1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season

The 1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season was the Racers' 4th season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Racers finished 8th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
The Racers jerseys were the same design as in the 1974-75 season except that the names were no longer outlined.
==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 	W 	October 12, 1977 	5–4 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 15, 1977 	1–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 16, 1977 	1–9 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	October 18, 1977 	2–2 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	1–2–1
5 	T 	October 21, 1977 	4–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	1–2–2
6 	W 	October 25, 1977 	5–4 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	2–2–2
7 	W 	October 26, 1977 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	3–2–2
8 	W 	October 29, 1977 	6–2 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	4–2–2
9 	W 	November 1, 1977 	6–3 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	5–2–2
10 	L 	November 4, 1977 	1–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	5–3–2
11 	L 	November 11, 1977 	3–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	5–4–2
12 	L 	November 12, 1977 	3–5 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	5–5–2
13 	L 	November 15, 1977 	4–6 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	5–6–2
14 	L 	November 18, 1977 	1–2 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	5–7–2
15 	L 	November 19, 1977 	4–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	5–8–2
16 	L 	November 20, 1977 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	5–9–2
17 	T 	November 23, 1977 	3–3 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	5–9–3
18 	W 	November 24, 1977 	5–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	6–9–3
19 	L 	November 26, 1977 	5–7 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	6–10–3
20 	L 	November 30, 1977 	0–3 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	6–11–3
21 	W 	December 1, 1977 	5–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	7–11–3
22 	W 	December 2, 1977 	4–2 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	8–11–3
23 	L 	December 4, 1977 	0–3 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	8–12–3
24 	W 	December 6, 1977 	5–2 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	9–12–3
25 	L 	December 9, 1977 	3–5 	Czechoslovakia (1977–78) 	9–13–3
26 	L 	December 10, 1977 	3–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	9–14–3
27 	L 	December 11, 1977 	1–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	9–15–3
28 	L 	December 14, 1977 	1–3 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	9–16–3
29 	T 	December 15, 1977 	3–3 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	9–16–4
30 	L 	December 18, 1977 	3–4 	Soviet All-Stars (1977–78) 	9–17–4
31 	L 	December 22, 1977 	1–4 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	9–18–4
32 	L 	December 23, 1977 	3–5 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	9–19–4
33 	L 	December 28, 1977 	4–5 OT 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	9–20–4
34 	L 	December 29, 1977 	1–7 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	9–21–4
35 	L 	December 30, 1977 	5–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	9–22–4
36 	W 	January 4, 1978 	4–1 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	10–22–4
37 	W 	January 6, 1978 	4–3 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	11–22–4
38 	W 	January 7, 1978 	2–1 OT 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	12–22–4
39 	L 	January 8, 1978 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	12–23–4
40 	W 	January 11, 1978 	2–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	13–23–4
41 	L 	January 14, 1978 	3–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	13–24–4
42 	L 	January 20, 1978 	3–4 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	13–25–4
43 	L 	January 21, 1978 	2–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	13–26–4
44 	W 	January 22, 1978 	5–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	14–26–4
45 	L 	January 25, 1978 	2–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	14–27–4
46 	L 	January 30, 1978 	3–4 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	14–28–4
47 	L 	January 31, 1978 	4–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	14–29–4
48 	L 	February 1, 1978 	0–8 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	14–30–4
49 	W 	February 3, 1978 	5–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	15–30–4
50 	L 	February 4, 1978 	2–5 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	15–31–4
51 	W 	February 5, 1978 	6–1 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	16–31–4
52 	L 	February 11, 1978 	3–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	16–32–4
53 	W 	February 15, 1978 	9–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	17–32–4
54 	L 	February 17, 1978 	4–5 OT 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	17–33–4
55 	L 	February 18, 1978 	1–4 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	17–34–4
56 	L 	February 19, 1978 	3–4 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	17–35–4
57 	L 	February 25, 1978 	5–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	17–36–4
58 	W 	February 26, 1978 	6–3 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	18–36–4
59 	W 	March 1, 1978 	5–1 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	19–36–4
60 	W 	March 3, 1978 	8–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	20–36–4
61 	W 	March 4, 1978 	8–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	21–36–4
62 	W 	March 5, 1978 	4–2 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	22–36–4
63 	L 	March 8, 1978 	4–5 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	22–37–4
64 	L 	March 9, 1978 	5–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	22–38–4
65 	W 	March 11, 1978 	4–2 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	23–38–4
66 	L 	March 12, 1978 	3–6 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	23–39–4
67 	L 	March 15, 1978 	0–7 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	23–40–4
68 	L 	March 16, 1978 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	23–41–4
69 	L 	March 18, 1978 	2–4 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	23–42–4
70 	T 	March 19, 1978 	3–3 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	23–42–5
71 	L 	March 21, 1978 	3–6 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	23–43–5
72 	L 	March 24, 1978 	0–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	23–44–5
73 	L 	March 28, 1978 	3–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	23–45–5
74 	L 	March 30, 1978 	1–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	23–46–5
75 	L 	April 1, 1978 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 	23–47–5
76 	W 	April 2, 1978 	6–3 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	24–47–5
77 	L 	April 7, 1978 	4–6 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	24–48–5
78 	L 	April 8, 1978 	3–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	24–49–5
79 	L 	April 9, 1978 	7–9 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	24–50–5
80 	L 	April 11, 1978 	3–6 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	24–51–5
==Playoffs==
*The Racers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	72	36	42	78 	24 	-5 	7 	0 	0
 	D 	75	17	40	57 	49 	-32	6 	1 	0
 	LW 	56	25	21	46 	130	0 	5 	0 	0
 	RW 	76	23	19	42 	71 	-20	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	76	19	23	42 	141	-24	1 	0 	0
 	C 	70	13	27	40 	47 	-13	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	49	15	16	31 	44 	-11	7 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	14	16	30 	12 	-15	3 	0 	0
 	C 	61	6 	24	30 	81 	-13	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	60	12	15	27 	31 	-7 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	47	13	13	26 	28 	-24	5 	0 	0
 	D 	77	1 	25	26 	34 	-39	1 	0 	0
 	C 	28	10	15	25 	38 	-16	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	79	11	12	23 	2 	-30	2 	0 	0
 	D 	79	2 	21	23 	79 	-35	1 	0 	0
 	D 	51	6 	15	21 	30 	-27	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	8 	10	18 	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	74	9 	8 	17 	6 	-25	2 	2 	0
 	D 	54	1 	15	16 	86 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	C 	29	8 	7 	15 	6 	-19	1 	3 	0
 	D 	44	2 	13	15 	18 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	4 	6 	10 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	1 	9 	10 	24 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	7 	8 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	1 	7 	8 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	3 	3 	6 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	2 	4 	6 	2 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2 	1 	3 	0 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	1 	2 	3 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	3 	3 	7 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	1 	1 	2 	28 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	0 	0 	72 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	0 	0 	42 	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 Racers did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	5 	Doug Wilson (D) 	 	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2 	16	Wayne Ramsey (D)	 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
4 	35	Dale McCourt (F)	 	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
5 	44	Mike Bossy (F) 	 	Laval National (QMJHL)
6 	53	Rick Vasko (D) 	 	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
7 	62	Brian Drumm (LW)	 	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1977–78 WHA season
==References==
Indianapolis Racers season, 1977–78
Indianapolis Racers season, 1977–78
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