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37-34-9 (83 points), Finished 4th in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 298 goals, Allowed 287 goals, SRS: 0.13 (4th of 10)
Coached by Bill Dineen (33-29-9), Don Blackburn (4-5-0)
Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-3) to Edmonton Oilers
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) over Cincinnati Stingers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Whalers | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 83 | .519 | 298 | 287 | 0.13 | 7.31 | 53 | 259 | 20.46 | 63 | 262 | 75.95 | 15 | 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 |
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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 | Mark Howe | D | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | 77 | 42 | 65 | 107 | 1.39 | 40 | 0.52 | 14 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 314 | 4.08 | 13.4 | |||||||
| 2 | Andre Lacroix | C | 5-8 | 175 | 33 | 78 | 32 | 56 | 88 | 1.13 | 33 | 0.42 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 172 | 2.21 | 18.6 | |||||||
| 3 | Mike Rogers | C | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | 80 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 0.90 | 27 | 0.34 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 186 | 2.33 | 14.5 | |||||||
| 4 | Dave Keon | C | 5-9 | 165 | 38 | 79 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 0.82 | 24 | 0.30 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 189 | 2.39 | 11.6 | |||||||
| 5 | Gordie Roberts | D | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 79 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 0.72 | 19 | 0.24 | -2 | 113 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 1.94 | 7.2 | |||||||
| 6 | Warren Miller | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | 77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 0.64 | 20 | 0.26 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 1.99 | 17.0 | |||||||
| 7 | Mike Antonovich | C | 5-8 | 165 | 27 | 69 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 0.68 | 18 | 0.26 | -4 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 2.19 | 13.2 | |||||||
| 8 | John McKenzie | RW | 5-9 | 175 | 41 | 76 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 0.62 | 18 | 0.23 | 6 | 115 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 113 | 1.49 | 16.8 | |||||||
| 9 | Gordie Howe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 50 | 58 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 0.74 | 17 | 0.29 | 9 | 51 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 2.02 | 16.2 | |||||||
| 10 | George Lyle | LW | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 59 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 0.59 | 14 | 0.23 | 16 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 1.92 | 15.0 | |||||||
| 11 | Al Hangsleben | D | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 77 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 0.38 | 11 | 0.14 | -1 | 148 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 1.83 | 7.1 | |||||||
| 12 | Rick Ley | D | 5-9 | 190 | 30 | 73 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 0.37 | 9 | 0.13 | -3 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 1.55 | 6.2 | |||||||
| 13 | Marty Howe | D | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | 66 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.14 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 2.05 | 6.7 | |||||||
| 14 | Ron Plumb | D | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | 78 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.09 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 1.38 | 3.7 | |||||||
| 15 | Jordy Douglas | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 21 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.31 | 6 | 0.12 | -8 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 1.49 | 7.9 | |||||||
| 16 | Brad Selwood | D | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.38 | 6 | 0.13 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 1.24 | 7.7 | |||||||
| 17 | Jim Warner | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.37 | 6 | 0.14 | -10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 1.66 | 8.8 | |||||||
| 18 | Larry Pleau | C | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.43 | 5 | 0.17 | -8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 1.50 | 14.3 | |||||||
| 19 | Blaine Stoughton | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.33 | 5 | 0.15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.47 | 17.0 | |||||||
| 20 | Jack Carlson | LW | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.26 | 3 | 0.09 | -6 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1.15 | 5.1 | |||||||
| 21 | Dave Inkpen | D | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.05 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.76 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 22 | Jeff Brubaker | LW | 6-2 | 207 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 23 | Pierre Roy | D | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 298 | 502 | 800 | 10.00 | 298 | 3.72 | 298 | 53 | 287 | 63 | 21 | 1086 | 230 | 53 | 15 | 2520 | 31.50 | 11.8 |
| 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 | John Garrett | G | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | 41 | 2496 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 44 | .537 | 2 | 149 | 3.58 | 1180 | 1031 | .874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Al Smith | G | 6-1 | 200 | 33 | 40 | 2396 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 39 | .500 | 1 | 132 | 3.31 | 1124 | 992 | .883 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4892 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 281 | 3.45 | 2304 | 2023 | .878 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Keon | C | 5-9 | 165 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1.20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | John McKenzie | RW | 5-9 | 175 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1.00 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Mike Rogers | C | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.80 | -3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | George Lyle | LW | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.89 | 3 | 25 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Mike Antonovich | C | 5-8 | 165 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.80 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | Warren Miller | RW | 6-0 | 180 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.80 | 5 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Andre Lacroix | C | 5-8 | 175 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.80 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | Blaine Stoughton | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.00 | -2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Mark Howe | D | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.00 | -2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Ron Plumb | D | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | Gordie Roberts | D | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.40 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | Rick Ley | D | 5-9 | 190 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.44 | -3 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | Jordy Douglas | LW | 6-0 | 200 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.40 | -1 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Gordie Howe | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | Larry Pleau | C | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.30 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | Al Hangsleben | D | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | Marty Howe | D | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | -3 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 18 | Dave Inkpen | D | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | Jeff Brubaker | LW | 6-2 | 207 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | Jim Warner | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 10 | 39 | 64 | 103 | 10.30 | 175 | 5 |
| 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 | John Garrett | G | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | 8 | 447 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .571 | 0 | 32 | 4.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Al Smith | G | 6-1 | 200 | 33 | 4 | 153 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 12 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 600 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 4.40 |