1977-78 Cincinnati Stingers Statistics
Team Record: 35-42-3 - 73 points
Finishing 7th in the WHA
Coach: Jacques Demers (33-39-3)
Coach: Jerry Rafter (2-3)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1977-78 Cincinnati Stingers Results
The Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 35 wins and 42 losses and 3 ties for 73 points, finishing seventh in the WHA.
The Stingers netted 298 goals and allowed 332. Robbie Ftorek scored 59 goals for Cincinnati, and Rick Dudley tallied 30 or more, too. Robbie Ftorek contributed 50 assists. Michel Dion topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.57 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jacques Demers and Jerry Rafter coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robbie Ftorek | C | 80 | 59 | 50 | 109 | 54 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 22.5 |
Rick Dudley | L | 72 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 156 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 14.7 |
Jamie Hislop | R | 80 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 18.2 |
Rich LeDuc | C | 54 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 44 | -27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 14.7 |
Peter Marsh | R | 74 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 123 | -17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 10.7 |
Pat Stapleton | D | 65 | 4 | 45 | 49 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 3.9 |
Ron Plumb | D | 54 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 45 | -18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 8.7 |
Hugh Harris | L | 45 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 11.6 |
Claude Larose | L | 51 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 6 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 11.0 |
Craig Norwich | D | 65 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7.0 |
Dennis Abgrall | R | 65 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 13 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 16.5 |
Bill Gilligan | C | 54 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 59 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 12.5 |
Barry Legge | D | 78 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 114 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 6.8 |
Blaine Stoughton | R | 30 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 8.0 |
Greg Carroll | C | 26 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12.5 |
Brian Coates | L | 42 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 15.1 |
Dennis Sobchuk | C | 23 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 |
Butch Deadmarsh | L | 45 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
Bryon Baltimore | D | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 47 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
Barry Melrose | D | 69 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 113 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
Gilles Marotte | D | 29 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 58 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
Del Hall | C | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
Daryl Maggs | D | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
Reg Thomas | C | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9.1 |
Paul Stewart | D | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 241 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
Dave Debol | C | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
Bruce Greig | L | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 57 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 |
Alf Handrahan | R | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
Willie Trognitz | L | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 94 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
Floyd Lahache | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
Jacques Locas | C | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
Mike Liut | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Serge Beaudoin | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
Normand Lapointe | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Allan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Ernie Wakely | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Hoganson | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Michel Dion | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1448 | 298 | 483 | 781 | 1671 | -98 | 62 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2488 | 12.0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michel Dion | 45 | 2356 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 140 | 3.57 | 1220 | 1080 | .885 |
Mike Liut | 27 | 1215 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 4.25 | 663 | 577 | .870 |
Normand Lapointe | 13 | 647 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 4.64 | 345 | 295 | .855 |
Paul Hoganson | 7 | 326 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.42 | 153 | 129 | .843 |
Ernie Wakely | 6 | 311 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5.02 | 146 | 120 | .822 |
Totals | 98 | 4855 | 35 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 326 | 4.03 | 2853 | 2527 | .886 |