1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season

The 1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season was the Birmingham Bulls 2nd season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Bulls finished 6th in the league and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Winnipeg Jets 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
The Bulls jerseys were the same design as in the 1976-77 season.
==Regular Season==
On December 7, 1977, Gordie Howe scored the 1000th goal of his professional career on goalie John Garrett of the Birmingham Bulls.
===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 	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
==Playoffs==
===Winnipeg Jets 4, Birmingham Bulls 1===
#	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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
10 	 	C 	71	38	38	76 	126	6 	5 	4 	0
20 	 	C 	80	28	43	71 	53 	9 	7 	1 	0
19 	 	RW 	80	37	29	66 	22 	4 	11 	1 	0
9 	 	RW 	79	33	32	65 	90 	-11	14 	0 	0
3 	 	D 	80	9 	35	44 	48 	12 	3 	0 	0
24 	 	RW 	77	18	25	43 	59 	-3 	4 	0 	0
7 	 	RW 	63	19	21	40 	93 	18 	2 	0 	0
18 	 	C 	48	13	26	39 	52 	13 	2 	1 	0
27 	 	LW 	72	14	24	38 	22 	-5 	6 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	64	8 	25	33 	105	14 	1 	0 	0
21 	 	C/D	45	9 	19	28 	6 	-9 	0 	0 	0
17 	 	RW 	53	8 	20	28 	91 	7 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	78	3 	21	24 	45 	10 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	D 	42	7 	16	23 	241	10 	0 	0 	0
4 	 	D 	52	3 	18	21 	52 	10 	0 	0 	0
11 	 	LW 	27	8 	12	20 	11 	17 	1 	0 	0
16 	 	LW 	56	6 	9 	15 	279	-8 	0 	1 	0
22 	 	RW 	39	7 	6 	13 	33 	-2 	0 	0 	0
33 	 	D 	43	1 	12	13 	29 	-6 	0 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	77	2 	10	12 	97 	-7 	0 	0 	0
14 	 	D 	45	6 	4 	10 	284	-12	1 	0 	0
 	 	RW 	13	4 	2 	6 	5 	-14	2 	0 	0
14 	 	RW 	12	2 	3 	5 	6 	-9 	1 	0 	0
8 	 	LW 	59	2 	2 	4 	258	-14	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	12	1 	2 	3 	4 	-7 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	32	0 	3 	3 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
35 	 	G 	58	0 	3 	3 	26 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	11	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	2	2	4 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	3	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	2	0	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	2	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	46 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	48 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
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==
*The Bulls did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1977–78 NHL season
==References==
Birmingham Bulls season, 1977–78
Birmingham Bulls season, 1977–78
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