1977-78 Atlanta Flames Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-27-19 - 87 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 2-0
Coach: Fred Creighton (34-27-19)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1977-78 Atlanta Flames Roster
1977-78 Atlanta Flames Results

The Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 34 wins and 27 losses and 19 ties for 87 points, finishing third in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Flames scored 274 goals and allowed 252. Bob MacMillan netted 31 goals for Atlanta, while Tom Lysiak contributed 42 assists. Dan Bouchard earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.75 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Fred Creighton coached the team. The 1977-78 Atlanta Flames lost in the NHL preliminary round.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Tom Lysiak	C	80	27	42	69	54	-3	3	0	5	1	215	12.6
Guy Chouinard	C	73	28	30	58	8	8	11	0	1	2	146	19.2
Eric Vail	L	79	22	36	58	16	3	8	0	6	2	178	12.4
Harold Phillipoff	L	67	17	36	53	128	27	2	0	2	1	132	12.9
Bob MacMillan	C	52	31	21	52	26	28	5	0	3	0	148	20.9
Bill Clement	C	70	20	30	50	34	18	1	3	4	0	105	19.0
John Gould	L	79	19	28	47	21	7	2	0	4	2	133	14.3
Willi Plett	R	78	22	21	43	171	-6	2	0	3	1	191	11.5
Ken Houston	R	74	22	16	38	51	4	2	0	2	3	147	15.0
Bobby Lalonde	C	73	14	23	37	28	5	0	0	0	3	94	14.9
Rey Comeau	C	79	10	22	32	20	0	0	1	1	0	114	8.8
Richard Mulhern	D	79	9	23	32	47	11	0	0	1	0	125	7.2
Ed Kea	D	60	3	23	26	40	25	0	0	0	0	78	3.8
Dave Shand	D	80	2	23	25	94	23	0	0	0	1	83	2.4
Miles Zaharko	D	71	1	19	20	26	-13	0	0	0	0	54	1.9
Bobby Simpson	L	55	10	8	18	49	0	0	0	1	1	91	11.0
Dick Redmond	D	42	7	11	18	16	12	5	0	1	0	86	8.1
Pat Ribble	D	80	5	12	17	68	4	1	0	0	2	106	4.7
Curt Bennett	L	25	3	7	10	10	-4	0	0	0	0	44	6.8
Barry Gibbs	D	27	1	5	6	24	-2	0	0	0	0	42	2.4
Greg Fox	D	16	1	2	3	25	5	1	0	0	0	15	6.7
Dan Bouchard	G	58	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Ecclestone	R	11	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
Yves Belanger	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Myre	G	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1434	274	444	718	966	153	43	4	34	19	2338	11.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Dan Bouchard	58	3340	25	12	19	0	2	153	2.75	0
Yves Belanger	17	937	7	8	0	1	1	55	3.52	0
Phil Myre	9	523	2	7	0	0	0	43	4.93	0
Totals	84	4800	34	27	19	1	3	251	3.14		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tom Lysiak	C	2	1	0	1	2
Guy Chouinard	C	2	1	0	1	0
Eric Vail	L	2	1	1	2	0
Harold Phillipoff	L	2	0	1	1	2
Bob MacMillan	C	2	0	2	2	0
Bill Clement	C	2	0	0	0	2
John Gould	L	2	0	0	0	2
Ken Houston	R	2	0	0	0	0
Bobby Lalonde	C	1	1	0	1	0
Rey Comeau	C	2	0	0	0	0
Richard Mulhern	D	2	0	1	1	0
Ed Kea	D	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Shand	D	2	0	0	0	4
Miles Zaharko	D	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Simpson	L	2	0	0	0	2
Dick Redmond	D	2	1	0	1	0
Pat Ribble	D	2	0	1	1	2
Greg Fox	D	2	0	1	1	8
Dan Bouchard	G	2	0	0	0	0
Tim Ecclestone	R	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		36	5	7	12	24

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Dan Bouchard	2	120	0	2	0	1	0	7	3.50	0
Totals	2	120	0	2	0	1	0	7	3.50		0