1977–78 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1977–78 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 6th season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Oilers finished 5th in the league and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New England Whalers 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==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 	L 	October 12, 1977 	3–7 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 14, 1977 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 15, 1977 	2–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 19, 1977 	3–6 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	1–3–0
5 	L 	October 26, 1977 	7–8 OT 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	1–4–0
6 	W 	October 28, 1977 	3–2 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	2–4–0
7 	L 	October 30, 1977 	2–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	2–5–0
8 	L 	November 2, 1977 	3–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	2–6–0
9 	W 	November 4, 1977 	3–1 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	3–6–0
10 	W 	November 6, 1977 	7–1 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	4–6–0
11 	L 	November 8, 1977 	3–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	4–7–0
12 	L 	November 10, 1977 	3–5 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	4–8–0
13 	W 	November 11, 1977 	3–2 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	5–8–0
14 	T 	November 12, 1977 	1–1 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	5–8–1
15 	W 	November 16, 1977 	6–4 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	6–8–1
16 	W 	November 18, 1977 	4–3 OT 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	7–8–1
17 	L 	November 20, 1977 	4–5 OT 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	7–9–1
18 	W 	November 22, 1977 	4–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	8–9–1
19 	L 	November 24, 1977 	4–5 OT 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	8–10–1
20 	W 	November 26, 1977 	3–1 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	9–10–1
21 	W 	November 30, 1977 	4–2 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	10–10–1
22 	L 	December 2, 1977 	5–7 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	10–11–1
23 	W 	December 4, 1977 	3–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	11–11–1
24 	W 	December 7, 1977 	5–4 OT 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	12–11–1
25 	L 	December 9, 1977 	3–5 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	12–12–1
26 	L 	December 11, 1977 	2–4 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	12–13–1
27 	W 	December 14, 1977 	6–1 	Czechoslovakia (1977–78) 	13–13–1
28 	L 	December 18, 1977 	2–3 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	13–14–1
29 	L 	December 20, 1977 	4–6 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	13–15–1
30 	W 	December 21, 1977 	5–2 	Soviet All-Stars (1977–78) 	14–15–1
31 	W 	December 27, 1977 	9–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	15–15–1
32 	W 	December 30, 1977 	8–5 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	16–15–1
33 	L 	January 1, 1978 	1–2 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	16–16–1
34 	L 	January 6, 1978 	1–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	16–17–1
35 	W 	January 8, 1978 	4–2 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	17–17–1
36 	W 	January 11, 1978 	2–0 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	18–17–1
37 	L 	January 13, 1978 	0–2 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	18–18–1
38 	L 	January 14, 1978 	4–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	18–19–1
39 	W 	January 15, 1978 	4–3 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	19–19–1
40 	W 	January 18, 1978 	1–0 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	20–19–1
41 	L 	January 20, 1978 	3–5 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	20–20–1
42 	W 	January 21, 1978 	3–2 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	21–20–1
43 	L 	January 22, 1978 	2–5 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	21–21–1
44 	W 	January 25, 1978 	6–2 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	22–21–1
45 	W 	January 27, 1978 	9–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	23–21–1
46 	L 	January 29, 1978 	3–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	23–22–1
47 	W 	January 31, 1978 	6–4 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	24–22–1
48 	L 	February 1, 1978 	3–4 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	24–23–1
49 	W 	February 3, 1978 	6–3 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	25–23–1
50 	W 	February 4, 1978 	4–3 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	26–23–1
51 	L 	February 5, 1978 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	26–24–1
52 	T 	February 8, 1978 	6–6 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	26–24–2
53 	W 	February 12, 1978 	7–0 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	27–24–2
54 	W 	February 14, 1978 	4–1 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	28–24–2
55 	L 	February 15, 1978 	5–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	28–25–2
56 	W 	February 17, 1978 	6–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	29–25–2
57 	W 	February 19, 1978 	4–3 OT 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	30–25–2
58 	L 	February 22, 1978 	5–6 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	30–26–2
59 	W 	February 24, 1978 	5–4 OT 	Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	31–26–2
