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1978-79 Vancouver Canucks Roster and Statistics

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Record: 25-42-13 (63 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Smythe Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Harry Neale (25-42-13)

Goals For: 217 (16th of 17), Goals Against: 291 (12th of 17)
SRS: -1.05 (15th of 17), SOS: -0.12 (15th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-1) versus Philadelphia Flyers

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 42 13 63 .394 217 291 -1.05 -0.12 6.35 56 295 18.98 49 248 80.24 1 9
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
8-10 Rick Blight RW 23 6-2 195 R/- 3 October 17, 1955 5 G, 10 A, 15 P
30 Gary Bromley G 29 5-10 160 -/L 3 January 19, 1950 11-19-6, 3.81 GAA
10-20 Drew Callander C 22 6-2 185 R/- 2 August 17, 1956 2 G, 0 A, 2 P
20 Bill Derlago C 20 5-10 194 L/- R August 25, 1958 4 G, 4 A, 8 P
19 Roland Eriksson C 24 6-3 190 L/- 2 March 1, 1954 2 G, 12 A, 14 P
18-28 Rob Flockhart RW 22 6-0 185 L/- 2 February 6, 1956 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
24 Curt Fraser LW 21 6-1 200 L/- R January 12, 1958 16 G, 19 A, 35 P
16 Brad Gassoff LW 23 5-11 195 L/- 3 November 13, 1955 4 G, 7 A, 11 P
21 Jere Gillis LW 22 6-0 194 L/- 1 January 18, 1957 13 G, 12 A, 25 P
5 Larry Goodenough D 26 6-0 195 R/- 4 January 19, 1953 4 G, 9 A, 13 P
23 Thomas Gradin C 22 5-11 176 R/- R February 18, 1956 20 G, 31 A, 51 P
15 Hilliard Graves LW 28 5-11 175 R/- 7 October 18, 1950 11 G, 15 A, 26 P
18 John Grisdale D 30 6-0 195 R/- 5 August 23, 1948 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
1 Glen Hanlon G 21 6-0 185 -/R 1 February 20, 1957 12-13-5, 3.10 GAA
4 Randy Holt D 26 5-11 185 R/- 4 January 15, 1953 1 G, 3 A, 4 P
6 Dennis Kearns D 33 5-9 185 L/- 7 September 27, 1945 3 G, 31 A, 34 P
26 Don Kozak RW 26 5-11 190 R/- 6 February 2, 1952 2 G, 5 A, 7 P
9 Don Lever LW 26 5-11 185 L/- 6 November 14, 1952 23 G, 21 A, 44 P
3-13 Lars Lindgren D 26 6-1 200 L/- R October 12, 1952 2 G, 19 A, 21 P
22 Bob Manno D 22 6-0 185 L/- 2 October 31, 1956 5 G, 16 A, 21 P
7 Pit Martin RW 35 5-9 170 R/- 16 December 9, 1943 12 G, 14 A, 26 P
25 Kevin McCarthy D 21 5-11 195 R/- 1 July 14, 1957 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
29 Jack McIlhargey D 26 6-0 190 L/- 4 March 7, 1952 2 G, 4 A, 6 P
14 Chris Oddleifson C 28 6-2 185 R/- 6 September 7, 1950 11 G, 26 A, 37 P
17 Ron Sedlbauer LW 24 6-3 195 L/- 4 October 22, 1954 40 G, 16 A, 56 P
5-18 Brad Smith RW 20 6-1 195 R/- R April 13, 1958 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
12 Stan Smyl RW 21 5-8 185 R/- R January 28, 1958 14 G, 24 A, 38 P
27 Harold Snepsts D 24 6-3 210 L/- 4 October 24, 1954 7 G, 24 A, 31 P
19-25 Rob Tudor RW 22 5-11 188 R/- R June 30, 1956 4 G, 4 A, 8 P
10 Dennis Ververgaert RW 25 6-0 185 R/- 5 March 30, 1953 9 G, 17 A, 26 P
31 Dunc Wilson G 30 5-11 175 -/- 9 March 22, 1948 2-10-2, 4.17 GAA
2 Lars Zetterstrom D 25 6-1 198 L/- R November 6, 1953 0 G, 1 A, 1 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Ron Sedlbauer LW 24 79 40 16 56 27 -34 26 25 15 0 5 13 0 3 225 17.8 4.3 0.6 5.0
2 Thomas Gradin C 22 76 20 31 51 20 -12 22 16 4 0 4 22 0 9 105 19.0 2.5 1.2 3.7
3 Don Lever LW 26 71 23 21 44 19 -41 17 15 8 0 2 14 0 7 170 13.5 2.4 0.3 2.6
4 Stan Smyl RW 21 62 14 24 38 14 -6 89 10 4 0 0 16 0 8 122 11.5 1.6 1.1 2.7
5 Chris Oddleifson C 28 67 11 26 37 13 -15 51 7 4 0 1 22 1 3 83 13.3 1.0 0.9 2.0
6 Curt Fraser LW 21 78 16 19 35 14 -7 116 14 2 0 2 16 0 3 184 8.7 0.8 1.4 2.2
7 Dennis Kearns D 33 78 3 31 34 10 -23 28 3 0 0 0 19 0 12 102 2.9 1.2 4.3 5.5
8 Harold Snepsts D 24 76 7 24 31 11 -27 130 3 4 0 0 14 0 10 115 6.1 1.3 3.9 5.3
9 Pit Martin RW 35 64 12 14 26 11 -3 24 11 1 0 1 10 0 4 80 15.0 0.4 1.2 1.6
10 Hilliard Graves LW 28 62 11 15 26 10 -15 14 9 2 0 2 11 0 4 112 9.8 0.4 0.8 1.2
11 Dennis Ververgaert RW 25 35 9 17 26 10 3 13 6 2 1 3 13 0 4 57 15.8 1.3 0.8 2.1
12 Jere Gillis LW 22 78 13 12 25 11 -31 33 9 4 0 3 10 0 2 143 9.1 -0.2 0.7 0.5
13 Bob Manno D 22 52 5 16 21 7 -17 42 5 0 0 1 9 0 7 71 7.0 0.9 2.8 3.7
14 Lars Lindgren D 26 64 2 19 21 6 -32 68 1 1 0 0 9 0 10 109 1.8 0.4 2.8 3.2
15 Rick Blight RW 23 56 5 10 15 6 -28 16 4 1 0 1 8 0 2 91 5.5 -0.7 0.3 -0.4
16 Roland Eriksson C 24 35 2 12 14 4 -12 4 2 0 0 0 9 0 3 69 2.9 -0.2 0.4 0.2
17 Larry Goodenough D 26 36 4 9 13 5 -14 18 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 75 5.3 0.6 1.8 2.3
18 Brad Gassoff LW 23 34 4 7 11 4 -11 53 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 44 9.1 -0.2 0.4 0.2
19 Bill Derlago C 20 9 4 4 8 3 -2 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 28 14.3 0.6 0.1 0.7
20 Rob Tudor RW 22 24 4 4 8 3 0 19 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 51 7.8 0.0 0.5 0.5
21 Don Kozak RW 26 28 2 5 7 2 -15 30 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 29 6.9 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
22 Jack McIlhargey D 26 53 2 4 6 2 -16 129 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 26 7.7 -0.5 2.9 2.4
23 Randy Holt D 26 22 1 3 4 1 -1 80 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 5.9 -0.1 1.5 1.4
24 John Grisdale D 30 41 0 3 3 1 -23 54 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 19 0.0 -0.7 1.6 1.0
25 Drew Callander C 22 17 2 0 2 1 -9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 10.5 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
26 Rob Flockhart RW 22 14 1 1 2 1 -3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 10.0 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
27 Gary Bromley G 29 38 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4.8
28 Glen Hanlon G 21 31 0 1 1 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5.8
29 Dunc Wilson G 30 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.5
30 Lars Zetterstrom D 25 14 0 1 1 0 -10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0.0 -0.2 0.4 0.2
31 Kevin McCarthy D 21 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
32 Brad Smith RW 20 2 0 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Team Total 80 217 351 568 -409 1120 160 56 1 25 2168 10.0 15.7 33.2 61.0

