1977-78 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 38-39-3 - 79 points
in the WHA
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Glen Sather (38-39-3)
1977-78 Edmonton Oilers RosterTeam Record: 38-39-3 - 79 points
in the WHA
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Glen Sather (38-39-3)
The Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 38 wins and 39 losses and 3 ties for 79 points in the WHA.
The team potted 309 goals and conceded 307. Bill Flett scored 41 goals for the team, while Ron Chipperfield and Blair MacDonald netted 30 or more also. Ron Chipperfield accounted for 52 assists. Dave Dryden topped the squad with 21 wins, plus Don McLeod added 15 or more wins, too. Dave Dryden recorded a 3.49 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Glen Sather coached the team. The 1977-78 Edmonton Oilers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 80 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 212 | 15.6 |
| Bill Flett | R | 74 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 224 | 18.3 |
| Blair MacDonald | R | 80 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 11 | -12 | 7 | 4 | 237 | 14.3 |
| Mike Zuke | C | 71 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 188 | 12.2 |
| Al Hamilton | D | 59 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 46 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 183 | 6.0 |
| Brett Callighen | L | 80 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 112 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 10.0 |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 80 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 100 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 5.3 |
| Joe Micheletti | D | 56 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 141 | 9.9 |
| Norm Ferguson | R | 71 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 159 | 16.4 |
| Juha Widing | C | 71 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 11.8 |
| Pierre Guite | L | 60 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 71 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 10.2 |
| Randy Rota | L | 53 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 8.6 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 62 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 90 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 4.5 |
| Bryan Campbell | C | 53 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 8.6 |
| Ron Busniuk | D | 59 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 157 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 |
| Ab DeMarco | D | 47 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 5.9 |
| Pierre Jarry | L | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 |
| Gary MacGregor | C | 37 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 29 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 14.3 |
| Dave Semenko | L | 65 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 140 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12.8 |
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 |
| Don McLeod | G | 33 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Warren Miller | R | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Ken Baird | D | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Ray McKay | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Butch Deadmarsh | L | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Jerry Holland | L | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Cal Sandbeck | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Jim Troy | R | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Rick Morris | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Craig Topolnisky | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Primeau | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Gerry Pinder | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Owen Lloyd | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dave Dryden | G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Inkpen | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dale McMullen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Chris Ahrens | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Del Hall | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jim Cross | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bob Falkenberg | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Turnbull | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Broderick | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1557 | 309 | 499 | 808 | 1296 | -11 | 62 | 11 | 2859 | 10.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Dryden | 48 | 2578 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 3.49 | 1239 | 1089 | .879 |
| Ken Broderick | 9 | 497 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5.07 | 206 | 164 | .796 |
| Don McLeod | 33 | 1723 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 3.55 | 750 | 648 | .864 |
| Frank Turnbull | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 24 | 18 | .750 |
| Totals | 91 | 4858 | 38 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 300 | 3.71 | 2219 | 1919 | .865 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blair MacDonald | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Zuke | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Callighen | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Micheletti | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Ferguson | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juha Widing | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Guite | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Rota | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Langevin | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Busniuk | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ab DeMarco | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Jarry | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Semenko | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McLeod | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray McKay | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Sandbeck | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Troy | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Primeau | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Dryden | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 100 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 115 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Dryden | 2 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.96 | 0 | ||
| Don McLeod | 4 | 207 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4.64 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 298 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.43 | 0 |
