1978 WHA Avco Cup Final
Winnipeg Jets defeat New England Whalers 4-0
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: 50-28-2, .638
SRS: 1.22 (1st of 10)
Goals: 381 (1st of 10)
Goals Against: 270 (4th of 10)
| Game 1, May 12 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 1 | |
| Game 2, May 14 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Game 3, May 19 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 10 | |
| Game 4, May 22 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
1977-78 Regular Season Stats
| Friday, Oct 21, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 5 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | |
| Friday, Nov 18, 1977 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Friday, Dec 2, 1977 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Saturday, Dec 17, 1977 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Sunday, Dec 18, 1977 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 7 | |
| Friday, Jan 20, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
| Thursday, Feb 16, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 1 | OT |
| Wednesday, Feb 22, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
| Friday, Feb 24, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 7 | |
| Wednesday, Mar 22, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Thursday, Apr 6, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 7 | |
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 | ||||||||||||
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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