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1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season

World Hockey Association team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1977–78
year	1977
Team	Indianapolis Racers
Record	24–51–5
HomeRecord	17–21–3
RoadRecord	7–30–2
LeagueRank	8th
GoalsFor	267
GoalsAgainst	353
Coach	Ron Ingram,
Bill Goldsworthy
Captain	Ken Block
AltCaptain	Barry Wilkins
Rusty Patenaude
Rosaire Paiement
Arena	Market Square Arena
GoalsLeader	Claude St. Sauveur (36)
AssistsLeader	Claude St. Sauveur (42)
PointsLeader	Claude St. Sauveur (78)
PIMLeader	Kevin Devine (141)
WinsLeader	Gary Inness (14)
GAALeader	Gary Inness
Jim Park (4.21)

Bill Goldsworthy Rusty Patenaude Rosaire Paiement Jim Park (4.21)

The 1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season was the Racers' fourth season of operation in the World Hockey Association.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 12, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 15, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 16, 1977||1–9 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||1–2–0 |- |4||T||October 18, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||1–2–1 |- |5||T||October 21, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||1–2–2 |- |6||W||October 25, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||2–2–2 |- |7||W||October 26, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||October 29, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||4–2–2

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Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
C	72	36	42	78	24	−5	7	0
D	75	17	40	57	49	−32	6	1
LW	56	25	21	46	130	0	5	0
RW	76	23	19	42	71	−20	1	0
LW	76	19	23	42	141	−24	1	0
C	70	13	27	40	47	−13	2	0
LW	49	15	16	31	44	−11	7	0
LW	28	14	16	30	12	−15	3	0
C	61	6	24	30	81	−13	1	0
RW	60	12	15	27	31	−7	2	0
RW	47	13	13	26	28	−24	5	0
D	77	1	25	26	34	−39	1	0
C	28	10	15	25	38	−16	3	0
LW	79	11	12	23	2	−30	2	0
D	79	2	21	23	79	−35	1	0
D	51	6	15	21	30	−27	3	0
RW	32	8	10	18	10	2	0	0
C/LW	74	9	8	17	6	−25	2	2
D	54	1	15	16	86	−17	0	0
C	29	8	7	15	6	−19	1	3
D	44	2	13	15	18	−17	0	0
C	14	4	6	10	2	−5	0	0
D	24	1	9	10	24	−5	0	0
D	22	1	7	8	23	0	0	0
C	19	1	7	8	6	−4	0	0
C	12	3	3	6	2	−4	0	0
RW	13	2	4	6	2	1	1	0
LW	6	2	1	3	0	1	2	0
C	8	1	2	3	0	−5	0	0
LW	6	0	3	3	7	3	0	0
D	21	1	1	2	28	−4	0	0
D	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	52	0	0	0	42	0	0	0
D	20	0	0	0	72	0	0	0
G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	12	0	0	0	6	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA
	2850	52	14	30	4	200	4.21
	900	17	6	8	0	64	4.27
	584	12	3	7	0	41	4.21
	539	12	1	6	1	39	4.34
Team:	4873	80	24	51	5	344	4.24

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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;

Draft picks

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

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)

References

"1977-78 Indianapolis Racers Schedule".
"1977-78 Indianapolis Racers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"1977 WHA Amateur Draft".

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