1977–78 Houston Aeros season

1977–78 Houston Aeros (WHA)
Division	3rd WHA
1977–78 record	42–34–4
Goals for	296
Goals against	302
Team information
Coach	Bill Dineen
Team leaders

The 1977–78 Houston Aeros season was the Houston Aeros' sixth and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Aeros again qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the first round to the Quebec Nordiques.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

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

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 12, 1977	0–3	New England Whalers (1977–78)	0–1–0
2	L	October 14, 1977	3–5	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	0–2–0
3	W	October 15, 1977	5–1	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	1–2–0
4	W	October 21, 1977	6–5	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	2–2–0
7	L	October 30, 1977	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	3–4–0
13	W	November 11, 1977	5–3	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	5–8–0
14	W	November 18, 1977	6–5	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	6–8–0
15	L	November 19, 1977	3–4	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	6–9–0
16	W	November 23, 1977	3–0	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	7–9–0
17	W	November 25, 1977	3–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	8–9–0
18	T	November 30, 1977	3–3	New England Whalers (1977–78)	8–9–1
19	L	December 2, 1977	2–4	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	8–10–1
20	W	December 4, 1977	3–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	9–10–1
21	L	December 6, 1977	3–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	9–11–1
22	L	December 7, 1977	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	9–12–1
23	W	December 9, 1977	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	10–12–1
24	W	December 11, 1977	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	11–12–1
25	L	December 13, 1977	3–5	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	11–13–1
26	T	December 15, 1977	3–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	11–13–2
27	W	December 18, 1977	3–2	Czechoslovakia (1977–78)	12–13–2
28	W	December 20, 1977	6–4	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	13–13–2
29	L	December 21, 1977	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	13–14–2
30	L	December 23, 1977	2–6	Soviet All-Stars (1977–78)	13–15–2
31	W	December 29, 1977	7–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	14–15–2
32	T	December 30, 1977	5–5	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	14–15–3
33	W	January 1, 1978	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	15–15–3
34	L	January 4, 1978	3–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	15–16–3
35	L	January 6, 1978	4–6	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	15–17–3
36	L	January 7, 1978	1–2 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	15–18–3
37	L	January 8, 1978	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	15–19–3
38	W	January 13, 1978	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	16–19–3
39	W	January 14, 1978	5–4 OT	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	17–19–3
40	W	January 20, 1978	4–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	18–19–3
41	W	January 21, 1978	5–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	19–19–3
42	W	January 22, 1978	4–2	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	20–19–3
43	W	January 24, 1978	6–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	21–19–3
44	W	January 26, 1978	2–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	22–19–3
45	L	January 28, 1978	0–3	New England Whalers (1977–78)	22–20–3
46	W	January 29, 1978	6–4	New England Whalers (1977–78)	23–20–3
47	W	January 31, 1978	4–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	24–20–3
48	L	February 3, 1978	0–1	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	24–21–3
49	W	February 4, 1978	5–4	New England Whalers (1977–78)	25–21–3
50	W	February 9, 1978	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	26–21–3
51	W	February 11, 1978	8–4	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	27–21–3
52	L	February 12, 1978	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	27–22–3
53	W	February 15, 1978	5–2	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	28–22–3
54	L	February 16, 1978	2–5	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	28–23–3
55	L	February 17, 1978	3–4 OT	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	28–24–3
56	W	February 18, 1978	3–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	29–24–3
57	W	February 22, 1978	6–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	30–24–3
58	L	February 24, 1978	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	30–25–3
59	L	February 26, 1978	6–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	30–26–3
60	L	February 28, 1978	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	30–27–3
61	L	March 1, 1978	1–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	30–28–3
62	W	March 3, 1978	3–2 OT	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	31–28–3
63	T	March 4, 1978	3–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	31–28–4
64	W	March 5, 1978	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	32–28–4
65	W	March 7, 1978	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	33–28–4
66	W	March 9, 1978	6–4	New England Whalers (1977–78)	34–28–4
67	L	March 11, 1978	2–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	34–29–4
68	W	March 12, 1978	6–3	Indianapolis Racers (1977–78)	35–29–4
69	L	March 17, 1978	2–3	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	35–30–4
70	L	March 22, 1978	2–9	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	35–31–4
71	W	March 24, 1978	1–0	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	36–31–4
72	W	March 25, 1978	4–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	37–31–4
73	W	March 28, 1978	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	38–31–4
74	W	March 30, 1978	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	39–31–4
75	L	April 2, 1978	1–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	39–32–4
76	L	April 3, 1978	6–8	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	39–33–4
77	W	April 4, 1978	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	40–33–4
78	L	April 7, 1978	3–5	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	40–34–4
79	W	April 8, 1978	5–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	41–34–4
80	W	April 9, 1978	5–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	42–34–4

