1977–78 Colorado Rockies season

The 1977–78 Colorado Rockies (NHL) season was the fourth season of the franchise, and second as the Rockies. The rockies finished 3rd in the Smythe Division and for the first time in franchise history, the team qualified for the playoffs, something that would not happen again for a decade. The Rockies lost in the Preliminary round to the Philadelphia Flyers 2 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 14, 1977 	4–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	0–0–1
2 	T	October 15, 1977 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	0–0–2
3 	L	October 19, 1977 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	0–1–2
4 	L	October 20, 1977 	5–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	0–2–2
5 	W	October 22, 1977 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	1–2–2
6 	T	October 25, 1977 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	1–2–3
7 	W	October 28, 1977 	8–1 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	2–2–3
8 	W	October 29, 1977 	6–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	3–2–3
9 	W	November 2, 1977 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	4–2–3
10 	L	November 5, 1977 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	4–3–3
11 	W	November 8, 1977 	6–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	5–3–3
12 	L	November 11, 1977	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	5–4–3
13 	L	November 12, 1977	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	5–5–3
14 	L	November 16, 1977	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	5–6–3
15 	W	November 19, 1977	7–2 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	6–6–3
16 	L	November 22, 1977	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	6–7–3
17 	L	November 23, 1977	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	6–8–3
18 	L	November 25, 1977	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	6–9–3
19 	T	November 26, 1977	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	6–9–4
20 	T	November 30, 1977	3–3 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	6–9–5
21 	L	December 3, 1977 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	6–10–5
22 	T	December 6, 1977 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	6–10–6
23 	L	December 9, 1977 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	6–11–6
24 	L	December 10, 1977	4–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	6–12–6
25 	W	December 13, 1977	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	7–12–6
26 	W	December 17, 1977	5–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	8–12–6
27 	L	December 20, 1977	1–9 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	8–13–6
28 	L	December 21, 1977	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	8–14–6
29 	L	December 23, 1977	2–6 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	8–15–6
30 	L	December 27, 1977	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	8–16–6
31 	T	December 29, 1977	2–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	8–16–7
32 	T	December 30, 1977	2–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	8–16–8
33 	L	January 1, 1978 	1–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	8–17–8
34 	L	January 4, 1978 	0–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	8–18–8
35 	L	January 5, 1978 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	8–19–8
36 	W	January 7, 1978 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	9–19–8
37 	L	January 10, 1978 	4–7 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	9–20–8
38 	L	January 11, 1978 	2–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	9–21–8
39 	L	January 13, 1978 	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	9–22–8
40 	T	January 14, 1978 	3–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	9–22–9
41 	T	January 18, 1978 	4–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	9–22–10
42 	W	January 20, 1978 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	10–22–10
43 	L	January 21, 1978 	4–9 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	10–23–10
44 	T	January 25, 1978 	3–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	10–23–11
45 	L	January 26, 1978 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	10–24–11
46 	W	January 28, 1978 	6–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	11–24–11
47 	L	January 31, 1978 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	11–25–11
48 	L	February 2, 1978 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	11–26–11
49 	T	February 4, 1978 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	11–26–12
50 	L	February 5, 1978 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	11–27–12
51 	L	February 7, 1978 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	11–28–12
52 	W	February 10, 1978	3–2 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	12–28–12
53 	T	February 12, 1978	3–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	12–28–13
54 	T	February 15, 1978	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	12–28–14
55 	L	February 16, 1978	4–5 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	12–29–14
56 	L	February 18, 1978	4–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	12–30–14
57 	T	February 19, 1978	4–4 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	12–30–15
58 	L	February 21, 1978	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	12–31–15
59 	W	February 24, 1978	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	13–31–15
60 	T	February 25, 1978	5–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	13–31–16
61 	L	February 28, 1978	4–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	13–32–16
62 	L	March 2, 1978 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	13–33–16
63 	T	March 3, 1978 	2–2 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	13–33–17
64 	T	March 5, 1978 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	13–33–18
65 	L	March 8, 1978 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	13–34–18
66 	L	March 11, 1978 	4–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	13–35–18
67 	L	March 12, 1978 	2–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	13–36–18
68 	T	March 14, 1978 	4–4 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	13–36–19
69 	T	March 15, 1978 	2–2 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	13–36–20
70 	W	March 17, 1978 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	14–36–20
71 	W	March 19, 1978 	6–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 	15–36–20
72 	W	March 22, 1978 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	16–36–20
73 	L	March 23, 1978 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	16–37–20
74 	L	March 25, 1978 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	16–38–20
75 	W	March 28, 1978 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	17–38–20
76 	L	March 30, 1978 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	17–39–20
77 	W	April 1, 1978 	4–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	18–39–20
78 	L	April 4, 1978 	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	18–40–20
79 	T	April 5, 1978 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	18–40–21
80 	W	April 8, 1978 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	19–40–21
==Playoffs==
===Philadelphia Flyers 2, Colorado Rockies 0===
The Rockies played a best-of-three preliminary round series against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers would sweep the series in two-straight games.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	31	56	87 	114	-14	7 	2 	1
 	D 	75	22	38	60 	89 	-14	6 	0 	4
 	D 	80	12	42	54 	87 	-12	5 	0 	0
 	C 	46	30	22	52 	29 	-17	13 	0 	3
 	LW 	74	19	21	40 	43 	-7 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	62	17	22	39 	24 	-15	8 	0 	0
 	C 	78	15	18	33 	31 	-16	0 	0 	1
 	C 	60	10	22	32 	12 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	60	8 	23	31 	25 	-49	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	54	15	15	30 	4 	9 	2 	2 	4
 	C 	37	12	9 	21 	28 	-2 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	68	10	11	21 	47 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	C 	71	9 	12	21 	8 	-23	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	9 	10	19 	15 	0 	1 	0 	3
 	D 	60	4 	15	19 	56 	-35	2 	0 	0
 	D 	61	2 	17	19 	45 	-12	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	38	5 	13	18 	19 	-16	1 	0 	0
 	D/LW	71	4 	13	17 	12 	-4 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	44	6 	9 	15 	8 	-19	3 	0 	0
 	D 	20	5 	7 	12 	10 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	29	4 	8 	12 	10 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	35	2 	8 	10 	28 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	3 	6 	9 	2 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	C 	14	3 	5 	8 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	32	0 	5 	5 	28 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	2 	2 	12 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2663	47	13	20	11	159	3.58	1
 	654 	12	3 	6 	2 	42 	3.85	0
 	1383	25	3 	12	8 	90 	3.90	0
 	100 	2 	0 	2 	0 	9 	5.40	0
Team: 	4800	80	19	40	21	300	3.75	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	2 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	1	0	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	120	2 	0	2	6 	3.00	0
Team: 	120	2 	0	2	6 	3.00	0
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 Records==
*The Rockies did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1977–78 NHL season
==References==
Category:Colorado Rockies (NHL) seasons
Category:1977 in hockey
Category:1978 in hockey