Regular season and playoffsCHIMNS

Doug Hicks's 1977-1978 season

Points

NHL#234

Goals

NHL#278

Assists

NHL#202

Plus/minus

-23

NHL#413

Games

93% of 79

Defenceman Doug Hicks was 22 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Minnesota North Stars och Chicago Blackhawks. He played 74 of a possible 79 games and scored 3 goals and 16 assists for 19 points, 0.26 points per game. He moved from Minnesota North Stars to Chicago Blackhawks in March. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 1 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1977-1978Playoffs

Year 1977
49 years ago
Season opener
October 15
Doug Hicks opens the 1977-1978 season with Minnesota North Stars
MNSMinnesota North Stars
Doug was 22 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.
- The game
  VAN5–3MNS
  L
  October 15game 2/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–5AFM
  L
  October 19game 3/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CLE7–4MNS
  L
  October 20game 4/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET4–2MNS
  L
  October 22game 5/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS0–3MNS
  W
  October 26game 7/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–3DET
  L
  October 27game 8/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–7MNS
  W
  October 29game 9/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
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- November 1977
- The game
  NYI2–3MNS
  W
  November 2game 10/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI5–2MNS
  L
  November 5game 11/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS5–3MTL
  W
  November 7game 12/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MNS2–2CHI
  November 9game 13/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–4VAN
  L
  November 11game 14/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–2LAK
  November 12game 15/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT4–7MNS
  W
  November 16game 16/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PHI7–2MNS
  L
  November 19game 17/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–4AFM
  L
  November 22game 18/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI9–2MNS
  L
  November 23game 19/804
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CLR4–4MNS
  November 26game 20/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 26
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
  3
  points
  NHL#261
  0
  goals
  NHL#273
  3
  assists
  NHL#222
  -1
  +/-
  NHL#66
  MNS
  5-12-0W-L-OT13Points
  16th in the whole NHL
- The game
  AFM3–4MNS
  W
  November 29game 21/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- December 1977
- The game
  MNS2–4BOS
  L
  December 1game 22/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–0MNS
  L
  December 3game 23/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS4–4NYR
  December 4game 24/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MNS2–4NYI
  L
  December 6game 25/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS3–6TOR
  L
  December 7game 26/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–2MNS
  L
  December 10game 27/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  MNS3–8CHI
  L
  December 11game 28/803
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–3MNS
  W
  December 14game 29/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TOR8–5MNS
  L
  December 16game 30/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–5CLR
  L
  December 17game 31/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–8LAK
  L
  December 21game 32/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MNS7–5VAN
  W
  December 23game 33/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL0–1MNS
  W
  December 27game 34/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Year 1978
48 years ago
- The game
  NYR5–3MNS
  L
  January 4game 36/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–1MNS
  L
  January 7game 37/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL3–1MNS
  L
  January 8game 38/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR4–3MNS
  L
  January 11game 39/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH2–2MNS
  January 13game 40/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  January 13
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played
  9
  points
  NHL#246
  2
  goals
  NHL#234
  7
  assists
  NHL#213
  -8
  +/-
  NHL#99
  MNS
  9-26-0W-L-OT23Points
  18th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MNS2–5STL
  L
  January 14game 41/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI5–2MNS
  L
  January 18game 42/805
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CHI4–1MNS
  L
  January 21game 43/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  AFM4–3MNS
  L
  January 22game 44/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–1BUF
  W
  January 26game 45/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CLE2–1MNS
  L
  January 28game 46/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS4–0WSH
  W
  January 29game 47/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MNS4–7AFM
  L
  January 31game 48/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- February 1978
- The game
  MNS1–6PIT
  L
  February 1game 49/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–2MNS
  L
  February 4game 50/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MNS0–3NYR
  L
  February 8game 51/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–3MNS
  W
  February 11game 52/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CLR3–3MNS
  February 12game 53/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MNS4–2PHI
  W
  February 16game 54/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS4–5TOR
  L
  February 18game 55/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS1–2WSH
  L
  February 19game 56/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK1–4MNS
  W
  February 22game 57/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS1–5VAN
  L
  February 25game 59/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–7STL
  L
  February 28game 60/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 28
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8056 of 60 played
  10
  points
  NHL#274
  2
  goals
  NHL#271
  8
  assists
  NHL#252
  -23
  +/-
  NHL#135
  MNS
  14-40-0W-L-OT34Points
  18th in the whole NHL
- March 1978
- The game
  STL3–2MNS
  L
  March 1game 61/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  DET3–1MNS
  L
  March 4game 62/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MNS3–4DET
  L
  March 5game 63/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI4–3MNS
  L
  March 8game 64/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -3+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL5–2MNS
  L
  March 13game 66/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL6–2CHI
  L
  March 15game 68/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI4–5STL
  L
  March 18game 69/801
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT1–9CHI
  W
  March 19game 70/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  CHI6–2WSH
  W
  March 22game 71/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI0–7BOS
  L
  March 23game 72/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL2–2CHI
  March 25game 73/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  VAN3–4CHI
  W
  March 26game 74/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK1–5CHI
  W
  March 29game 75/80
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- April 1978
- The game
  DET0–2CHI
  W
  April 1game 76/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI2–4CLE
  L
  April 2game 77/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CLR4–4CHI
  April 5game 78/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  MNS2–4CHI
  W
  April 8game 79/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  CHI2–3NYR
  L
  April 9game 80/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 9
Doug Hicks closes the 1977-1978 season with 19 points
MNSMinnesota North Stars CHIChicago Blackhawks
Points
19
NHL#234
Games
74of 80
93%
Goals
3
NHL#278
Assists
16
NHL#202
P/GP
0.26
NHL#270
+/-
-23
NHL#413
Events
250
NHL games
50
career assists
8 days later
Playoffs
April 17
Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 17
Chicago Blackhawks meet Boston Bruins
CHIvsBOS
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  CHI1–6BOS
  L
  April 17
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2
  CHI3–4BOS
  L
  April 19
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- Boston Bruinslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 3
  BOS4–3CHI
  L
  April 21
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead3–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 4
  BOS5–2CHI
  L
  April 23
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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Quarterfinal
April 23
Boston Bruins knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0
CHI0–4BOS
Eliminated
4Games1Points1Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
April 23
Doug Hicks ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 1 points
MNSMinnesota North Stars CHIChicago Blackhawks
Points
1
NHL#110
Games
4
Goals
1
NHL#63
Assists
0
NHL#130
P/GP
0.25
+/-
-3
NHL#179
Events
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff goal
BOS0–4

Doug Hicks opens the 1977-1978 season with Minnesota North Stars

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Doug Hicks closes the 1977-1978 season with 19 points

Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs

Chicago Blackhawks meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0

Doug Hicks ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 1 points