1977–78 Indianapolis Racers season

1977–78 Indianapolis Racers
Division	8th WHA
1977–78 record	24–51–5
Goals for	267
Goals against	353
Team information
Coach	Ron Ingram, Bill Goldsworthy

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points

WHA Team	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Winnipeg Jets	50	28	2	102	381	270	988
New England Whalers	44	31	5	93	335	269	1255
Houston Aeros	42	34	4	88	296	302	1543
Quebec Nordiques	40	37	3	83	349	347	1185
Edmonton Oilers	38	39	3	79	309	307	1296
Birmingham Bulls	36	41	3	75	287	314	2177
Cincinnati Stingers	35	42	3	73	298	332	1701
Indianapolis Racers	24	51	5	53	267	353	1189
Soviet All-Stars	3	4	1	7	27	36	120
Czechoslovakia All-Stars	1	6	1	3	21	40	87

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 12, 1977	5–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	1–0–0
2	L	October 15, 1977	1–5	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	1–1–0
3	L	October 16, 1977	1–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	1–2–0
4	T	October 18, 1977	2–2	New England Whalers (1977–78)	1–2–1
5	T	October 21, 1977	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	1–2–2
6	W	October 25, 1977	5–4	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	2–2–2
7	W	October 26, 1977	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	3–2–2
8	W	October 29, 1977	6–2	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	4–2–2
9	W	November 1, 1977	6–3	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	5–2–2
10	L	November 4, 1977	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	5–3–2
11	L	November 11, 1977	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	5–4–2
12	L	November 12, 1977	3–5	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	5–5–2
13	L	November 15, 1977	4–6	New England Whalers (1977–78)	5–6–2
14	L	November 18, 1977	1–2	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	5–7–2
15	L	November 19, 1977	4–6	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	5–8–2
16	L	November 20, 1977	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	5–9–2
17	T	November 23, 1977	3–3	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	5–9–3
18	W	November 24, 1977	5–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	6–9–3
19	L	November 26, 1977	5–7	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	6–10–3
20	L	November 30, 1977	0–3	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	6–11–3
21	W	December 1, 1977	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	7–11–3
22	W	December 2, 1977	4–2	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	8–11–3
23	L	December 4, 1977	0–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	8–12–3
24	W	December 6, 1977	5–2	New England Whalers (1977–78)	9–12–3
25	L	December 9, 1977	3–5	Czechoslovakia (1977–78)	9–13–3
26	L	December 10, 1977	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	9–14–3
27	L	December 11, 1977	1–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	9–15–3
28	L	December 14, 1977	1–3	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	9–16–3
29	T	December 15, 1977	3–3	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	9–16–4
30	L	December 18, 1977	3–4	Soviet All-Stars (1977–78)	9–17–4
31	L	December 22, 1977	1–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	9–18–4
32	L	December 23, 1977	3–5	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	9–19–4
33	L	December 28, 1977	4–5 OT	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	9–20–4
34	L	December 29, 1977	1–7	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	9–21–4
35	L	December 30, 1977	5–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	9–22–4
36	W	January 4, 1978	4–1	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	10–22–4
37	W	January 6, 1978	4–3	New England Whalers (1977–78)	11–22–4
38	W	January 7, 1978	2–1 OT	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	12–22–4
39	L	January 8, 1978	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	12–23–4
40	W	January 11, 1978	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	13–23–4
41	L	January 14, 1978	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	13–24–4
42	L	January 20, 1978	3–4	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	13–25–4
43	L	January 21, 1978	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	13–26–4
44	W	January 22, 1978	5–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	14–26–4
45	L	January 25, 1978	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	14–27–4
46	L	January 30, 1978	3–4	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	14–28–4
47	L	January 31, 1978	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	14–29–4
48	L	February 1, 1978	0–8	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	14–30–4
49	W	February 3, 1978	5–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	15–30–4
50	L	February 4, 1978	2–5	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	15–31–4
51	W	February 5, 1978	6–1	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	16–31–4
52	L	February 11, 1978	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	16–32–4
53	W	February 15, 1978	9–6	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	17–32–4
54	L	February 17, 1978	4–5 OT	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	17–33–4
55	L	February 18, 1978	1–4	New England Whalers (1977–78)	17–34–4
56	L	February 19, 1978	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	17–35–4
57	L	February 25, 1978	5–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	17–36–4
58	W	February 26, 1978	6–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	18–36–4
59	W	March 1, 1978	5–1	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	19–36–4
60	W	March 3, 1978	8–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	20–36–4
61	W	March 4, 1978	8–6	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	21–36–4
62	W	March 5, 1978	4–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	22–36–4
63	L	March 8, 1978	4–5 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	22–37–4
64	L	March 9, 1978	5–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	22–38–4
65	W	March 11, 1978	4–2	Houston Aeros (1977–78)	23–38–4
66	L	March 12, 1978	3–6	@ Houston Aeros (1977–78)	23–39–4
67	L	March 15, 1978	0–7	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	23–40–4
68	L	March 16, 1978	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	23–41–4
69	L	March 18, 1978	2–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	23–42–4
70	T	March 19, 1978	3–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	23–42–5
71	L	March 21, 1978	3–6	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	23–43–5
72	L	March 24, 1978	0–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	23–44–5
73	L	March 28, 1978	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	23–45–5
74	L	March 30, 1978	1–4	Winnipeg Jets (1977–78)	23–46–5
75	L	April 1, 1978	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1977–78)	23–47–5
76	W	April 2, 1978	6–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	24–47–5
77	L	April 7, 1978	4–6	Cincinnati Stingers (1977–78)	24–48–5
78	L	April 8, 1978	3–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78)	24–49–5
79	L	April 9, 1978	7–9	Birmingham Bulls (1977–78)	24–50–5
80	L	April 11, 1978	3–6	@ New England Whalers (1977–78)	24–51–5