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 78 36 77 113 57 8 7 0 0 Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich LW 80 40 35 75 131 13 13 0 0 Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski C 78 15 57 72 170 13 3 1 0 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 65 23 41 64 103 13 5 0 0 Larway, DonDon Larway RW 69 24 35 59 52 1 5 0 0 Gray, JohnJohn Gray RW 77 35 23 58 80 15 6 0 0 Preston, RichRich Preston RW 73 25 25 50 52 3 7 3 0 Connor, CamCam Connor RW 68 21 16 37 217 4 0 0 0 Campbell, ScottScott Campbell D 75 8 29 37 116 10 1 0 0 Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel D 80 6 31 37 53 -6 1 1 0 West, SteveSteve West C 71 11 21 32 23 4 0 0 0 Schella, JohnJohn Schella D 63 9 20 29 125 -2 4 0 0 Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes D 79 3 25 28 130 20 1 0 0 Lund, LarryLarry Lund C 76 9 17 26 36 -22 1 0 0 McLeod, AlAl McLeod D 80 2 22 24 54 18 0 0 0 Hansis, RonRon Hansis RW 78 13 9 22 51 0 1 0 0 Taylor, TedTed Taylor LW 54 11 11 22 46 8 1 1 0 Hale, LarryLarry Hale D 56 2 11 13 22 4 0 0 0 Hughes, FrankFrank Hughes LW 11 3 2 5 2 -10 0 0 0 Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely G 51 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 Mortson, ClelandCleland Mortson RW 6 0 1 1 7 -1 0 0 0 Irwin, GlenGlen Irwin D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mazur, JohnJohn Mazur LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge G 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman G 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Wakely, ErnieErnie Wakely 3070 51 28 18 4 166 3.24 2 Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman 1166 20 10 9 0 84 4.32 0 Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge 634 12 4 7 0 47 4.45 0 Team: 4870 80 42 34 4 297 3.66 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Taylor, TedTed Taylor LW 6 3 1 4 10 0 0 1 Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix C 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 6 1 3 4 8 0 0 0 Larway, DonDon Larway RW 6 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 Lukowich, MorrisMorris Lukowich LW 6 1 2 3 17 0 0 0 Gray, JohnJohn Gray RW 6 0 3 3 10 0 0 0 Campbell, ScottScott Campbell D 6 1 1 2 8 0 0 1 Hansis, RonRon Hansis RW 6 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 Hughes, JohnJohn Hughes D 6 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski C 4 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 Terbenche, PaulPaul Terbenche D 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Lund, LarryLarry Lund C 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Popiel, PoulPoul Popiel D 6 0 2 2 13 0 0 0 Connor, CamCam Connor RW 2 1 0 1 22 0 0 0 McLeod, AlAl McLeod D 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 West, SteveSteve West C 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mortson, ClelandCleland Mortson RW 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Schella, JohnJohn Schella D 6 0 1 1 33 0 0 0 Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge G 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman G 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Rutledge, WayneWayne Rutledge 239 3 1 2 21 5.27 0 Zimmerman, LynnLynn Zimmerman 131 4 1 2 8 3.66 0 Team: 370 6 2 4 29 4.70 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;

See also

• 1977–78 WHA season

References

1. "1977–78 Houston Aeros Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
2. "1977-78 Houston Aeros Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

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