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1977–78 Edmonton Oilers season

WHA hockey team season

Field	Value
League	WHA
Season	1977–78
year	1977
Team	Edmonton Oilers
Division	WHA
DivisionRank	5th
Record	38–39–3
HomeRecord	24–15–2
RoadRecord	14–24–1
GoalsFor	309
GoalsAgainst	307
GeneralManager	Brian Conacher
Coach	Glen Sather
Captain	Paul Shmyr
AltCaptain	Norm Ferguson
Bill Flett
Al Hamilton
Arena	Northlands Coliseum
GoalsLeader	Bill Flett (41)
AssistsLeader	Ron Chipperfield (52)
PointsLeader	Ron Chipperfield (85)
PlusMinusLeader	Al Hamilton (+24)
PIMLeader	Ron Busniuk (157)
WinsLeader	Dave Dryden (21)
GAALeader	Dave Dryden (3.49)
MinorLeague	Spokane Flyers (WIHL)

Bill Flett Al Hamilton The 1977–78 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' sixth season of operation. The Oilers placed fifth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 12, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 14, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 15, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 19, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||1–3–0 |- |5||L||October 26, 1977||7–8 OT|| align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||1–4–0 |- |6||W||October 28, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||October 30, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||2–5–0

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 14 || Edmonton || 4–6 || New England ||0–1 |- | 2 || April 16 || Edmonton || 1–4 || New England || 0–2 |- | 3 || April 19 || New England || 0–2 || Edmonton || 1–2 |- | 4 || April 21 || New England || 9–1 || Edmonton || 1–3 |- | 5 || April 23 || Edmonton || 1–4 || New England || 1–4

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Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
C	80	33	52	85	48	1	11	1
RW	74	41	28	69	34	9	8	1
RW	80	34	34	68	11	−12	7	4
C	71	23	34	57	47	1	2	3
D	59	11	43	54	46	24	6	0
C	80	20	30	50	112	5	1	0
D	80	9	40	49	100	−9	3	0
D	56	14	34	48	56	8	3	0
RW	71	26	21	47	2	14	8	0
C	71	18	24	42	8	10	0	1
LW	60	12	21	33	71	−7	2	0
C/LW	53	8	22	30	12	11	0	0
D	62	6	22	28	90	11	1	0
C	53	7	13	20	12	−17	2	0
RW	59	2	18	20	157	−8	0	0
D	47	6	8	14	20	−7	3	0
LW	18	4	10	14	4	−1	0	0
C	37	11	2	13	29	−2	2	0
LW	65	6	6	12	140	−4	0	0
C	13	6	3	9	4	−4	1	0
G	33	0	8	8	2	0	0	0
D	6	2	4	6	2	0	0	0
RW	18	2	4	6	18	1	0	0
D	14	1	4	5	4	3	0	0
LW	20	1	3	4	32	−1	0	0
LW	22	2	1	3	14	−1	1	0
D	11	1	2	3	39	1	1	0
RW	47	2	0	2	124	−11	0	0
LW	5	1	1	2	7	−7	0	1
D	10	0	2	2	4	−1	0	0
G	48	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
D	19	0	1	1	16	−6	0	0
D	3	0	1	1	4	−1	0	0
LW	5	0	1	1	0	−1	0	0
RW	7	0	1	1	2	−1	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	15	−5	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	−3	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	−1	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2578	48	21	23	2	150	3.49	2
	1723	33	15	10	1	102	3.55	2
	497	9	2	5	0	42	5.07	0
	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0
Team:	4858	80	38	39	3	300	3.71	4

