
1977-78 Birmingham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 36-41-3 - 75 points
Finishing 6th in the WHA
Postseason: 1-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-1
Coach: Glen Sonmor (36-38-3)
Coach: John Bassett (0-3)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
1977-78 Birmingham Bulls Results
The Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 36 wins and 41 losses and 3 ties for 75 points, finishing sixth in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Bulls netted 287 goals and surrendered 314. Ken Linseman scored 38 goals for Birmingham, while Mark Napier and Paul Henderson tallied 30 or more, too. Peter Marrin contributed 43 assists. John Garrett earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.81 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Glen Sonmor and John Bassett coached the team. The 1977-78 Birmingham Bulls lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Linseman | C | 71 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 126 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 17.6 |
Peter Marrin | C | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 15.0 |
Paul Henderson | L | 80 | 37 | 29 | 66 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 17.5 |
Mark Napier | R | 79 | 33 | 32 | 65 | 90 | -11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 17.0 |
Brent Hughes | D | 80 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 8.3 |
Tony Cassolato | R | 77 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 59 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 14.5 |
Dave Gorman | R | 63 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 93 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 17.6 |
John Stewart | C | 48 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 15.1 |
Frank Mahovlich | L | 72 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 22 | -5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 11.2 |
Serge Beaudoin | D | 64 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 105 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 8.4 |
Joe Noris | C | 45 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 6 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 10.8 |
Phil Roberto | R | 53 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 8.8 |
Jim Turkiewicz | D | 78 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3.6 |
Dave Hanson | D | 42 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 241 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 |
Rod Langway | D | 52 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 |
Steve Alley | L | 27 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 |
Frank Beaton | L | 56 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 279 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 9.5 |
Bob Stephenson | R | 39 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13.7 |
Dale Hoganson | D | 43 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 29 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 |
Pat Westrum | D | 77 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 97 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2.8 |
Steve Durbano | D | 45 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 284 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 9.4 |
Tim Sheehy | R | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 |
Vaclav Nedomansky | R | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
Gilles Bilodeau | L | 59 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 258 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
Chris Evans | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
John Garrett | G | 58 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wayne Wood | G | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Terbenche | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
Danny Arndt | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1472 | 287 | 461 | 748 | 2159 | 25 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2278 | 12.6 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Garrett | 58 | 3306 | 24 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 210 | 3.81 | 1714 | 1504 | .877 |
Wayne Wood | 32 | 1551 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 3.83 | 794 | 695 | .875 |
Totals | 90 | 4857 | 36 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 309 | 3.82 | 2817 | 2508 | .890 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Linseman | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peter Marrin | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Henderson | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Napier | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brent Hughes | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Cassolato | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Gorman | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Stewart | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frank Mahovlich | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Serge Beaudoin | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Roberto | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Turkiewicz | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Hanson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rod Langway | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Alley | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Beaton | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Hoganson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Westrum | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Durbano | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gilles Bilodeau | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Garrett | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Wood | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 95 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 243 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Garrett | 5 | 271 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5.76 | 0 | ||
Wayne Wood | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.21 | 0 | ||
Totals | 6 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 |