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| title =1977–78 WHA season | league =World Hockey Association | sport =Ice hockey | duration = | attendance = | season =Regular season | season_champ_name= | season_champs = | MVP = | MVP_link = | top_scorer =Marc Tardif (Quebec) | top_scorer_link = Bill Hunter Trophy | playoffs = | playoffs_link = | conf1 = | conf1_link = | conf1_champ = | conf1_runner-up = | conf2 = | conf2_link = | conf2_champ = | conf2_runner-up = | finals =Avco World Trophy | finals_link = | finals_champ =Winnipeg Jets | finals_runner-up =New England Whalers | playoffs_MVP = | playoffs_MVP_link= |nextseason_year = 1978–79 |prevseason_year = 1976–77 | seasonslistnames =WHA }} The 1977–78 WHA season was the sixth season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Eight teams played 80 games each. The Avco World Trophy winner was the Winnipeg Jets. League businessWith a reduction of 3 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 8 teams together. There had been a tentative merger agreement that would have had Cincinnati, Houston, New England, Winnipeg, Quebec, and Edmonton join the NHL but it could not be finalized. 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 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. The best six teams qualified for the playoffs. However, instead of the standard schedule for a six-team playoff (i.e., giving the 1st and 2nd place teams byes into the semifinals, with the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams opening in the quarterfinals), the WHA came up with a unique 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. Regular seasonThe Howe family of Gordie and his sons Mark and Marty moved to the New England Whalers from the Houston Aeros. The trio helped the Whalers to the Avco Cup final. Final standings{{1977–78 WHA standings}}Player statsScoring leadersBolded numbers indicate season leadersGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Leading goaltendersBolded numbers indicate season leadersGP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties, GA = Goals against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
All-Star GameThe 1978 WHA All-Star game pitted the defending champion Quebec Nordiques 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 Marc Boileau, won the game 5-4. Marc Tardif and Mark Howe were named the players of the game. PlayoffsBracket{{6TeamBracket| RD1= Quarterfinals | RD2= Semifinals | RD3= Finals | group1= | group2= | team-width=170 | RD1-seed1=2 | RD1-team1=New England Whalers | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=5 | RD1-team2=Edmonton Oilers | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Houston Aeros | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4=Quebec Nordiques | RD1-score4=4 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Winnipeg Jets | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=6 | RD2-team2=Birmingham Bulls | RD2-score2=1 | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=New England Whalers | RD2-score3=4 | RD2-seed4=4 | RD2-team4=Quebec Nordiques | RD2-score4=1 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Winnipeg Jets | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=New England Whalers | RD3-score2=0 }} Avco World Cup playoffsQuarterfinalsNew England Whalers 4, Edmonton Oilers 1
SemifinalsWinnipeg Jets 4, Birmingham Bulls 1
Avco Cup FinalsWinnipeg Jets 4, New England Whalers 0
WHA awardsTrophies
All-Star Team
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