1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season

1977–78 Birmingham Bulls
Division	6th WHA
1977–78 record	36–41–3
Goals for	287
Goals against	314
Team information
Coach	Glen Sonmor, John F. Bassett
Team leaders
<1976–77 1978–79>

The 1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season was the Birmingham Bulls second season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The Bulls qualified for the playoffs, losing in the quarter-finals to the Winnipeg Jets.

Regular season

Final standings

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 log

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

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Playoffs

Winnipeg Jets 4, Birmingham Bulls 1 - Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 14	Birmingham Bulls	3–9	Winnipeg Jets	1-0
2	April 16	Birmingham Bulls	3–8	Winnipeg Jets	2-0
3	April 19	Winnipeg Jets	2–3	Birmingham Bulls	2-1
4	April 21	Winnipeg Jets	5–1	Birmingham Bulls	3-1
5	April 23	Birmingham Bulls	2–5	Winnipeg Jets	4-1

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Linseman, KenKen Linseman C 71 38 38 76 126 6 5 4 0 Marrin, PeterPeter Marrin C 80 28 43 71 53 9 7 1 0 Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson RW 80 37 29 66 22 4 11 1 0 Napier, MarkMark Napier RW 79 33 32 65 90 -11 14 0 0 Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes D 80 9 35 44 48 12 3 0 0 Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato RW 77 18 25 43 59 -3 4 0 0 Gorman, DaveDave Gorman RW 63 19 21 40 93 18 2 0 0 Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart C 48 13 26 39 52 13 2 1 0 Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 72 14 24 38 22 -5 6 0 0 Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin D 64 8 25 33 105 14 1 0 0 Noris, JoeJoe Noris C/D 45 9 19 28 6 -9 0 0 0 Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto RW 53 8 20 28 91 7 0 0 0 Turkiewicz, JimJim Turkiewicz D 78 3 21 24 45 10 0 0 0 Hanson, DaveDave Hanson D 42 7 16 23 241 10 0 0 0 Langway, RodRod Langway D 52 3 18 21 52 10 0 0 0 Alley, SteveSteve Alley LW 27 8 12 20 11 17 1 0 0 Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton LW 56 6 9 15 279 -8 0 1 0 Stephenson, BobBob Stephenson RW 39 7 6 13 33 -2 0 0 0 Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson D 43 1 12 13 29 -6 0 0 0 Westrum, PatPat Westrum D 77 2 10 12 97 -7 0 0 0 Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano D 45 6 4 10 284 -12 1 0 0 Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy RW 13 4 2 6 5 -14 2 0 0 Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky RW 12 2 3 5 6 -9 1 0 0 Bilodeau, GillesGilles Bilodeau LW 59 2 2 4 258 -14 0 0 0 Evans, ChrisChris Evans D 12 1 2 3 4 -7 0 0 0 Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett G 58 0 3 3 26 0 0 0 0 Wood, WayneWayne Wood G 32 0 3 3 22 0 0 0 0 Terbenche, PaulPaul Terbenche D 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Arndt, DannyDanny Arndt LW 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 3306 58 24 31 1 210 3.81 2 Wood, WayneWayne Wood 1551 32 12 10 2 99 3.83 1 Team: 4857 80 36 41 3 309 3.82 3

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Linseman, KenKen Linseman C 5 2 2 4 15 0 0 0 Marrin, PeterPeter Marrin C 5 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton LW 5 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 Gorman, DaveDave Gorman RW 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson RW 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart C 5 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 Turkiewicz, JimJim Turkiewicz D 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano D 4 0 2 2 16 0 0 0 Napier, MarkMark Napier RW 5 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 Alley, SteveSteve Alley LW 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin D 5 1 0 1 46 0 0 0 Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto RW 4 1 0 1 20 0 0 0 Hanson, DaveDave Hanson D 5 0 1 1 48 0 0 0 Westrum, PatPat Westrum D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Bilodeau, GillesGilles Bilodeau LW 3 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato RW 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson D 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes D 5 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 Langway, RodRod Langway D 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 Wood, WayneWayne Wood G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 271 5 1 4 26 5.76 0 Wood, WayneWayne Wood 29 1 0 0 3 6.21 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 29 5.80 0

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Note: Pos = Position; 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;

See also

• 1977–78 NHL season

References

1. "1977–78 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
2. "1977-78 Birmingham Bulls Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

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