1st League (Czechoslovakia) 1977/78

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1st League
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Master: Poldi SONP Kladno
Relegated: TJ Škoda Plzeň
• 1st division |  1. ČNHL ↓   |  1. SNHL ↓

The 1977/78 season of the 1st division was the 35th regular staging of the top ice hockey division in Czechoslovakia . Poldi SONP Kladno prevailed with 63 points . For the team it was their fifth Czechoslovak championship title and the fifth title in a row.

mode

As in the previous season, the league was played with twelve teams. Since each team played two home and two away games against each group opponent, the total number of games per team was 44 games. Champion became the winner of the main round. The bottom of the table was relegated directly to the respective national championship.

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Torv. Pt.
1. Poldi SONP Kladno 44 28 7th 9 182: 117 63
2. CHZ Litvínov 44 28 3 13 185: 125 59
3. Spartak ČKD Prague 44 25th 8th 11 144: 111 58
4th TJ Vítkovice 44 25th 4th 15th 189: 147 54
5. Dukla Jihlava 44 22nd 9 13 150: 116 53
6th Motor České Budějovice 44 19th 8th 17th 175: 164 46
7th Tesla Pardubice 44 14th 11 19th 127: 131 39
8th. Slovan CHZJD Bratislava 44 16 6th 22nd 151: 159 38
9. Zetor Brno 44 10 10 24 115: 160 30th
10. VSŽ Košice 44 13 4th 27 138: 212 30th
11. Dukla Trenčín 44 14th 1 29 111: 164 29
12. TJ Škoda Plzeň 44 11 7th 26th 125: 186 29

Top scorer

The top scorer in the league was Jaroslav Pouzar of Motor České Budějovice, who scored a total of 42 goals in 43 games.

Pl. Surname team Games Gates Assists Points
1 Milan Nový Poldi SONP Kladno 44 40 35 75
2 Ivan Hlinka CHZ Litvínov 43 32 39 71
3 Jaroslav Pouzar Motor České Budějovice 43 42 20th 62
4th Vincent Lukáč VSŽ Košice 42 36 25th 61
5 Marián Šťastný Slovan CHZJD Bratislava 42 33 23 56
6th Jiří Bubla CHZ Litvínov 44 21st 35 56
7th Peter Šťastný Slovan CHZJD Bratislava 42 29 24 53
8th Eduard Novák Poldi SONP Kladno 43 37 11 48
9 Jozef Lukáč VSŽ Košice 44 29 19th 48
10 Josef Ulrych CHZ Litvínov 44 30th 17th 47

Master team from Poldi SONP Kladno

logo goalkeeper Miroslav Krása , Miroslav Termer , Milan Kolísek
Defender Jan Neliba , František Pospíšil , Otakar Vejvoda , Jaroslav Vinš , Bohumil Čermák , František Kaberle senior , Antonín Melč
striker Eduard Novák , Milan Nový , Lubomír Bauer , Zdeněk Nedvěd , Václav Sýkora , Miroslav Křiváček , Milan Skrbek , Zdeněk Müller , Jiří Filip , Jiří Kopecký , Jan Novotný , Arnošt Reckziegel
Trainer Bohumil Prošek

1st league qualification

The winners of the Czech and Slovak 2nd division groups competed against each other in a best-of-seven series for promotion to the 1st division for the following season. The Czech representative TJ Gottwaldov prevailed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hokej.cz, Historie hokejové ligy, sezona 1977–1978

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