1977-78 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
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 Roster
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	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Ivan Boldirev	C	80	35	45	80	34	-3	10	0	2	2	242	14.5
Stan Mikita	C	76	18	41	59	35	18	6	0	2	1	202	8.9
Ted Bulley	L	79	23	28	51	141	4	6	0	5	1	150	15.3
J.P. Bordeleau	R	76	15	25	40	32	9	0	2	3	0	103	14.6
Grant Mulvey	R	78	14	24	38	135	-1	3	0	0	1	157	8.9
Darcy Rota	L	78	17	20	37	67	5	3	0	1	1	107	15.9
John Marks	L	80	15	22	37	26	27	0	0	1	2	118	12.7
Doug Wilson	D	77	14	20	34	72	11	5	0	2	2	203	6.9
Cliff Koroll	R	73	16	15	31	19	8	1	0	4	0	100	16.0
Bob Murray	D	70	14	17	31	41	11	2	0	3	1	124	11.3
Pierre Plante	R	77	10	18	28	59	-2	0	0	2	0	104	9.6
Phil Russell	D	57	6	20	26	139	19	0	1	1	1	132	4.5
Dale Tallon	D	75	4	20	24	66	3	2	1	2	1	93	4.3
Jean Savard	C	31	7	11	18	20	6	2	0	2	2	37	18.9
Bob Kelly	L	75	7	11	18	95	-26	0	0	2	1	155	4.5
Alain Daigle	R	53	6	6	12	13	-12	1	0	0	1	84	7.1
Jim Harrison	C	26	2	8	10	31	-3	1	0	0	1	43	4.7
Doug Hicks	D	13	1	7	8	2	5	0	0	0	0	22	4.5
Keith Magnuson	D	67	2	4	6	145	0	0	0	0	0	46	4.3
Dave Logan	D	54	1	5	6	77	-14	1	0	0	0	51	2.0
Kirk Bowman	L	33	1	4	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	41	2.4
Tony Esposito	G	64	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pit Martin	C	7	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Mike O'Connell	D	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Reg Kerr	L	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bob Hoffmeyer	D	5	0	1	1	12	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Veisor	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Holt	D	6	0	0	0	20	-4	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Eddie Johnston	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1434	230	380	610	1296	60	43	4	32	18	2337	9.8

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
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
Ivan Boldirev	C	4	0	2	2	2	0
Stan Mikita	C	4	3	0	3	0	2
Ted Bulley	L	4	1	1	2	2	0
J.P. Bordeleau	R	4	0	1	1	0	0
Grant Mulvey	R	4	2	2	4	0	1
Darcy Rota	L	4	0	0	0	2	0
John Marks	L	4	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Wilson	D	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Koroll	R	4	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Murray	D	4	1	4	5	2	0
Pierre Plante	R	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Tallon	D	4	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Kelly	L	4	0	0	0	8	0
Alain Daigle	R	4	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Hicks	D	4	1	0	1	2	1
Keith Magnuson	D	4	0	0	0	7	0
Dave Logan	D	4	0	0	0	8	0
Kirk Bowman	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Esposito	G	4	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		72	9	14	23	33	4

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