1977-78 New England Whalers Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 44-31-5 - 93 points
in the WHA
Lost League Championship
Coach: Harry Neale (44-31-5)
1977-78 New England Whalers RosterTeam Record: 44-31-5 - 93 points
in the WHA
Lost League Championship
Coach: Harry Neale (44-31-5)
The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 44 wins and 31 losses and 5 ties for 93 points in the WHA.
The team scored 335 goals and gave up 269. Gordie Howe netted 34 goals for the team, while George Lyle, Mark Howe and Mike Antonovich each tallied 30 or more, too. Gordie Howe contributed 62 assists. Al Smith earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.22 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Harry Neale coached the team. The 1977-78 New England Whalers lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | R | 76 | 34 | 62 | 96 | 85 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 163 | 20.9 |
| Mark Howe | D | 70 | 30 | 61 | 91 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 220 | 13.6 |
| Mike Rogers | C | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 13.7 |
| Mike Antonovich | C | 75 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 243 | 13.2 |
| Dave Keon | C | 77 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 5 | 169 | 14.2 |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 78 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 118 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 11.1 |
| John McKenzie | R | 79 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 61 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 20.0 |
| George Lyle | L | 68 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 74 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 18.6 |
| Rick Ley | D | 73 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 95 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 2.8 |
| Larry Pleau | C | 54 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 17.6 |
| Brad Selwood | D | 80 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 5.5 |
| Al Hangsleben | D | 79 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 140 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 7.2 |
| Jack Carlson | L | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 192 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 48 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 12.9 |
| Tom Webster | R | 20 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 21.4 |
| Jim Mayer | D | 51 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 19.3 |
| Marty Howe | D | 75 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 6.8 |
| Tim Sheehy | R | 25 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 |
| Bill Butters | D | 45 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Steve Carlson | C | 38 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 14.6 |
| Danny Bolduc | R | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 |
| Ron Plumb | D | 27 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Al Smith | G | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Peloffy | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1515 | 335 | 547 | 882 | 1255 | 307 | 62 | 9 | 2580 | 13.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Smith | 55 | 3246 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 174 | 3.22 | 1510 | 1336 | .885 |
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | 27 | 1655 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 91 | 3.30 | 796 | 705 | .886 |
| Totals | 82 | 4901 | 44 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 265 | 3.24 | 2306 | 2041 | .885 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Howe | R | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Howe | D | 14 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rogers | C | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Antonovich | C | 14 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Keon | C | 14 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordie Roberts | D | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McKenzie | R | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Lyle | L | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Ley | D | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Pleau | C | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Selwood | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Hangsleben | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Carlson | L | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Howe | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Sheehy | R | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Carlson | C | 13 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Bolduc | R | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Plumb | D | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Smith | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Peloffy | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 274 | 56 | 89 | 145 | 224 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Smith | 3 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Louis Levasseur | 12 | 719 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2.59 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 839 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3.22 | 0 |
