Franchise Index: Previous Season
33-41-6 (72 points), Finished 5th in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 274 goals, Allowed 284 goals, SRS: -0.09 (6th of 10)
Coached by Floyd Smith (33-41-6)
Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-1) to New England Whalers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Stingers | 80 | 33 | 41 | 6 | 72 | .450 | 274 | 284 | -0.09 | 6.98 | 81 | 341 | 23.75 | 64 | 278 | 76.98 | 6 | 5 |
| League Average | 52 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 52 | .500 | 192 | 192 | 0.00 | 7.40 | 58 | 279 | 24.22 | 58 | 285 | 77.87 | 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 | Robbie Ftorek | C/LW | 5-10 | 155 | 27 | 80 | 39 | 77 | 116 | 1.45 | 44 | 0.55 | 11 | 87 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 260 | 3.25 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 2 | Reg Thomas | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | 80 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 0.89 | 28 | 0.35 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 224 | 2.80 | 14.3 | |||||||
| 3 | Jamie Hislop | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 80 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 0.88 | 28 | 0.35 | 8 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 183 | 2.29 | 16.4 | |||||||
| 4 | Peter Marsh | RW | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | 80 | 43 | 23 | 66 | 0.83 | 29 | 0.36 | -31 | 95 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 325 | 4.06 | 13.2 | |||||||
| 5 | Craig Norwich | D | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 80 | 6 | 51 | 57 | 0.71 | 19 | 0.24 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 265 | 3.31 | 2.3 | |||||||
| 6 | Mike Gartner | RW | 6-0 | 187 | 19 | 78 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 0.67 | 21 | 0.27 | -18 | 123 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 227 | 2.91 | 11.9 | |||||||
| 7 | Bill Gilligan | C | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | 74 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 0.58 | 17 | 0.23 | 6 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 1.28 | 17.9 | |||||||
| 8 | Rick Dudley | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | 47 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 0.79 | 15 | 0.32 | 5 | 102 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 2.26 | 16.0 | |||||||
| 9 | Dave Debol | C | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | 59 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 0.63 | 14 | 0.23 | -22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 2.39 | 7.1 | |||||||
| 10 | Charlie Luksa | D | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 78 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0.26 | 8 | 0.10 | 0 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 1.81 | 5.7 | |||||||
| 11 | Daryl Maggs | D | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0.67 | 6 | 0.24 | -5 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 2.33 | 6.3 | |||||||
| 12 | Byron Shutt | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 65 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.11 | 1 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1.18 | 13.0 | |||||||
| 13 | Barry Melrose | D | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | 80 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.20 | 5 | 0.07 | -4 | 222 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 1.06 | 2.4 | |||||||
| 14 | Bryon Baltimore | D | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | 69 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.20 | 5 | 0.07 | -22 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0.87 | 6.7 | |||||||
| 15 | Michel Parizeau | C | 5-10 | 165 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.40 | 4 | 0.14 | -5 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1.10 | 9.1 | |||||||
| 16 | Mark Messier | C | 6-1 | 210 | 18 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.08 | -6 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.17 | 1.8 | |||||||
| 17 | Dave Forbes | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | 73 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.15 | 5 | 0.06 | -21 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0.70 | 11.8 | |||||||
| 18 | Barry Legge | D | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 80 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.14 | 4 | 0.05 | -13 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 1.30 | 2.9 | |||||||
| 19 | Claude St. Sauveur | C | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.56 | 4 | 0.22 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1.63 | 15.4 | |||||||
| 20 | Gordie Clark | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.12 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.86 | 16.7 | |||||||
| 21 | Ed Gilbert | C | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.08 | -9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2.07 | 5.0 | |||||||
| 22 | Paul Stewart | LW/D | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.26 | 33.3 | |||||||
| 23 | Bryan Watson | D | 5-9 | 175 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.03 | -15 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.43 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 24 | Kelly Davis | D | 6-0 | 175 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | -2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.61 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 25 | Gerry Meehan | C | 6-2 | 200 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 26 | Dave Dornseif | D | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 27 | Sean Shanahan | C/RW | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 274 | 434 | 708 | 8.85 | 274 | 3.43 | 274 | 81 | 284 | 64 | -27 | 1619 | 187 | 81 | 6 | 2627 | 32.84 | 10.4 |
| 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 | Mike Liut | G | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 54 | 3181 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 50 | .463 | 3 | 184 | 3.47 | 1556 | 1372 | .882 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Michel Dion | G | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | 30 | 1681 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 22 | .423 | 0 | 93 | 3.32 | 735 | 642 | .873 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4862 | 33 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 277 | 3.42 | 2291 | 2014 | .879 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Hislop | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Robbie Ftorek | C/LW | 5-10 | 155 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.67 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Barry Legge | D | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Reg Thomas | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Byron Shutt | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | Craig Norwich | D | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Barry Melrose | D | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | -1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | Peter Marsh | RW | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | Bryan Watson | D | 5-9 | 175 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | -1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 10 | Bill Gilligan | C | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | Dave Forbes | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | -3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | Michel Parizeau | C | 5-10 | 165 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | Paul Stewart | LW/D | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Charlie Luksa | D | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | Bryon Baltimore | D | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | Mike Gartner | RW | 6-0 | 187 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 3 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8.67 | 52 | 1 |
| 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 | Mike Liut | G | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 3 | 179 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 10 | 3.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 179 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3.35 |