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1978-79 New England Whalers

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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

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
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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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