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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
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Oct 13, 1978 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 15, 1978 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Oct 17, 1978 | @ | Quebec Nordiques | T | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | T 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Oct 20, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Oct 21, 1978 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Oct 24, 1978 | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Oct 25, 1978 | @ | Quebec Nordiques | L | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 28, 1978 | Quebec Nordiques | W | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 29, 1978 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Nov 1, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | L | OT | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Nov 5, 1978 | New England Whalers | W | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 8, 1978 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 10, 1978 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 11, 1978 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 12, 1978 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Wed, Nov 15, 1978 | New England Whalers | T | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | T 1 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Nov 17, 1978 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Nov 19, 1978 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Nov 22, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | W | OT | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Thu, Nov 23, 1978 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Fri, Nov 24, 1978 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 8 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Nov 25, 1978 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | L | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 1, 1978 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | @ | Quebec Nordiques | L | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 3, 1978 | @ | Indianapolis Racers | W | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 26 | Tue, Dec 5, 1978 | New England Whalers | T | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | T 1 | |||
| 27 | Thu, Dec 7, 1978 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | @ | Quebec Nordiques | L | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 10, 1978 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Dec 12, 1978 | Edmonton Oilers | L | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 3 | L 4 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Dec 16, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | T | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | T 1 | |||
| 32 | Sun, Dec 17, 1978 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 20, 1978 | Soviet All-Stars | L | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Dec 23, 1978 | Quebec Nordiques | W | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Dec 26, 1978 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | L | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Dec 30, 1978 | New England Whalers | W | 2 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 6, 1979 | Czechoslovakia | L | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 7, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | Quebec Nordiques | L | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 4 | L 3 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 12, 1979 | Quebec Nordiques | L | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 4 | L 4 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 14, 1979 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 4 | 2 | 17 | 21 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Jan 17, 1979 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 19, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 7 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 24, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | T | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 5 | T 1 | |||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 26, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | W | 5 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Jan 28, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 0 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Sun, Feb 4, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 1 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Feb 7, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 9, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 4 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 11, 1979 | New England Whalers | W | 5 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 14, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 1 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 17, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 6 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 18, 1979 | Quebec Nordiques | L | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 20, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 5 | 2 | 24 | 27 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 23, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 1 | 3 | 24 | 28 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | @ | Quebec Nordiques | T | 1 | 1 | 24 | 28 | 6 | T 1 | ||
| 59 | Fri, Mar 2, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 2 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Mar 3, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | L | 4 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Mar 4, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | W | OT | 4 | 3 | 25 | 30 | 6 | W 1 | |
| 62 | Wed, Mar 7, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 3 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 10, 1979 | Quebec Nordiques | W | 5 | 2 | 26 | 31 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 11, 1979 | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 2 | 26 | 32 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Tue, Mar 13, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 5 | 1 | 27 | 32 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 16, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 3 | 5 | 27 | 33 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 18, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 4 | 1 | 28 | 33 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 20, 1979 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 5 | 2 | 29 | 33 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Fri, Mar 23, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 1 | 2 | 29 | 34 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 24, 1979 | Quebec Nordiques | L | 2 | 5 | 29 | 35 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 25, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | L | 5 | 6 | 29 | 36 | 6 | L 3 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 28, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 3 | 6 | 29 | 37 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 73 | Fri, Mar 30, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | 3 | 2 | 30 | 37 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 74 | Sat, Mar 31, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 3 | 6 | 30 | 38 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 75 | Tue, Apr 3, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | L | 1 | 5 | 30 | 39 | 6 | L 2 | |||
| 76 | Sat, Apr 7, 1979 | Quebec Nordiques | W | 6 | 2 | 31 | 39 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Wed, Apr 11, 1979 | @ | Quebec Nordiques | W | 6 | 2 | 32 | 39 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 78 | Thu, Apr 12, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 0 | 4 | 32 | 40 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 79 | Sat, Apr 14, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 4 | 0 | 33 | 40 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 80 | Sun, Apr 15, 1979 | @ | Quebec Nordiques | L | 2 | 4 | 33 | 41 | 6 | L 1 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Apr 21, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Apr 22, 1979 | New England Whalers | W | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Apr 24, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | L 1 |