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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

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Apr 21, 1979 Cincinnati Stingers W 5 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sun, Apr 22, 1979 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 3 6 1 1 0 L 1
3 Tue, Apr 24, 1979 Cincinnati Stingers W 2 1 2 1 0 W 1
4 Thu, Apr 26, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 6 2 2 0 L 1
5 Fri, Apr 27, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 5 9 2 3 0 L 2
6 Sun, Apr 29, 1979 Edmonton Oilers W 4 1 3 3 0 W 1
7 Tue, May 1, 1979 Edmonton Oilers W 5 4 4 3 0 W 2
8 Thu, May 3, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 4 4 0 L 1
9 Sun, May 6, 1979 Edmonton Oilers W 8 4 5 4 0 W 1
10 Tue, May 8, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 6 5 5 0 L 1