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Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
C	5	2	3	5	0	0
D	5	1	3	4	11	0
C	5	1	1	2	0	0
LW	5	1	1	2	20	1
RW	5	1	1	2	0	0
C/LW	5	1	1	2	4	0
C	5	0	2	2	16	0
D	5	0	2	2	10	0
D	5	0	2	2	4	0
LW	5	1	0	1	4	0
C	5	1	0	1	4	0
D	4	0	1	1	4	0
C	5	0	1	1	0	0
RW	5	0	0	0	18	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0
RW	5	0	0	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	2	0
D	5	0	0	0	10	0
LW	5	0	0	0	8	0
RW	2	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	207	4	1	3	16	4.64	1
	91	2	0	1	6	3.96	0
Team:	298	5	1	4	22	4.43	1

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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;

Transactions

Trades

Date	To Edmonton Oilers	Traded to	Traded for
June 1977	Jim Troy	New England Whalers	Brett Callighen
	Dave Dryden
Brett Callighen
1st round pick in [1977](1977-wha-amateur-draft) - Ron Areshenkoff
4th round pick in [1977](1977-wha-amateur-draft) - Dan Clark	New England Whalers	Jean-Louis Levasseur
	Blair MacDonald
Dave Inkpen
Mike Zuke	Indianapolis Racers	Barry Wilkins
Ed Patenaude
Claude St. Sauveur
Kevin Devine
	Jeff Jacques
Lou Nistico	Birmingham Bulls	Chris Evans
Pete Laframboise
Danny Arndt
Future considerations	Indianapolis Racers	Kevin Morrison
Bill Prentice
Bob Russell
Don Tannahill
Peter Donnelly	Quebec Nordiques	Future considerations
	Dave Semenko	Houston Aeros	Future considerations
	Pierre Guité
Don McLeod	Quebec Nordiques	Dave Inkpen
Rick Morris
Warren Miller
Ken Broderick
	Dennis Sobchuk
Del Hall	Cincinnati Stingers	Butch Deadmarsh
Dave Debol
Future considerations
Cash
	Pierre Jarry
Chris Ahrens	Minnesota North Stars (NHL)	Future considerations

Players acquired

Date		style="width: 13em;"	Player		style="width: 15em;"	Former team	Term
	Doug Berry
Ron Chipperfield
Chris Evans
Don Micheletti
Joe Micheletti
Warren Miller
Perry Schnarr
Steve Stoyanovich
Kevin Devine	San Diego Mariners
Norm Ferguson
Randy Legge
Kevin Morrison
Paul Shmyr
	Butch Deadmarsh
	Jerry Holland
Gary MacGregor	Indianapolis Racers
	Juha Widing
October 1977	Bob Falkenberg
	Ken Baird
Frank Turnbull	Spokane Flyers (WIHL)
	Gerry Pinder
	Dale McMullin
Craig Topolnisky
	Kevin Primeau
	Jim Cross
	Ray McKay

Players lost

Date		style="width: 13em;"	Player		style="width: 15em;"	New team




July 1977
November 1977



December 1977
Del Hall
Paul Stewart

Signings

Date	Player	Term
	Robin Sadler	2-year
	Norm Ferguson
Paul Shmyr
	Dave Dryden
	Ron Busniuk	1-year
Al Hamilton	1-year
	Warren Miller	1-year
	Ken Baird
	Dave Semenko	2-year
	Ab DeMarco	1-year
	Jim Troy
	Cal Sandbeck	2-year
	Owen Lloyd

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Mike Crombeen (F)	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
1	11	Ron Areshenkoff (C)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3	24	Kim Davis (C)	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
4	33		Neil LaBatte (D)	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
4	34	Dan Clark (D)	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
5	42	Rocky Saganiuk (RW)	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
6	51	Julian Baretta (G)	United States	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
7	60	Dave Hoyda (LW)	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
8	69	Ray Creasy (F)	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
9	77	Guy Lash (RW)	Canada	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
10	85	Owen Lloyd (D)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)

References

"1977-78 Edmonton Oilers Schedule".
"1977-78 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"1977 WHA Amateur Draft".
Matheson, Jim. (17 June 1977). "Dryden, Oilers reunited in odd fashion". [[Edmonton Journal]].

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