1977–78 Cincinnati Stingers season

The 1977–78 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers' 3rd season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Stingers finished 7th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
The Stingers jerseys were the same design as in the 1975-76 season. 
The league gave Robbie Ftorek and Claude Larose permission to both wear jersey #8.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
11 	L 	November 11, 1977 	2–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	2–9–0
12 	W 	November 12, 1977 	6–5 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	3–9–0
13 	W 	November 13, 1977 	3–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	4–9–0
14 	L 	November 16, 1977 	4–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	4–10–0
15 	L 	November 18, 1977 	3–4 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	4–11–0
16 	W 	November 23, 1977 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	5–11–0
17 	L 	November 24, 1977 	2–12 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	5–12–0
18 	L 	November 25, 1977 	1–3 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	5–13–0
19 	W 	November 26, 1977 	7–5 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	6–13–0
20 	W 	November 29, 1977 	3–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	7–13–0
21 	W 	November 30, 1977 	3–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	8–13–0
22 	W 	December 3, 1977 	5–2 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	9–13–0
23 	L 	December 4, 1977 	2–3 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	9–14–0
24 	L 	December 7, 1977 	4–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	9–15–0
25 	W 	December 9, 1977 	4–3 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	10–15–0
26 	W 	December 14, 1977 	3–1 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	11–15–0
27 	L 	December 15, 1977 	3–5 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	11–16–0
28 	L 	December 17, 1977 	4–5 	Soviet All-Stars (1977–78) 	11–17–0
29 	T 	December 20, 1977 	5–5 	Czechoslovakia (1977–78) 	11–17–1
30 	W 	December 22, 1977 	4–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	12–17–1
31 	L 	December 23, 1977 	4–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	12–18–1
32 	W 	December 28, 1977 	5–4 OT 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	13–18–1
33 	L 	December 29, 1977 	1–7 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	13–19–1
34 	T 	December 30, 1977 	5–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	13–19–2
35 	L 	January 1, 1978 	3–4 OT 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	13–20–2
36 	W 	January 4, 1978 	5–3 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	14–20–2
37 	W 	January 6, 1978 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	15–20–2
38 	L 	January 7, 1978 	3–5 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	15–21–2
39 	L 	January 11, 1978 	0–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	15–22–2
40 	L 	January 14, 1978 	3–4 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	15–23–2
41 	W 	January 15, 1978 	6–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	16–23–2
42 	L 	January 18, 1978 	0–3 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	16–24–2
43 	L 	January 20, 1978 	2–8 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	16–25–2
44 	L 	January 21, 1978 	2–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	16–26–2
45 	W 	January 22, 1978 	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	17–26–2
46 	W 	January 25, 1978 	8–7 OT 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	18–26–2
47 	L 	January 29, 1978 	4–8 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	18–27–2
48 	W 	January 30, 1978 	4–3 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	19–27–2
49 	W 	February 1, 1978 	8–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	20–27–2
50 	W 	February 3, 1978 	1–0 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	21–27–2
51 	L 	February 4, 1978 	5–7 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	21–28–2
52 	T 	February 8, 1978 	6–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	21–28–3
53 	L 	February 10, 1978 	2–10 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	21–29–3
54 	L 	February 11, 1978 	7–8 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	21–30–3
55 	W 	February 12, 1978 	8–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	22–30–3
