1977–78 Atlanta Flames season

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1977–78 Atlanta Flames
Division	3rd Patrick
1977–78 record	34–27–19
Goals for	274
Goals against	252
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Fred Creighton
Captain	Tom Lysiak
Arena	Omni Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Bob MacMillan (31)
Assists	Tom Lysiak (42)
Points	Tom Lysiak (69)
Penalties in minutes	Willi Plett (171)
Wins	Dan Bouchard (25)
Goals against average	Dan Bouchard (2.75)

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	48	17	15	334	210	111
Philadelphia Flyers	80	45	20	15	296	200	105
Atlanta Flames	80	34	27	19	274	252	87
New York Rangers	80	30	37	13	279	280	73

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

			Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tom Lysiak	12		80	27	42	69	54		2	1	0	1	2
Guy Chouinard	16		73	28	30	58	8		2	1	0	1	0
Eric Vail	27		79	22	36	58	16		2	1	1	2	0
Harold Phillipoff	24		67	17	36	53	128		2	0	1	1	2
Bob MacMillan†	11		52	31	21	52	26		2	0	2	2	0
Bill Clement	10		70	20	30	50	34		2	0	0	0	2
John Gould	21		79	19	28	47	21		2	0	0	0	2
Willi Plett	25		78	22	21	43	171		-	-	-	-	-
Ken Houston	6		74	22	16	38	51		2	0	0	0	0
Bobby Lalonde	7		73	14	23	37	28		1	1	0	1	0
Rey Comeau	18		79	10	22	32	20		2	0	0	0	0
Richard Mulhern	4		79	9	23	32	47		2	0	1	1	0
Ed Kea	19		60	3	23	26	40		1	0	0	0	0
Dave Shand	8		80	2	23	25	94		2	0	0	0	4
Miles Zaharko	23		71	1	19	20	26		1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Simpson	22		55	10	8	18	49		2	0	0	0	2
Dick Redmond†	5		42	7	11	18	16		2	1	0	1	0
Pat Ribble	3		80	5	12	17	68		2	0	1	1	2
Curt Bennett‡	5		25	3	7	10	10		-	-	-	-	-
Barry Gibbs‡	2		27	1	5	6	24		-	-	-	-	-
Greg Fox	2		16	1	2	3	25		2	0	1	1	8
Dan Bouchard	30		58	0	3	3	6		2
Tim Ecclestone	14		11	0	2	2	2		1	0	0	0	0
Yves Belanger†	31		17	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
Phil Myre‡	1		9	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
^‡Traded mid-season

[edit] Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Dan Bouchard	30		58	3340	25	12	19	153	2	2.75		2	120	0	2	7	0	3.50
Yves Belanger	31		17	937	7	8	0	55	1	3.52		-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--
Phil Myre	1		9	523	2	7	0	43	0	4.93		-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--

[edit] Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1977–78 season.

[edit] Trades

May 23, 1977	To Atlanta Flames Ab DeMarco, Jr.	To Los Angeles Kings Randy Manery
August 18, 1977	To Atlanta Flames Cash	To Detroit Red Wings Rick Bowness
December 12, 1977	To Atlanta Flames Yves Belanger Bob MacMillan Dick Redmond 2nd round pick in 1979 (Mike Perovich)	To St. Louis Blues Curt Bennett Barry Gibbs Phil Myre

[edit] Free agents

Player Former team C Bobby Lalonde Vancouver Canucks

Player New team

[edit] Draft picks

See also: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2	20.	Miles Zaharko (D)	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
2	28.	Don Laurence (C)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2	31.	Brian Hill (RW)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
4	72.	Jim Craig (G)	United States	Boston University (NCAA)
5	82.	Curtis Christopherson (D)		Colorado College (NCAA)
6	100.	Bernie Harbec (C)	Canada	Laval National (QMJHL)
7	118.	Bob Gould (RW)	Canada	University of New Hampshire (NCAA)
8	133.	Jimmy Bennett (RW)	United States	Brown University (NCAA)
9	148.	Tim Harrer (RW)	United States	University of Minnesota (NCAA)

[edit] References

• Flames on Hockey Database

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