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1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season
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World Hockey Association team season
August 2023
WHA
1977–78
1977
Indianapolis Racers
24–51–5
17–21–3
7–30–2
8th
267
353
Ron Ingram,Bill Goldsworthy
Ken Block
Barry WilkinsRusty PatenaudeRosaire Paiement
Market Square Arena
Claude St. Sauveur (36)
Claude St. Sauveur (42)
Claude St. Sauveur (78)
Kevin Devine (141)
Gary Inness (14)
Gary InnessJim Park (4.21)
The 1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season was the Racers' fourth season of operation in the World Hockey Association.
Ron Ingram (16–31–4) was Indianapolis' head coach until February 7 when he was replaced by player-coach Bill Goldsworthy."Goldsworthy named coach" The Montreal Star, February 8, 1978, p. F3.
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Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
background:#fff; border-top:#101077 5px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 5px solid; 1977–78 regular season1977-78 Indianapolis Racers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/INR/1978_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 9, 2025
y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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|1||W||October 12, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||1–0–0
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|2||L||October 15, 1977||1–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||1–1–0
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|3||L||October 16, 1977||1–9 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||1–2–0
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|4||T||October 18, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||1–2–1
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|5||T||October 21, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||1–2–2
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|6||W||October 25, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||2–2–2
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|7||W||October 26, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||3–2–2
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|8||W||October 29, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||4–2–2
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y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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|9||W||November 1, 1977||6–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||5–2–2
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|10||L||November 4, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||5–3–2
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|11||L||November 11, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||5–4–2
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|12||L||November 12, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||5–5–2
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|13||L||November 15, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||5–6–2
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|14||L||November 18, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||5–7–2
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|15||L||November 19, 1977||4–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||5–8–2
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|16||L||November 20, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||5–9–2
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|17||T||November 23, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||5–9–3
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|18||W||November 24, 1977||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||6–9–3
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|19||L||November 26, 1977||5–7 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||6–10–3
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|20||L||November 30, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||6–11–3
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y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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|21||W||December 1, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||7–11–3
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|22||W||December 2, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||8–11–3
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|23||L||December 4, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||8–12–3
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|24||W||December 6, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||9–12–3
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|25||L||December 9, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| Czechoslovakia (1977–78) ||9–13–3
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|26||L||December 10, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||9–14–3
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|27||L||December 11, 1977||1–7 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||9–15–3
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|28||L||December 14, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||9–16–3
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|29||T||December 15, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||9–16–4
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|30||L||December 18, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| Soviet All-Stars (1977–78) ||9–17–4
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|31||L||December 22, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||9–18–4
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|32||L||December 23, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||9–19–4
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|33||L||December 28, 1977||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||9–20–4
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|34||L||December 29, 1977||1–7 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||9–21–4
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|35||L||December 30, 1977||5–8 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||9–22–4
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y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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|36||W||January 4, 1978||4–1 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||10–22–4
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|37||W||January 6, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||11–22–4
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|38||W||January 7, 1978||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||12–22–4
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|39||L||January 8, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||12–23–4
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|40||W||January 11, 1978||2–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||13–23–4
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|41||L||January 14, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||13–24–4
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|42||L||January 20, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||13–25–4
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|43||L||January 21, 1978||2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||13–26–4
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|44||W||January 22, 1978||5–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||14–26–4
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|45||L||January 25, 1978||2–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||14–27–4
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|46||L||January 30, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||14–28–4