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Claude St. Sauveur C 72 36 42 78 24 −5 7 0 0 Kevin Morrison D 75 17 40 57 49 −32 6 1 0 Peter Driscoll LW 56 25 21 46 130 0 5 0 0 Rusty Patenaude RW 76 23 19 42 71 −20 1 0 0 Kevin Devine LW 76 19 23 42 141 −24 1 0 0 Michel Parizeau C 70 13 27 40 47 −13 2 0 0 Reg Thomas LW 49 15 16 31 44 −11 7 0 0 Claude Larose LW 28 14 16 30 12 −15 3 0 0 Rosaire Paiement C 61 6 24 30 81 −13 1 0 0 Rene Leclerc RW 60 12 15 27 31 −7 2 0 0 Blaine Stoughton RW 47 13 13 26 28 −24 5 0 0 Ken Block D 77 1 25 26 34 −39 1 0 0 Rich Leduc C 28 10 15 25 38 −16 3 0 0 Don Burgess LW 79 11 12 23 2 −30 2 0 0 Barry Wilkins D 79 2 21 23 79 −35 1 0 0 Daryl Maggs D 51 6 15 21 30 −27 3 0 0 Bill Goldsworthy RW 32 8 10 18 10 2 0 0 0 John French C/LW 74 9 8 17 6 −25 2 2 0 Dave Fortier D 54 1 15 16 86 −17 0 0 0 Bobby Sheehan C 29 8 7 15 6 −19 1 3 0 Gilles Marotte D 44 2 13 15 18 −17 0 0 0 Lynn Powis C 14 4 6 10 2 −5 0 0 0 Dave Inkpen D 24 1 9 10 24 −5 0 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 22 1 7 8 23 0 0 0 0 Hugh Harris C 19 1 7 8 6 −4 0 0 0 Brad Rhiness C 12 3 3 6 2 −4 0 0 0 Frank Spring RW 13 2 4 6 2 1 1 0 0 Charles Constantin LW 6 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 Ray Adduono C 8 1 2 3 0 −5 0 0 0 Dale Smedsmo LW 6 0 3 3 7 3 0 0 0 Bill Prentice D 21 1 1 2 28 −4 0 0 0 Dave Dornseif D 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Bill Blackwood D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Inness G 52 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 Glen Irwin D 20 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 Peter McDuffe G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Mio G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Park G 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA 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 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

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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.[3]

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)

See also

• 1977–78 WHA season

References

1. "1977–78 Indianapolis Racers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
2. "1977-78 Indianapolis Racers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
3. "1977 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

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