1977-78 Winnipeg Jets Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 50-28-2 - 102 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA
Postseason: 8-1
Won AVCO Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Birmingham Bulls 4-1
Avco Cup Finals - Defeated New England Whalers 4-0
Coach: Larry Hillman (50-28-2)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1977-78 Winnipeg Jets Roster
1977-78 Winnipeg Jets Results

The Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 50 wins and 28 losses and 2 ties for 102 points, finishing first in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-1.

The Jets led the league with 381 goals. Winnipeg allowed 270 goals. Anders Hedberg scored 63 goals for the squad, while Bobby Hull, Kent Nilsson, Ulf Nilsson and Willy Lindstrom each netted 30 or more also. Ulf Nilsson contributed 89 assists. Gary Bromley earned 25 wins in front of the net for the team, and Joe Daley added 15 or more victories as well. Joe Daley and Gary Bromley registered a 3.30 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Larry Hillman coached the team. The 1977-78 Winnipeg Jets won the AVCO Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Ulf Nilsson	C	73	37	89	126	89	41	7	3	180	20.6
Anders Hedberg	R	77	63	59	122	60	60	17	6	290	21.7
Bobby Hull	L	77	46	71	117	23	55	10	0	257	17.9
Kent Nilsson	C	80	42	65	107	8	27	18	0	212	19.8
Willy Lindstrom	R	77	30	30	60	42	4	7	0	151	19.9
Peter Sullivan	C	77	16	39	55	43	-12	3	1	130	12.3
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	D	78	11	39	50	72	60	0	1	133	8.3
Bobby Guindon	L	77	20	22	42	18	-1	0	4	127	15.7
Dave Kryskow	L	71	20	21	41	16	12	3	0	103	19.4
Dan Labraaten	L	47	18	16	34	30	7	5	0	81	22.2
Thommie Bergman	D	62	5	28	33	43	22	0	0	139	3.6
Lynn Powis	C	55	12	19	31	16	2	2	0	68	17.6
Barry Long	D	78	7	24	31	42	10	1	1	159	4.4
Bill Lesuk	L	80	9	18	27	48	-4	0	0	85	10.6
Dave Dunn	D	66	6	20	26	79	20	1	0	53	11.3
Ted Green	D	73	4	22	26	52	19	2	0	88	4.5
Lyle Moffat	L	57	9	16	25	39	-6	0	0	58	15.5
Ken Baird	D	49	14	7	21	29	5	2	0	66	21.2
Kent Ruhnke	R	21	8	9	17	2	9	0	0	26	30.8
Kim Clackson	D	52	2	7	9	203	6	0	0	42	4.8
Larry Hornung	D	19	1	4	5	2	17	0	0	13	7.7
Mike Amodeo	D	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	4	25.0
Joe Daley	G	37	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Gary Bromley	G	39	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Bill Davis	D	12	0	0	0	2	-9	0	0	9	0.0
Mike Ford	D	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	6	0.0
Markus Mattsson	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fran Huck	C	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	4	0.0
Totals		1455	381	629	1010	966	340	78	16	2484	15.3

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gary Bromley	39	2252	25	12	1	1	1	124	3.30	1090	966	.886
Joe Daley	37	2075	21	11	1	1	1	114	3.30	971	857	.883
Markus Mattsson	6	321	3	3	0	0	0	16	2.99	164	148	.902
Totals	86	4838	50	28	2	2	2	268	3.32	2586	2318	.896

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Ulf Nilsson	C	9	1	13	14	12	5	0
Anders Hedberg	R	9	9	6	15	2	5	1
Bobby Hull	L	9	8	3	11	12	5	2
Kent Nilsson	C	9	2	8	10	10	2	0
Willy Lindstrom	R	8	3	4	7	17	3	0
Peter Sullivan	C	9	3	4	7	4	3	1
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	D	9	0	9	9	4	8	0
Bobby Guindon	L	9	8	5	13	5	9	2
Dave Kryskow	L	9	4	4	8	2	1	1
Dan Labraaten	L	4	1	1	2	8	4	0
Lynn Powis	C	3	2	1	3	7	2	0
Barry Long	D	9	0	5	5	6	11	0
Bill Lesuk	L	9	2	5	7	12	9	0
Dave Dunn	D	9	1	2	3	0	8	0
Ted Green	D	8	0	2	2	2	4	0
Lyle Moffat	L	9	5	7	12	9	3	0
Ken Baird	D	7	0	4	4	7	1	0
Kent Ruhnke	R	5	2	0	2	0	-2	1
Kim Clackson	D	9	0	1	1	61	6	0
Mike Amodeo	D	7	1	3	4	19	-2	0
Joe Daley	G	5	0	1	1	20	0	0
Gary Bromley	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Ford	D	2	1	0	1	0	-1	0
Totals		171	53	88	141	221	84	8

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gary Bromley	5	268	4	0	7	1.57	0
Joe Daley	5	271	4	1	13	2.88	0
Totals	10	539	8	1	20	2.23		0