The 1977–78 Atlanta Flames season was the sixth season for the franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 13, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||0–0–1 ||9,423

|2||W||October 15, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||1–0–1 ||11,756

|3||W||October 19, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||2–0–1 ||8,559

|4||T||October 21, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1977–78) ||2–0–2 ||11,948

|5||L||October 22, 1977||2–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||2–1–2 ||8,030

|6||T||October 25, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||2–1–3 ||9,359

|7||L||October 26, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||2–2–3 ||8,247

|8||W||October 29, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1977–78) ||3–2–3 ||11,872

|9||L||November 1, 1977||0–9 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1977–78) ||3–3–3 ||14,702

|10||T||November 2, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) ||3–3–4 ||15,358

|11||W||November 4, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||4–3–4 ||11,528

|12||T||November 6, 1977||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||4–3–5 ||11,224

|13||L||November 9, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||4–4–5 ||9,241

|14||L||November 12, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||4–5–5 ||13,678

|15||W||November 13, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1977–78) ||5–5–5 ||17,500

|16||L||November 16, 1977||2–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||5–6–5 ||8,659

|17||W||November 18, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||6–6–5 ||10,192

|18||L||November 20, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||6–7–5 ||17,077

|19||W||November 22, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||7–7–5 ||8,147

|20||T||November 23, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||7–7–6 ||8,711

|21||T||November 26, 1977||4–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||7–7–7 ||13,473

|22||L||November 29, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||7–8–7 ||6,296

|23||L||December 2, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||7–9–7 ||N/A

|24||L||December 3, 1977||1–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||7–10–7 ||11,168

|25||T||December 5, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) ||7–10–8 ||15,109

|26||T||December 7, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||7–10–9 ||7,795

|27||W||December 10, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||8–10–9 ||7,942

|28||W||December 11, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||9–10–9 ||7,387

|29||L||December 15, 1977||3–6 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||9–11–9 ||7,829

|30||L||December 17, 1977||3–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||9–12–9 ||12,171

|31||L||December 18, 1977||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||9–13–9 ||8,856

|32||T||December 20, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||9–13–10 ||14,350

|33||W||December 23, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||10–13–10 ||5,023

|34||L||December 27, 1977||2–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||10–14–10 ||10,857

|35||W||December 29, 1977||5–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||11–14–10 ||10,701

|36||W||December 31, 1977||3–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||12–14–10 ||16,485

|37||T||January 1, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||12–14–11 ||16,433

|38||L||January 4, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) ||12–15–11 ||10,287

|39||W||January 6, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||13–15–11 ||13,051

|40||W||January 9, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||14–15–11 ||16,485

|41||W||January 11, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||15–15–11 ||7,264

|42||L||January 14, 1978||4–8 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||15–16–11 ||11,114

|43||L||January 16, 1978||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||15–17–11 ||17,077

|44||W||January 18, 1978||1–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||16–17–11 ||7,942

|45||W||January 20, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1977–78) ||17–17–11 ||14,097

|46||W||January 22, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||18–17–11 ||7,744

|47||L||January 26, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1977–78) ||18–18–11 ||10,954

|48||L||January 28, 1978||5–7 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||18–19–11 ||12,982

|49||W||January 29, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||19–19–11 ||3,321

|50||W||January 31, 1978||7–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||20–19–11 ||7,163

|51||L||February 2, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1977–78) ||20–20–11 ||9,079

|52||T||February 4, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||20–20–12 ||10,377

|53||W||February 7, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||21–20–12 ||N/A

|54||W||February 9, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||22–20–12 ||10,045

|55||L||February 10, 1978||2–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||22–21–12 ||8,852

|56||T||February 12, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||22–21–13 ||13,582

|57||T||February 15, 1978||5–5 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||22–21–14 ||2,696

|58||L||February 16, 1978||3–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||22–22–14 ||12,215

|59||T||February 18, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1977–78) ||22–22–15 ||15,317

|60||T||February 22, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1977–78) ||22–22–16 ||11,106

|61||T||February 25, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||22–22–17 ||13,124

|62||W||February 27, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1977–78) ||23–22–17 ||17,500

|63||L||March 1, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||23–23–17 ||8,294

|64||L||March 2, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||23–24–17 ||11,544

|65||W||March 4, 1978||9–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||24–24–17 ||10,014

