1978–79 New England Whalers season
1978–79 New England Whalers | |
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Division | 4th WHA |
1978–79 record | 37–34–9 |
Goals for | 298 |
Goals against | 287 |
Team information | |
General Manager | Jack Kelley |
Coach | Bill Dineen |
Captain | Rick Ley |
Team leaders | |
<1977–78 |
1979–80 > |
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Offseason
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Regular season
Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
WHA Team | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
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Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 48 | 30 | 2 | 98 | 340 | 266 | 1220 |
Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 87 | 288 | 271 | 1399 |
Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 84 | 307 | 306 | 1342 |
New England Whalers | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 83 | 298 | 287 | 1090 |
Cincinnati Stingers | 80 | 33 | 41 | 6 | 72 | 274 | 284 | 1651 |
Birmingham Bulls | 80 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 70 | 286 | 311 | 1661 |
xIndianapolis Racers | 25 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 130 | 557 |
#Soviet All-Stars | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 77 |
#Czechoslovakia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 107 |
#Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
x-team folded during season #-played limited schedule
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 15, 1978 | 6–5 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 1–0–0 |
2 | W | October 17, 1978 | 2–1 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 2–0–0 |
3 | T | October 18, 1978 | 4–4 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 2–0–1 |
4 | W | October 21, 1978 | 7–1 | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 3–0–1 |
5 | W | October 22, 1978 | 6–3 | @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) | 4–0–1 |
6 | W | October 24, 1978 | 2–1 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 5–0–1 |
7 | L | October 26, 1978 | 5–8 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 5–1–1 |
8 | L | October 27, 1978 | 4–6 | Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 5–2–1 |
9 | L | October 29, 1978 | 4–7 | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 5–3–1 |
10 | W | November 3, 1978 | 6–3 | Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) | 6–3–1 |
11 | T | November 4, 1978 | 6–6 | @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) | 6–3–2 |
12 | L | November 5, 1978 | 4–5 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 6–4–2 |
13 | W | November 9, 1978 | 6–1 | Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 7–4–2 |
14 | W | November 11, 1978 | 2–1 | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 8–4–2 |
15 | T | November 14, 1978 | 5–5 | @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 8–4–3 |
16 | T | November 15, 1978 | 4–4 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 8–4–4 |
17 | L | November 17, 1978 | 1–7 | @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 8–5–4 |
18 | L | November 18, 1978 | 2–3 | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 8–6–4 |
19 | W | November 22, 1978 | 5–2 | Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 9–6–4 |
20 | W | November 25, 1978 | 5–2 | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 10–6–4 |
21 | W | November 26, 1978 | 9–3 | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 11–6–4 |
22 | L | November 29, 1978 | 2–4 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 11–7–4 |
23 | L | December 1, 1978 | 2–8 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 11–8–4 |
24 | W | December 3, 1978 | 7–0 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 12–8–4 |
25 | T | December 5, 1978 | 2–2 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 12–8–5 |
26 | W | December 7, 1978 | 5–3 | Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 13–8–5 |
27 | L | December 9, 1978 | 4–7 | Soviet All-Stars (1978–79) | 13–9–5 |
28 | W | December 12, 1978 | 7–4 | @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) | 14–9–5 |
29 | W | December 16, 1978 | 2–1 | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 15–9–5 |
30 | T | December 17, 1978 | 4–4 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 15–9–6 |
31 | W | December 23, 1978 | 4–3 | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 16–9–6 |
32 | W | December 27, 1978 | 10–4 | Czechoslovakia (1978–79) | 17–9–6 |
33 | W | December 29, 1978 | 5–0 | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 18–9–6 |
34 | L | December 30, 1978 | 1–2 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 18–10–6 |
35 | W | January 7, 1979 | 5–4 | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 19–10–6 |
36 | L | January 13, 1979 | 0–3 | Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 19–11–6 |
37 | L | January 14, 1979 | 2–4 | Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 19–12–6 |
38 | L | January 18, 1979 | 2–4 | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 19–13–6 |
39 | W | January 20, 1979 | 3–1 | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 20–13–6 |
40 | L | January 23, 1979 | 1–5 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 20–14–6 |
41 | L | January 26, 1979 | 4–5 | @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 20–15–6 |
42 | W | January 28, 1979 | 8–6 | Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 21–15–6 |
43 | W | January 30, 1979 | 5–2 | Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 22–15–6 |
44 | W | February 2, 1979 | 4–1 | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 23–15–6 |
45 | T | February 3, 1979 | 2–2 | @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 23–15–7 |
46 | W | February 6, 1979 | 5–3 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 24–15–7 |
47 | W | February 10, 1979 | 7–2 | Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 25–15–7 |
48 | L | February 11, 1979 | 2–5 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 25–16–7 |
49 | L | February 14, 1979 | 4–7 | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 25–17–7 |
50 | L | February 16, 1979 | 2–4 | Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 25–18–7 |
51 | W | February 17, 1979 | 4–1 | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 26–18–7 |
52 | W | February 18, 1979 | 7–1 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 27–18–7 |
53 | L | February 20, 1979 | 2–8 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 27–19–7 |
54 | L | February 21, 1979 | 2–5 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 27–20–7 |
55 | W | February 23, 1979 | 5–4 OT | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 28–20–7 |
