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1977-78 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 32-29-19 - 83 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-0
Coach: Bob Pulford (32-29-19)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1977-78 Chicago Black Hawks Results
The Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 32 wins and 29 losses and 19 ties for 83 points, finishing first in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Black Hawks scored 230 goals and allowed 220. Ivan Boldirev netted 35 goals for Chicago and contributed 45 assists. Tony Esposito earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.63 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bob Pulford coached the team. The 1977-78 Chicago Black Hawks lost in the NHL quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Boldirev | C | 80 | 35 | 45 | 80 | 34 | -3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 242 | 14.5 |
Stan Mikita | C | 76 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 202 | 8.9 |
Ted Bulley | L | 79 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 141 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 150 | 15.3 |
J.P. Bordeleau | R | 76 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 14.6 |
Grant Mulvey | R | 78 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 135 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 157 | 8.9 |
Darcy Rota | L | 78 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 67 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 15.9 |
John Marks | L | 80 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 12.7 |
Doug Wilson | D | 77 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 72 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 203 | 6.9 |
Cliff Koroll | R | 73 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 16.0 |
Bob Murray | D | 70 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 124 | 11.3 |
Pierre Plante | R | 77 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 59 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 9.6 |
Phil Russell | D | 57 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 139 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 4.5 |
Dale Tallon | D | 75 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 4.3 |
Bob Kelly | L | 75 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 95 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 155 | 4.5 |
Jean Savard | C | 31 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 18.9 |
Alain Daigle | R | 53 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 7.1 |
Jim Harrison | C | 26 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 31 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4.7 |
Doug Hicks | D | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
Keith Magnuson | D | 67 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
Dave Logan | D | 54 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 77 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2.0 |
Kirk Bowman | L | 33 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
Tony Esposito | G | 64 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pit Martin | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
Mike O'Connell | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
Reg Kerr | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Bob Hoffmeyer | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Mike Veisor | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Holt | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Eddie Johnston | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1434 | 230 | 380 | 610 | 1296 | 60 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 2337 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Esposito | 64 | 3840 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 168 | 2.63 | 0 | ||
Mike Veisor | 12 | 720 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2.58 | 0 | ||
Eddie Johnston | 4 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | ||
Totals | 80 | 4800 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 216 | 2.70 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Boldirev | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Mikita | C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Bulley | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
J.P. Bordeleau | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grant Mulvey | R | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Darcy Rota | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Marks | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Wilson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cliff Koroll | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Murray | D | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pierre Plante | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Tallon | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Kelly | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alain Daigle | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Hicks | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Keith Magnuson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Logan | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kirk Bowman | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Esposito | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 72 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Esposito | 4 | 252 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.52 | 0 | ||
Totals | 4 | 252 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.52 | 0 |