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games against WHA teams outside the regular standings, tying one and losing the other four; while the Czechoslovakian team only won once and tied once, losing six. This is the first time International teams competed in regular season competition in a major professional sports league in North America; those two teams as well as a Finnish team would come back to play the WHA teams the next year.
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twist. There were three quarterfinal series instead of two, with the teams paired top to bottom (i.e., 1st vs. 6th, 2nd vs. 5th, 3rd vs. 4th). The highest-seeded quarterfinal winner then received a semifinal bye and advanced directly to the finals, while the remaining two quarterfinal series winners played off in a single semifinal. All series were best four-out-of-seven games.
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The best six teams qualified for the playoffs. However, instead of the standard schedule for a six-team playoff (i.e., giving the first and second place teams byes into the semifinals, with the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth place teams opening in the quarterfinals), the WHA came up with a unique
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In a unique move, two international All-Star teams, the Soviet All-Stars and Czechoslovakia All-Stars, played games that counted in the regular season standings. They played each WHA team once, on the WHA team's home ice. The Soviet team acquitted themselves well, winning three plus two additional
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With a reduction of three teams from the end of the previous season (the San Diego Mariners, Phoenix Roadrunners, and Calgary Cowboys folded), the WHA abandoned its divisional format and grouped the remaining eight teams together. There had been a tentative merger agreement that would have had
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against the stars from the remaining WHA teams. The game was played on 17 January 1978, in Quebec City, and attracted 6,413 spectators. The Nordiques, coached by
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GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties, GA = Goals against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% =
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Cincinnati, Houston, New England, Winnipeg, Quebec, and Edmonton join the NHL but it could not be finalized.
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The top ranked quarterfinal winner (Winnipeg) received a bye into the finals.
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The 1978 WHA All-Star game pitted the defending champion
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Howard Baldwin Trophy / Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy
