1977-78 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 32-34-14 - 78 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Atlanta Flames 2-0
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Coach: Bobby Kromm (32-34-14)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1977-78 Detroit Red Wings RosterTeam Record: 32-34-14 - 78 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Atlanta Flames 2-0
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Coach: Bobby Kromm (32-34-14)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1977-78 Detroit Red Wings Results
The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 32 wins and 34 losses and 14 ties for 78 points, finishing second in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Red Wings scored 252 goals and yielded 266. Dale McCourt netted 33 goals for Detroit, while Andre St. Laurent tallied 30 or more also. Reed Larson contributed 41 assists. Jim Rutherford topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.26 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bobby Kromm coached the team. The 1977-78 Detroit Red Wings lost in the NHL quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale McCourt | C | 76 | 33 | 39 | 72 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 219 | 15.1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | C | 77 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 108 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 193 | 16.1 |
| Reed Larson | D | 75 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 95 | -8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 7.9 |
| Dennis Hextall | C | 78 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 195 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 18.0 |
| Nick Libett | L | 80 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 46 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 155 | 14.8 |
| Dan Maloney | L | 66 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 151 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 9.7 |
| Paul Woods | L | 80 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 107 | 17.8 |
| Bill Lochead | F | 77 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 16.1 |
| Dennis Polonich | R | 79 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 254 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 12.5 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | R | 63 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 2 | -17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 10.3 |
| Greg Joly | D | 79 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 73 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 134 | 5.2 |
| Perry Miller | D | 62 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 120 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 3.3 |
| Rick Bowness | R | 61 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 76 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 17.4 |
| Terry Harper | D | 80 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 85 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 2.6 |
| Dennis Hull | L | 55 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 6.9 |
| Larry Wright | C | 66 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6.5 |
| Al Cameron | D | 63 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 94 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2.8 |
| Jean Hamel | D | 32 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Thommie Bergman | D | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Errol Thompson | L | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Al McDonough | R | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Bob Ritchie | L | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Danny Grant | L | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Rob Plumb | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Larry Giroux | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| J.P. LeBlanc | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jim Rutherford | G | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel Bergeron | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Ron Low | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Vasko | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| John Hilworth | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Cloutier | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Fern LeBlanc | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Giacomin | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Sheehy | R | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1442 | 252 | 393 | 645 | 1518 | -64 | 59 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 2273 | 11.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 43 | 2468 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 3.26 | 0 | ||
| Ron Low | 32 | 1816 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 3.37 | 0 | ||
| Ed Giacomin | 9 | 516 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.14 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 84 | 4800 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 263 | 3.29 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale McCourt | C | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre St. Laurent | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reed Larson | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Hextall | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nick Libett | L | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Woods | L | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lochead | F | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Polonich | R | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vaclav Nedomansky | R | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Joly | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Bowness | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Harper | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Hull | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Cameron | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean Hamel | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thommie Bergman | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Errol Thompson | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Giroux | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.P. LeBlanc | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rutherford | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Low | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 125 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 83 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 3 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| Ron Low | 4 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 420 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4.14 | 0 |
