1977–78 Atlanta Flames season
| 1977–78 Atlanta Flames | ||
|---|---|---|
| Division | 3rd Patrick | |
| 1977–78 record | 34–27–19 | |
| Goals for | 274 | |
| Goals against | 252 | |
| Team information | ||
| General Manager | Cliff Fletcher | |
| Coach | Fred Creighton | |
| Captain | Tom Lysiak | |
| Alternate captains | None | |
| Arena | Omni Coliseum | |
| Team leaders | ||
| Goals | Bob MacMillan (31) | |
| Assists | Tom Lysiak (42) | |
| Points | Tom Lysiak (69) | |
| Penalties in minutes | Willi Plett (171) | |
| Wins | Dan Bouchard (25) | |
| Goals against average | Dan Bouchard (2.75) | |
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The 1977–78 Atlanta Flames season was the sixth season for the franchise.
Regular season
Final standings
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Islanders | 80 | 48 | 17 | 15 | 334 | 210 | 111 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 45 | 20 | 15 | 296 | 200 | 105 |
| Atlanta Flames | 80 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 274 | 252 | 87 |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 279 | 280 | 73 |
[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Schedule and results[2]
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T | October 13, 1977 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) | 0–0–1 | 9,423 |
| 2 | W | October 15, 1977 | 3–1 | St. Louis Blues (1977–78) | 1–0–1 | 11,756 |
| 3 | W | October 19, 1977 | 5–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) | 2–0–1 | 8,559 |
| 4 | T | October 21, 1977 | 3–3 | New York Islanders (1977–78) | 2–0–2 | 11,948 |
| 5 | L | October 22, 1977 | 2–5 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) | 2–1–2 | 8,030 |
| 6 | T | October 25, 1977 | 2–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) | 2–1–3 | 9,359 |
| 7 | L | October 26, 1977 | 2–6 | Washington Capitals (1977–78) | 2–2–3 | 8,247 |
| 8 | W | October 29, 1977 | 4–3 | New York Rangers (1977–78) | 3–2–3 | 11,872 |
| 9 | L | November 1, 1977 | 0–9 | @ New York Islanders (1977–78) | 3–3–3 | 14,702 |
| 10 | T | November 2, 1977 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) | 3–3–4 | 15,358 |
| 11 | W | November 4, 1977 | 5–2 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) | 4–3–4 | 11,528 |
| 12 | T | November 6, 1977 | 3–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) | 4–3–5 | 11,224 |
| 13 | L | November 9, 1977 | 0–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) | 4–4–5 | 9,241 |
| 14 | L | November 12, 1977 | 3–6 | Boston Bruins (1977–78) | 4–5–5 | 13,678 |
| 15 | W | November 13, 1977 | 5–2 | @ New York Rangers (1977–78) | 5–5–5 | 17,500 |
| 16 | L | November 16, 1977 | 2–6 | Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) | 5–6–5 | 8,659 |
| 17 | W | November 18, 1977 | 5–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) | 6–6–5 | 10,192 |
| 18 | L | November 20, 1977 | 0–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) | 6–7–5 | 17,077 |
| 19 | W | November 22, 1977 | 4–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) | 7–7–5 | 8,147 |
| 20 | T | November 23, 1977 | 2–2 | @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) | 7–7–6 | 8,711 |
| 21 | T | November 26, 1977 | 4–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) | 7–7–7 | 13,473 |
| 22 | L | November 29, 1977 | 3–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) | 7–8–7 | 6,296 |
| 23 | L | December 2, 1977 | 2–3 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) | 7–9–7 | N/A |
| 24 | L | December 3, 1977 | 1–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) | 7–10–7 | 11,168 |
| 25 | T | December 5, 1977 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) | 7–10–8 | 15,109 |
| 26 | T | December 7, 1977 | 2–2 | Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) | 7–10–9 | 7,795 |
| 27 | W | December 10, 1977 | 5–1 | Washington Capitals (1977–78) | 8–10–9 | 7,942 |
| 28 | W | December 11, 1977 | 5–1 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) | 9–10–9 | 7,387 |
| 29 | L | December 15, 1977 | 3–6 | Cleveland Barons (1977–78) | 9–11–9 | 7,829 |
| 30 | L | December 17, 1977 | 3–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) | 9–12–9 | 12,171 |
| 31 | L | December 18, 1977 | 0–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) | 9–13–9 | 8,856 |
| 32 | T | December 20, 1977 | 2–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) | 9–13–10 | 14,350 |