56 	L 	February 15, 1978 	2–5 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	22–31–3
57 	W 	February 17, 1978 	4–3 OT 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	23–31–3
58 	L 	February 18, 1978 	0–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	23–32–3
59 	W 	February 19, 1978 	4–3 OT 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	24–32–3
60 	L 	February 25, 1978 	3–7 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	24–33–3
61 	W 	March 1, 1978 	6–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	25–33–3
62 	W 	March 3, 1978 	5–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	26–33–3
63 	L 	March 5, 1978 	2–4 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	26–34–3
64 	W 	March 7, 1978 	5–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	27–34–3
65 	W 	March 9, 1978 	6–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	28–34–3
66 	W 	March 11, 1978 	2–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	29–34–3
67 	W 	March 15, 1978 	7–2 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	30–34–3
68 	L 	March 17, 1978 	2–6 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	30–35–3
69 	W 	March 18, 1978 	4–2 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	31–35–3
70 	L 	March 19, 1978 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	31–36–3
71 	W 	March 22, 1978 	9–2 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	32–36–3
72 	L 	March 28, 1978 	4–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	32–37–3
73 	L 	March 29, 1978 	1–6 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	32–38–3
74 	L 	April 1, 1978 	1–5 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	32–39–3
75 	L 	April 2, 1978 	3–6 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	32–40–3
76 	W 	April 5, 1978 	5–4 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	33–40–3
77 	W 	April 7, 1978 	6–4 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	34–40–3
78 	L 	April 8, 1978 	4–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	34–41–3
79 	W 	April 9, 1978 	6–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	35–41–3
80 	L 	April 10, 1978 	1–6 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	35–42–3
==Playoffs==
*The Stingers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
8 	 	F 	80	59	50	109	54
9 	 	L 	72	30	41	71 	156
24 	 	F 	80	24	43	67 	17
7 	 	C 	54	27	31	58 	44
18 	 	L 	74	25	25	50 	123
12 	 	D 	65	4 	45	49 	28
2 	 	D 	54	13	34	47 	45
6, 20 	 	C 	45	11	23	34 	30
8 	 	R 	51	11	20	31 	6
6, 10 	 	D 	65	7 	23	30 	48
15 	 	R 	65	13	11	24 	13
16 	 	R 	54	10	14	24 	59
25 	 	D 	78	7 	17	24 	114
7 	 	C 	26	6 	13	19 	36
17 	 	F 	30	6 	13	19 	36
21 	 	L 	42	8 	10	13 	18
14 	 	C 	23	5 	9 	14 	22
11 	 	L 	45	7 	6 	13 	86
3, 5 	 	D 	28	2 	9 	11 	47
4 	 	D 	69	2 	9 	11 	113
 	 	D 	29	1 	7 	8 	58
 	 	L 	25	4 	3 	7 	4
 	 	D 	11	2 	5 	7 	7
 	 	C 	18	4 	2 	6 	12
17 	 	L 	40	1 	5 	6 	241
 	 	C 	9 	3 	2 	5 	2
27 	 	L 	32	3 	1 	4 	57
 	 	R 	14	1 	3 	4 	42
19 	 	F 	29	2 	1 	3 	94
6 	 	D 	11	0 	3 	3 	13
 	 	C 	17	0 	2 	2 	6
35 	 	G 	13	0 	0 	1 	4
 	 	D 	13	0 	0 	1 	10
1 	 	G 	27	0 	0 	1 	0
 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
35 	 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
35 	 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	45	0 	0 	0 	26
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Robbie Ftorek, Center, WHA Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Cincinnati's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	7 	Jere Gillis (F) 	 	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2 	18	Dave Morrow (D) 	 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
3 	25	Floyd Lahache (D) 	 	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
3 	26	Bob Gladney (D) 	 	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
3 	27	Colin Ahern (C) 	 	Providence College (ECAC)
4 	36	Jeff Allan (D) 	 	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
5 	45	Jim Trainor (D) 	 	Harvard Crimson (ECAC)
6 	54	Bill Himmelright (D)	 	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
7 	63	Tom Byers (W) 	 	Providence College (ECAC)
8 	71	Bob Boileau (C) 	 	Boston University Terriers (ECAC)
9 	79	Jim Craig (G) 	 	Boston University (ECAC)
10 	87	David Kelley (D) 	 	Princeton Tigers (ECAC)
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1977–78 WHA season
==References==
Cincinnati Stingers season, 1977–78
Cincinnati Stingers season, 1977–78
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