1977-78 Colorado Rockies Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 19-40-21 - 59 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 2-0
Coach: Pat Kelly (19-40-21)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1977-78 Colorado Rockies Roster
1977-78 Colorado Rockies Results

The Colorado Rockies of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 19 wins and 40 losses and 21 ties for 59 points, finishing second in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Rockies netted 257 goals and yielded 305. Wilf Paiement scored 31 goals for Colorado, while Paul Gardner tallied 30 or more, too. Wilf Paiement contributed 56 assists. Doug Favell topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.58 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Pat Kelly coached the team. The 1977-78 Colorado Rockies lost in the NHL preliminary round.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Wilf Paiement	R	80	31	56	87	114	-14	7	2	1	2	287	10.8
Barry Beck	D	75	22	38	60	89	-14	6	0	4	0	271	8.1
John Van Boxmeer	D	80	12	42	54	87	-12	5	0	0	0	262	4.6
Paul Gardner	C	46	30	22	52	29	-17	13	0	3	4	133	22.6
Andy Spruce	L	74	19	21	40	43	-7	3	0	1	1	119	16.0
Gary Croteau	L	62	17	22	39	24	-15	8	0	0	3	104	16.3
Ron Andruff	C	78	15	18	33	31	-16	0	0	1	0	133	11.3
Dave Hudson	C	60	10	22	32	12	-5	1	0	0	3	89	11.2
Dennis Owchar	D	60	8	23	31	25	-49	2	0	0	0	120	6.7
Denis Dupere	L	54	15	15	30	4	9	2	2	4	1	67	22.4
Joe Contini	C	37	12	9	21	28	-2	3	0	0	0	49	24.5
Ron Delorme	R	68	10	11	21	47	-20	0	0	0	1	76	13.2
Nelson Pyatt	C	71	9	12	21	8	-23	1	0	0	1	87	10.3
Randy Pierce	R	35	9	10	19	15	0	1	0	3	1	60	15.0
Mark Suzor	D	60	4	15	19	56	-35	2	0	0	0	89	4.5
Mike Kitchen	D	61	2	17	19	45	-12	0	0	1	0	57	3.5
Fred Ahern	R	38	5	13	18	19	-16	1	0	0	1	66	7.6
Bryan Lefley	D	71	4	13	17	12	-4	0	1	1	0	65	6.2
Ralph Klassen	C	44	6	9	15	8	-19	3	0	0	1	47	12.8
Tom Edur	D	20	5	7	12	10	10	1	0	0	0	38	13.2
Chuck Arnason	R	29	4	8	12	10	-3	2	0	0	1	50	8.0
Mike Christie	D	35	2	8	10	28	-6	0	0	0	1	36	5.6
Bob Neely	D	22	3	6	9	2	-10	1	0	0	0	33	9.1
Larry Skinner	C	14	3	5	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	28	10.7
Rick Jodzio	L	32	0	5	5	28	-5	0	0	0	0	25	0.0
Dennis O'Brien	D	16	0	2	2	12	-10	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Doug Favell	G	47	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Oleschuk	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Lemelin	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michel Plasse	G	25	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
John McCahill	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim McElmury	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McKenzie	G	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Nistico	L	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Totals		1417	257	431	688	808	-292	63	5	19	21	2403	10.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Doug Favell	47	2663	13	20	11	2	1	159	3.58	0
Bill McKenzie	12	654	3	6	2	1	0	42	3.85	0
Michel Plasse	25	1383	3	12	8	2	0	90	3.90	0
Bill Oleschuk	2	100	0	2	0	0	0	9	5.40	0
Totals	86	4800	19	40	21	5	1	300	3.75		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG
Wilf Paiement	R	2	0	0	0	7	0
Barry Beck	D	2	0	1	1	0	0
John Van Boxmeer	D	2	0	1	1	2	0
Andy Spruce	L	2	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Andruff	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Hudson	C	2	1	1	2	0	0
Dennis Owchar	D	2	1	0	1	2	0
Denis Dupere	L	2	1	0	1	0	1
Joe Contini	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Delorme	R	2	0	0	0	10	0
Randy Pierce	R	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kitchen	D	2	0	0	0	2	0
Fred Ahern	R	2	0	1	1	2	0
Bryan Lefley	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Klassen	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Christie	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Skinner	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Favell	G	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		36	3	6	9	25	1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Doug Favell	2	120	0	2	0	0	0	6	3.00	0
Totals	2	120	0	2	0	0	0	6	3.00		0