1977-78 Vancouver Canucks Statistics
Team Record: 20-43-17 - 57 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Smythe Division
Coach: Orland Kurtenbach (20-43-17)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1977-78 Vancouver Canucks Results
The Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 20 wins and 43 losses and 17 ties for 57 points, finishing third in the NHL's Smythe Division.
The Canucks potted 239 goals and allowed 320. Mike Walton scored 29 goals for Vancouver, while Dennis Kearns contributed 43 assists. Cesare Maniago topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.02 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Orland Kurtenbach coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Walton | C | 65 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 30 | -26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 115 | 25.2 |
Rick Blight | R | 80 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 33 | -32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 10.5 |
Dennis Ververgaert | R | 80 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 23 | -24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 15.4 |
Don Lever | L | 75 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 58 | -29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 168 | 10.1 |
Hilliard Graves | R | 80 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 18 | -17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 138 | 15.2 |
Dennis Kearns | D | 80 | 4 | 43 | 47 | 27 | -40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 4.0 |
Pit Martin | C | 67 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 36 | -26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 14.4 |
Jere Gillis | L | 79 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 35 | -24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 14.9 |
Chris Oddleifson | C | 78 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 64 | -18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 91 | 18.7 |
Ron Sedlbauer | L | 62 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 25 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 15.1 |
Garry Monahan | L | 67 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 9.5 |
Claire Alexander | D | 32 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 6 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 7.6 |
Harold Snepsts | D | 75 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 118 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 4.2 |
Bob Manno | D | 49 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 29 | -23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 |
Gerry O'Flaherty | L | 59 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
Brad Gassoff | L | 47 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 70 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 22.5 |
John Grisdale | D | 42 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.0 |
Jack McIlhargey | D | 69 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 172 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
Sheldon Kannegiesser | D | 42 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 36 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
Larry Goodenough | D | 42 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
Ralph Stewart | C | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
Larry Carriere | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Curt Ridley | G | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rob Flockhart | R | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
Glen Hanlon | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Murray Bannerman | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cesare Maniago | G | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sid Veysey | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1409 | 239 | 411 | 650 | 950 | -388 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 2052 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesare Maniago | 46 | 2570 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 4.02 | 0 | ||
Curt Ridley | 40 | 2010 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 4.06 | 0 | ||
Glen Hanlon | 4 | 200 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2.70 | 0 | ||
Murray Bannerman | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 91 | 4800 | 20 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 317 | 3.96 | 0 |