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The trio helped the Whalers to the 1569:were named the players of the game. 2218:Winnipeg Jets 4, Birmingham Bulls 1 2029:Quebec Nordiques 4, Houston Aeros 2 13: 3578:1977–78 in Czechoslovak ice hockey 2555: 960: 621: 152: 14: 3594: 589: 535: 3573:World Hockey Association seasons 2864: 1858: 1581: 1548: 579: 552: 534: 516: 498: 480: 462: 445: 444: 426: 419: 179:1977-78 World Hockey Association 3086: 2830:Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy 955: 517: 407: 3383:New York Raiders/Golden Blades 499: 463: 16:Professional ice hockey season 1: 3045: 2701: 2382: 1307: 481: 427: 3583:1977–78 in Soviet ice hockey 3532:North American Hockey League 2674: 2650: 2626: 2598: 2566: 2564: 2528: 2504: 2480: 2456: 2428: 2396: 2394: 2355: 2331: 2307: 2283: 2255: 2223: 2221: 2190: 2166: 2142: 2118: 2094: 2066: 2034: 2032: 2001: 1977: 1953: 1929: 1901: 1869: 1867: 553: 7: 3028: 2706: 1572: 633: 10: 3599: 1577: 1505: 1504: 1466: 1465: 1427: 1426: 1388: 1387: 1345: 1344: 1254: 1227: 1200: 1173: 1146: 1119: 1092: 1063: 1036: 1003: 657: 654: 651: 3503: 3445: 3366:Minnesota Fighting Saints 3276: 3223: 3175: 3092: 1847: 1796: 1792: 1769: 1744: 1641: 1600: 1593: 1586: 636: 108: 100: 90: 80: 73: 56: 51: 41: 31: 26: 3270:World Hockey Association 925:Czechoslovakia All-Stars 648: 645: 642: 639: 347:Springfield Civic Center 169: 139:World Hockey Association 36:World Hockey Association 3480:Dennis A. 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2160: 2157: 2155: 2152: 2150:Houston Aeros 2149: 2146: 2143: 2138: 2136: 2133: 2131: 2128: 2126:Houston Aeros 2125: 2122: 2119: 2114: 2112:Houston Aeros 2111: 2109: 2106: 2104: 2101: 2098: 2095: 2090: 2088: 2087: 2086:Houston Aeros 2083: 2081: 2078: 2076: 2073: 2070: 2067: 2063: 2060: 2058: 2055: 2053: 2050: 2048: 2045: 2043: 2040: 2038: 2035: 2031: 2030: 2021: 2019: 2016: 2014: 2011: 2008: 2005: 2002: 1997: 1994: 1992: 1989: 1987: 1984: 1981: 1978: 1973: 1971: 1968: 1966: 1963: 1960: 1957: 1954: 1949: 1947: 1944: 1942: 1939: 1936: 1933: 1930: 1925: 1923: 1922: 1918: 1916: 1913: 1911: 1908: 1905: 1902: 1898: 1895: 1893: 1890: 1888: 1885: 1883: 1880: 1878: 1875: 1873: 1870: 1866: 1865: 1859:Quarterfinals 1845: 1843: 1840: 1838: 1835: 1833: 1830: 1828: 1827: 1824: 1821: 1818: 1815: 1813: 1811: 1808: 1805: 1802: 1800: 1799: 1790: 1788: 1785: 1783: 1780: 1778: 1775: 1773: 1771: 1767: 1766: 1763: 1760: 1757: 1754: 1752: 1750: 1748: 1746: 1742: 1741: 1738: 1736: 1733: 1731: 1730:Winnipeg Jets 1728: 1726: 1723: 1721: 1719: 1715: 1713: 1710: 1707: 1704: 1702: 1701: 1698: 1695: 1692: 1689: 1687: 1685: 1683: 1680: 1678: 1675: 1673: 1670: 1668: 1667: 1662: 1660: 1657: 1655: 1654:Winnipeg Jets 1652: 1650: 1647: 1645: 1643: 1639: 1638: 1635: 1633: 1631: 1629: 1627: 1625: 1623: 1621: 1619: 1617: 1615: 1613: 1611: 1609: 1607: 1606: 1603: 1598: 1596: 1591: 1589: 1584: 1583: 1570: 1568: 1564: 1560: 1556: 1549:All-Star Game 1541: 1539: 1536: 1533: 1530: 1527: 1524: 1521: 1519: 1516: 1513: 1510: 1508: 1500: 1497: 1494: 1491: 1488: 1485: 1482: 1479: 1476: 1474: 1471: 1469: 1461: 1458: 1455: 1452: 1449: 1446: 1443: 1440: 1437: 1435: 1434:Winnipeg Jets 1432: 1430: 1422: 1419: 1416: 1413: 1410: 1407: 1404: 1401: 1398: 1396: 1395:Winnipeg Jets 1393: 1391: 1384: 1381: 1378: 1375: 1372: 1369: 1366: 1364: 1361: 1358: 1355: 1353: 1350: 1348: 1309: 1306: 1305: 1304: 1300: 1294: 1291: 1276: 1273: 1270: 1267: 1264: 1262: 1259: 1257: 1253: 1249: 1246: 1243: 1240: 1237: 1235: 1232: 1230: 1226: 1222: 1219: 1216: 1213: 1210: 1208: 1207:Winnipeg Jets 1205: 1203: 