1977–78 Winnipeg Jets
Avco Cup Champions
Division	1st WHA
1977–78 record	50–28–2
Goals for	381
Goals against	270
Team information
Coach	Larry Hillman
Captain	Lars-Erik Sjoberg
Team leaders

<1976–77

1978–79>

The 1977–78 Winnipeg Jets season was the Jets sixth season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets, finalists in 1977, qualified first for the playoffs and the championship against the New England Whalers in the Final. It was the Jets' second Avco Cup win.

OffseasonEdit

Regular seasonEdit

Final standingsEdit

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

WHA Team	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Winnipeg Jets	50	28	2	102	381	270	988
New England Whalers	44	31	5	93	335	269	1255
Houston Aeros	42	34	4	88	296	302	1543
Quebec Nordiques	40	37	3	83	349	347	1185
Edmonton Oilers	38	39	3	79	309	307	1296
Birmingham Bulls	36	41	3	75	287	314	2177
Cincinnati Stingers	35	42	3	73	298	332	1701
Indianapolis Racers	24	51	5	53	267	353	1189
Soviet All-Stars	3	4	1	7	27	36	120
Czechoslovakia All-Stars	1	6	1	3	21	40	87

Game logEdit

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1977	7–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	1–0–0
2	W	October 13, 1977	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	2–0–0
3	W	October 15, 1977	5–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	3–0–0
4	W	October 16, 1977	9–1	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	4–0–0
5	L	October 21, 1977	2–5	New England Whalers (1977–78)	4–1–0
6	W	October 23, 1977	10–3	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	5–1–0
7	L	October 26, 1977	3–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	5–2–0
8	W	October 28, 1977	3–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	6–2–0
9	W	October 30, 1977	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	7–2–0
10	W	November 2, 1977	6–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	8–2–0
11	W	November 4, 1977	4–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	9–2–0
12	W	November 5, 1977	6–1	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	10–2–0
13	W	November 9, 1977	4–3	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	11–2–0
14	L	November 11, 1977	2–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	11–3–0
15	L	November 13, 1977	2–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	11–4–0
16	L	November 15, 1977	6–7 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	11–5–0
17	T	November 16, 1977	2–2	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	11–5–1
18	L	November 18, 1977	2–3	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	11–6–1
19	W	November 19, 1977	6–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	12–6–1
20	L	November 22, 1977	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	12–7–1
21	L	November 27, 1977	3–4 OT	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	12–8–1
22	L	December 2, 1977	1–4	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	12–9–1
23	L	December 3, 1977	5–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	12–10–1
24	L	December 4, 1977	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	12–11–1
25	W	December 7, 1977	5–2	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	13–11–1
26	L	December 9, 1977	3–4 OT	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	13–12–1
27	W	December 11, 1977	7–1	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	14–12–1
28	W	December 13, 1977	5–1	Czechoslovakia (1977–78)	15–12–1
29	W	December 17, 1977	6–3	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	16–12–1
30	W	December 18, 1977	7–3	New England Whalers (1977–78)	17–12–1
31	W	December 20, 1977	6–4	Soviet All-Stars (1977–78)	18–12–1
32	W	December 21, 1977	4–3	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	19–12–1
33	W	December 23, 1977	6–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	20–12–1
34	W	December 26, 1977	9–4	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	21–12–1
35	W	January 6, 1978	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	22–12–1
36	W	January 8, 1978	4–2	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	23–12–1
37	W	January 11, 1978	11–2	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	24–12–1
38	L	January 13, 1978	2–3	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	24–13–1
39	W	January 14, 1978	6–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	25–13–1
40	L	January 15, 1978	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	25–14–1
41	W	January 18, 1978	5–1	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	26–14–1
42	T	January 20, 1978	4–4	New England Whalers (1977–78)	26–14–2
43	L	January 22, 1978	4–5	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	26–15–2
44	L	January 25, 1978	2–6	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	26–16–2
45	L	January 26, 1978	1–2 OT	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	26–17–2
46	L	January 28, 1978	5–8	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	26–18–2
47	W	January 29, 1978	8–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	27–18–2
48	W	January 31, 1978	7–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	28–18–2
49	W	February 4, 1978	7–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	29–18–2
50	W	February 5, 1978	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	30–18–2
51	W	February 8, 1978	9–0	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	31–18–2
52	W	February 10, 1978	10–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	32–18–2
53	W	February 11, 1978	5–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	33–18–2
54	W	February 12, 1978	6–5	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	34–18–2
55	W	February 15, 1978	6–5	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	35–18–2
56	W	February 16, 1978	2–1 OT	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	36–18–2
57	W	February 18, 1978	4–0	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	37–18–2
58	W	February 19, 1978	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	38–18–2
59	W	February 22, 1978	4–2	New England Whalers (1977–78)	39–18–2
60	W	February 24, 1978	7–2	New England Whalers (1977–78)	40–18–2
61	W	February 26, 1978	9–6	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	41–18–2
62	L	March 1, 1978	3–4	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	41–19–2
63	L	March 3, 1978	1–5	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	41–20–2
64	L	March 4, 1978	6–8	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	41–21–2
65	L	March 5, 1978	3–4	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	41–22–2
66	W	March 9, 1978	6–5	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	42–22–2
67	W	March 11, 1978	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	43–22–2
68	W	March 12, 1978	3–2	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	44–22–2
69	W	March 15, 1978	8–4	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	45–22–2
70	L	March 17, 1978	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	45–23–2
71	W	March 19, 1978	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	46–23–2
72	W	March 22, 1978	5–3	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	47–23–2
73	W	March 25, 1978	3–1	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	48–23–2
74	L	March 28, 1978	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	48–24–2
75	W	March 30, 1978	4–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	49–24–2
76	L	April 1, 1978	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	49–25–2
77	L	April 4, 1978	3–6	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	49–26–2
78	W	April 6, 1978	7–4	New England Whalers (1977–78)	50–26–2
79	L	April 7, 1978	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	50–27–2
80	L	April 9, 1978	4–5	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	50–28–2

