1977-78 Season Summary

Yelnats Cup Champions - Montreal Canadiens

Coach - Frank Theiss

Names on the Cup - Claire Alexander, Chuck Arnason, Pierre Bouchard, Yvan Cournoyer, Ken Dryden, Bob Gainey, Dennis Hextall, Rejean Houle, Doug Jarvis, Guy Lafleur, Guy Lapointe, Pierre Larouche, Jacques Lemaire, Pierre Mondou, Bill Nyrop, Doug Risebrough, Larry Robinson, Serge Savard, Rod Seiling, Steve Shutt

Final Standings

CONFERENCE STANDINGS FOR RHL 1977-78

STANDINGS FOR Clarence Campbell

TOTALS -HOME RECORD-- --ROAD RECORD-- LAST 10

TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GA W L T OT PTS W L T OT PTS W L T

Philadelphia Flyers** 80 33 25 22 88 293 257 17 14 9 0 43 16 11 13 0 45 5 2 3

Chicago Black Hawks* 80 36 32 12 84 246 229 18 14 8 0 44 18 18 4 0 40 6 2 2

New York Islanders* 80 35 33 12 82 278 246 16 18 6 0 38 19 15 6 0 44 2 6 2

Vancouver Canucks 80 31 36 13 75 266 303 18 17 5 0 41 13 19 8 0 34 5 3 2

New York Rangers 80 28 44 8 64 242 269 14 20 6 0 34 14 24 2 0 30 0 10 0

Minnesota North Stars 80 20 48 12 52 225 334 14 22 4 0 32 6 26 8 0 20 1 7 2

STANDINGS FOR Prince Of Wales

TOTALS --HOME RECORD-- --ROAD RECORD-- LAST 10

TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GA W L T OT PTS W L T OT PTS W L T

Montreal Canadiens** 80 59 14 7 125 382 215 32 5 3 0 67 27 9 4 0 58 9 1 0

Toronto Maple Leafs* 80 40 25 15 95 320 273 19 18 3 0 41 21 7 12 0 54 7 3 0

Buffalo Sabres* 80 43 29 8 94 301 245 19 14 7 0 45 24 15 1 0 49 6 3 1

Boston Bruins 80 34 33 13 81 293 283 18 16 6 0 42 16 17 7 0 39 6 3 1

Pittsburgh Penguins 80 25 44 11 61 214 317 10 21 9 0 29 15 23 2 0 32 3 6 1

Los Angeles Kings 80 24 45 11 59 243 332 9 25 6 0 24 15 20 5 0 35 3 7 0

** - clinched conference title and first round bye

* - clinched playoff spot

Playoff Results

Round 1 (Best-of-5)

NY Islanders 10, Toronto 3

Toronto 5, NY Islanders 4

Toronto 3, NY Islanders 2, OT

Toronto 4, NY Islanders 1

(Toronto wins series 3-1)

Chicago 2, Buffalo 0

Chicago 2, Buffalo 1

Buffalo 4, Chicago 1

Buffalo 6, Chicago 3

Chicago 3, Buffalo 1

(Chicago wins series 3-2)

Round 2 (Best-of-7)

Montreal 4, Chicago 2

Montreal 6, Chicago 4

Montreal 7, Chicago 2

Chicago 4, Montreal 2

Montreal 3, Chicago 1

(Montreal wins series 4-1)

Toronto 4, Philadelphia 3

Philadelphia 2, Toronto 1, OT

Philadelphia 2, Toronto 1, OT

Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1

Philadelphia 3, Toronto 0

Philadelphia 3, Toronto 0

(Philadelphis wins series 4-2)

Yelnats Cup Final (Best-of-7)

Montreal 7, Philadelphia 3

Montreal 5, Philadelphia 4

Montreal 6, Philadelphia 0

Montreal 6, Philadelphia 4

(Montreal wins series 4-0)

Regular Season Statistics - All Players

Playoff Statistics - All Players

Regular Season Scoring Leaders

Name Tm GM G A Pts PPG SHG SOG PIM P/M Pct

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GUY LAFLEUR MON 78 67 111 178 17 0 350 42 69 19.1

