1977–78 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1977–78 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 52nd season. The Wings finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1.
==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
1 	T 	October 13, 1977 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 15, 1977 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 18, 1977 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	0–2–1
4 	T 	October 20, 1977 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	0–2–2
5 	W 	October 22, 1977 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	1–2–2
6 	W 	October 26, 1977 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	2–2–2
7 	W 	October 27, 1977 	3–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	3–2–2
8 	L 	October 29, 1977 	4–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	3–3–2
9 	W 	November 2, 1977 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	4–3–2
10 	L 	November 5, 1977 	3–4 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	4–4–2
11 	W 	November 6, 1977 	4–1 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	5–4–2
12 	T 	November 9, 1977 	1–1 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	5–4–3
13 	W 	November 12, 1977 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	6–4–3
14 	L 	November 13, 1977 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	6–5–3
15 	W 	November 16, 1977 	10–1 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	7–5–3
16 	L 	November 18, 1977 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	7–6–3
17 	W 	November 19, 1977 	2–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	8–6–3
18 	W 	November 23, 1977 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	9–6–3
19 	L 	November 26, 1977 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	9–7–3
20 	L 	November 27, 1977 	1–4 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	9–8–3
21 	L 	November 30, 1977 	4–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	9–9–3
22 	L 	December 3, 1977 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	9–10–3
23 	L 	December 4, 1977 	1–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	9–11–3
24 	L 	December 6, 1977 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	9–12–3
25 	L 	December 8, 1977 	4–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	9–13–3
26 	L 	December 10, 1977 	4–7 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	9–14–3
27 	T 	December 15, 1977 	5–5 	New York Rangers (1977–78) 	9–14–4
28 	W 	December 17, 1977 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	10–14–4
29 	L 	December 18, 1977 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	10–15–4
30 	L 	December 21, 1977 	3–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	10–16–4
31 	L 	December 23, 1977 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	10–17–4
32 	W 	December 27, 1977 	5–2 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	11–17–4
33 	T 	December 29, 1977 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	11–17–5
34 	L 	December 31, 1977 	0–7 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	11–18–5
35 	W 	January 5, 1978 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	12–18–5
36 	W 	January 8, 1978 	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	13–18–5
37 	W 	January 11, 1978 	6–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	14–18–5
38 	L 	January 12, 1978 	1–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	14–19–5
39 	W 	January 14, 1978 	6–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	15–19–5
40 	T 	January 18, 1978 	4–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	15–19–6
41 	W 	January 19, 1978 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	16–19–6
42 	L 	January 21, 1978 	1–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	16–20–6
43 	W 	January 22, 1978 	6–3 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	17–20–6
44 	L 	January 28, 1978 	1–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	17–21–6
45 	T 	January 29, 1978 	3–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	17–21–7
46 	L 	January 31, 1978 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	17–22–7
47 	L 	February 1, 1978 	0–2 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	17–23–7
48 	T 	February 4, 1978 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 	17–23–8
49 	W 	February 5, 1978 	4–3 	Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	18–23–8
50 	W 	February 7, 1978 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	19–23–8
51 	L 	February 9, 1978 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	19–24–8
52 	L 	February 11, 1978 	5–8 	@ New York Islanders (1977–78) 	19–25–8
53 	W 	February 12, 1978 	8–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	20–25–8
54 	W 	February 16, 1978 	5–3 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	21–25–8
55 	L 	February 18, 1978 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 	21–26–8
56 	W 	February 19, 1978 	5–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	22–26–8
57 	W 	February 23, 1978 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	23–26–8
58 	T 	February 25, 1978 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	23–26–9
59 	L 	February 26, 1978 	1–3 	St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 	23–27–9
60 	L 	February 28, 1978 	3–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	23–28–9
61 	L 	March 1, 1978 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1977–78) 	23–29–9
62 	W 	March 4, 1978 	3–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78)	24–29–9
63 	W 	March 5, 1978 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 	25–29–9
64 	T 	March 9, 1978 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1977–78) 	25–29–10
65 	W 	March 11, 1978 	5–4 	Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	26–29–10