PlayoffsEdit

Player statsEdit

Regular seasonEdit

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	73	37	89	126	89	41	7	3
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	77	63	59	122	60	60	17	6
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	77	46	71	117	23	55	10	0
Nilsson, KentKent Nilsson	C	80	42	65	107	8	27	18	0
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	77	30	30	60	42	4	7	0
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	77	16	39	55	43	-12	3	1
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg	D	78	11	39	50	72	60	0	1
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon	LW	77	20	22	42	18	-1	0	4
Kryskow, DaveDave Kryskow	LW	71	20	21	41	16	12	3	0
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	47	18	16	34	30	7	5	0
Bergman, ThommieThommie Bergman	D	62	5	28	33	43	22	0	0
Powis, LynnLynn Powis	C	55	12	19	31	16	2	2	0
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	78	7	24	31	42	10	1	1
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	LW	80	9	18	27	48	-4	0	0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	66	6	20	26	79	20	1	0
Green, TedTed Green	D	73	4	22	26	52	19	2	0
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	57	9	16	25	39	-6	0	0
Baird, KenKen Baird	D	49	14	7	21	29	5	2	0
Ruhnke, KentKent Ruhnke	RW	21	8	9	17	2	9	0	0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson	D	52	2	7	9	203	6	0	0
Hornung, LarryLarry Hornung	D	19	1	4	5	2	17	0	0
Amodeo, MikeMike Amodeo	D	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	G	37	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley	G	39	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Davis, BillBill Davis	D	12	0	0	0	2	-9	0	0
Ford, MikeMike Ford	D	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0
Huck, FranFran Huck	C	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley	2252	39	25	12	1	124	3.30	1
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	2075	37	21	11	1	114	3.30	1
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	511	10	4	5	0	30	3.52	0
Team:	4838	80	50	28	2	268	3.32	2

PlayoffsEdit

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	RW	9	9	6	15	2			1
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	C	9	1	13	14	12			0
Guindon, BobbyBobby Guindon	LW	9	8	5	13	5			2
Moffat, LyleLyle Moffat	LW	9	5	7	12	9			0
Hull, BobbyBobby Hull	LW	9	8	3	11	12			2
Nilsson, KentKent Nilsson	C	9	2	8	10	10			0
Sjoberg, Lars-ErikLars-Erik Sjoberg	D	9	0	9	9	4			0
Kryskow, DaveDave Kryskow	LW	9	4	4	8	2			1
Lindstrom, WillyWilly Lindstrom	RW	8	3	4	7	17			0
Sullivan, PeterPeter Sullivan	C	9	3	4	7	4			1
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk	LW	9	2	5	7	12			0
Long, BarryBarry Long	D	9	0	5	5	6			0
Amodeo, MikeMike Amodeo	D	7	1	3	4	19			0
Baird, KenKen Baird	D	7	0	4	4	7			0
Powis, LynnLynn Powis	C	3	2	1	3	7			0
Dunn, DaveDave Dunn	D	9	1	2	3	0			0
Ruhnke, KentKent Ruhnke	RW	5	2	0	2	0			1
Labraaten, DanDan Labraaten	LW	4	1	1	2	8			0
Green, TedTed Green	D	8	0	2	2	2			0
Ford, MikeMike Ford	D	2	1	0	1	0			0
Clackson, KimKim Clackson	D	9	0	1	1	61			0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	G	5	0	1	1	20			0
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley	G	5	0	0	0	2			0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bromley, GaryGary Bromley	268	5	4	0	7	1.57	0
Daley, JoeJoe Daley	271	5	4	1	13	2.88	0
Team:	539	9	8	1	20	2.23	0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and recordsEdit

TransactionsEdit

RosterEdit

Draft picksEdit

Farm teamsEdit

See alsoEdit

• 1977–78 WHA season

ReferencesEdit

• 1977–78 Winnipeg Jets Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

External linksEdit

Winnipeg Jets
Franchise	Winnipeg Jets • Phoenix Coyotes • NHL expansion draft • Coaches • Seasons • Draft picks • NHL–WHA merger
Avco World Trophy Finals	Won: 1976 • 1978 • 1979 • Lost: 1973 • 1977
Division championships	WHA: 1972–73 • 1975–76 • 1977–78 • NHL: None
Arena	Winnipeg Arena

Winnipeg Jets seasons
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NHL	1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • Phoenix

1977–78 WHA season by team
Birmingham • Cincinnati • Edmonton • Houston • Indianapolis • New England • Quebec • Winnipeg

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