1199: 1195: 1192: 1189: 1186: 1183: 1181: 1178: 1176: 1175:Robbie Ftorek 1172: 1168: 1165: 1162: 1159: 1156: 1154: 1153:Houston Aeros 1151: 1149: 1148:Andre Lacroix 1145: 1141: 1138: 1135: 1132: 1129: 1127: 1126:Winnipeg Jets 1124: 1122: 1118: 1114: 1111: 1108: 1105: 1102: 1100: 1099:Winnipeg Jets 1097: 1095: 1091: 1087: 1084: 1082: 1079: 1076: 1073: 1071: 1070:Winnipeg Jets 1068: 1066: 1062: 1058: 1055: 1052: 1049: 1046: 1044: 1041: 1039: 1038:Real Cloutier 1035: 1031: 1029: 1026: 1024: 1021: 1019: 1016: 1013: 1011: 1008: 1006: 1002: 979: 976: 975: 971: 968: 953: 945: 942: 939: 936: 933: 930: 927: 924: 923: 919: 916: 913: 910: 907: 904: 901: 898: 897: 893: 890: 887: 884: 881: 878: 875: 873: 870: 869: 865: 862: 859: 856: 853: 850: 847: 845: 842: 841: 837: 834: 831: 828: 825: 822: 819: 817: 816: 812: 811: 807: 804: 801: 798: 795: 792: 789: 787: 786: 782: 781: 777: 774: 771: 768: 765: 762: 759: 757: 756: 752: 751: 747: 744: 741: 738: 735: 732: 729: 727: 726: 725:Houston Aeros 722: 721: 717: 714: 711: 708: 705: 702: 699: 697: 696: 692: 691: 687: 684: 681: 678: 675: 672: 669: 667: 666: 665:Winnipeg Jets 662: 661: 635: 632: 631: 629: 619: 617: 613: 612:Houston Aeros 609: 606:moved to the 605: 601: 598:and his sons 597: 582: 577: 564: 563: 546: 545: 528: 527: 510: 509: 492: 491: 474: 473: 456: 455: 438: 437: 422: 400: 398: 395: 393: 389: 386: 384: 383:Winnipeg Jets 381: 380: 376: 374: 371: 369: 365: 362: 360: 357: 356: 350: 348: 344: 341: 339: 338:Massachusetts 335: 331: 327: 324: 322: 319: 318: 314: 312: 309: 307: 303: 300: 298: 295: 294: 290: 288: 285: 283: 279: 276: 274: 273:Houston Aeros 271: 270: 266: 264: 261: 259: 255: 252: 250: 247: 246: 242: 240: 237: 235: 231: 228: 226: 223: 222: 218: 216: 213: 211: 207: 204: 202: 199: 198: 194: 191: 188: 185: 184: 181: 175: 167: 163: 159: 150: 148: 147:Winnipeg Jets 144: 140: 136: 133: 129: 118: 113: 107: 103: 99: 96: 93: 89: 86: 85:Winnipeg Jets 83: 79: 76: 72: 68: 64: 61: 59: 55: 50: 47: 44: 40: 37: 34: 30: 25: 21:Sports season 19: 3537:Broadcasters 3507: 3434: 3407: 3370: 3333: 3329:Denver Spurs 3324:Dayton Aeros 3168: 3121: 3017:Ernie Wakely 2882: 2877: 2872: 2768:Kent Nilsson 2687: 2682: 2663: 2658: 2642: 2637: 2616: 2611: 2593: 2588: 2583: 2578: 2573: 2568: 2560: 2559: 2544: 2539: 2517: 2512: 2493: 2488: 2469: 2464: 2446: 2441: 2423: 2418: 2413: 2408: 2403: 2398: 2390: 2389: 2386: 2371: 2366: 2344: 2339: 2323: 2318: 2299: 2294: 2273: 2268: 2250: 2245: 2240: 2235: 2230: 2225: 2217: 2216: 2206: 2201: 2182: 2177: 2158: 2153: 2134: 2129: 2107: 2102: 2084: 2079: 2061: 2056: 2051: 2046: 2041: 2036: 2028: 2027: 2017: 2012: 1990: 1985: 1969: 1964: 1945: 1940: 1919: 1914: 1896: 1891: 1886: 1881: 1876: 1871: 1863: 1862: 1841: 1836: 1831: 1786: 1781: 1776: 1734: 1729: 1724: 1681: 1676: 1671: 1658: 1653: 1648: 1559:Marc Boileau 1552: 1537: 1517: 1507:Ernie Wakely 1429:Gary Bromley 1382: 1362: 1296: 1295: 1289: 1287: 1202:Kent Nilsson 1080: 1027: 1022: 1017: 973: 972: 966: 964: 956:Player stats 951: 813: 783: 753: 723: 693: 663: 627: 626: 625: 593: 576: 560: 542: 524: 506: 488: 470: 452: 434: 408:Map of teams 302:Indianapolis 177: 164: 160: 156: 127: 125: 18: 3205:New England 3087:WHA seasons 3012:New England 2985:Al Hamilton 2975:New England 2939:Marc