1977–78 Cincinnati Stingers season

The 1977–78 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers' third season in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Stingers placed seventh and missed the playoffs.

1977–78 Cincinnati Stingers
League	7th WHA
1977–78 record	35–42–3
Home record	21–19–1
Road record	14–23–2
Goals for	298
Goals against	332
Team information
Coach	Jacques Demers (33–39–3) Jerry Rafter (2–3–0)
Captain	Rick Dudley
Alternate captains	Robbie Ftorek Dennis Sobchuk
Arena	Riverfront Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Robbie Ftorek (59)
Assists	Robbie Ftorek (50)
Points	Robbie Ftorek (109)
Penalty minutes	Paul Stewart (241)
Wins	Michel Dion (21)
Goals against average	Michel Dion (3.57)

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

Schedule and results

1977–78 regular season
October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 L October 12, 1977 4–5 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 0–1–0 2 L October 15, 1977 4–5 Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 0-2-0 3 W October 16, 1977 6-3 New England Whalers (1977–78) 1-2-0 4 L October 18, 1978 1-5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 1-3-0 5 L October 21, 1977 5-6 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 1-4–0 6 L October 28, 1977 2-3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 1-5-0
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 7 L November 4, 1977 2-4 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 1-6-0 8 L November 5, 1977 1–6 Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 1-7-0 9 L November 6, 1977 2-5 New England Whalers (1977–78) 1-8-0 10 W November 10, 1978 2-1 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 2-8-0 11 L November 11, 1977 2–3 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 2–9–0 12 W November 12, 1977 6–5 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 3–9–0 13 W November 13, 1977 3–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 4–9–0 14 L November 16, 1977 4–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 4–10–0 15 L November 18, 1977 3–4 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 4–11–0 16 W November 23, 1977 4–3 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 5–11–0 17 L November 24, 1977 2–12 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 5–12–0 18 L November 25, 1977 1–3 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 5–13–0 19 W November 26, 1977 7–5 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 6–13–0 20 W November 29, 1977 3–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 7–13–0 21 W November 30, 1977 3–0 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 8–13–0
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 22 W December 3, 1977 5–2 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 9–13–0 23 L December 4, 1977 2–3 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 9–14–0 24 L December 7, 1977 4–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 9–15–0 25 W December 9, 1977 4–3 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 10–15–0 26 W December 14, 1977 3–1 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 11–15–0 27 L December 15, 1977 3–5 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 11–16–0 28 L December 17, 1977 4–5 Soviet All-Stars (1977–78) 11–17–0 29 T December 20, 1977 5–5 Czechoslovakia (1977–78) 11–17–1 30 W December 22, 1977 4–1 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 12–17–1 31 L December 23, 1977 4–6 Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 12–18–1 32 W December 28, 1977 5–4 OT Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 13–18–1 33 L December 29, 1977 1–7 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 13–19–1 34 T December 30, 1977 5–5 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 13–19–2
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 35 L January 1, 1978 3–4 OT New England Whalers (1977–78) 13–20–2 36 W January 4, 1978 5–3 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 14–20–2 37 W January 6, 1978 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 15–20–2 38 L January 7, 1978 3–5 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 15–21–2 39 L January 11, 1978 0–2 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 15–22–2 40 L January 14, 1978 3–4 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 15–23–2 41 W January 15, 1978 6–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 16–23–2 42 L January 18, 1978 0–3 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 16–24–2 43 L January 20, 1978 2–8 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 16–25–2 44 L January 21, 1978 2–5 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 16–26–2 45 W January 22, 1978 5–2 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 17–26–2 46 W January 25, 1978 8–7 OT New England Whalers (1977–78) 18–26–2 47 L January 29, 1978 4–8 Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 18–27–2 48 W January 30, 1978 4–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 19–27–2
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 49 W February 1, 1978 8–0 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 20–27–2 50 W February 3, 1978 1–0 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 21–27–2 51 L February 4, 1978 5–7 Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 21–28–2 52 T February 8, 1978 6–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 21–28–3 53 L February 10, 1978 2–10 @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 21–29–3 54 L February 11, 1978 7–8 New England Whalers (1977–78) 21–30–3 55 W February 12, 1978 8–2 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 22–30–3 56 L February 15, 1978 2–5 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 22–31–3 57 W February 17, 1978 4–3 OT @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 23–31–3 58 L February 18, 1978 0–4 Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 23–32–3 59 W February 19, 1978 4–3 OT Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 24–32–3 60 L February 25, 1978 3–7 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 24–33–3
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 61 W March 1, 1978 6–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 25–33–3 62 W March 3, 1978 5–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1977–78) 26–33–3 63 L March 5, 1978 2–4 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 26–34–3 64 W March 7, 1978 5–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 27–34–3 65 W March 9, 1978 6–5 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 28–34–3 66 W March 11, 1978 2–0 Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 29–34–3 67 W March 15, 1978 7–2 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 30–34–3 68 L March 17, 1978 2–6 New England Whalers (1977–78) 30–35–3 69 W March 18, 1978 4–2 Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 31–35–3 70 L March 19, 1978 2–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1977–78) 31–36–3 71 W March 22, 1978 9–2 Houston Aeros (1977–78) 32–36–3 72 L March 28, 1978 4–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 32–37–3 73 L March 29, 1978 1–6 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 32–38–3
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 74 L April 1, 1978 1–5 @ Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 32–39–3 75 L April 2, 1978 3–6 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 32–40–3 76 W April 5, 1978 5–4 Birmingham Bulls (1977–78) 33–40–3 77 W April 7, 1978 6–4 @ Indianapolis Racers (1977–78) 34–40–3 78 L April 8, 1978 4–5 @ Houston Aeros (1977–78) 34–41–3 79 W April 9, 1978 6–2 Quebec Nordiques (1977–78) 35–41–3 80 L April 10, 1978 1–6 @ New England Whalers (1977–78) 35–42–3
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Draft picks

Cincinnati's draft picks at the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	7	Jere Gillis (F)	United States	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
2	18	Dave Morrow (D)	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
3	25	Floyd Lahache (D)	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
3	26	Bob Gladney (D)	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
3	27	Colin Ahern (C)	United States	Providence College (ECAC)
4	36	Jeff Allan (D)	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	45	Jim Trainor (D)	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
6	54	Bill Himmelright (D)	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
7	63	Tom Byers (W)	United States	Providence College (ECAC)
8	71	Bob Boileau (C)	Canada	Boston University (ECAC)
9	79	Jim Craig (G)	United States	Boston University (ECAC)
10	87	David Kelley (D)	United States	Princeton University (ECAC)

See also

• 1977–78 WHA season