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1977-78 Bulls
1977–78 Birmingham Bulls
Division 6th WHA
1977–78 record 36–41–3
Goals for 287
Goals against 314
Team Information
General Manager Glen Sonmor
Coach Glen Sonmor
John F. Bassett
Captain Dale Hoganson
Alternate captains Paul Henderson
Brent Hughes
Arena Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
Team Leaders
Goals Ken Linseman (38)
Assists Peter Marrin (43)
Points Ken Linseman (76)
Penalties in minutes Steve Durbano (284)
Wins John Garrett (24)
Goals against average John Garrett (3.81)
<1976–77 1978–79>

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[]

1977-Dec7-Gordie 1000-Garrett

Gordie Howe scores his 1000th professional career goal, December 7, 1977.

On December 7, 1977, Gordie Howe scored the 1000th goal of his professional career on goalie John Garrett of the Birmingham Bulls.

Final Standings[]

WHA Team GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Winnipeg Jets 80 50 28 2 102 381 270 988
New England Whalers 80 44 31 5 93 335 269 1255
Houston Aeros 80 42 34 4 88 296 302 1543
Quebec Nordiques 80 40 37 3 83 349 347 1185
Edmonton Oilers 80 38 39 3 79 309 307 1296
Birmingham Bulls 80 36 41 3 75 287 314 2177
Cincinnati Stingers 80 35 42 3 73 298 332 1701
Indianapolis Racers 80 24 51 5 53 267 353 1189
Soviet All-Stars 8 3 4 1 7 27 36 120
Czechoslovakia All-Stars 8 1 6 1 3 21 40 87

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in Minutes
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Game Log[]

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

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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
# Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
10 Linseman, KenKen Linseman C 71 38 38 76 126 6 5 4 0
20 Marrin, PeterPeter Marrin C 80 28 43 71 53 9 7 1 0
19 Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson RW 80 37 29 66 22 4 11 1 0
9 Napier, MarkMark Napier RW 79 33 32 65 90 -11 14 0 0
3 Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes D 80 9 35 44 48 12 3 0 0
24 Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato RW 77 18 25 43 59 -3 4 0 0
7 Gorman, DaveDave Gorman RW 63 19 21 40 93 18 2 0 0
18 Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart C 48 13 26 39 52 13 2 1 0
27 Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 72 14 24 38 22 -5 6 0 0
5 Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin D 64 8 25 33 105 14 1 0 0
21 Noris, JoeJoe Noris C/D 45 9 19 28 6 -9 0 0 0
17 Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto RW 53 8 20 28 91 7 0 0 0
2 Turkiewicz, JimJim Turkiewicz D 78 3 21 24 45 10 0 0 0
15 Hanson, DaveDave Hanson D 42 7 16 23 241 10 0 0 0
4 Langway, RodRod Langway D 52 3 18 21 52 10 0 0 0
11 Alley, SteveSteve Alley LW 27 8 12 20 11 17 1 0 0
16 Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton LW 56 6 9 15 279 -8 0 1 0
22 Stephenson, BobBob Stephenson RW 39 7 6 13 33 -2 0 0 0
33 Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson D 43 1 12 13 29 -6 0 0 0
6 Westrum, PatPat Westrum D 77 2 10 12 97 -7 0 0 0
14 Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano D 45 6 4 10 284 -12 1 0 0
Sheehy, TimTim Sheehy RW 13 4 2 6 5 -14 2 0 0
14 Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky RW 12 2 3 5 6 -9 1 0 0
8 Bilodeau, GillesGilles Bilodeau LW 59 2 2 4 258 -14 0 0 0
Evans, ChrisChris Evans D 12 1 2 3 4 -7 0 0 0
1 Wood, WayneWayne Wood G 32 0 3 3 22 0 0 0 0
35 Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett G 58 0 3 3 26 0 0 0 0
Terbenche, PaulPaul Terbenche D 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Arndt, DannyDanny Arndt LW 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 3306 58 24 31 1 210 3.81 2
Wood, WayneWayne Wood 1551 32 12 10 2 99 3.83 1
Team: 4857 80 36 41 3 309 3.82 3
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Linseman, KenKen Linseman C 5 2 2 4 15 0 0 0
Marrin, PeterPeter Marrin C 5 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton LW 5 2 0 2 10 0 0 0
Mahovlich, FrankFrank Mahovlich LW 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Gorman, DaveDave Gorman RW 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Henderson, PaulPaul Henderson RW 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart C 5 1 1 2 6 0 0 1
Turkiewicz, JimJim Turkiewicz D 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Durbano, SteveSteve Durbano D 4 0 2 2 16 0 0 0
Napier, MarkMark Napier RW 5 0 2 2 14 0 0 0
Roberto, PhilPhil Roberto RW 4 1 0 1 20 0 0 0
Alley, SteveSteve Alley LW 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 0
Beaudoin, SergeSerge Beaudoin D 5 1 0 1 46 0 0 0
Westrum, PatPat Westrum D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Hanson, DaveDave Hanson D 5 0 1 1 48 0 0 0
Bilodeau, GillesGilles Bilodeau LW 3 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
Cassolato, TonyTony Cassolato RW 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Langway, RodRod Langway D 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson D 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes D 5 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
Wood, WayneWayne Wood G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 271 5 1 4 26 5.76 0
Wood, WayneWayne Wood 29 1 0 0 3 6.21 0
Team: 300 5 1 4 29 5.80 0

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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[]

References[]

  1. 1977–78 Birmingham Bulls Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-28.
  2. 1977-78 Birmingham Bulls Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-28.
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