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15-53-12 (42 points), Finished 4th in NHL Smythe Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 210 goals, Allowed 331 goals, SRS: -1.56 (17th of 17)
Coached by Pat Kelly (3-14-4), Aldo Guidolin (12-39-8)
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1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Rockies | 80 | 15 | 53 | 12 | 42 | .263 | 210 | 331 | -1.56 | 6.76 | 60 | 267 | 22.47 | 62 | 211 | 70.62 | 8 | 4 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 80 | .500 | 280 | 280 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 62 | 271 | 22.72 | 62 | 271 | 77.28 | 7 | 7 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilf Paiement | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | 65 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 0.92 | 23 | 0.36 | 79 | 27 | 93 | 11 | -30 | 80 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 3.17 | 11.7 | ||
| 2 | Jack Valiquette | C | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | 76 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 0.75 | 22 | 0.29 | 84 | 30 | 114 | 18 | -42 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 159 | 2.09 | 14.5 | ||
| 3 | Paul Gardner | C | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | 64 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 0.77 | 20 | 0.31 | 67 | 36 | 56 | 0 | -25 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 2.66 | 13.5 | ||
| 4 | John Van Boxmeer | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 76 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 0.57 | 15 | 0.20 | 106 | 36 | 119 | 23 | -26 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 2.49 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | Barry Beck | D | 6-3 | 216 | 21 | 63 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 0.67 | 16 | 0.25 | 102 | 36 | 124 | 28 | -30 | 91 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 3.44 | 6.5 | ||
| 6 | Gary Croteau | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | 79 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 0.52 | 17 | 0.22 | 69 | 24 | 79 | 6 | -28 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 1.32 | 22.1 | ||
| 7 | Randy Pierce | RW | 5-11 | 187 | 21 | 70 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 0.51 | 15 | 0.21 | 58 | 18 | 68 | 7 | -21 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 145 | 2.07 | 13.1 | ||
| 8 | Ron Delorme | C | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | 77 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 0.36 | 12 | 0.16 | 40 | 4 | 67 | 1 | -30 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 1.10 | 23.5 | ||
| 9 | Merlin Malinowski | C | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 54 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0.43 | 8 | 0.15 | 33 | 3 | 50 | 3 | -17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 1.41 | 7.9 | ||
| 10 | Ralph Klassen | C | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 64 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.30 | 7 | 0.11 | 32 | 2 | 87 | 32 | -25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 1.56 | 6.0 | ||
| 11 | Rey Comeau | C | 5-8 | 190 | 30 | 70 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.10 | 25 | 1 | 77 | 33 | -20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 1.21 | 9.4 | ||
| 12 | Andy Spruce | LW | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | 47 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.38 | 6 | 0.13 | 35 | 12 | 42 | 1 | -18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1.21 | 5.3 | ||
| 13 | Joe Contini | C | 5-10 | 178 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.57 | 6 | 0.21 | 27 | 14 | 32 | 0 | -19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0.87 | 19.2 | ||
| 14 | Dennis Owchar | D | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.32 | 6 | 0.11 | 48 | 18 | 78 | 15 | -33 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1.54 | 3.9 | ||
| 15 | Mike Christie | D | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | 68 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.05 | 48 | 6 | 102 | 16 | -44 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.74 | 2.0 | ||
| 16 | Mike Gillis | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.27 | 3 | 0.09 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 0 | -18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.80 | 1.9 | ||
| 17 | Nick Beverley | D | 6-2 | 185 | 31 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.12 | 2 | 0.04 | 28 | 2 | 53 | 11 | -16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0.81 | 4.8 | ||
| 18 | Bill Lochead | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.22 | 3 | 0.10 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 0 | -15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 2.37 | 6.3 | ||
| 19 | Don Awrey | D | 6-0 | 175 | 35 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | 31 | 0 | 79 | 15 | -33 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.71 | 2.5 | ||
| 20 | Don Ashby | C | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.42 | 2 | 0.16 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.00 | 8.3 | ||
| 21 | Mike Dwyer | LW | 5-11 | 172 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.42 | 2 | 0.16 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.83 | 20.0 | ||
| 22 | Larry Skinner | C | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.42 | 2 | 0.18 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.08 | 23.1 | ||
| 23 | Mike Kitchen | D | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | 25 | 1 | 51 | 8 | -19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.42 | 4.5 | ||
| 24 | Clayton Pachal | C/LW | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.08 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 2 | -11 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.79 | 10.5 | ||
| 25 | Nelson Pyatt | C | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.06 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | -17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.21 | 5.9 | ||
| 26 | Michel Lachance | D | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.06 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 3 | -9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.05 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Trevor Johansen | D | 5-9 | 200 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.13 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | -8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.27 | 7.1 | ||
| 28 | Joe Watson | D | 5-10 | 185 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.04 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 5 | -13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.25 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Don Saleski | RW | 6-3 | 205 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.06 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 6 | -10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3.13 | 4.0 | ||
| 30 | Kevin Krook | D | 5-11 | 187 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 31 | Ron Andruff | C | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Paul Messier | C | 6-1 | 185 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 210 | 337 | 547 | 6.84 | 210 | 2.62 | 210 | 60 | 331 | 62 | -119 | 810 | 142 | 60 | 8 | 15 | 2187 | 27.34 | 9.6 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michel Plasse | G | 5-11 | 172 | 30 | 41 | 2302 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 20 | .250 | 0 | 152 | 3.96 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Bill Oleschuk | G | 6-3 | 194 | 23 | 40 | 2118 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 20 | .303 | 1 | 136 | 3.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Doug Favell | G | 5-10 | 172 | 33 | 7 | 380 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 34 | 5.37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 15 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 322 | 4.02 |