1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season

World Hockey Association team season August 2023 WHA 1977–78 1977 Birmingham Bulls (WHA)Birmingham Bulls 36–41–3 23–16–2 13–25–1 6th Glen Sonmor,John F. Bassett Dale Hoganson Paul HendersonBrent Hughes Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex 287 314 Ken Linseman (38) Peter Marrin (43) Ken Linseman (76) Steve Durbano (284) John Garrett (24) John Garrett (3.81) 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 Birmingham Bulls season was the Birmingham Bulls second season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The Bulls qualified for the playoffs, losing in the quarter-finals to the Winnipeg Jets. 2 Regular season Final standings BIR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#101077 5px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 5px solid; 1977–78 regular season1977-78 Birmingham Bulls Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BRB/1978_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 8, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 14, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 15, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 22, 1977||5–8 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 23, 1977||3–10 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||1–3–0 |- |5||L||October 25, 1977||4–5 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||1–4–0 |- |6||L||October 28, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||1–5–0 |- |7||L||October 29, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||1–6–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |8||L||November 2, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||1–7–0 |- |9||L||November 4, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||1–8–0 |- |10||W||November 5, 1977||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||2–8–0 |- |11||L||November 8, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||2–9–0 |- |12||L||November 9, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||2–10–0 |- |13||T||November 12, 1977||1–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||2–10–1 |- |14||T||November 16, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||2–10–2 |- |15||W||November 18, 1977||2–1 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||3–10–2 |- |16||W||November 19, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||4–10–2 |- |17||L||November 23, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||4–11–2 |- |18||W||November 24, 1977||12–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||5–11–2 |- |19||L||November 26, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||5–12–2 |- |20||W||November 27, 1977||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||6–12–2 |- |21||L||November 30, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||6–13–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||W||December 2, 1977||7–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||7–13–2 |- |23||W||December 4, 1977||3–0 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||8–13–2 |- |24||L||December 7, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||8–14–2 |- |25||L||December 9, 1977||1–2 OT|| align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||8–15–2 |- |26||W||December 13, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||9–15–2 |- |27||W||December 15, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||10–15–2 |- |28||W||December 18, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||11–15–2 |- |29||W||December 21, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| Czechoslovakia (1977–78) ||12–15–2 |- |30||W||December 26, 1977||6–1 || align="left"| Soviet All-Stars (1977–78) ||13–15–2 |- |31||L||December 27, 1977||1–8 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||13–16–2 |- |32||W||December 29, 1977||7–1 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||14–16–2 |- |33||L||December 30, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||14–17–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |34||L||January 1, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||14–18–2 |- |35||L||January 4, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||14–19–2 |- |36||W||January 6, 1978||6–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||15–19–2 |- |37||W||January 8, 1978||5–4 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||16–19–2 |- |38||L||January 10, 1978||4–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||16–20–2 |- |39||L||January 11, 1978||2–11 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||16–21–2 |- |40||W||January 14, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||17–21–2 |- |41||W||January 18, 1978||3–0 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||18–21–2 |- |42||W||January 20, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||19–21–2 |- |43||L||January 22, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||19–22–2 |- |44||W||January 25, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||20–22–2 |- |45||L||January 27, 1978||2–6 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||20–23–2 |- |46||W||January 28, 1978||8–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||21–23–2 |- |47||L||January 31, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||21–24–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |48||L||February 2, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||21–25–2 |- |49||W||February 4, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||22–25–2 |- |50||L||February 5, 1978||1–6 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||22–26–2 |- |51||L||February 7, 1978||3–8 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||22–27–2 |- |52||L||February 8, 1978||0–9 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||22–28–2 |- |53||L||February 12, 1978||0–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||22–29–2 |- |54||L||February 14, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||22–30–2 |- |55||W||February 16, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||23–30–2 |- |56||W||February 17, 1978||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||24–30–2 |- |57||L||February 18, 1978||2–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||24–31–2 |- |58||L||February 19, 1978||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||24–32–2 |- |59||W||February 23, 1978||7–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||25–32–2 |- |60||W||February 25, 1978||7–3 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||26–32–2 |- |61||L||February 26, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||26–33–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |62||W||March 1, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||27–33–2 |- |63||W||March 4, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||28–33–2 |- |64||L||March 5, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||28–34–2 |- |65||W||March 9, 1978||9–2 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||29–34–2 |- |66||L||March 10, 1978||4–5 OT|| align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||29–35–2 |- |67||L||March 12, 1978||2–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||29–36–2 |- |68||L||March 14, 1978||0–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||29–37–2 |- |69||L||March 15, 1978||2–7 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||29–38–2 |- |70||W||March 17, 1978||3–2 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||30–38–2 |- |71||T||March 19, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||30–38–3 |- |72||W||March 21, 1978||5–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||31–38–3 |- |73||W||March 22, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||32–38–3 |- |74||L||March 24, 1978||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||32–39–3 |- |75||L||March 25, 1978||1–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||32–40–3 |- |76||W||March 31, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||33–40–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |77||W||April 1, 1978||5–1 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||34–40–3 |- |78||L||April 5, 1978||4–5 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||34–41–3 |- |79||W||April 7, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||35–41–3 |- |80||W||April 9, 1978||9–7 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) ||36–41–3 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#101077 5px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 5px solid; 1978 Avco Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. Winnipeg Jets – Jets win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series |- | 1 || April 14 || Birmingham Bulls || 3–9 || Winnipeg Jets || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 16 || Birmingham Bulls || 3–8 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–0 |- | 3 || April 19 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–3 || Birmingham Bulls || 2–1 |- | 4 || April 21 || Winnipeg Jets || 5–1 || Birmingham Bulls || 3–1 |- | 5 || April 23 || Birmingham Bulls || 2–5 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–1 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ken Linseman C 71 38 38 76 1266540 Peter Marrin C 80 28 43 71 539710 Paul Henderson RW 80 37 29 66 2241110 Mark Napier Mark Napier (ice hockey) RW 79 33 32 65 90−111400 Brent Hughes Brent Hughes (ice hockey b. 1943) D 80 9 35 44 4812300 Tony Cassolato RW 77 18 25 43 59−3400 Dave Gorman Dave Gorman (ice hockey) RW 63 19 21 40 9318200 John Stewart John Stewart (ice hockey b. 1954) C 48 13 26 39 5213210 Frank Mahovlich LW 72 14 24 38 22−5600 Serge Beaudoin D 64 8 25 33 10514100 Joe Noris C/D 45 9 19 28 6−9000 Phil Roberto RW 53 8 20 28 917000 Jim Turkiewicz D 78 3 21 24 4510000 Dave Hanson David Hanson (ice hockey) D 42 7 16 23 24110000 Rod Langway D 52 3 18 21 5210000 Steve Alley LW 27 8 12 20 1117100 Frank Beaton LW 56 6 9 15 279−8010 Bob Stephenson Bob Stephenson (ice hockey) RW 39 7 6 13 33−2000 Dale Hoganson D 43 1 12 13 29−6000 Pat Westrum D 77 2 10 12 97−7000 Steve Durbano D 45 6 4 10 284−12100 Tim Sheehy Timothy Sheehy (ice hockey) RW 13 4 2 6 5−14200 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 12 2 3 5 6−9100 Gilles Bilodeau LW 59 2 2 4 258−14000 Chris Evans Chris Evans (ice hockey) D 12 1 2 3 4−7000 John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) G 58 0 3 3 260000 Wayne Wood G 32 0 3 3 220000 Paul Terbenche D 11 1 0 1 01000 Danny Arndt LW 4 0 1 1 01000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) 3306 58 24 31 1 210 3.81 2 Wayne Wood 1551 32 12 10 2 99 3.83 1 Team: 4857 80 36 41 3 309 3.82 3 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Ken Linseman C 5 2 2 4 15000 Peter Marrin C 5 0 3 3 2000 Frank Beaton LW 5 2 0 2 10000 Dave Gorman Dave Gorman (ice hockey) RW 4 1 1 2 0000 Paul Henderson RW 5 1 1 2 0000 Frank Mahovlich LW 3 1 1 2 0000 John Stewart John Stewart (ice hockey b. 1954) C 5 1 1 2 6001 Jim Turkiewicz D 5 1 1 2 0000 Steve Durbano D 4 0 2 2 16000 Mark Napier Mark Napier (ice hockey) RW 5 0 2 2 14000 Steve Alley LW 5 1 0 1 5000 Serge Beaudoin D 5 1 0 1 46000 Phil Roberto RW 4 1 0 1 20000 Dave Hanson David Hanson (ice hockey) D 5 0 1 1 48000 Pat Westrum D 3 0 1 1 2000 Gilles Bilodeau LW 3 0 0 0 27000 Tony Cassolato RW 4 0 0 0 4000 John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) G 5 0 0 0 0000 Dale Hoganson D 5 0 0 0 7000 Brent Hughes Brent Hughes (ice hockey b. 1943) D 5 0 0 0 12000 Rod Langway D 4 0 0 0 9000 Wayne Wood G 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO John Garrett John Garrett (ice hockey) 271 5 1 4 26 5.76 0 Wayne Wood 29 1 0 0 3 6.21 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 29 5.80 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-28 1977-78 Birmingham Bulls Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BRB/1978.html 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 Birmingham's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/wha1977a.html 1977 WHA Amateur Draft hockeyDB.com December 18, 2018 Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)16Rod Langway (D)United StatesUniversity of New Hampshire (ECAC)212Brad Maxwell (D)CanadaNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)322Mark Johnson (F)United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin (WCHA)431Norm Dupont (LW)CanadaMontreal Juniors (QMJHL)540Steve Baker (G)United StatesUnion College (ECAC-2)649Greg Tebbutt (D)CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)758Bob Suter (D)United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin (WCHA)867Curt Christopherson (D)United StatesColorado College (WCHA)975Jean Savard (F)CanadaQuebec Remparts (QMJHL)1083Ken Linseman (F)CanadaKingston Canadians (OHA) See also 1977–78 NHL season References Birm Category:Birmingham Bulls seasons