60 	L 	February 26, 1978 	5–6 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	31–27–2
61 	L 	March 1, 1978 	4–6 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	31–28–2
62 	L 	March 3, 1978 	6–8 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	31–29–2
63 	W 	March 5, 1978 	4–3 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	32–29–2
64 	L 	March 7, 1978 	3–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	32–30–2
65 	L 	March 9, 1978 	5–6 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	32–31–2
66 	L 	March 11, 1978 	0–2 	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	32–32–2
67 	L 	March 14, 1978 	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	32–33–2
68 	L 	March 15, 1978 	4–8 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	32–34–2
69 	W 	March 17, 1978 	6–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	33–34–2
70 	W 	March 19, 1978 	4–2 	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) 	34–34–2
71 	L 	March 22, 1978 	3–5 	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	34–35–2
72 	W 	March 24, 1978 	4–0 	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 	35–35–2
73 	L 	March 26, 1978 	3–5 	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	35–36–2
74 	W 	March 28, 1978 	4–3 OT 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	36–36–2
75 	L 	March 30, 1978 	1–5 	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 	36–37–2
76 	L 	March 31, 1978 	2–5 	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 	36–38–2
77 	W 	April 1, 1978 	4–1 	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	37–38–2
78 	L 	April 4, 1978 	1–9 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 	37–39–2
79 	T 	April 5, 1978 	4–4 	New England Whalers (1977–78) 	37–39–3
80 	W 	April 7, 1978 	4–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 	38–39–3
==Playoffs==
===New England Whalers 4, Edmonton Oilers 1===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	April 14	Edmonton 	4–6 	New England	0–1
2	April 16	Edmonton 	1–4 	New England	0–2
3	April 19	New England	0–2 	Edmonton 	2–1
4	April 21	New England	9–1 	Edmonton 	3–1
5	April 23	Edmonton 	1–4 	New England	1–4
==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 	80	33	52	85 	48 	1 	11 	1 	0
19 	 	RW 	74	41	28	69 	34 	9 	8 	1 	0
14 	 	RW 	80	34	34	68 	11 	-12	7 	4 	0
12 	 	C 	71	23	34	57 	47 	1 	2 	3 	0
3 	 	D 	59	11	43	54 	46 	24 	6 	0 	0
18 	 	C 	80	20	30	50 	112	5 	1 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	80	9 	40	49 	100	-9 	3 	0 	0
22 	 	D 	56	14	34	48 	56 	8 	3 	0 	0
9 	 	RW 	71	26	21	47 	2 	14 	8 	0 	0
11 	 	C 	71	18	24	42 	8 	10 	0 	1 	0
16 	 	LW 	60	12	21	33 	71 	-7 	2 	0 	0
20 	 	C/LW	53	8 	22	30 	12 	11 	0 	0 	0
26 	 	D 	62	6 	22	28 	90 	11 	1 	0 	0
21 	 	C 	53	7 	13	20 	12 	-17	2 	0 	0
8 	 	RW 	59	2 	18	20 	157	-8 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	47	6 	8 	14 	20 	-7 	3 	0 	0
23 	 	LW 	18	4 	10	14 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
17 	 	C 	37	11	2 	13 	29 	-2 	2 	0 	0
27 	 	LW 	65	6 	6 	12 	140	-4 	0 	0 	0
10 	 	C 	13	6 	3 	9 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	33	0 	8 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	D 	6 	2 	4 	6 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
4 	 	RW 	18	2 	4 	6 	18 	1 	0 	0 	0
17 	 	D 	14	1 	4 	5 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	LW 	20	1 	3 	4 	32 	-1 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	LW 	22	2 	1 	3 	14 	-1 	1 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	11	1 	2 	3 	39 	1 	1 	0 	0
23 	 	RW 	47	2 	0 	2 	124	-11	0 	0 	0
7 	 	LW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	7 	-7 	0 	1 	0
25 	 	D 	10	0 	2 	2 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	LW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	19	0 	1 	1 	16 	-6 	0 	0 	0
28 	 	G 	48	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
15 	 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
22 	 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
17 	 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	15 	-5 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	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	3	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	3	4 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	1	2 	20 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	5 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	2	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	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==
*Al Hamilton, Defense, WHA First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Edmonton's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	4 	Mike Crombeen (F) 	 	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
3 	24	Kim Davis (C) 	 	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4 	33	Neil LaBatte (D) 	 	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
4 	34	Dan Clark (D) 	 	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
5 	42	Rocky Saganiuk (RW)	 	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
6 	51	Julian Baretta (G) 	 	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
7 	60	Dave Hoyda (LW) 	 	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
8 	69	Ray Creasy (F) 	 	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
9 	77	Guy Lash (RW) 	 	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
10 	85	Owen Lloyd (D) 	 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
==Farm Teams==
*Spokane Flyers, WIHL
==Gallery==
77-78WHAEdmontonGameAd.jpg
==See Also==
*1977–78 WHA season
==References==
* 
Edmonton Oilers season, 1977–78
Edmonton Oilers season, 1977–78
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