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1977–78 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1977–78
year	1977
Team	St. Louis Blues
Record	20–47–13
HomeRecord	12–20–8
RoadRecord	8–27–5
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Smythe
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	195
GoalsAgainst	304
GeneralManager	Emile Francis
Coach	Leo Boivin
Captain	Red Berenson
AltCaptain	None
Arena	St. Louis Arena
GoalsLeader	Garry Unger (32)
AssistsLeader	Red Berenson (25)
PointsLeader	Garry Unger (52)
PIMLeader	Brian Sutter (123)
WinsLeader	Phil Myre (11)
GAALeader	Doug Grant (2.89)

The 1977–78 St. Louis Blues season was the 11th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to the season, the team's founders, Sid Salomon Jr. and Sid Salomon III, sold the team to pet food giant Ralston Purina, and the St. Louis Arena became the Checkerdome. The Blues finished the season with a record of 20 wins, 47 losses and 13 ties for 53 points, and finished out of the playoffs for only the second time in team history and for the first time since the 1973–74 season.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 12, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 15, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 16, 1977||0–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||October 19, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||0–4–0 |- |5||L||October 22, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||0–5–0 |- |6||L||October 23, 1977||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||0–6–0 |- |7||T||October 25, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||0–6–1 |- |8||L||October 26, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1977–78) ||0–7–1 |- |9||L||October 29, 1977||3–7 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||0–8–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	80	32	20	52	66	−35	10	0	5
C	72	17	24	41	27	−35	4	0	1
LW	70	19	19	38	4	−21	3	0	2
C	80	13	25	38	12	−20	0	1	2
C	80	17	17	34	29	−20	3	0	3
RW	60	14	16	30	10	−23	2	1	1
LW	50	7	17	24	54	−22	1	0	1
LW	78	9	13	22	123	−38	4	0	1
RW	69	8	13	21	20	−19	2	0	0
RW	28	7	12	19	23	−11	3	0	0
D	51	6	12	18	45	−11	4	0	0
D	75	4	14	18	26	−56	0	0	1
D	40	2	15	17	23	−11	1	0	0
D	28	4	11	15	16	−14	2	0	0
C	32	6	8	14	12	−12	3	0	0
D/RW	75	4	10	14	39	−20	0	0	1
D	55	2	12	14	16	0	0	0	0
D	78	1	11	12	40	−48	0	0	0
LW	49	7	4	11	81	−6	0	0	1
RW	31	3	7	10	11	−12	1	0	0
D	33	2	8	10	73	−29	0	0	0
RW	22	4	5	9	4	−10	1	0	0
C	12	2	5	7	2	4	0	0	0
LW	18	2	4	6	11	−7	0	0	0
D	30	1	3	4	45	−13	0	0	1
LW	6	1	1	2	4	−3	0	0	0
RW	9	0	2	2	5	−6	0	0	0
G	44	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
C	3	1	0	1	0	−2	0	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	18	0	0	0	4	−8	0	0	0
G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2620	44	11	25	8	159	3.64	1
	650	12	5	6	1	45	4.15	0
	500	9	3	3	2	24	2.88	0
	886	17	1	10	2	57	3.86	0
	144	3	0	3	0	15	6.25	0
Team:	4800	80	20	47	13	300	3.75	1

Draft picks

St. Louis'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	9	Scott Campbell	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
2	27	Neil LaBatte	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
3	45	Tom Roulston	Canada	Winnipeg Monarchs (WCHL)
4	63	Tony Currie	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)
5	81	Bruce Hamilton	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
6	99	Gary McMonagle	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
7	117	Matti Forss		Rauma (Finland)
8	132	Raimo Hirvonen		Helsinki IFK (Finland)
9	147	Bjorn Olsson	Sweden	Karlstad (Sweden)

References

"1977-78 St. Louis Blues Schedule".
"1977-78 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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