1977-78 Houston Aeros Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 42-34-4 - 88 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA
Postseason: 2-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 4-2
Coach: Bill Dineen (42-34-4)
Location: Houston, Texas

1977-78 Houston Aeros Roster
1977-78 Houston Aeros Results

The Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 42 wins and 34 losses and 4 ties for 88 points, finishing third in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Aeros netted 296 goals and allowed 302. Morris Lukowich scored 40 goals for Houston, while Andre Lacroix and John Gray tallied 30 or more also. Andre Lacroix contributed 77 assists. Ernie Wakely earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.24 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Bill Dineen coached the team. The 1977-78 Houston Aeros lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Andre Lacroix	C	78	36	77	113	57	8	7	0	193	18.7
Morris Lukowich	L	80	40	35	75	131	13	13	0	199	20.1
Terry Ruskowski	C	78	15	57	72	170	13	3	1	144	10.4
John Tonelli	L	65	23	41	64	103	13	5	0	146	15.8
Don Larway	R	69	24	35	59	52	1	5	0	176	13.6
John Gray	R	77	35	23	58	80	15	6	0	151	23.2
Rich Preston	R	73	25	25	50	52	3	7	3	213	11.7
Cam Connor	R	68	21	16	37	217	4	0	0	152	13.8
Scott Campbell	D	75	8	29	37	116	10	1	0	113	7.1
Poul Popiel	D	80	6	31	37	53	-6	1	1	126	4.8
Steve West	C	71	11	21	32	23	4	0	0	60	18.3
John Schella	D	63	9	20	29	125	-2	4	0	139	6.5
John Hughes	D	79	3	25	28	130	20	1	0	62	4.8
Larry Lund	C	76	9	17	26	36	-22	1	0	60	15.0
Al McLeod	D	80	2	22	24	54	18	0	0	85	2.4
Ron Hansis	R	78	13	9	22	51	0	1	0	62	21.0
Ted Taylor	L	54	11	11	22	46	8	1	1	74	14.9
Larry Hale	D	56	2	11	13	22	4	0	0	16	12.5
Frank Hughes	R	11	3	2	5	2	-10	0	0	29	10.3
Ernie Wakely	G	51	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0
Cleland Mortson	R	6	0	1	1	7	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Glen Irwin	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
John Mazur	L	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Lynn Zimmerman	G	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		1404	296	512	808	1535	92	56	6	2202	13.4

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ernie Wakely	51	3070	28	18	4	3	2	166	3.24	1608	1442	.897
Lynn Zimmerman	20	1166	10	9	0	2	0	84	4.32	641	557	.869
Wayne Rutledge	12	634	4	7	0	0	0	47	4.45	360	313	.869
Totals	83	4870	42	34	4	5	2	297	3.66	2906	2609	.898

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Andre Lacroix	C	6	2	2	4	0	-4	0
Morris Lukowich	L	6	1	2	3	17	-3	0
Terry Ruskowski	C	4	1	1	2	5	-1	0
John Tonelli	L	6	1	3	4	8	-4	0
Don Larway	R	6	1	2	3	4	-3	0
John Gray	R	6	0	3	3	10	2	0
Cam Connor	R	2	1	0	1	22	1	0
Scott Campbell	D	6	1	1	2	8	-2	1
Poul Popiel	D	6	0	2	2	13	4	0
Steve West	C	6	1	0	1	0	2	0
John Schella	D	6	0	1	1	33	-8	0
John Hughes	D	6	1	1	2	6	2	0
Larry Lund	C	6	0	2	2	2	-1	0
Al McLeod	D	6	1	0	1	2	-9	0
Ron Hansis	R	6	1	1	2	4	0	0
Ted Taylor	L	6	3	1	4	10	2	1
Cleland Mortson	R	2	0	1	1	0	1	0
Wayne Rutledge	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Paul Terbenche	D	6	1	1	2	0	0	0
Lynn Zimmerman	G	4	0	0	0	6	0	0
Totals		105	16	24	40	152	-21	2

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Lynn Zimmerman	4	239	1	2	21	5.27	0
Wayne Rutledge	3	131	1	2	8	3.66	0
Totals	7	370	2	4	29	4.70		0