DARRYL SITTLER TOR 80 56 107 163 12 0 383 91 42 14.6

JACQUES LEMAIRE MON 76 48 90 138 11 2 283 22 57 17.0

GILBERT PERREAULT BUF 79 50 76 126 7 0 295 38 28 16.9

BRYAN TROTTIER NYI 74 46 74 120 8 2 281 62 13 16.4

BOBBY CLARKE PHI 71 32 77 109 9 2 174 110 21 18.4

DALE McCOURT VAN 76 52 57 109 14 0 373 20 5 13.9

BILL BARBER PHI 80 61 47 108 18 3 396 31 34 15.4

STEVE SHUTT MON 80 45 52 97 15 0 340 26 24 13.2

JEAN RATELLE BOS 80 31 62 93 11 0 159 6 -3 19.5

Regular Season Goalie Leaders (Min 30 GP)

Name Tm Gm Min W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO Eng PM

---------------- --- ---- ----- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----- ----- -- --- ---

KEN DRYDEN MON 52 3099 41 6 4 115 2.23 1491 .923 6 0 0

BERNIE PARENT PHI 49 2930 25 11 13 139 2.85 1579 .912 4 1 8

TONY ESPOSITO BOS 64 3813 29 25 10 175 2.75 1980 .912 4 2 0

JOHN DAVIDSON NYR 34 1987 15 16 3 103 3.11 1044 .901 0 0 20

DON EDWARDS BUF 69 4011 39 21 7 197 2.95 1961 .900 7 0 14

MIKE PALMATEER TOR 63 3778 34 20 9 203 3.22 2011 .899 2 0 10

DENIS HERRON PIT 52 2648 13 24 4 155 3.51 1539 .899 1 0 8

GLENN RESCH NYI 45 2692 23 15 7 134 2.99 1303 .897 3 1 22

BILLY SMITH NYI 34 2031 11 18 5 111 3.28 1033 .893 1 0 37

RON LOW NYR 32 1881 8 21 3 112 3.57 960 .883 1 1 0

Playoff Scoring Leaders

Name Tm GM G A Pts PPG SHG SOG PIM P/M Pct

-------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- --- --- -----

GUY LAFLEUR MON 9 17 12 29 2 0 56 6 17 30.4

JACQUES LEMAIRE MON 9 8 10 18 2 0 40 0 10 20.0

BOBBY CLARKE PHI 10 4 8 12 2 1 27 12 -8 14.8

MIKE BOSSY NYI 4 6 4 10 2 0 19 0 3 31.6

PIERRE LAROUCHE MON 9 1 9 10 0 0 12 0 7 8.3

STEVE SHUTT MON 9 4 5 9 0 0 41 8 3 9.8

NICK LIBETT TOR 10 5 4 9 0 0 28 7 6 17.9

REJEAN HOULE MON 9 5 3 8 1 0 27 8 10 18.5

OREST KINDRACHUK PHI 10 4 4 8 0 1 24 18 -2 16.7

BRYAN TROTTIER NYI 4 3 5 8 0 0 12 8 3 25.0

CLAIRE ALEXANDER MON 9 2 6 8 0 0 16 2 5 12.5

Playoff Goalie Leaders (Min 3 GP)

Name Tm Gm Min W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO Eng PM

---------------- --- -- ---- -- -- --- --- ---- ---- ---- -- --- --

MIKE VEISOR CHI 4 240 4 0 0 4 1.00 131 .969 1 0 0

BOB SAUVE BUF 4 240 2 2 0 9 2.25 132 .932 0 0 0

BERNIE PARENT PHI 10 565 4 6 0 29 3.08 345 .916 2 0 4

MIKE PALMATEER TOR 10 634 5 5 0 31 2.93 341 .909 0 0 2

KEN DRYDEN MON 9 540 8 1 0 24 2.67 258 .907 1 0 0

GLENN RESCH NYI 4 251 1 3 0 15 3.59 115 .870 0 0 2

JIM RUTHERFORD CHI 3 77 0 1 0 5 3.90 34 .853 0 0 0

DAN BOUCHARD CHI 6 283 0 5 0 25 5.30 157 .841 0 0 0