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18-50-12 (48 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Smythe Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 249 goals, Allowed 348 goals, SRS: -1.29 (16th of 17)
Coached by Barclay Plager (18-50-12)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Blues | 80 | 18 | 50 | 12 | 48 | .300 | 249 | 348 | -1.29 | 7.46 | 48 | 281 | 17.08 | 63 | 244 | 74.18 | 3 | 8 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 80 | .500 | 280 | 280 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 62 | 271 | 22.72 | 62 | 271 | 77.28 | 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 | Bernie Federko | C | 6-0 | 178 | 22 | 74 | 31 | 64 | 95 | 1.28 | 34 | 0.46 | 118 | 40 | 94 | 1 | -15 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 2.11 | 19.9 | ||
| 2 | Brian Sutter | LW | 5-11 | 173 | 22 | 77 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 1.04 | 32 | 0.41 | 118 | 39 | 81 | 0 | -2 | 165 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 2.30 | 23.2 | ||
| 3 | Wayne Babych | RW | 5-11 | 191 | 20 | 67 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 0.94 | 24 | 0.36 | 101 | 34 | 80 | 2 | -11 | 75 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 2.93 | 13.8 | ||
| 4 | Garry Unger | C | 5-11 | 170 | 31 | 80 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 0.70 | 22 | 0.28 | 84 | 19 | 113 | 4 | -44 | 44 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 2.28 | 16.5 | ||
| 5 | Jack Brownschidle | D | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 64 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 0.53 | 12 | 0.19 | 82 | 27 | 86 | 10 | -21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 1.58 | 9.9 | ||
| 6 | Inge Hammarstrom | LW | 6-0 | 180 | 31 | 65 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 0.52 | 12 | 0.19 | 45 | 7 | 51 | 0 | -13 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 1.98 | 9.3 | ||
| 7 | Larry Patey | C | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 78 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 0.44 | 13 | 0.17 | 42 | 1 | 100 | 32 | -27 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 1.59 | 12.1 | ||
| 8 | Curt Bennett | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 30 | 74 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 0.45 | 12 | 0.17 | 44 | 1 | 88 | 22 | -23 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 1.91 | 9.9 | ||
| 9 | Barry Gibbs | D | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | 76 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 0.38 | 9 | 0.12 | 88 | 5 | 159 | 34 | -42 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 1.13 | 2.3 | ||
| 10 | Larry Giroux | D | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 73 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 0.37 | 9 | 0.12 | 72 | 5 | 111 | 19 | -25 | 111 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 1.47 | 4.7 | ||
| 11 | Bob Murdoch | RW | 5-11 | 191 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 0.48 | 10 | 0.19 | 43 | 8 | 41 | 0 | -6 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 1.70 | 14.1 | ||
| 12 | Mike Zuke | C | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.76 | 9 | 0.28 | 41 | 18 | 39 | 8 | -8 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.35 | 11.3 | ||
| 13 | Tony Currie | RW | 5-11 | 166 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0.53 | 6 | 0.18 | 30 | 3 | 36 | 0 | -9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 1.58 | 7.0 | ||
| 14 | Mike Walton | C | 5-10 | 175 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0.82 | 7 | 0.30 | 25 | 12 | 27 | 1 | -13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1.86 | 17.1 | ||
| 15 | Bob Stewart | D | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | 78 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.23 | 6 | 0.08 | 76 | 2 | 149 | 47 | -28 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.73 | 8.8 | ||
| 16 | John Smrke | LW | 5-11 | 205 | 22 | 55 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.25 | 5 | 0.10 | 21 | 0 | 63 | 18 | -24 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 1.31 | 8.3 | ||
| 17 | Harvey Bennett | C | 6-4 | 215 | 26 | 52 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.23 | 4 | 0.08 | 18 | 0 | 41 | 5 | -18 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.85 | 6.8 | ||
| 18 | Mike Crombeen | RW | 5-11 | 190 | 21 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.30 | 4 | 0.10 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 5 | -13 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1.38 | 5.9 | ||
| 19 | Bob Hess | D | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.26 | 3 | 0.10 | 21 | 6 | 38 | 3 | -20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1.56 | 7.1 | ||
| 20 | Jamie Masters | D | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.60 | 2 | 0.17 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Brian Ogilvie | C | 5-11 | 186 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.43 | 2 | 0.14 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | -3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.50 | 4.8 | ||
| 22 | Doug Palazzari | C | 5-5 | 170 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.25 | 2 | 0.09 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 4 | -5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.80 | 12.5 | ||
| 23 | Rick Shinske | C | 5-11 | 165 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.64 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Bruce Affleck | D | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.05 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 2 | -13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.31 | 2.9 | ||
| 25 | Rick Bowness | RW | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.06 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 1 | -17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.75 | 5.6 | ||
| 26 | Dick Lamby | D | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.13 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.22 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Neil Komadoski | D | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.03 | 41 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.67 | 3.6 | ||
| 28 | Steve Durbano | D | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.06 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -7 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.38 | 5.6 | ||
| 29 | Ken Richardson | C | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.05 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 16 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.38 | 16.7 | ||
| 30 | Neil Labatte | C/D | 6-2 | 178 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.03 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 1 | -1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.68 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Bill Fairbairn | RW | 5-10 | 170 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.60 | 12.5 | ||
| 32 | Rod Seiling | D | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 33 | Gord McTavish | C | 6-4 | 200 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 249 | 432 | 681 | 8.51 | 249 | 3.11 | 249 | 48 | 348 | 63 | -84 | 1045 | 198 | 48 | 3 | 18 | 2131 | 26.64 | 11.7 |
| 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 | Phil Myre | G | 6-1 | 185 | 30 | 39 | 2259 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 26 | .333 | 1 | 163 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Ed Staniowski | G | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | 39 | 2291 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 21 | .284 | 0 | 146 | 3.82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Terry Richardson | G | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Doug Grant | G | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | 4 | 190 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 23 | 7.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 18 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 341 | 4.26 |