|66||L||March 7, 1978||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||24–25–17 ||17,077

|67||W||March 8, 1978||8–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||25–25–17 ||7,224

|68||W||March 11, 1978||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||26–25–17 ||13,174

|69||T||March 14, 1978||4–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||26–25–18 ||5,522

|70||W||March 15, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||27–25–18 ||9,950

|71||W||March 18, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1977–78) ||28–25–18 ||15,317

|72||L||March 22, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||28–26–18 ||13,874

|73||W||March 23, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||29–26–18 ||9,228

|74||W||March 25, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||30–26–18 ||14,883

|75||W||March 29, 1978||7–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||31–26–18 ||11,485

|76||W||April 1, 1978||6–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1977–78) ||32–26–18 ||8,242

|77||W||April 2, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||33–26–18 ||16,433

|78||W||April 5, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1977–78) ||34–26–18 ||17,500

|79||T||April 8, 1978||1–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||34–26–19 ||15,155

|80||L||April 9, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||34–27–19 ||12,563

Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs Player # GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM Tom Lysiak 12 80 27 42 69 54 2 1 0 1 2 Guy Chouinard 16 73 28 30 58 8 2 1 0 1 0 Eric Vail 27 79 22 36 58 16 2 1 1 2 0 Harold Phillipoff 24 67 17 36 53 128 2 0 1 1 2 Bob MacMillan† 11 52 31 21 52 26 2 0 2 2 0 Bill Clement 10 70 20 30 50 34 2 0 0 0 2 John Gould 21 79 19 28 47 21 2 0 0 0 2 Willi Plett 25 78 22 21 43 171 – – – – - Ken Houston 6 74 22 16 38 51 2 0 0 0 0 Bobby Lalonde 7 73 14 23 37 28 1 1 0 1 0 Rey Comeau 18 79 10 22 32 20 2 0 0 0 0 Richard Mulhern 4 79 9 23 32 47 2 0 1 1 0 Ed Kea 19 60 3 23 26 40 1 0 0 0 0 Dave Shand 8 80 2 23 25 94 2 0 0 0 4 Miles Zaharko 23 71 1 19 20 26 1 0 0 0 0 Bobby Simpson 22 55 10 8 18 49 2 0 0 0 2 Dick Redmond† 5 42 7 11 18 16 2 1 0 1 0 Pat Ribble 3 80 5 12 17 68 2 0 1 1 2 Curt Bennett‡ 5 25 3 7 10 10 – – – – - Barry Gibbs‡ 2 27 1 5 6 24 – – – – - Greg Fox 2 16 1 2 3 25 2 0 1 1 8 Dan Bouchard 30 58 0 3 3 6 2 Tim Ecclestone 14 11 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Yves Belanger† 31 17 0 1 1 0 – – – – - Phil Myre‡ 1 9 0 0 0 2 – – – – -

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. ‡Traded mid-season

Goaltending Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average     Regular season   Playoffs Player # GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA GP TOI W L GA SO GAA Dan Bouchard 30 58 3340 25 12 19 153 2 2.75 2 120 0 2 7 0 3.50 Yves Belanger 31 17 937 7 8 0 55 1 3.52 – – – – – – -.-- Phil Myre 1 9 523 2 7 0 43 0 4.93 – – – – – – -.--

Transactions The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1977–78 season.

Trades May 23, 1977 To Atlanta Flames Ab DeMarco Jr. To Los Angeles Kings Randy Manery August 18, 1977 To Atlanta Flames Cash To Detroit Red Wings Rick Bowness December 12, 1977 To Atlanta Flames Yves BelangerBob MacMillanDick Redmond2nd round pick in 1979 (Mike Perovich) To St. Louis Blues Curt BennettBarry GibbsPhil Myre

Free agents Player Former team C Bobby Lalonde Vancouver Canucks Player New team

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team220.Miles Zaharko (D)New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)228.Don Laurence (C)Kitchener Rangers (OHA)231.Brian Hill (RW)Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)472.Jim Craig (G)Boston University (NCAA)582.Curtis Christopherson (D)Colorado College (NCAA)6100.Bernie Harbec (C)Laval National (QMJHL)7118.Bobby Gould (RW)University of New Hampshire (NCAA)8133.Jim Bennett (RW)Brown University (NCAA)9148.Tim Harrer (RW)University of Minnesota (NCAA)

References Flames on Hockey Database