1977-78 Philadelphia Firebirds Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 35-35-11 - 81 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Danny Belisle (35-35-11)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1977-78 Philadelphia Firebirds Roster

The Philadelphia Firebirds of the American Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses and 11 ties for 81 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Firebirds scored 294 goals and allowed 290. Gord Brooks netted 42 goals for Philadelphia, while Randy Osburn tallied 30 or more, too. Bob Collyard contributed 62 assists. Reggie Lemelin earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.96 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Danny Belisle coached the team. The 1977-78 Philadelphia Firebirds lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gord Brooks	R	81	42	56	98	40		0.52	0.69	1.21
Bob Collyard	C	79	28	62	90	42		0.35	0.78	1.14
Randy Osburn	L	78	35	26	61	30		0.45	0.33	0.78
Gary Coalter	C	73	25	34	59	22		0.34	0.47	0.81
Jim Cowell	F	81	24	33	57	77		0.30	0.41	0.70
Gavin Kirk	C	59	21	26	47	32		0.36	0.44	0.80
John Stewart	L	70	23	15	38	90		0.33	0.21	0.54
Rick Wilson	D	75	4	28	32	101		0.05	0.37	0.43
Jim Nahrgang	D	69	8	22	30	147		0.12	0.32	0.43
Dave Kelly	R	74	15	13	28	89		0.20	0.18	0.38
Buster Harvey	R	71	10	17	27	31		0.14	0.24	0.38
Mike Haworth		80	2	24	26	140		0.03	0.30	0.33
John Stewart	C	24	11	13	24	44		0.46	0.54	1.00
Alf Handrahan	R	51	6	15	21	111		0.12	0.29	0.41
Bob Neely	D	29	6	14	20	47		0.21	0.48	0.69
Brad Rhiness	C	35	10	8	18	8		0.29	0.23	0.51
Bill Davis	D	58	3	14	17	27		0.05	0.24	0.29
Fred Williams	C	35	5	11	16	22		0.14	0.31	0.46
Gordie Cole	LW	65	4	12	16	36		0.06	0.18	0.25
Michel Dubois	D	46	4	8	12	85		0.09	0.17	0.26
Denis Dupere	L	12	3	2	5	10		0.25	0.17	0.42
Roger Lemelin	D	33	0	5	5	52			0.15	0.15
Jerry Rollins	D	29	2	2	4	73		0.07	0.07	0.14
Terry Murray	D	7	2	1	3	13		0.29	0.14	0.43
Ron Roscoe	D	14	1	1	2	13		0.07	0.07	0.14
Lynn Zimmerman	G	2	0	0	0	0
Andre Leduc	D	6	0	0	0	2
Mike Penasse	F	2	0	0	0	5
Rick Szabo	R	5	0	0	0	0
Reggie Lemelin	G	60	0	0	0	0
Bob Krieger	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Bill McKenzie	G	5	0	0	0	0
Kevin MacDonald	D	11	0	0	0	8
Norm Tesluk	G	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Oleschuk	G	2	0	0	0	0
Cap Raeder	G	9	0	0	0	0
Totals		1432	294	462	756	1397	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Reggie Lemelin	60	3585	31	21	7	5	4	177	2.96	1650	1473	.893
Cap Raeder	9	472	2	5	1	3		38	4.83	210	172	.819
Lynn Zimmerman	2	125	1	0	1	0	0	6	2.88	59	53	.898
Bill McKenzie	5	305	1	4	0	0	1	22	4.33	145	123	.848
Norm Tesluk	1	65	0	0	1	0	0	5	4.62	20	15	.750
Bill Oleschuk	2	65	0	1	0	0		9	8.31	51	42	.824
Rick Szabo	5	305	0	4	1	0	0	27	5.31	161	134	.832
Totals	84	4922	35	35	11	8	5	284	3.46	2296	2012	.876

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gord Brooks	R	4	0	0	0	2
Bob Collyard	C	4	0	1	1	0		0.25	0.25
Randy Osburn	L	4	1	0	1	2	0.25		0.25
Gary Coalter	C	4	1	1	2	0	0.25	0.25	0.50
Jim Cowell	F	4	0	2	2	0		0.50	0.50
Gavin Kirk	C	4	0	1	1	2		0.25	0.25
John Stewart	L	4	1	3	4	2	0.25	0.75	1.00
Rick Wilson	D	4	0	1	1	2		0.25	0.25
Jim Nahrgang	D	4	0	1	1	4		0.25	0.25
Dave Kelly	R	4	3	2	5	2	0.75	0.50	1.25
Buster Harvey	R	4	1	0	1	2	0.25		0.25
Mike Haworth		4	0	1	1	11		0.25	0.25
Bob Neely	D	4	1	3	4	2	0.25	0.75	1.00
Brad Rhiness	C	1	0	0	0	0
Fred Williams	C	4	2	3	5	2	0.50	0.75	1.25
Gordie Cole	LW	4	0	0	0	2
Jerry Rollins	D	3	0	0	0	4
Rick Szabo	R	2	0	0	0	0
Reggie Lemelin	G	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		68	10	19	29	39

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Reggie Lemelin	2	119	0	2	0	0	0	12	6.05		0
Totals	2	119	0	2	0	0	0	12	6.05		0

1977-78 Philadelphia Firebirds Statistics

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