1 Edmonton 1–3
5 23 april Edmonton 1–4 Nya England 1–4

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ron Chipperfield C 80 33 52 85 48 1 11 1 0
Bill Flett RW 74 41 28 69 34 9 8 1 0
Blair MacDonald RW 80 34 34 68 11 −12 7 4 0
Mike Zuke C 71 23 34 57 47 1 2 3 0
Al Hamilton D 59 11 43 54 46 24 6 0 0
Brett Callighen C 80 20 30 50 112 5 1 0 0
Paul Shmyr D 80 9 40 49 100 −9 3 0 0
Joe Micheletti D 56 14 34 48 56 8 3 0 0
Norm Ferguson RW 71 26 21 47 2 14 8 0 0
Juha Widing C 71 18 24 42 8 10 0 1 0
Pierre Guite LW 60 12 21 33 71 −7 2 0 0
Randy Rota C/LW 53 8 22 30 12 11 0 0 0
Dave Langevin D 62 6 22 28 90 11 1 0 0
Bryan Campbell C 53 7 13 20 12 −17 2 0 0
Ron Busniuk RW 59 2 18 20 157 −8 0 0 0
Ab DeMarco D 47 6 8 14 20 −7 3 0 0
Pierre Jarry LW 18 4 10 14 4 −1 0 0 0
Gary MacGregor C 37 11 2 13 29 −2 2 0 0
Dave Semenko LW 65 6 6 12 140 −4 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk C 13 6 3 9 4 −4 1 0 0
Don McLeod G 33 0 8 8 2 0 0 0 0
Ken Baird D 6 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0
Warren Miller RW 18 2 4 6 18 1 0 0 0
Ray McKay D 14 1 4 5 4 3 0 0 0
Butch Deadmarsh LW 20 1 3 4 32 −1 0 0 0
Jerry Holland LW 22 2 1 3 14 −1 1 0 0
Cal Sandbeck D 11 1 2 3 39 1 1 0 0
Jim Troy RW 47 2 0 2 124 −11 0 0 0
Rick Morris LW 5 1 1 2 7 −7 0 1 0
Craig Topolnisky D 10 0 2 2 4 −1 0 0 0
Dave Dryden G 48 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Inkpen D 19 0 1 1 16 −6 0 0 0
Owen Lloyd D 3 0 1 1 4 −1 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder LW 5 0 1 1 0 −1 0 0 0
Kevin Primeau RW 7 0 1 1 2 −1 0 0 0
Chris Ahrens D 4 0 0 0 15 −5 0 0 0
Ken Broderick G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Cross LW 2 0 0 0 0 −3 0 0 0
Bob Falkenberg D 2 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0
Del Hall C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale McMullen LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Turnbull G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA
Dave Dryden 2578 48 21 23 2 150 3,49 2
Don McLeod 1723 33 15 10 1 102 3,55 2
Ken Broderick 497 9 2 5 0 42 5.07 0
Frank Turnbull 60 1 0 1 0 6 6.00 0
Team: 4858 80 38 39 3 300 3,71 4
Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Mike Zuke C 5 2 3 5 0 0 0 0
Paul Shmyr D 5 1 3 4 11 0 0 0
Ron Chipperfield C 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Pierre Guite LW 5 1 1 2 20 0 0 1
Blair MacDonald RW 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Randy Rota C/LW 5 1 1 2 4 0 0 0
Brett Callighen C 5 0 2 2 16 0 0 0
Dave Langevin D 5 0 2 2 10 0 0 0
Joe Micheletti D 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Pierre Jarry LW 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
Dennis Sobchuk C 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
Ray McKay D 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Juha Widing C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Busniuk RW 5 0 0 0 18 0 0 0
Ab DeMarco D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Dryden G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Ferguson RW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don McLeod G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Primeau RW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Cal Sandbeck D 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Dave Semenko LW 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Jim Troy RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA
Don McLeod 207 4 1 3 16 4,64 1
Dave Dryden 91 2 0 1 6 3,96 0
Team: 298 5 1 4 22 4,43 1


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;

Utmärkelser och rekord

Transaktioner

Utkastval

Edmontons draftval vid WHA Amateur Draft 1977 .

Runda # Spelare Nationalitet College/junior/klubblag (ligan)
1 4 Mike Crombeen (F)  Kanada Kingston Canadians (OHA)
3 24 Kim Davis (C)  Kanada Flin Flon bombplan (WCHL)
4 33 Neil LaBatte (D)  Kanada Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
4 34 Dan Clark (D)  Kanada Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
5 42 Rocky Saganiuk (RW)  Kanada Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
6 51 Julian Baretta (G)  Förenta staterna University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
7 60 Dave Hoyda (LW)  Kanada Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
8 69 Ray Creasy (F)  Kanada New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
9 77 Guy Lash (RW)  Kanada Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
10 85 Owen Lloyd (D)  Kanada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)

Gårdslag

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