Tardif 2893:Ulf Nilsson 2883:Second Team 2836:Bill Dineen 2751:Marc Tardif 2734:Marc Tardif 1594:Semifinals 1563:Marc Tardif 1229:Gordie Howe 1065:Ulf Nilsson 1005:Marc Tardif 364:Quebec City 334:Springfield 330:Connecticut 63:Marc Tardif 3552:Categories 3448:and awards 3185:Cincinnati 3180:Birmingham 3046:References 3004:Goaltender 2994:Barry Long 2948:Bobby Hull 2912:Right Wing 2906:Cincinnati 2878:First Team 2702:WHA awards 2383:Semifinals 1121:Bobby Hull 584:WHA Teams 287:The Summit 230:Cincinnati 206:Birmingham 58:Top scorer 46:Ice hockey 3190:Edmonton 2935:Left Wing 2819:Dave Keon 1567:Mark Howe 1390:Joe Daley 1256:Mark Howe 637:WHA Team 610:from the 544:Nordiques 195:Capacity 81:Champions 3446:Trophies 3215:Winnipeg 3052:HockeyDB 3029:See also 3008:Al Smith 2998:Winnipeg 2989:Edmonton 2971:Rick Ley 2966:Winnipeg 2952:Winnipeg 2920:Winnipeg 2897:Winnipeg 2873:Position 2785:Al Smith 2707:Trophies 2461:April 30 2433:April 28 2360:April 23 2336:April 21 2312:April 19 2288:April 16 2260:April 14 2195:April 25 2171:April 23 2147:April 21 2123:April 20 2099:April 18 2071:April 16 2006:April 23 1982:April 21 1958:April 19 1934:April 16 1906:April 14 1573:Playoffs 1347:Al Smith 1301:; GAA = 616:Avco Cup 454:Stingers 392:Manitoba 388:Winnipeg 326:Hartford 254:Edmonton 130:was the 3195:Houston 3127:1978–79 3122:1977–78 3117:1976–77 3112:1975–76 3107:1974–75 3102:1973–74 3097:1972–73 3021:Houston 2981:Defence 2958:Defence 2579:Visitor 2409:Visitor 2236:Visitor 2047:Visitor 1882:Visitor 1601:Finals 1578:Bracket 1311:Player 981:Player 618:final. 526:Whalers 401:10,100 377:10,004 351:10,507 315:15,993 306:Indiana 291:14,906 278:Houston 267:16,000 258:Alberta 243:12,823 219:16,723 210:Alabama 137:of the 119: β†’ 117:1978–79 112:1976–77 110:←  104:seasons 3210:Quebec 2943:Quebec 2929:Quebec 2889:Centre 2679:May 22 2655:May 19 2631:May 14 2603:May 12 2594:Record 2424:Series 2251:Record 2062:Record 1897:Series 596:Gordie 508:Racers 472:Oilers 368:Quebec 353:7,626 135:season 67:Quebec 32:League 3277:Teams 3228:Draft 2584:Score 2533:May 7 2509:May 5 2485:May 3 2414:Score 2241:Score 2052:Score 1887:Score 1542:3.41 1501:3.30 1462:3.30 1423:3.30 1314:Team 984:Team 894:1189 866:1701 838:2177 808:1296 778:1185 748:1543 718:1255 628:Note: 604:Marty 490:Aeros 436:Bulls 282:Texas 192:Arena 170:Teams 132:sixth 42:Sport 2695:4–0 2671:3–0 2664:10–2 2647:2–0 2623:1–0 2589:Home 2574:Date 2549:4–1 2525:3–1 2501:2–1 2477:1–1 2453:1–0 2419:Home 2404:Date 2399:Game 2376:4–1 2352:3–1 2328:2–1 2304:2–0 2280:1–0 2246:Home 2231:Date 2211:4–2 2202:2–11 2187:3–2 2163:3–1 2139:2–1 2115:1–1 2091:0–1 2057:Home 2042:Date 2022:4–1 1998:3–1 1974:2–1 1950:2–0 1926:1–0 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Index

World Hockey Association
Ice hockey
Top scorer
Marc Tardif
Quebec
Avco World Trophy
Winnipeg Jets
New England Whalers
WHA
1976–77
1978–79
sixth
season
World Hockey Association
Avco World Trophy
Winnipeg Jets
Birmingham Bulls
Birmingham
Alabama
Birmingham-Jefferson County Civic Center
Cincinnati Stingers
Cincinnati
Ohio
Riverfront Coliseum
Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton
Alberta
Northlands Coliseum
Houston Aeros
Houston

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