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25-42-13 (63 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Smythe Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 217 goals, Allowed 291 goals, SRS: -1.05 (15th of 17)
Coached by Harry Neale (25-42-13)
Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 63 | .394 | 217 | 291 | -1.05 | 6.35 | 56 | 295 | 18.98 | 49 | 248 | 80.24 | 1 | 9 |
| 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 | Ron Sedlbauer | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | 79 | 40 | 16 | 56 | 0.71 | 25 | 0.32 | 87 | 35 | 86 | 0 | -34 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 225 | 2.85 | 17.8 | ||
| 2 | Thomas Gradin | C | 5-11 | 176 | 22 | 76 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 0.67 | 20 | 0.26 | 61 | 16 | 59 | 2 | -12 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 1.38 | 19.0 | ||
| 3 | Don Lever | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 71 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 0.62 | 18 | 0.25 | 64 | 23 | 104 | 22 | -41 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 170 | 2.39 | 13.5 | ||
| 4 | Stan Smyl | RW | 5-8 | 185 | 21 | 62 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 0.61 | 14 | 0.23 | 62 | 24 | 44 | 0 | -6 | 89 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 1.97 | 11.5 | ||
| 5 | Chris Oddleifson | C | 6-2 | 185 | 28 | 67 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 0.55 | 14 | 0.20 | 54 | 10 | 80 | 21 | -15 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 1.24 | 13.3 | ||
| 6 | Curt Fraser | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 21 | 78 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0.45 | 14 | 0.18 | 51 | 7 | 52 | 1 | -7 | 116 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 184 | 2.36 | 8.7 | ||
| 7 | Dennis Kearns | D | 5-9 | 185 | 33 | 78 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 0.44 | 11 | 0.14 | 95 | 22 | 103 | 7 | -23 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 1.31 | 2.9 | ||
| 8 | Harold Snepsts | D | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | 76 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 0.41 | 11 | 0.14 | 84 | 20 | 123 | 32 | -27 | 130 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 1.51 | 6.1 | ||
| 9 | Dennis Ververgaert | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.74 | 10 | 0.28 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 1.63 | 15.8 | ||
| 10 | Hilliard Graves | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | 62 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 0.42 | 10 | 0.16 | 46 | 10 | 74 | 23 | -15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 1.81 | 9.8 | ||
| 11 | Pit Martin | C | 5-9 | 170 | 35 | 64 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0.41 | 10 | 0.16 | 37 | 6 | 43 | 9 | -3 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 1.25 | 15.0 | ||
| 12 | Jere Gillis | LW | 6-0 | 194 | 22 | 78 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0.32 | 10 | 0.13 | 51 | 12 | 76 | 6 | -31 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 1.83 | 9.1 | ||
| 13 | Bob Manno | D | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | 52 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.40 | 7 | 0.14 | 52 | 14 | 62 | 7 | -17 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 1.37 | 7.0 | ||
| 14 | Lars Lindgren | D | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | 64 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0.33 | 7 | 0.11 | 72 | 20 | 108 | 24 | -32 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 1.70 | 1.8 | ||
| 15 | Rick Blight | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 56 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.27 | 6 | 0.10 | 26 | 9 | 45 | 0 | -28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 1.63 | 5.5 | ||
| 16 | Roland Eriksson | C | 6-3 | 190 | 24 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.40 | 5 | 0.13 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 0 | -12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1.97 | 2.9 | ||
| 17 | Larry Goodenough | D | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.36 | 5 | 0.13 | 34 | 14 | 37 | 3 | -14 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 2.08 | 5.3 | ||
| 18 | Brad Gassoff | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.32 | 4 | 0.12 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 0 | -11 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1.29 | 9.1 | ||
| 19 | Rob Tudor | RW/C | 5-11 | 188 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.33 | 3 | 0.14 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2.13 | 7.8 | ||
| 20 | Bill Derlago | C | 5-10 | 194 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.89 | 3 | 0.36 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.11 | 14.3 | ||
| 21 | Don Kozak | RW | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.25 | 3 | 0.09 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 1 | -15 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.04 | 6.9 | ||
| 22 | Jack McIlhargey | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.11 | 2 | 0.04 | 41 | 1 | 66 | 10 | -16 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.49 | 7.7 | ||
| 23 | Randy Holt | D | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.07 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 10 | -1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.77 | 5.9 | ||
| 24 | John Grisdale | D | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 | 20 | 1 | 45 | 3 | -23 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.46 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Drew Callander | C/RW | 6-2 | 185 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.12 | 10.5 | ||
| 26 | Rob Flockhart | LW | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.14 | 1 | 0.06 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.71 | 10.0 | ||
| 27 | Lars Zetterstrom | D | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.02 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.86 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Kevin McCarthy | D | 5-11 | 195 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 29 | Brad Smith | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 217 | 351 | 568 | 7.10 | 217 | 2.71 | 217 | 56 | 291 | 49 | -81 | 1120 | 160 | 56 | 1 | 25 | 2168 | 27.10 | 10.0 |
| 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 | Glen Hanlon | G | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | 31 | 1821 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 29 | .483 | 3 | 94 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | |||
| 2 | Gary Bromley | G | 5-10 | 160 | 29 | 38 | 2144 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 28 | .389 | 2 | 136 | 3.81 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Dunc Wilson | G | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | 17 | 835 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 58 | 4.17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 288 | 3.60 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Gradin | C | 5-11 | 176 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.67 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Rick Blight | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Don Lever | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Curt Fraser | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Stan Smyl | RW | 5-8 | 185 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Dennis Kearns | D | 5-9 | 185 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Bob Manno | D | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Chris Oddleifson | C | 6-2 | 185 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Don Kozak | RW | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Ron Sedlbauer | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Jere Gillis | LW | 6-0 | 194 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Pit Martin | C | 5-9 | 170 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Jack McIlhargey | D | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Harold Snepsts | D | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Lars Lindgren | D | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | John Grisdale | D | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Larry Goodenough | D | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Brad Gassoff | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Rob Tudor | RW/C | 5-11 | 188 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 8.00 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | Gary Bromley | G | 5-10 | 160 | 29 | 3 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4.67 |