1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season

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1977–78 Indianapolis Racers
Division8th WHA
1977–78 record24–51–5
Goals for267
Goals against353
Team information
CoachRon Ingram,
Bill Goldsworthy

Offseason[]

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 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 () 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 () 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

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Playoffs[]

Player stats[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Claude St. Sauveur C 72 36 42 78 24 −5 7 0 0
Kevin Morrison D 75 17 40 57 49 −32 6 1 0
Peter Driscoll LW 56 25 21 46 130 0 5 0 0
Rusty Patenaude RW 76 23 19 42 71 −20 1 0 0
Kevin Devine LW 76 19 23 42 141 −24 1 0 0
Michel Parizeau C 70 13 27 40 47 −13 2 0 0
Reg Thomas LW 49 15 16 31 44 −11 7 0 0
Claude Larose LW 28 14 16 30 12 −15 3 0 0
Rosaire Paiement C 61 6 24 30 81 −13 1 0 0
Rene Leclerc RW 60 12 15 27 31 −7 2 0 0
Blaine Stoughton RW 47 13 13 26 28 −24 5 0 0
Ken Block D 77 1 25 26 34 −39 1 0 0
Rich Leduc C 28 10 15 25 38 −16 3 0 0
Don Burgess LW 79 11 12 23 2 −30 2 0 0
Barry Wilkins D 79 2 21 23 79 −35 1 0 0
Daryl Maggs D 51 6 15 21 30 −27 3 0 0
Bill Goldsworthy RW 32 8 10 18 10 2 0 0 0
John French C/LW 74 9 8 17 6 −25 2 2 0
Dave Fortier D 54 1 15 16 86 −17 0 0 0
Bobby Sheehan C 29 8 7 15 6 −19 1 3 0
Gilles Marotte D 44 2 13 15 18 −17 0 0 0
Lynn Powis C 14 4 6 10 2 −5 0 0 0
Dave Inkpen D 24 1 9 10 24 −5 0 0 0
Bryon Baltimore D 22 1 7 8 23 0 0 0 0
Hugh Harris C 19 1 7 8 6 −4 0 0 0
Brad Rhiness C 12 3 3 6 2 −4 0 0 0
Frank Spring RW 13 2 4 6 2 1 1 0 0
Charles Constantin LW 6 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0
Ray Adduono C 8 1 2 3 0 −5 0 0 0
Dale Smedsmo LW 6 0 3 3 7 3 0 0 0
Bill Prentice D 21 1 1 2 28 −4 0 0 0
Dave Dornseif D 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Blackwood D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Inness G 52 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0
Glen Irwin D 20 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0
Peter McDuffe G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Mio G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Park G 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Gary Inness 2850 52 14 30 4 200 4.21 0
Eddie Mio 900 17 6 8 0 64 4.27 0
Jim Park 584 12 3 7 0 41 4.21 0
Peter McDuffe 539 12 1 6 1 39 4.34 0
Team: 4873 80 24 51 5 344 4.24 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[]

Transactions[]

Draft picks[]

Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 5 Doug Wilson (D)  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2 16 Wayne Ramsey (D)  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
4 35 Dale McCourt (F)  Canada St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
5 44 Mike Bossy (F)  Canada Laval National (QMJHL)
6 53 Rick Vasko (D)  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
7 62 Brian Drumm (LW)  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1977–78 Indianapolis Racers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  2. ^ "1977-78 Indianapolis Racers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  3. ^ "1977 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

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