56 | L | February 24, 1979 | 0–6 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 28–21–7 |
57 | L | February 25, 1979 | 5–7 | Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 28–22–7 |
58 | T | February 27, 1979 | 1–1 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 28–22–8 |
59 | W | March 2, 1979 | 4–1 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 29–22–8 |
60 | L | March 4, 1979 | 3–4 OT | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 29–23–8 |
61 | L | March 9, 1979 | 1–3 | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 29–24–8 |
62 | W | March 11, 1979 | 2–1 | @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 30–24–8 |
63 | W | March 13, 1979 | 4–3 | @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 31–24–8 |
64 | L | March 15, 1979 | 3–4 OT | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 31–25–8 |
65 | T | March 16, 1979 | 5–5 | @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 31–25–9 |
66 | L | March 18, 1979 | 1–4 | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 31–26–9 |
67 | W | March 20, 1979 | 7–6 OT | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 32–26–9 |
68 | W | March 23, 1979 | 5–3 | Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 33–26–9 |
69 | L | March 24, 1979 | 3–4 | Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 33–27–9 |
70 | L | March 27, 1979 | 1–3 | @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) | 33–28–9 |
71 | L | March 30, 1979 | 1–3 | Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 33–29–9 |
72 | L | April 1, 1979 | 3–5 | Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 33–30–9 |
73 | W | April 4, 1979 | 4–2 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 34–30–9 |
74 | L | April 6, 1979 | 2–7 | @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 34–31–9 |
75 | L | April 8, 1979 | 4–6 | @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) | 34–32–9 |
76 | W | April 10, 1979 | 5–2 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 35–32–9 |
77 | W | April 12, 1979 | 4–0 | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 36–32–9 |
78 | L | April 14, 1979 | 0–4 | Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) | 36–33–9 |
79 | L | April 15, 1979 | 1–4 | Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) | 36–34–9 |
80 | W | April 17, 1979 | 3–2 | @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) | 37–34–9 |
Playoffs
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Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Mark Howe | 77 | 42 | 65 | 107 | 32 |
Andre Lacroix | 78 | 32 | 56 | 88 | 34 |
Mike Rogers | 80 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 31 |
Dave Keon | 79 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 2 |
Gordie Roberts | 79 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 113 |
Warren Miller | 77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 44 |
Mike Antonovich | 69 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 35 |
John McKenzie | 76 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 115 |
Gordie Howe | 58 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 51 |
George Lyle | 59 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 54 |
Alan Hangsleben | 77 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 148 |
Rick Ley | 73 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 135 |
Marty Howe | 66 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 31 |
Ron Plumb | 78 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 33 |
Jordy Douglas | 51 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 15 |
Brad Selwood | 42 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 47 |
Jim Warner | 41 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 |
Blaine Stoughton | 36 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
Larry Pleau | 28 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
Jack Carlson | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 61 |
Dave Inkpen | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
Al Smith | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 |
Jeff Brubaker | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
John Garrett | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pierre Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Garrett | 2496 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 149 | 3.58 | 1180 | 1031 | .874 | 2 |
Al Smith | 2396 | 40 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 132 | 3.31 | 1124 | 992 | .883 | 1 |
Team: | 4892 | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 281 | 3.45 | 2304 | 2023 | .878 | 3 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Keon | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
John McKenzie | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
Mike Antonovich | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
Andre Lacroix | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
George Lyle | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
Mike Rogers | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
Warren Miller | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
Blaine Stoughton | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Mark Howe | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Jordy Douglas | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
Gordie Howe | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Ron Plumb | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Rick Ley | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Gordie Roberts | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
Larry Pleau | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Al Hangsleben | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
Marty Howe | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Dave Inkpen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Jeff Brubaker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
John Garrett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Warner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Garrett | 447 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 4.30 | 0 | ||||
Al Smith | 153 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4.71 | 0 | ||||
Team: | 600 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 4.40 | 0 |
Awards and records
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Transactions
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Roster
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Draft picks
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Farm teams
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See also
References
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External links
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