1977-78 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 38-39-3 - 79 points
Finishing 5th in the WHA
Postseason: 1-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New England Whalers 4-1
Coach: Glen Sather (38-39-3)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1977-78 Edmonton Oilers RosterTeam Record: 38-39-3 - 79 points
Finishing 5th in the WHA
Postseason: 1-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New England Whalers 4-1
Coach: Glen Sather (38-39-3)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1977-78 Edmonton Oilers Results
The Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 38 wins and 39 losses and 3 ties for 79 points, finishing fifth in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Oilers potted 309 goals and conceded 307. Bill Flett scored 41 goals for Edmonton, while Blair MacDonald and Ron Chipperfield netted 30 or more also. Ron Chipperfield accounted for 52 assists. Dave Dryden topped the squad with 21 wins, plus Don McLeod added 15 or more wins, too. Dave Dryden recorded a 3.49 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Glen Sather coached the team. The 1977-78 Edmonton Oilers lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 80 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 48 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 15.6 |
| Bill Flett | R | 74 | 41 | 28 | 69 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 18.3 |
| Blair MacDonald | R | 80 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 11 | -12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 14.3 |
| Mike Zuke | C | 71 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 12.2 |
| Al Hamilton | D | 59 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 46 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 6.0 |
| Brett Callighen | L | 80 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 112 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 10.0 |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 80 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 100 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 5.3 |
| Joe Micheletti | D | 56 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 9.9 |
| Norm Ferguson | R | 71 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 16.4 |
| Juha Widing | C | 71 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 11.8 |
| Pierre Guite | L | 60 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 71 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 10.2 |
| Randy Rota | L | 53 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 8.6 |
| Dave Langevin | D | 62 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 90 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 4.5 |
| Bryan Campbell | C | 53 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 12 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 8.6 |
| Ron Busniuk | D | 59 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 157 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 |
| Ab DeMarco | D | 47 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 5.9 |
| Pierre Jarry | L | 18 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 |
| Gary MacGregor | C | 37 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 29 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 14.3 |
| Dave Semenko | L | 65 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 140 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12.8 |
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 |
| Don McLeod | G | 33 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Warren Miller | R | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Ken Baird | D | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Ray McKay | D | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Butch Deadmarsh | L | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Jerry Holland | L | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Cal Sandbeck | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Jim Troy | R | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Rick Morris | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Craig Topolnisky | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Dave Inkpen | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Gerry Pinder | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Primeau | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dave Dryden | G | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Owen Lloyd | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Del Hall | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dale McMullen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Frank Turnbull | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Cross | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris Ahrens | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bob Falkenberg | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Broderick | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1477 | 309 | 499 | 808 | 1286 | -11 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2859 | 10.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Dryden | 48 | 2578 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 150 | 3.49 | 1239 | 1089 | .879 |
| Don McLeod | 33 | 1723 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 102 | 3.55 | 750 | 648 | .864 |
| Ken Broderick | 9 | 497 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5.07 | 206 | 164 | .796 |
| Frank Turnbull | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 24 | 18 | .750 |
| Totals | 91 | 4858 | 38 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 300 | 3.71 | 2519 | 2219 | .881 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Zuke | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Callighen | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Shmyr | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Micheletti | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Ferguson | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juha Widing | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Guite | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Rota | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Langevin | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Busniuk | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ab DeMarco | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Jarry | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Semenko | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don McLeod | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray McKay | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal Sandbeck | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Troy | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Primeau | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Dryden | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 95 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 115 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Dryden | 2 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.96 | 0 | ||
| Don McLeod | 4 | 207 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4.64 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 298 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4.43 | 0 |
