1977–78 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1977–78 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' sixth season of operation. The Oilers placed fifth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.

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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

New England Whalers 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 – Preliminary Round

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 14	Edmonton	4 – 6	New England	0–1
2	April 16	Edmonton	1 – 4	New England	0–2
3	April 19	New England	0 – 2	Edmonton	1–2
4	April 21	New England	9 – 1	Edmonton	1–3
5	April 23	Edmonton	1 – 4	New England	1–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
Chipperfield, RonRon Chipperfield	C	80	33	52	85	48	1	11	1
Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	74	41	28	69	34	9	8	1
MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald	RW	80	34	34	68	11	-12	7	4
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	71	23	34	57	47	1	2	3
Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton	D	59	11	43	54	46	24	6	0
Callighen, BrettBrett Callighen	C	80	20	30	50	112	5	1	0
Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr	D	80	9	40	49	100	-9	3	0
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti	D	56	14	34	48	56	8	3	0
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson	RW	71	26	21	47	2	14	8	0
Widing, JuhaJuha Widing	C	71	18	24	42	8	10	0	1
Guite, PierrePierre Guite	LW	60	12	21	33	71	-7	2	0
Rota, RandyRandy Rota	C/LW	53	8	22	30	12	11	0	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	62	6	22	28	90	11	1	0
Campbell, BryanBryan Campbell	C	53	7	13	20	12	-17	2	0
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk	RW	59	2	18	20	157	-8	0	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	47	6	8	14	20	-7	3	0
Jarry, PierrePierre Jarry	LW	18	4	10	14	4	-1	0	0
MacGregor, GaryGary MacGregor	C	37	11	2	13	29	-2	2	0
Semenko, DaveDave Semenko	LW	65	6	6	12	140	-4	0	0
Sobchuk, DennisDennis Sobchuk	C	13	6	3	9	4	-4	1	0
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	G	33	0	8	8	2	0	0	0
Baird, KenKen Baird	D	6	2	4	6	2	0	0	0
Miller, WarrenWarren Miller	RW	18	2	4	6	18	1	0	0
McKay, RayRay McKay	D	14	1	4	5	4	3	0	0
Deadmarsh, ButchButch Deadmarsh	LW	20	1	3	4	32	-1	0	0
Holland, JerryJerry Holland	LW	22	2	1	3	14	-1	1	0
Sandbeck, CalCal Sandbeck	D	11	1	2	3	39	1	1	0
Troy, JimJim Troy	RW	47	2	0	2	124	-11	0	0
Morris, RickRick Morris	LW	5	1	1	2	7	-7	0	1
Topolnisky, CraigCraig Topolnisky	D	10	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	G	48	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Inkpen, DaveDave Inkpen	D	19	0	1	1	16	-6	0	0
Lloyd, OwenOwen Lloyd	D	3	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0
Pinder, GerryGerry Pinder	LW	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0
Primeau, KevinKevin Primeau	RW	7	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
Ahrens, ChrisChris Ahrens	D	4	0	0	0	15	-5	0	0
Broderick, KenKen Broderick	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cross, JimJim Cross	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0
Falkenberg, BobBob Falkenberg	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Hall, DelDel Hall	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McMullen, DaleDale McMullen	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turnbull, FrankFrank Turnbull	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	2578	48	21	23	2	150	3.49	2
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	1723	33	15	10	1	102	3.55	2
Broderick, KenKen Broderick	497	9	2	5	0	42	5.07	0
Turnbull, FrankFrank Turnbull	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0
Team:	4858	80	38	39	3	300	3.71	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Zuke, MikeMike Zuke	C	5	2	3	5	0	0
Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr	D	5	1	3	4	11	0
Chipperfield, RonRon Chipperfield	C	5	1	1	2	0	0
Guite, PierrePierre Guite	LW	5	1	1	2	20	1
MacDonald, BlairBlair MacDonald	RW	5	1	1	2	0	0
Rota, RandyRandy Rota	C/LW	5	1	1	2	4	0
Callighen, BrettBrett Callighen	C	5	0	2	2	16	0
Langevin, DaveDave Langevin	D	5	0	2	2	10	0
Micheletti, JoeJoe Micheletti	D	5	0	2	2	4	0
Jarry, PierrePierre Jarry	LW	5	1	0	1	4	0
Sobchuk, DennisDennis Sobchuk	C	5	1	0	1	4	0
McKay, RayRay McKay	D	4	0	1	1	4	0
Widing, JuhaJuha Widing	C	5	0	1	1	0	0
Busniuk, RonRon Busniuk	RW	5	0	0	0	18	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	G	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ferguson, NormNorm Ferguson	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	G	4	0	0	0	0	0
Primeau, KevinKevin Primeau	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0
Sandbeck, CalCal Sandbeck	D	5	0	0	0	10	0
Semenko, DaveDave Semenko	LW	5	0	0	0	8	0
Troy, JimJim Troy	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
McLeod, DonDon McLeod	207	4	1	3	16	4.64	1
Dryden, DaveDave Dryden	91	2	0	1	6	3.96	0
Team:	298	5	1	4	22	4.43	1

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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 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

"1977–78 Edmonton Oilers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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1977–78 Edmonton Oilers season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

New England Whalers 4, Edmonton Oilers 1 – Preliminary Round

Player statistics

See also

References

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