1977-78 Winnipeg Jets Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 50-28-2 - 102 points
in the WHA
Won League Championship
Coach: Larry Hillman (50-28-2)
1977-78 Winnipeg Jets RosterTeam Record: 50-28-2 - 102 points
in the WHA
Won League Championship
Coach: Larry Hillman (50-28-2)
The Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 50 wins and 28 losses and 2 ties for 102 points in the WHA.
The club led the league with 381 goals. The club allowed 270 goals. Anders Hedberg scored 63 goals for the squad, while Kent Nilsson, Ulf Nilsson, Willy Lindstrom and Bobby Hull each netted 30 or more also. Ulf Nilsson contributed 89 assists. Gary Bromley earned 25 wins in front of the net for the team, and Joe Daley added 15 or more victories as well. Gary Bromley and Joe Daley registered a 3.3 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Larry Hillman coached the team. The 1977-78 Winnipeg Jets won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 73 | 37 | 89 | 126 | 89 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 180 | 20.6 |
| Anders Hedberg | R | 77 | 63 | 59 | 122 | 60 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 290 | 21.7 |
| Bobby Hull | L | 77 | 46 | 71 | 117 | 23 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 257 | 17.9 |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 80 | 42 | 65 | 107 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 212 | 19.8 |
| Willy Lindstrom | R | 77 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 151 | 19.9 |
| Peter Sullivan | C | 77 | 16 | 39 | 55 | 43 | -12 | 3 | 1 | 130 | 12.3 |
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg | D | 78 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 72 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 8.3 |
| Bobby Guindon | L | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 15.7 |
| Dave Kryskow | L | 71 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 19.4 |
| Dan Labraaten | L | 47 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 22.2 |
| Thommie Bergman | D | 62 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 43 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 3.6 |
| Lynn Powis | C | 55 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 17.6 |
| Barry Long | D | 78 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 4.4 |
| Bill Lesuk | L | 80 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 48 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 |
| Dave Dunn | D | 66 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 79 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 11.3 |
| Ted Green | D | 73 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 52 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 4.5 |
| Lyle Moffat | L | 57 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 39 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 15.5 |
| Ken Baird | D | 49 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 21.2 |
| Kent Ruhnke | R | 21 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 30.8 |
| Kim Clackson | D | 52 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 203 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 |
| Larry Hornung | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Mike Amodeo | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Joe Daley | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Bromley | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ford | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Davis | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Markus Mattsson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Huck | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1531 | 381 | 629 | 1010 | 988 | 340 | 78 | 16 | 2484 | 15.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Mattsson | 10 | 511 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3.52 | 257 | 227 | .883 |
| Gary Bromley | 39 | 2252 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 3.30 | 1090 | 966 | .886 |
| Joe Daley | 37 | 2075 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 3.30 | 971 | 857 | .883 |
| Totals | 86 | 4838 | 50 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 268 | 3.32 | 2318 | 2050 | .884 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulf Nilsson | C | 9 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anders Hedberg | R | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Hull | L | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Nilsson | C | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willy Lindstrom | R | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Sullivan | C | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg | D | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Guindon | L | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Kryskow | L | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Labraaten | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Powis | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Long | D | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lesuk | L | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Dunn | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Green | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyle Moffat | L | 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Baird | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Ruhnke | R | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kim Clackson | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Amodeo | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Daley | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Bromley | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ford | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 180 | 53 | 88 | 141 | 221 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Bromley | 5 | 268 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.57 | 0 | ||
| Joe Daley | 5 | 271 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.88 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 539 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.23 | 0 |
