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1977–78 Colorado Rockies season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1977–78
year	1977
Team	Colorado Rockies (NHL)Colorado Rockies
Record	19–40–21
HomeRecord	17–14–9
RoadRecord	2–26–12
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Smythe
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	257
GoalsAgainst	305
GeneralManager	Ray Miron
Coach	Pat Kelly
Captain	Wilf Paiement
AltCaptain	None
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
GoalsLeader	Wilf Paiement (31)
AssistsLeader	Wilf Paiement (56)
PointsLeader	Wilf Paiement (87)
PIMLeader	Wilf Paiement (114)
PlusMinusLeader	Tom Edur (+10)
WinsLeader	Doug Favell (13)
GAALeader	Doug Favell (3.59)
prev_season	[1976–77](1976-77-colorado-rockies-season)
next_season	[1978–79](1978-79-colorado-rockies-season)

The 1977–78 Colorado Rockies season was the fourth season of the franchise, and second as the Rockies. Despite winning only 19 games and finishing 21 games below .500, they finished runners-up in the weak Smythe Division and secured a playoff berth under the format in effect at the time. It was their first playoff appearance in franchise history, and the only one they would make while in Denver.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

The Rockies played a best-of-three preliminary round series against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers would sweep the series in two-straight games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 14, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||October 15, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||0–0–2 || |- |3||October 19, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||0–1–2 || |- |4||October 20, 1977||5–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||0–2–2 || |- |5||October 22, 1977||3–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||1–2–2 || |- |6||October 25, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||1–2–3 || |- |7||October 28, 1977||8–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||2–2–3 || |- |8||October 29, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||3–2–3 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 11, 1978 || 2–3 OT || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers || Flyers lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 13, 1978 || 1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers || Flyers win 2–0 ||

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	31	56	87	114	−14	7	2	1
D	75	22	38	60	89	−14	6	0	4
D	80	12	42	54	87	−12	5	0	0
C	46	30	22	52	29	−17	13	0	3
LW	74	19	21	40	43	−7	3	0	1
LW	62	17	22	39	24	−15	8	0	0
C	78	15	18	33	31	−16	0	0	1
C	60	10	22	32	12	−5	1	0	0
D	60	8	23	31	25	−49	2	0	0
LW	54	15	15	30	4	9	2	2	4
C	37	12	9	21	28	−2	3	0	0
C	68	10	11	21	47	−20	0	0	0
C	71	9	12	21	8	−23	1	0	0
RW	35	9	10	19	15	0	1	0	3
D	60	4	15	19	56	−35	2	0	0
D	61	2	17	19	45	−12	0	0	1
RW	38	5	13	18	19	−16	1	0	0
D/LW	71	4	13	17	12	−4	0	1	1
C	44	6	9	15	8	−19	3	0	0
D	20	5	7	12	10	10	1	0	0
RW	29	4	8	12	10	−3	2	0	0
D	35	2	8	10	28	−6	0	0	0
LW	22	3	6	9	2	−10	1	0	0
C	14	3	5	8	0	2	1	0	0
LW	32	0	5	5	28	−5	0	0	0
G	47	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
D	16	0	2	2	12	−10	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
G	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	25	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2663	47	13	20	11	159	3.58	1
	654	12	3	6	2	42	3.85	0
	1383	25	3	12	8	90	3.90	0
	100	2	0	2	0	9	5.40	0
Team:	4800	80	19	40	21	300	3.75	1

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG
C	2	1	1	2	0	0
LW	2	0	2	2	0	0
LW	2	1	0	1	0	1
D	2	1	0	1	2	0
RW	2	0	1	1	2	0
D	2	0	1	1	0	0
D	2	0	1	1	2	0
C	2	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	10	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	2	0
C	2	0	0	0	0	0
D/LW	2	0	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	7	0
RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	120	2	0	2	6	3.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	2	6	3.00	0

Note: 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;

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 1977 NHL amateur draft held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Barry Beck	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	38	Doug Berry	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
3	47	Randy Pierce	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
5	74	Mike Dwyer	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
6	92	Dan Lempe	United States	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
7	110	Rick Doyle	Canada	London Knights (OMJHL)
8	126	Joe Contini	Canada	St. Catharines Fincups (OMJHL)
9	142	Jack Hughes	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)

References

"1977-78 Colorado Rockies Schedule".
"1977-78 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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