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Glen Hanlon G 21 31 12 13 5 94 3.10 3 1821 5.8
2 Gary Bromley G 29 38 11 19 6 136 3.81 2 2144 4.8
3 Dunc Wilson G 30 17 2 10 2 58 4.17 0 835 1.5
Team Total 80 25 42 13 288 3.60 5 4800 12.1

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Thomas Gradin C 22 3 4 1 5 3 4 4 0 0 0
2 Rick Blight RW 23 3 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0
3 Don Lever LW 26 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 1
4 Dennis Kearns D 33 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
5 Stan Smyl RW 21 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Curt Fraser LW 21 3 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0
7 Don Kozak RW 26 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Jere Gillis LW 22 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Bob Manno D 22 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
10 Pit Martin RW 35 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
11 Chris Oddleifson C 28 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
12 Ron Sedlbauer LW 24 3 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0
13 Gary Bromley G 29 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
14 Brad Gassoff LW 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Larry Goodenough D 26 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
16 John Grisdale D 30 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
17 Lars Lindgren D 26 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
18 Jack McIlhargey D 26 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
19 Harold Snepsts D 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Rob Tudor RW 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 3 9 15 24 47 7 2 0 1

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Gary Bromley G 29 3 1 2 14 4.67 0 180
Team Total 3 1 2 14 4.67 0 180