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41-34-5 (87 points), Finished 2nd in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 288 goals, Allowed 271 goals, SRS: 0.25 (3rd of 10)
Coached by Jacques Demers (41-34-5)
Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-0) to Winnipeg Jets
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1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Oct 15, 1978 | New England Whalers | L | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Oct 17, 1978 | Cincinnati Stingers | T | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | T 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 18, 1978 | Indianapolis Racers | L | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 21, 1978 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 22, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | L | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | L 3 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 25, 1978 | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Oct 26, 1978 | New England Whalers | W | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Oct 28, 1978 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Oct 29, 1978 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | W | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 31, 1978 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | W | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 3, 1978 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 4, 1978 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 5, 1978 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 7, 1978 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 8, 1978 | Edmonton Oilers | L | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | L 2 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 11, 1978 | Indianapolis Racers | W | 8 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Nov 12, 1978 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 15, 1978 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 21, 1978 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Nov 24, 1978 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | OT | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | L 2 | |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Nov 26, 1978 | Winnipeg Jets | T | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | T 1 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Nov 29, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 3, 1978 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 6, 1978 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | W 4 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | W 5 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 10, 1978 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | T | 4 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 3 | T 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 12, 1978 | Soviet All-Stars | L | 3 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 14, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Dec 16, 1978 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Dec 17, 1978 | New England Whalers | T | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | T 1 | |||
| 32 | Fri, Dec 22, 1978 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Dec 23, 1978 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 2 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | Czechoslovakia | W | 4 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 30, 1978 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 7, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 12, 1979 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 18, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | W | 10 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 21, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 23, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | 7 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 27, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 30, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 1 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Feb 1, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 5 | 7 | 24 | 17 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Feb 2, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 47 | Sun, Feb 4, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 6 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 6, 1979 | New England Whalers | L | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 9, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 0 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 13, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 4 | L 3 | ||
| 51 | Sat, Feb 17, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 4 | L 4 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 18, 1979 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 4 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 20, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | W | 7 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 23, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | OT | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 55 | Sat, Feb 24, 1979 | New England Whalers | W | 6 | 0 | 28 | 23 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 25, 1979 | Cincinnati Stingers | T | 1 | 1 | 28 | 23 | 5 | T 1 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Mar 3, 1979 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 3 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Mar 4, 1979 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 5 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 59 | Tue, Mar 6, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 4 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 60 | Wed, Mar 7, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 6 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 5 | W 4 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Mar 9, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | W | 3 | 1 | 33 | 23 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 62 | Sat, Mar 10, 1979 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 2 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 11, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 14, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 4 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 65 | Fri, Mar 16, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | L | 1 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 18, 1979 | @ | Edmonton Oilers | W | 7 | 2 | 35 | 26 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 20, 1979 | New England Whalers | L | OT | 6 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 23, 1979 | @ | New England Whalers | L | 3 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 24, 1979 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 5 | 2 | 36 | 28 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 25, 1979 | Birmingham Bulls | W | 3 | 2 | 37 | 28 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 28, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 3 | 0 | 38 | 28 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 30, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | W | 2 | 0 | 39 | 28 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 73 | Sun, Apr 1, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 3 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 74 | Tue, Apr 3, 1979 | @ | Birmingham Bulls | L | 3 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 75 | Wed, Apr 4, 1979 | Edmonton Oilers | W | 4 | 2 | 40 | 30 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Sat, Apr 7, 1979 | @ | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 2 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 77 | Tue, Apr 10, 1979 | New England Whalers | L | 2 | 5 | 40 | 32 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 78 | Wed, Apr 11, 1979 | Cincinnati Stingers | L | 2 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 79 | Sun, Apr 15, 1979 | Cincinnati Stingers | W | 4 | 2 | 41 | 33 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Tue, Apr 17, 1979 | New England Whalers | L | 2 | 3 | 41 | 34 | 5 | L 1 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Apr 23, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Apr 25, 1979 | Winnipeg Jets | L | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Apr 27, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | L 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Apr 29, 1979 | @ | Winnipeg Jets | L | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | L 4 |