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1978-79 Edmonton Oilers

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48-30-2 (98 points), Finished 1st in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 340 goals, Allowed 266 goals, SRS: 0.77 (2nd of 10)
Coached by Glen Sather (48-30-2)

Playoffs:
Lost Avco Cup Finals (4-2) to Winnipeg Jets
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) over New England Whalers

1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Edmonton Oilers 80 48 30 2 98 .613 340 266 0.77 7.58 70 276 25.36 62 288 78.47 9 6
League Average 52 24 24 4 52 .500 192 192 0.00 7.40 58 279 24.22 58 285 77.87 7 7

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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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 Wayne Gretzky C 6-0 185 18 72 43 61 104 1.44 40 0.56 23 19 34 9 0 253 3.51 17.0
2 Blair MacDonald RW 5-10 180 25 80 34 37 71 0.89 28 0.35 35 44 27 3 4 259 3.24 13.1
3 Brett Callighen C 5-11 182 25 71 31 39 70 0.99 27 0.39 29 79 19 12 0 161 2.27 19.3
4 Ron Chipperfield C 5-11 186 24 55 32 37 69 1.25 27 0.50 25 47 26 6 0 181 3.29 17.7
5 Bill Flett RW 6-1 205 35 73 28 36 64 0.88 25 0.34 26 14 19 9 0 170 2.33 16.5
6 Dennis Sobchuk C 6-2 176 25 74 26 37 63 0.85 24 0.33 24 31 19 6 1 183 2.47 14.2
7 Stan Weir C 6-1 180 26 68 31 30 61 0.90 25 0.36 24 20 28 3 0 132 1.94 23.5
8 Joe Micheletti D 6-0 185 24 72 14 33 47 0.65 17 0.24 10 85 11 3 0 155 2.15 9.0
9 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 33 80 8 39 47 0.59 16 0.20 37 119 8 0 0 133 1.66 6.0
10 Al Hamilton D 6-1 195 32 80 6 38 44 0.55 15 0.18 22 38 4 2 0 153 1.91 3.9
11 Steve Carlson C 6-3 180 23 73 18 22 40 0.55 16 0.22 15 50 11 4 3 71 0.97 25.4
12 Peter Driscoll LW 6-0 190 24 69 17 23 40 0.58 16 0.22 16 115 14 3 0 93 1.35 18.3
13 Dave Hunter LW 5-11 195 21 72 7 25 32 0.44 11 0.15 7 134 7 0 0 71 0.99 9.9
14 Claire Alexander D 6-1 175 33 54 8 23 31 0.57 11 0.20 -5 16 5 2 1 148 2.74 5.4
15 Dave Langevin D 6-2 200 24 77 6 21 27 0.35 9 0.12 33 76 3 3 0 130 1.69 4.6
16 Dave Semenko LW 6-3 200 21 77 10 14 24 0.31 9 0.12 -12 158 8 2 0 56 0.73 17.9
17 John Hughes D 5-11 200 24 41 2 15 17 0.41 6 0.14 22 82 2 0 0 43 1.05 4.7
18 Doug Berry C 6-1 190 21 29 6 3 9 0.31 4 0.13 -9 4 5 1 0 30 1.03 20.0
19 Garnet Bailey LW 5-11 192 30 38 5 4 9 0.24 4 0.10 -8 22 4 1 0 26 0.68 19.2
20 Risto Siltanen D 5-8 180 20 20 3 4 7 0.35 3 0.14 4 4 3 0 0 36 1.80 8.3
21 Bill Goldsworthy RW 6-0 190 34 17 4 2 6 0.35 3 0.15 -3 14 4 0 0 27 1.59 14.8
22 Jim Neilson D 6-2 205 38 35 0 5 5 0.14 2 0.04 5 18 0 0 0 13 0.37 0.0
23 Pierre Guite LW 6-2 190 26 12 1 1 2 0.17 1 0.07 -5 8 0 1 0 10 0.83 10.0
24 Jim Mayer RW 6-0 190 24 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0.50 0.0
25 Cal Sandbeck D 6-1 218 23 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -2 2 0 0 0 3 0.50 0.0
26 Wes George LW 6-2 220 20 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 11 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
27 Rudy Tajcnar D 5-11 200 30 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Team Total 80 340 558 898 11.23 340 4.25 340 70 266 62 66 1212 261 70 9 2539 31.74 13.4

Goalies Regular Season

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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 Dave Dryden G 6-1 186 37 63 3531 41 17 2 84 .700 3 170 2.89 1544 1374 .890 0 8 8 0
2 Eddie Mio G 5-10 180 25 22 1068 7 10 0 14 .412 1 71 3.99 482 411 .853 0 1 1 2
3 Hannu Kamppuri G 6-0 175 21 2 90 0 1 0 0 .000 0 10 6.67 48 38 .792 0 0 0 0
4 Ed Walsh G 5-10 180 27 3 144 0 2 0 0 .000 0 9 3.75 55 46 .836 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 4833 48 30 2 4 260 3.23 2129 1869 .878

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Wayne Gretzky C 6-0 185 18 13 10 10 20 1.54 6 2 1
2 Ron Chipperfield C 5-11 186 24 13 9 10 19 1.46 1 8 0
3 Blair MacDonald RW 5-10 180 25 13 8 10 18 1.38 1 6 0
4 Brett Callighen C 5-11 182 25 13 5 10 15 1.15 5 15 1
5 Dennis Sobchuk C 6-2 176 25 12 6 6 12 1.00 -4 4 1
6 Al Hamilton D 6-1 195 32 13 4 5 9 0.69 1 4 0
7 Risto Siltanen D 5-8 180 20 11 0 9 9 0.82 6 4 0
8 Joe Micheletti D 6-0 185 24 13 0 9 9 0.69 4 2 0
9 Stan Weir C 6-1 180 26 13 2 5 7 0.54 -4 2 1
10 Peter Driscoll LW 6-0 190 24 13 1 6 7 0.54 4 8 0
11 Bill Flett RW 6-1 205 35 10 5 2 7 0.70 3 2 1
12 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 33 13 1 5 6 0.46 -3 23 0
13 Dave Semenko LW 6-3 200 21 11 4 2 6 0.55 3 29 0
14 Dave Hunter LW 5-11 195 21 13 2 3 5 0.38 -2 42 0
15 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson RW 6-0 185 20 2 1 2 3 1.50 2 0 0
16 Bill Goldsworthy RW 6-0 190 34 4 1 1 2 0.50 4 11 1
17 Steve Carlson C 6-3 180 23 11 1 1 2 0.18 -5 12 0
18 John Hughes D 5-11 200 24 13 1 0 1 0.08 4 35 0
19 Dave Langevin D 6-2 200 24 13 0 1 1 0.08 -4 25 0
20 Garnet Bailey LW 5-11 192 30 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 4 0
Team Total 13 61 98 159 12.23 238 6

Goalies Playoffs

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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 Dave Dryden G 6-1 186 37 13 687 6 7 12 .462 0 42 3.67 0 1 1 0
2 Eddie Mio G 5-10 180 25 3 90 0 0 0 0 6 4.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 777 6 7 0 48 3.71