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|47||L||January 31, 1978||4–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||14–29–4
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y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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|48||L||February 1, 1978||0–8 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||14–30–4
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|49||W||February 3, 1978||5–4 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||15–30–4
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|50||L||February 4, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||15–31–4
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|51||W||February 5, 1978||6–1 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||16–31–4
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|52||L||February 11, 1978||3–5 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||16–32–4
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|53||W||February 15, 1978||9–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||17–32–4
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|54||L||February 17, 1978||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||17–33–4
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|55||L||February 18, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1977–78) ||17–34–4
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|56||L||February 19, 1978||3–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||17–35–4
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|57||L||February 25, 1978||5–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||17–36–4
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|58||W||February 26, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||18–36–4
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y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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|59||W||March 1, 1978||5–1 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||19–36–4
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|60||W||March 3, 1978||8–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||20–36–4
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|61||W||March 4, 1978||8–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||21–36–4
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|62||W||March 5, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||22–36–4
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|63||L||March 8, 1978||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||22–37–4
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|64||L||March 9, 1978||5–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||22–38–4
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|65||W||March 11, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||23–38–4
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|66||L||March 12, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) ||23–39–4
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|67||L||March 15, 1978||0–7 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||23–40–4
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|68||L||March 16, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||23–41–4
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|69||L||March 18, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||23–42–4
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|70||T||March 19, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||23–42–5
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|71||L||March 21, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||23–43–5
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|72||L||March 24, 1978||0–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||23–44–5
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|73||L||March 28, 1978||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||23–45–5
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|74||L||March 30, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) ||23–46–5
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y background:#fff; border-top:#101077 2px solid; border-bottom:#D90000 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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|75||L||April 1, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) ||23–47–5
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|76||W||April 2, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||24–47–5
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|77||L||April 7, 1978||4–6 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78) ||24–48–5
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|78||L||April 8, 1978||3–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) ||24–49–5
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|79||L||April 9, 1978||7–9 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) ||24–50–5
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|80||L||April 11, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| @ New England Whalers (1977–78) ||24–51–5
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Legend:
#cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black
#fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black
#ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black
Player statistics
Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Claude St. Sauveur C 72 36 42 78 24−5700 Kevin Morrison D 75 17 40 57 49−32610 Peter Driscoll LW 56 25 21 46 1300500 Rusty Patenaude RW 76 23 19 42 71−20100 Kevin Devine Kevin Devine (ice hockey) LW 76 19 23 42 141−24100 Michel Parizeau C 70 13 27 40 47−13200 Reg Thomas Reg Thomas (ice hockey) LW 49 15 16 31 44−11700 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey b. 1955) LW 28 14 16 30 12−15300 Rosaire Paiement C 61 6 24 30 81−13100 Rene Leclerc RW 60 12 15 27 31−7200 Blaine Stoughton RW 47 13 13 26 28−24500 Ken Block Ken Block (ice hockey) D 77 1 25 26 34−39100 Rich Leduc C 28 10 15 25 38−16300 Don Burgess Don Burgess (ice hockey) LW 79 11 12 23 2−30200 Barry Wilkins D 79 2 21 23 79−35100 Daryl Maggs D 51 6 15 21 30−27300 Bill Goldsworthy RW 32 8 10 18 102000 John French John French (ice hockey) C/LW 74 9 8 17 6−25220 Dave Fortier D 54 1 15 16 86−17000 Bobby Sheehan Bobby Sheehan (ice hockey) C 29 8 7 15 6−19130 Gilles Marotte D 44 2 13 15 18−17000 Lynn Powis C 14 4 6 10 2−5000 Dave Inkpen D 24 1 9 10 24−5000 Bryon Baltimore D 22 1 7 8 230000 Hugh Harris Hugh Harris (ice hockey) C 19 1 7 8 6−4000 Brad Rhiness C 12 3 3 6 2−4000 Frank Spring RW 13 2 4 6 21100 Charles Constantin Charles Constantin (ice hockey) LW 6 2 1 3 01200 Ray Adduono C 8 1 2 3 0−5000 Dale Smedsmo LW 6 0 3 3 73000 Bill Prentice D 21 1 1 2 28−4000 Dave Dornseif D 3 0 1 1 01000 Bill Blackwood D 3 0 0 0 00000 Gary Inness G 52 0 0 0 420000 Glen Irwin D 20 0 0 0 720000 Peter McDuffe G 12 0 0 0 00000 Eddie Mio G 17 0 0 0 00000 Jim Park Jim Park (ice hockey) G 12 0 0 0 60000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Gary Inness 2850 52 14 30 4 200 4.21 0 Eddie Mio 900 17 6 8 0 64 4.27 0 Jim Park Jim Park (ice hockey) 584 12 3 7 0 41 4.21 0 Peter McDuffe 539 12 1 6 1 39 4.34 0 Team: 4873 80 24 51 5 344 4.24 0
hockey-reference.com 2009-06-28 1977-78 Indianapolis Racers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/INR/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
Indianapolis's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/wha1977a.html 1977 WHA Amateur Draft hockeyDB.com December 18, 2018
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)15Doug Wilson (D)CanadaOttawa 67's (OHA)216Wayne Ramsey (D)CanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)435Dale McCourt (F)CanadaSt. Catharines Fincups (OHA)544Mike Bossy (F)CanadaLaval National (QMJHL)653Rick Vasko (D)CanadaPeterborough Petes (OHA)762Brian Drumm (LW)CanadaOshawa Generals (OHA)
See also
1977–78 WHA season
References
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