1977-78 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 38-31-11 - 87 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Parker MacDonald (38-31-11)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut

1977-78 New Haven Nighthawks Roster

The New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 38 wins and 31 losses and 11 ties for 87 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Nighthawks scored 313 goals and allowed 292. Jerry Byers and Tom Colley netted 32 goals for New Haven each, while Tom Colley contributed 54 assists. Hardy Astrom topped the squad with 17 wins, and Doug Soetaert added 15 or more wins, too. Hardy Astrom recorded a 2.71 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Parker MacDonald coached the team. The 1977-78 New Haven Nighthawks lost in the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Tom Colley	C	80	32	54	86	17		0.40	0.68	1.08
Bud Stefanski	C	79	27	37	64	61		0.34	0.47	0.81
Jerry Byers	F	74	32	31	63	13		0.43	0.42	0.85
Larry Sacharuk	D	72	19	37	56	12		0.26	0.51	0.78
John Bednarski	D	64	12	40	52	98		0.19	0.63	0.81
Dale Lewis	L	80	19	29	48	20		0.24	0.36	0.60
Ken Hodge	R	52	17	29	46	13		0.33	0.56	0.88
Greg Holst	C	65	15	25	40	44		0.23	0.38	0.62
Bobby Sheehan	C	43	13	26	39	14		0.30	0.60	0.91
Greg Hickey	L	68	18	17	35	40		0.26	0.25	0.51
Brad Becker	C	69	18	14	32	95		0.26	0.20	0.46
Mario Marois	D	52	8	23	31	147		0.15	0.44	0.60
Mark Heaslip	R	50	8	23	31	18		0.16	0.46	0.62
Ray Clearwater	D	74	4	26	30	65		0.05	0.35	0.41
Benoit Gosselin	L	52	14	12	26	120		0.27	0.23	0.50
Frank Spring	R	45	14	11	25	35		0.31	0.24	0.56
Mike Keating	L	62	15	9	24	12		0.24	0.15	0.39
Eddie Johnstone	R	17	10	12	22	20		0.59	0.71	1.29
Dan Chicoine	R	41	5	11	16	33		0.12	0.27	0.39
Ken Murray	D	68	2	12	14	84		0.03	0.18	0.21
John Glynne	D	29	2	6	8	29		0.07	0.21	0.28
Dan Newman	L	8	2	4	6	7		0.25	0.50	0.75
Doug Soetaert	G	38	0	6	6	20			0.16	0.16
Jim Troy	R	31	2	1	3	57		0.06	0.03	0.10
Bill Goldsworthy	R	4	1	2	3	4		0.25	0.50	0.75
Dave Farrish	D	10	0	3	3	4			0.30	0.30
Wayne Dillon	C	3	2	0	2	0		0.67		0.67
Billy Inglis	C	20	1	1	2	0		0.05	0.05	0.10
Nick Fotiu	L	5	1	1	2	9		0.20	0.20	0.40
Dave Tomassoni	D	5	0	1	1	9			0.20	0.20
Randy Mohns	C	5	0	1	1	2			0.20	0.20
Hardy Astrom	G	27	0	1	1	2			0.04	0.04
Bill Goldthorpe	L	4	0	0	0	9
Bob Sullivan	L	2	0	0	0	0
Bench		80	0	0	0	38
Gilles Gratton	G	1	0	0	0	0
Lindsay Middlebrook	G	17	0	0	0	0
Gary Geldart	D	9	0	0	0	12
Totals		1505	313	505	818	1163	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Lindsay Middlebrook	17	968	5	9	3	1		70	4.34	549	479	.872
Hardy Astrom	27	1573	17	5	3	0	5	71	2.71	818	747	.913
Doug Soetaert	38	2252	16	16	5	3		141	3.76	1269	1128	.889
Gilles Gratton	1	60	0	1	0	0	0	6	6.00	25	19	.760
Totals	83	4853	38	31	11	4	5	288	3.56	2661	2373	.892

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Tom Colley	C	15	2	6	8	2	0.13	0.40	0.53
Bud Stefanski	C	15	5	4	9	6	0.33	0.27	0.60
Jerry Byers	F	15	7	3	10	4	0.47	0.20	0.67
Larry Sacharuk	D	11	0	5	5	0		0.45	0.45
John Bednarski	D	15	0	6	6	21		0.40	0.40
Dale Lewis	L	15	6	4	10	2	0.40	0.27	0.67
Ken Hodge	R	15	3	4	7	20	0.20	0.27	0.47
Greg Holst	C	15	6	7	13	6	0.40	0.47	0.87
Bobby Sheehan	C	15	7	5	12	4	0.47	0.33	0.80
Greg Hickey	L	15	3	3	6	14	0.20	0.20	0.40
Brad Becker	C	15	3	2	5	5	0.20	0.13	0.33
Mario Marois	D	12	5	3	8	31	0.42	0.25	0.67
Ray Clearwater	D	15	0	5	5	2		0.33	0.33
Benoit Gosselin	L	15	1	6	7	20	0.07	0.40	0.47
Frank Spring	R	13	2	4	6	0	0.15	0.31	0.46
Mike Keating	L	2	0	0	0	0
Dan Chicoine	R	14	1	3	4	16	0.07	0.21	0.29
Ken Murray	D	15	0	1	1	22		0.07	0.07
Doug Soetaert	G	15	0	0	0	0
Nick Fotiu	L	3	0	0	0	5
Gary Geldart	D	14	0	1	1	32		0.07	0.07
Totals		279	51	72	123	212

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Doug Soetaert	15	916	8	7	0	0	0	53	3.47		0
Totals	15	916	8	7	0	0	0	53	3.47		0

1977-78 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

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