66 	T 	March 12, 1978 	4–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	26–29–11
67 	T 	March 16, 1978 	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	26–29–12
68 	W 	March 18, 1978 	5–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 	27–29–12
69 	L 	March 19, 1978 	4–6 	@ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 	27–30–12
70 	W 	March 22, 1978 	4–1 	Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 	28–30–12
71 	T 	March 25, 1978 	2–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	28–30–13
72 	W 	March 26, 1978 	4–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 	29–30–13
73 	W 	March 28, 1978 	7–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 	30–30–13
74 	L 	March 30, 1978 	0–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 	30–31–13
75 	L 	April 1, 1978 	0–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 	30–32–13
76 	L 	April 2, 1978 	2–5 	New York Islanders (1977–78) 	30–33–13
77 	T 	April 5, 1978 	5–5 	@ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 	30–33–14
78 	W 	April 6, 1978 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 	31–33–14
79 	L 	April 8, 1978 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	31–34–14
80 	W 	April 9, 1978 	4–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) 	32–34–14
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 2, Atlanta Flames 0===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	76	33	39	72 	10 	10 	10 	3 	5
 	C 	77	31	39	70 	108	7 	10 	0 	4
 	D 	75	19	41	60 	95 	-8 	7 	1 	4
 	LW 	78	16	33	49 	195	-5 	2 	2 	3
 	LW 	80	23	22	45 	46 	-3 	1 	1 	1
 	LW 	66	16	29	45 	151	4 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	80	19	23	42 	52 	18 	3 	2 	3
 	LW 	77	20	16	36 	47 	6 	2 	0 	4
 	C/RW	79	16	19	35 	254	-5 	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	63	11	17	28 	2 	-17	5 	0 	1
 	D 	79	7 	20	27 	73 	-4 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	62	4 	17	21 	120	-5 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	61	8 	11	19 	76 	-8 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	80	2 	17	19 	85 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	55	5 	9 	14 	6 	-20	2 	0 	1
 	C 	66	3 	6 	9 	13 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	63	2 	7 	9 	94 	-12	1 	0 	0
 	D 	32	2 	6 	8 	34 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	6 	7 	16 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	5 	1 	6 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	2 	2 	4 	6 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	2 	2 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2 	2 	4 	0 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2 	1 	3 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	3 	3 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	2 	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	43	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2468	43	20	17	4 	134	3.26	1
 	1816	32	9 	12	9 	102	3.37	1
 	516 	9 	3 	5 	1 	27 	3.14	0
Team: 	4800	80	32	34	14	263	3.29	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	7 	3	5	8 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	4	2	6 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	5	5 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	3	1	4 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	3	0	3 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	2	1	3 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	1	1	2 	10 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	7 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	7 	1	0	1 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	180	3 	2	1	12	4.00	0
 	240	4 	1	3	17	4.25	0
Team: 	420	7 	3	4	29	4.14	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==
*Jack Adams Award: Bobby Kromm
==Transactions==
The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 1977-78 season:
===Trades===
Player acquired 	Acquired from 	For
Andre St. Laurent 	New York Islanders 	Michel Bergeron
Cash 	Philadelphia Flyers	Terry Murray
Dennis Hull 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Red Wings' 4th Round Draft Pick in 1980
Errol Thompson, 1st and 2nd Round Draft Pick in 1978, 1st Round Draft Pick in 1980	Toronto Maple Leafs	Dan Maloney, 2nd Round Draft Pick in 1980
==Draft Picks==
Detroit's picks at the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft in Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.
Round 	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
1 	1 	Dale McCourt 	Center 	 	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
3 	37 	Rick Vasko 	Defense 	 	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
4 	55 	John Hilworth 	Defense 	 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
5 	73 	Jim Korn 	Defense 	 	Providence College (ECAC)
6 	91 	Jim Baxter 	Goaltender	 	Union College (ECAC)
7 	109 	Randy Wilson 	Left Wing 	 	Providence College (ECAC)
8 	125 	Ray Roy 	Center 	 	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
9 	141 	Kip Churchill 	Center 	 	Union College (ECAC)
10 	155 	Lance Gatoni 	Defense 	 	University of Toronto (CIAU)
11 	163 	Rob Plumb 	Left Wing 	 	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
12 	170 	Alain Belanger 	Left Wing 	 	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
13 	175 	Dean Willers 	Right Wing	 	Union College (ECAC)
14 	178 	Roland Cloutier	Center 	 	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
15 	181 	Ed Hill 	Right Wing	 	University of Vermont (ECAC)
16 	184 	Val James 	Left Wing 	 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
17 	185 	Grant Morin 	Right Wing	 	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
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==See Also==
*1977–78 NHL season
==References==
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons
Category:1977 in hockey
Category:1978 in hockey