1977-78 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 32-29-19 - 83 points
in the NHL's Smythe Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bob Pulford (32-29-19)
1977-78 Chicago Black Hawks RosterTeam Record: 32-29-19 - 83 points
in the NHL's Smythe Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bob Pulford (32-29-19)
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 in the NHL's Smythe Division.
The club scored 230 goals and allowed 220. Ivan Boldirev netted 35 goals for the squad and contributed 45 assists. Tony Esposito earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.62 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bob Pulford coached the team. The 1977-78 Chicago Black Hawks lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
Click on column headings to sort.
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 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1514 | 230 | 380 | 610 | 1308 | 60 | 43 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 2337 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Veisor | 12 | 720 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2.58 | |||
| Tony Esposito | 64 | 3840 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 168 | 2.63 | |||
| Eddie Johnston | 4 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.25 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 4800 | 32 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 216 | 2.70 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Boldirev | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Mikita | C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Bulley | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.P. Bordeleau | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Mulvey | R | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darcy Rota | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Marks | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Wilson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Koroll | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Murray | D | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Plante | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Tallon | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alain Daigle | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Hicks | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Magnuson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Logan | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kirk Bowman | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Esposito | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Esposito | 4 | 252 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.52 | 136 | 117 | .860 |
| Totals | 4 | 252 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.52 | 136 | 117 | .860 |