| 33 | W | December 23, 1977 | 6–2 | @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) | 10–13–10 | 5,023 |
| 34 | L | December 27, 1977 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) | 10–14–10 | 10,857 |
| 35 | W | December 29, 1977 | 5–4 | St. Louis Blues (1977–78) | 11–14–10 | 10,701 |
| 36 | W | December 31, 1977 | 3–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) | 12–14–10 | 16,485 |
| 37 | T | January 1, 1978 | 2–2 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) | 12–14–11 | 16,433 |
| 38 | L | January 4, 1978 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) | 12–15–11 | 10,287 |
| 39 | W | January 6, 1978 | 5–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) | 13–15–11 | 13,051 |
| 40 | W | January 9, 1978 | 5–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) | 14–15–11 | 16,485 |
| 41 | W | January 11, 1978 | 4–2 | Colorado Rockies (1977–78) | 15–15–11 | 7,264 |
| 42 | L | January 14, 1978 | 4–8 | Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) | 15–16–11 | 11,114 |
| 43 | L | January 16, 1978 | 3–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) | 15–17–11 | 17,077 |
| 44 | W | January 18, 1978 | 1–0 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) | 16–17–11 | 7,942 |
| 45 | W | January 20, 1978 | 5–3 | New York Rangers (1977–78) | 17–17–11 | 14,097 |
| 46 | W | January 22, 1978 | 4–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) | 18–17–11 | 7,744 |
| 47 | L | January 26, 1978 | 2–5 | Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) | 18–18–11 | 10,954 |
| 48 | L | January 28, 1978 | 5–7 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) | 18–19–11 | 12,982 |
| 49 | W | January 29, 1978 | 6–2 | @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) | 19–19–11 | 3,321 |
| 50 | W | January 31, 1978 | 7–4 | Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) | 20–19–11 | 7,163 |
| 51 | L | February 2, 1978 | 2–5 | New York Islanders (1977–78) | 20–20–11 | 9,079 |
| 52 | T | February 4, 1978 | 2–2 | Colorado Rockies (1977–78) | 20–20–12 | 10,377 |
| 53 | W | February 7, 1978 | 4–2 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) | 21–20–12 | N/A |
| 54 | W | February 9, 1978 | 4–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) | 22–20–12 | 10,045 |
| 55 | L | February 10, 1978 | 2–3 | @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) | 22–21–12 | 8,852 |
| 56 | T | February 12, 1978 | 2–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) | 22–21–13 | 13,582 |
| 57 | T | February 15, 1978 | 5–5 | @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) | 22–21–14 | 2,696 |
| 58 | L | February 16, 1978 | 3–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) | 22–22–14 | 12,215 |
| 59 | T | February 18, 1978 | 3–3 | @ New York Islanders (1977–78) | 22–22–15 | 15,317 |
| 60 | T | February 22, 1978 | 3–3 | New York Islanders (1977–78) | 22–22–16 | 11,106 |
| 61 | T | February 25, 1978 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) | 22–22–17 | 13,124 |
| 62 | W | February 27, 1978 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1977–78) | 23–22–17 | 17,500 |
| 63 | L | March 1, 1978 | 3–4 | Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) | 23–23–17 | 8,294 |
| 64 | L | March 2, 1978 | 3–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) | 23–24–17 | 11,544 |
| 65 | W | March 4, 1978 | 9–3 | Cleveland Barons (1977–78) | 24–24–17 | 10,014 |
| 66 | L | March 7, 1978 | 3–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) | 24–25–17 | 17,077 |
| 67 | W | March 8, 1978 | 8–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) | 25–25–17 | 7,224 |
| 68 | W | March 11, 1978 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) | 26–25–17 | 13,174 |
| 69 | T | March 14, 1978 | 4–4 | @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) | 26–25–18 | 5,522 |
| 70 | W | March 15, 1978 | 6–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) | 27–25–18 | 9,950 |
| 71 | W | March 18, 1978 | 5–2 | @ New York Islanders (1977–78) | 28–25–18 | 15,317 |
| 72 | L | March 22, 1978 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) | 28–26–18 | 13,874 |
| 73 | W | March 23, 1978 | 5–3 | St. Louis Blues (1977–78) | 29–26–18 | 9,228 |
| 74 | W | March 25, 1978 | 6–3 | Boston Bruins (1977–78) | 30–26–18 | 14,883 |
| 75 | W | March 29, 1978 | 7–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) | 31–26–18 | 11,485 |
