1977–78 Atlanta Flames season
1977–78 Atlanta Flames | |
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Division | 3rd Patrick |
Conference | Campbell |
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) |
Penalty minutes | Willi Plett (171) |
Wins | Dan Bouchard (25) |
Goals against average | Dan Bouchard (2.75) |
The 1977–78 Atlanta Flames season was the sixth season for the franchise.
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
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Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record | Attendance |
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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 |
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Player statistics
Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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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Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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2 | 20. | Miles Zaharko (D) | ![]() | New Westminster Bruins (WCHL) |
2 | 28. | Don Laurence (C) | ![]() | Kitchener Rangers (OHA) |
2 | 31. | Brian Hill (RW) | ![]() | Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL) |
4 | 72. | Jim Craig (G) | ![]() | Boston University (NCAA) |
5 | 82. | Curtis Christopherson (D) | ![]() | Colorado College (NCAA) |
6 | 100. | Bernie Harbec (C) | ![]() | Laval National (QMJHL) |
7 | 118. | Bobby Gould (RW) | ![]() | University of New Hampshire (NCAA) |
8 | 133. | Jim Bennett (RW) | ![]() | Brown University (NCAA) |
9 | 148. | Tim Harrer (RW) | ![]() | University of Minnesota (NCAA) |
References
- Flames on Hockey Database
- ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1977-78 Atlanta Flames Results and Schedule". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved December 9, 2022.