1977-78 NHL SEASON

The '1977-78 NHL season' was the 61st season of the National Hockey League. Eighteen teams each played 80 games. The Montreal Canadiens won their third Stanley Cup in a row as they beat the Boston Bruins four games to two in the finals.

Contents

League Business

Regular season

Final standings

Prince of Wales Conference

Clarence Campbell Conference

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

NHL awards

All-Star teams

Debuts

Last games

See also

References

League Business

A trophy for the top defensive forward, the Frank J. Selke Trophy, made its debut this season and went to Bob Gainey, who played Left Wing for Montreal.
Clarence Campbell retires as NHL President, prior to this season. John Ziegler succeeds him.

Regular season

Final standings

''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'''

Prince of Wales Conference

Adams Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'Boston Bruins'	80	51	18	11	113	333	218	1237
'Buffalo Sabres'	80	44	19	17	105	288	215	800
'Toronto Maple Leafs'	80	41	29	10	92	271	237	1258
Cleveland Barons	80	22	45	13	57	230	325	1010

Norris Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'Montreal Canadiens'	80	59	10	11	129	359	183	745
'Detroit Red Wings'	80	32	34	14	78	252	266	1534
'Los Angeles Kings'	80	31	34	15	77	243	245	903
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	25	37	18	68	254	321	1300
Washington Capitals	80	17	49	14	48	195	321	1332

Clarence Campbell Conference

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'New York Islanders'	80	48	17	15	111	334	210	938
'Philadelphia Flyers'	80	45	20	15	105	296	200	1668
'Atlanta Flames'	80	34	27	19	87	274	252	984
'New York Rangers'	80	30	37	13	73	279	280	1057

Smythe Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
'Chicago Black Hawks'	80	32	29	19	83	230	220	1308
'Colorado Rockies'	80	19	40	21	59	257	305	818
Vancouver Canucks	80	20	43	17	57	239	320	962
St. Louis Blues	80	20	47	13	53	195	304	845
Minnesota North Stars	80	18	53	9	45	218	325	1096

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes''

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Guy Lafleur	Montreal Canadiens	78	60	72	132	26
Bryan Trottier	New York Islanders	77	46	77	123	46
Darryl Sittler	Toronto Maple Leafs	80	45	72	117	100
Jacques Lemaire	Montreal Canadiens	76	36	61	97	14
Denis Potvin	New York Islanders	80	30	64	94	81
Mike Bossy	New York Islanders	73	53	38	91	6
Terry O'Reilly	Boston Bruins	77	29	61	90	211
Gilbert Perreault	Buffalo Sabres	79	41	48	89	20
Bobby Clarke	Philadelphia Flyers	71	21	68	89	83
Lanny McDonald	Toronto Maple Leafs	74	47	40	87	54

Leading goaltenders

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

NHL awards

Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:	New York Islanders
Art Ross Memorial Trophy:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Butch Goring, Los Angeles Kings
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
Jack Adams Award:	Bobby Kromm, Detroit Red Wings
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Denis Potvin, New York Islanders
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Butch Goring, Los Angeles Kings
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
NHL Plus/Minus Award:	Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens
Vezina Trophy:	Ken Dryden & Michel Larocque, Montreal Canadiens
Lester Patrick Trophy:	Phil Esposito, Tom Fitzgerald, William T. Tutt, William W. Wirtz

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens	G	Don Edwards, Buffalo Sabres
Denis Potvin, New York Islanders	D	Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens
Brad Park, Boston Bruins	D	Borje Salming, Toronto Maple Leafs
Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders	C	Darryl Sittler, Toronto Maple Leafs
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens	RW	Mike Bossy, New York Islanders
Clark Gillies, New York Islanders	LW	Steve Shutt, Montreal Canadiens

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1977-78 (listed with their first team, asterisk(
★ ) marks debut in playoffs):

★ Doug Wilson, Chicago Blackhawks

★ Barry Beck, Colorado Rockies

★ Dale McCourt, Detroit Red Wings

★ Dave Taylor, Los Angeles Kings

★ Mike Bossy, New York Islanders

★ Glen Hanlon, Vancouver Canucks

★ Murray Bannerman, Vancouver Canucks

★ Robert Picard, Washington Capitals

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1977-78 (listed with their last team):

★ Johnny Bucyk, Boston Bruins

★ Eddie Johnston, Chicago Blackhawks

★ Jim Neilson, Cleveland Barons

★ Dennis Hull, Detroit Red Wings

★ Ed Giacomin, Detroit Red Wings

★ Bill Goldsworthy, New York Rangers

★ Dallas Smith, New York Rangers

★ Ken Hodge, New York Rangers

★ Rod Gilbert, New York Rangers

★ Gary Dornhoefer, Philadelphia Flyers

★ Derek Sanderson, Pittsburgh Penguins

★ Claude Larose, St. Louis Blues

★ Jimmy Roberts, St. Louis Blues

★ Red Berenson, St. Louis Blues

★ Cesare Maniago, Vancouver Canucks

See also

★ List of Stanley Cup champions

★ 1977 NHL Amateur Draft

★ 31st National Hockey League All-Star Game

★ National Hockey League All-Star Game

★ 1977-78 WHA season

★ 1977 in sports

★ 1978 in sports

References

★ Hockey Database

★ NHL.com