1978 WHA Quarter-Finals
Winnipeg Jets defeat Birmingham Bulls 4-1
W-L: 36-41-3, .469
SRS: -0.29 (6th of 10)
Goals: 287 (7th of 10)
Goals Against: 314 (7th of 10)
W-L: 50-28-2, .638
SRS: 1.22 (1st of 10)
Goals: 381 (1st of 10)
Goals Against: 270 (4th of 10)
| Game 1, April 14 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 9 | |
| Game 2, April 16 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 8 | |
| Game 3, April 19 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| Birmingham Bulls | 3 | |
| Game 4, April 21 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | Final |
| Birmingham Bulls | 1 | |
| Game 5, April 23 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
1977-78 Regular Season Stats
| Sunday, Oct 23, 1977 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 10 | |
| Friday, Nov 4, 1977 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| Birmingham Bulls | 2 | |
| Wednesday, Nov 16, 1977 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | |
| Sunday, Nov 27, 1977 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 4 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | OT |
| Wednesday, Jan 11, 1978 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 11 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 25, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| Birmingham Bulls | 6 | |
| Saturday, Jan 28, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | Final |
| Birmingham Bulls | 8 | |
| Wednesday, Feb 8, 1978 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 0 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 9 | |
| Wednesday, Mar 1, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Birmingham Bulls | 4 | |
| Sunday, Mar 12, 1978 | ||
| Birmingham Bulls | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | |
| Saturday, Mar 25, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Birmingham Bulls | 1 | |
BRB Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Ken Linseman | 19 | C | 71 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 6 | 126 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 216 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Peter Marrin | 24 | C | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 9 | 53 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 187 | 15.0 | |||||||||
| 3 | Paul Henderson | 35 | LW | 80 | 37 | 29 | 66 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 212 | 17.5 | |||||||||
| 4 | Mark Napier | 21 | RW | 79 | 33 | 32 | 65 | -11 | 90 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 194 | 17.0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Brent Hughes | 34 | D | 80 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 12 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 8.3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Tony Cassolato | 21 | RW | 77 | 18 | 25 | 43 | -3 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 14.5 | |||||||||
| 7 | Dave Gorman | 22 | RW | 63 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 18 | 93 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| 8 | John Stewart | 24 | C | 48 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 15.1 | |||||||||
| 9 | Frank Mahovlich* | 40 | LW | 72 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -5 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 11.2 | |||||||||
| 10 | Serge Beaudoin | 25 | D | 64 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 14 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 8.4 | |||||||||
| 11 | Joe Noris | 26 | C | 45 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| 12 | Phil Roberto | 29 | RW | 53 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 8.8 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jim Turkiewicz | 22 | D | 78 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3.6 | |||||||||
| 14 | Dave Hanson | 23 | D | 42 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 241 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| 15 | Rod Langway* | 20 | D | 52 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Steve Alley | 24 | LW | 27 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 17 | Frank Beaton | 24 | LW | 56 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 279 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 9.5 | |||||||||
| 18 | Bob Stephenson | 23 | RW | 39 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13.7 | |||||||||
| 19 | Dale Hoganson | 28 | D | 43 | 1 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 | |||||||||
| 20 | Pat Westrum | 29 | D | 77 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| 21 | Steve Durbano | 26 | D | 45 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 284 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| 22 | Tim Sheehy | 29 | RW | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 | |||||||||
| 23 | Václav Nedomanský* | 33 | RW | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 | |||||||||
| 24 | Gilles Bilodeau | 22 | LW | 59 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -14 | 258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Chris Evans | 31 | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |||||||||
| 26 | John Garrett | 26 | G | 58 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3306 | 57:00 | ||||||||
| 27 | Wayne Wood | 26 | G | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1551 | 48:28 | ||||||||
| 28 | Paul Terbenche | 32 | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Danny Arndt | 22 | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 287 | 461 | 748 | 25 | 2159 | 219 | 60 | 8 | 2278 | 12.6 | ||||||||||||
BRB Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | John Garrett | 26 | 58 | 24 | 31 | 1 | 210 | 3.81 | 2 | 3306 | 99 | 2.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Wayne Wood | 26 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 99 | 3.83 | 1 | 1551 | 100 | -0.4 | |||||||
| Team Total | 36 | 41 | 3 | 309 | 3.82 | 3 | 4857 | ||||||||||||
WNJ Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Ulf Nilsson | 27 | C | 73 | 37 | 89 | 126 | 41 | 89 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 180 | 20.6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Anders Hedberg | 26 | RW | 77 | 63 | 59 | 122 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 290 | 21.7 | |||||||||
| 3 | Bobby Hull* | 39 | LW | 77 | 46 | 71 | 117 | 55 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 257 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| 4 | Kent Nilsson | 21 | C | 80 | 42 | 65 | 107 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 212 | 19.8 | |||||||||
| 5 | Willy Lindström | 26 | RW | 77 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 151 | 19.9 | |||||||||
| 6 | Peter Sullivan | 26 | C | 77 | 16 | 39 | 55 | -12 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 130 | 12.3 | |||||||||
| 7 | Lars-Erik Sjöberg | 33 | D | 78 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 8.3 | |||||||||
| 8 | Bobby Guindon | 27 | LW | 77 | 20 | 22 | 42 | -1 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 15.7 | |||||||||
| 9 | Dave Kryskow | 26 | LW | 71 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 19.4 | |||||||||
| 10 | Dan Labraaten | 26 | LW | 47 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 22.2 | |||||||||
| 11 | Thommie Bergman | 30 | D | 62 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 22 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 3.6 | |||||||||
| 12 | Lynn Powis | 28 | C | 55 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| 13 | Barry Long | 29 | D | 78 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 4.4 | |||||||||
| 14 | Bill Lesuk | 31 | LW | 80 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -4 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 | |||||||||
| 15 | Dave Dunn | 29 | D | 66 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 11.3 | |||||||||
| 16 | Ted Green | 37 | D | 73 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 4.5 | |||||||||
| 17 | Lyle Moffat | 29 | LW | 57 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -6 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 15.5 | |||||||||
| 18 | Ken Baird | 26 | LW | 49 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 21.2 | |||||||||
| 19 | Kent Ruhnke | 25 | RW | 21 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 30.8 | |||||||||
| 20 | Kim Clackson | 22 | D | 52 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 203 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 | |||||||||
| 21 | Larry Hornung | 32 | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |||||||||
| 22 | Mike Amodeo | 25 | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Joe Daley | 34 | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2075 | 56:05 | ||||||||
| 24 | Gary Bromley | 28 | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2252 | 57:45 | ||||||||
| 25 | Bill Davis | 23 | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Mike Ford | 25 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Fran Huck | 32 | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Markus Mattsson | 20 | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 511 | 51:06 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 381 | 629 | 1010 | 340 | 966 | 287 | 78 | 16 | 2484 | 15.3 | ||||||||||||
WNJ Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Gary Bromley | 28 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 124 | 3.30 | 1 | 2252 | 92 | 11.3 | |||||||
| 2 | Joe Daley | 34 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 114 | 3.30 | 1 | 2075 | 95 | 6.6 | |||||||
| 3 | Markus Mattsson | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 3.52 | 0 | 511 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 50 | 28 | 2 | 268 | 3.32 | 2 | 4838 | ||||||||||||
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