| 76 | W | April 1, 1978 | 6–0 | New York Rangers (1977–78) | 32–26–18 | 8,242 |
| 77 | W | April 2, 1978 | 4–2 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) | 33–26–18 | 16,433 |
| 78 | W | April 5, 1978 | 4–2 | @ New York Rangers (1977–78) | 34–26–18 | 17,500 |
| 79 | T | April 8, 1978 | 1–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) | 34–26–19 | 15,155 |
| 80 | L | April 9, 1978 | 2–4 | @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) | 34–27–19 | 12,563 |
Player statistics
Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | # | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| Tom Lysiak | 12 | 80 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | 73 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eric Vail | 27 | 79 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Harold Phillipoff | 24 | 67 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob MacMillan† | 11 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Clement | 10 | 70 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Gould | 21 | 79 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Willi Plett | 25 | 78 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 171 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Ken Houston | 6 | 74 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Lalonde | 7 | 73 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rey Comeau | 18 | 79 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Mulhern | 4 | 79 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Kea | 19 | 60 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Shand | 8 | 80 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Miles Zaharko | 23 | 71 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Simpson | 22 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Redmond† | 5 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Ribble | 3 | 80 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Curt Bennett‡ | 5 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Barry Gibbs‡ | 2 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Greg Fox | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Tim Ecclestone | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yves Belanger† | 31 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Phil Myre‡ | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
‡Traded mid-season
Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | # | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | SO | GAA | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SO | GAA | ||
| Dan Bouchard | 30 | 58 | 3340 | 25 | 12 | 19 | 153 | 2 | 2.75 | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | ||
| Yves Belanger | 31 | 17 | 937 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 3.52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | -.-- | ||
| Phil Myre | 1 | 9 | 523 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.93 | - | - | - | - | - | - | -.-- | ||
Transactions
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1977–78 season.
Trades
| May 23, 1977 | To Atlanta Flames Ab DeMarco, Jr. |
To Los Angeles Kings Randy Manery |
| August 18, 1977 | To Atlanta Flames Cash |
To Detroit Red Wings Rick Bowness |
| December 12, 1977 | To Atlanta Flames Yves Belanger Bob MacMillan Dick Redmond 2nd round pick in 1979 (Mike Perovich) |
To St. Louis Blues Curt Bennett Barry Gibbs Phil Myre |
Free agents
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See also: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20. | Miles Zaharko (D) |  Canada |
New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |
| 2 | 28. | Don Laurence (C) | Canada |
Kitchener Rangers (OHA) |
| 2 | 31. | Brian Hill (RW) | Canada |
Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL) |
| 4 | 72. | Jim Craig (G) |  United States |
Boston University (NCAA) |
| 5 | 82. | Curtis Christopherson (D) | United States |
Colorado College (NCAA) |
| 6 | 100. | Bernie Harbec (C) | Canada |
Laval National (QMJHL) |
| 7 | 118. | Bobby Gould (RW) | Canada |
University of New Hampshire (NCAA) |
| 8 | 133. | Jim Bennett (RW) | United States |
Brown University (NCAA) |
| 9 | 148. | Tim Harrer (RW) | United States |
University of Minnesota (NCAA) |
References
- ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/team_results.php?tid=235&sid=1978
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