1977-78 New England Whalers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 44-31-5 - 93 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA
Postseason: 8-6
Lost AVCO Cup finals
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-1
Semi-Finals - Lost to Quebec Nordiques 1-4
Avco Cup Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-0
Coach: Harry Neale (44-31-5)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut

1977-78 New England Whalers Roster
1977-78 New England Whalers Results

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, finishing second in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-6.

The Whalers scored 335 goals and gave up 269. Gordie Howe netted 34 goals for New England, while Mike Antonovich, George Lyle and Mark Howe 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 AVCO Cup finals.

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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
Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		1435	335	547	882	1241	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	2	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	5	265	3.24	2571	2306	.897

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Gordie Howe	R	14	5	5	10	15	0	2
Mark Howe	D	14	8	7	15	18	0	0
Mike Rogers	C	14	5	6	11	8	-2	0
Mike Antonovich	C	14	10	7	17	4	1	1
Dave Keon	C	14	5	11	16	4	2	1
Gordie Roberts	D	14	0	5	5	29	1	0
John McKenzie	R	14	6	6	12	16	-2	1
George Lyle	L	12	2	1	3	13	5	0
Rick Ley	D	14	1	8	9	4	2	0
Larry Pleau	C	14	5	4	9	8	-2	1
Brad Selwood	D	14	0	3	3	8	4	0
Al Hangsleben	D	14	1	4	5	37	2	0
Jack Carlson	L	9	1	1	2	14	4	0
Marty Howe	D	14	1	1	2	13	-2	1
Tim Sheehy	R	13	1	3	4	9	1	0
Steve Carlson	C	13	2	7	9	2	4	0
Danny Bolduc	R	14	2	4	6	4	2	0
Ron Plumb	D	14	1	5	6	16	2	1
Al Smith	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Peloffy	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0
Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	12	0	1	1	2	0	0
Totals		260	56	89	145	224	21	8

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Al Smith	3	120	0	2	1	14	7.00	0
Jean-Louis Levasseur	12	719	8	4	1	31	2.59	0
Totals	15	839	8	6	2	45	3.22		0