1978 WHA Semi-Finals
New England Whalers defeat Quebec Nordiques 4-1
W-L: 44-31-5, .581
SRS: 0.73 (2nd of 10)
Goals: 335 (3rd of 10)
Goals Against: 269 (3rd of 10)
W-L: 40-37-3, .519
SRS: 0.03 (4th of 10)
Goals: 349 (2nd of 10)
Goals Against: 347 (9th of 10)
| Game 1, April 28 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Game 2, April 30 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Game 3, May 3 | ||
| New England Whalers | 5 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 4 | |
| Game 4, May 5 | ||
| New England Whalers | 7 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 3 | |
| Game 5, May 7 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
1977-78 Regular Season Stats
| Wednesday, Oct 26, 1977 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 7 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 1, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 6 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 3 | |
| Tuesday, Nov 22, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | |
| Friday, Nov 25, 1977 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 6 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 4, 1978 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 6 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Saturday, Jan 21, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 3 | |
| Sunday, Jan 22, 1978 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Tuesday, Feb 14, 1978 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Tuesday, Feb 21, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 5 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 6 | OT |
| Wednesday, Mar 1, 1978 | ||
| Quebec Nordiques | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | OT |
| Sunday, Mar 5, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 2 | |
| Saturday, Mar 18, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Quebec Nordiques | 5 | |
NEW 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 | Gordie Howe* | 49 | RW | 76 | 34 | 62 | 96 | 46 | 85 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 163 | 20.9 | |||||||||
| 2 | Mark Howe* | 22 | LW | 70 | 30 | 61 | 91 | 30 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 220 | 13.6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mike Rogers | 23 | C | 80 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 22 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 13.7 | |||||||||
| 4 | Mike Antonovich | 26 | C | 75 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 17 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 243 | 13.2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Dave Keon* | 37 | C | 77 | 24 | 38 | 62 | -4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 169 | 14.2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Gordie Roberts | 20 | D | 78 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 17 | 118 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 11.1 | |||||||||
| 7 | John McKenzie | 40 | RW | 79 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 15 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| 8 | George Lyle | 24 | LW | 68 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 12 | 74 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 9 | Rick Ley | 29 | D | 73 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 36 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| 10 | Larry Pleau | 31 | LW | 54 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| 11 | Brad Selwood | 29 | D | 80 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 5.5 | |||||||||
| 12 | Al Hangsleben | 24 | D | 79 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 140 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jack Carlson | 23 | LW | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 192 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 | |||||||||
| 14 | Greg Carroll | 21 | C | 48 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 12.9 | |||||||||
| 15 | Tom Webster | 29 | RW | 20 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 21.4 | |||||||||
| 16 | Jim Mayer | 23 | D | 51 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 19.3 | |||||||||
| 17 | Marty Howe | 23 | D | 75 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 6.8 | |||||||||
| 18 | Tim Sheehy | 29 | RW | 25 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 19 | Bill Butters | 27 | D | 45 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 | |||||||||
| 20 | Steve Carlson | 22 | C | 38 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 14.6 | |||||||||
| 21 | Danny Bolduc | 24 | RW | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ron Plumb | 27 | D | 27 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 | |||||||||
| 23 | Bryan Maxwell | 22 | D | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 24 | Al Smith | 32 | G | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3246 | 59:01 | ||||||||
| 25 | André Peloffy | 26 | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |||||||||
| 26 | Jean-Louis Levasseur | 28 | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1655 | 61:18 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 335 | 547 | 882 | 307 | 1241 | 264 | 62 | 9 | 2580 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||
NEW 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 | Al Smith | 32 | 55 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 174 | 3.22 | 2 | 3246 | 93 | 13.5 | |||||||
| 2 | Jean-Louis Levasseur | 28 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 91 | 3.30 | 3 | 1655 | 92 | 7.8 | |||||||
| Team Total | 44 | 31 | 5 | 265 | 3.24 | 5 | 4901 | ||||||||||||
QBN 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 | Marc Tardif | 28 | LW | 78 | 65 | 89 | 154 | 15 | 50 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 375 | 17.3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Réal Cloutier | 21 | RW | 73 | 56 | 73 | 129 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 312 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| 3 | Serge Bernier | 30 | C | 58 | 26 | 52 | 78 | -1 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 180 | 14.4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Paulin Bordeleau | 25 | RW | 77 | 42 | 23 | 65 | -13 | 29 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 217 | 19.4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Matti Hagman | 22 | C | 53 | 25 | 31 | 56 | -14 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 108 | 23.1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Garry Lariviere | 23 | D | 80 | 7 | 49 | 56 | 3 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 4.7 | |||||||||
| 7 | Norm Dubé | 26 | LW | 73 | 16 | 31 | 47 | -10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| 8 | Bob Fitchner | 27 | C | 72 | 15 | 28 | 43 | -5 | 76 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 12.0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Jean Bernier | 23 | D | 74 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| 10 | J.C. Tremblay | 39 | D | 54 | 5 | 37 | 42 | -14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 4.7 | |||||||||
| 11 | Warren Miller | 23 | RW | 60 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -26 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 121 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| 12 | Paul Baxter | 22 | D | 76 | 6 | 29 | 35 | -37 | 240 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 4.1 | |||||||||
| 13 | Steve Sutherland | 31 | LW | 75 | 23 | 10 | 33 | -15 | 143 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 14 | Christian Bordeleau | 30 | C | 26 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 12.5 | |||||||||
| 15 | André Boudrias | 34 | C | 66 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 14.3 | |||||||||
| 16 | Curt Brackenbury | 26 | RW | 33 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 | |||||||||
| 17 | Peter Driscoll | 23 | LW | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| 18 | Jim Dorey | 30 | D | 26 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 | |||||||||
| 19 | Pierre Guite | 25 | LW | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 | |||||||||
| 20 | Alain Côté | 20 | LW | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |||||||||
| 21 | François Lacombe | 29 | D | 22 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 | |||||||||
| 22 | Charles Constantin | 23 | LW | 48 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 | |||||||||
| 23 | Pierre Lagace | 20 | C | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | |||||||||
| 24 | Rick Morris | 31 | LW | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Richard Brodeur | 25 | G | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1962 | 54:30 | |||||||
| 26 | Chris Evans | 31 | D | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Don McLeod | 31 | G | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 403 | 57:34 | ||||||||
| 28 | Jim Corsi | 23 | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1089 | 47:21 | ||||||||
| 29 | Dave Inkpen | 23 | D | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Ken Broderick | 35 | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1140 | 47:30 | ||||||||
| 31 | Markus Mattsson | 20 | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 44:20 | ||||||||
| 32 | Wally Weir | 23 | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 349 | 610 | 959 | -91 | 1171 | 259 | 79 | 11 | 2722 | 12.8 | ||||||||||||
QBN 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 | Richard Brodeur | 25 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 121 | 3.70 | 0 | 1962 | 87 | 18.1 | |||||||
| 2 | Jim Corsi | 23 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 4.52 | 0 | 1089 | 102 | -1.7 | |||||||
| 3 | Ken Broderick | 35 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 83 | 4.37 | 0 | 1140 | 113 | -9.7 | |||||||
| 4 | Don McLeod | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4.17 | 0 | 403 | |||||||||
| 5 | Markus Mattsson | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6.77 | 0 | 266 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 40 | 37 | 3 | 344 | 4.25 | 0 | 4860 | ||||||||||||
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