1977–78 New York Rangers season

The 1977–78 New York Rangers season was the 52nd season of the New York Rangers franchise. The Rangers slipped to last in the Patrick but qualified for the playoffs by having one of the top twelve records in the league. The Rangers lost in the first round of the playoffs.

Offseason

The Rangers hired Jean-Guy Talbot as their new head coach. It would be his only season as head coach of the Rangers.

Regular season

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

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1977-78 Game Log

October: 4-5-1 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 1-3-0)

November: 5-7-1 (Home: 3-2-0; Road: 2-5-1)

December: 3-4-7 (Home: 2-2-4; Road: 1-2-3)

January: 4-8-0 (Home: 0-3-0; Road: 4-5-0)

February: 5-6-2 (Home: 4-3-1; Road: 1-3-1)

March: 8-2-2 (Home: 5-2-1; Road: 3-0-1)

April: 1-5-0 (Home: 1-1-0; Road: 0-4-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1978 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1978 Stanley Cup playoffs

Preliminary Round: vs. Buffalo Sabres - Buffalo wins series 2-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 11	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Buffalo Sabres		Buffalo leads series 1-0
2	April 13	Buffalo Sabres	3 - 4	New York Rangers	OT	Series tied 1-1
3	April 15	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Buffalo Sabres		Buffalo wins series 2-1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	79	38	43	81	53
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	80	40	33	73	47
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	78	24	48	72	100
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	80	26	40	66	30
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	79	19	44	63	30
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch	66	27	28	55	41
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	80	6	40	46	115
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	71	20	20	40	43
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	71	22	8	30	27
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone	53	13	13	26	44
Polis, GregGreg Polis	37	7	16	23	12
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	56	2	19	21	63
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	57	5	13	18	52
Dillon, WayneWayne Dillon	59	5	13	18	15
Newman, DanDan Newman	59	5	13	18	22
Heaslip, MarkMark Heaslip	29	5	10	15	34
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	78	2	8	10	38
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	19	2	7	9	6
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	59	2	7	9	105
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish	66	3	5	8	62
Hodge, KenKen Hodge	18	2	4	6	8
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	29	1	4	5	23
Byers, JerryJerry Byers	7	2	1	3	0
Marois, MarioMario Marois	8	1	1	2	15
Goldsworthy, BillBill Goldsworthy	7	0	1	1	12
Keating, MikeMike Keating	1	0	0	0	0
Stefanski, BudBud Stefanski	1	0	0	0	0
Hickey, GregGreg Hickey	1	0	0	0	0
Holst, GregGreg Holst	4	0	0	0	0
Gosselin, BenoitBenoit Gosselin	7	0	0	0	33

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch	3	1	3	4	4
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	3	2	1	3	0
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	3	1	1	2	2
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais	3	0	2	2	16
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	3	0	2	2	0
Hickey, PatPat Hickey	3	2	0	2	0
Smith, DallasDallas Smith	1	0	1	1	0
Dillon, WayneWayne Dillon	3	0	1	1	0
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito	3	0	1	1	5
Marois, MarioMario Marois	1	0	0	0	5
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish	3	0	0	0	0
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	3	0	0	0	5
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	3	0	0	0	6
Heaslip, MarkMark Heaslip	3	0	0	0	0
Newman, DanDan Newman	3	0	0	0	4
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	3	0	0	0	11
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	3	0	0	0	2
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	41	2352	12	20	7	141	3.60	4
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	34	1848	14	13	4	98	3.18	1
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert	6	360	2	2	2	20	3.33	0
Astrom, HardyHardy Astrom	4	240	2	2	0	14	3.50	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson	2	122	1	1	7	3.44	0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	1	60	0	1	4	4.00	0

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

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Phil Esposito, Lester Patrick Trophy^[3]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Lucien DeBlois	RW	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
1	13	Ron Duguay	C	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
2	26	Mike Keating	LW	Canada	St. Catharines Fincups (OHA)
3	44	Steve Baker	G	United States	Union College (NCAA)
4	62	Mario Marois	D	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	80	Benoit Gosselin	LW	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
6	98	John Bethel	LW	Canada	Boston University (NCAA)
7	116	Bob Sullivan	LW	Canada	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
8	131	Lance Nethery	C	Canada	Cornell University (NCAA)
9	146	Alex Jeans	C	Canada	University of Toronto (CIAU)
10	157	Pete Raps	LW	Canada	Western Michigan University (NCAA)
11	164	Mike Brown	RW	United States	Western Michigan University (NCAA)
12	171	Mark Miller	LW	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)

References

Rangers on Hockey Database

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1977-78 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.425, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

1977–78 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia

Adams	Boston Buffalo Cleveland Toronto

Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Minnesota St. Louis Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game 1978 Stanley Cup Finals

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

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Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
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