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1978-79 Winnipeg Jets

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39-35-6 (84 points), Finished 3rd in WHA (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

1978-79 Avco Cup Champions

Scored 307 goals, Allowed 306 goals, SRS: -0.04 (5th of 10)
Coached by Larry Hillman (28-27-6), Tom McVie (11-8-0)

Playoffs:
Won Avco Cup Finals (4-2) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over Quebec Nordiques

1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Winnipeg Jets 80 39 35 6 84 .525 307 306 -0.04 7.66 67 265 25.28 57 274 79.20 5 7
League Average 52 24 24 4 52 .500 192 192 0.00 7.40 58 279 24.22 58 285 77.87 7 7

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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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 Kent Nilsson C 6-1 195 22 78 39 68 107 1.37 40 0.51 1 8 31 8 0 279 3.58 14.0
2 Morris Lukowich LW 5-9 170 22 80 65 34 99 1.24 43 0.53 26 119 49 16 0 278 3.48 23.4
3 Terry Ruskowski C 5-10 178 24 75 20 66 86 1.15 30 0.40 13 211 13 6 1 138 1.84 14.5
4 Peter Sullivan C 5-9 165 27 80 46 40 86 1.08 35 0.44 -6 24 35 9 2 220 2.75 20.9
5 Willy Lindstrom RW 6-0 180 27 79 26 36 62 0.78 24 0.30 7 22 15 11 0 206 2.61 12.6
6 Rich Preston RW 6-0 185 26 80 28 32 60 0.75 24 0.30 -5 88 21 6 1 177 2.21 15.8
7 Barry Long D 6-2 210 30 80 5 36 41 0.51 13 0.17 -2 42 5 0 0 180 2.25 2.8
8 Bill Lesuk LW 5-9 187 32 79 17 15 32 0.41 13 0.17 -14 44 17 0 0 106 1.34 16.0
9 Lyle Moffat LW 5-10 180 30 70 14 18 32 0.46 12 0.18 -14 38 13 0 1 89 1.27 15.7
10 Bobby Guindon LW 5-9 175 28 71 8 18 26 0.37 9 0.13 -12 21 8 0 0 130 1.83 6.2
11 John Gray RW 5-10 180 29 57 10 15 25 0.44 10 0.17 -7 51 4 6 0 91 1.60 11.0
12 Paul Terbenche D 5-10 170 33 68 3 22 25 0.37 8 0.12 -1 12 3 0 0 58 0.85 5.2
13 Mike Amodeo D 5-10 190 26 64 4 18 22 0.34 7 0.12 -1 29 4 0 0 62 0.97 6.5
14 Scott Campbell D 6-3 205 21 74 3 15 18 0.24 6 0.08 5 248 3 0 0 108 1.46 2.8
15 Paul MacKinnon D 6-0 195 20 73 2 15 17 0.23 6 0.08 -3 70 2 0 0 81 1.11 2.5
16 Glenn Hicks LW 5-10 177 20 69 6 10 16 0.23 6 0.09 -2 48 6 0 0 59 0.86 10.2
17 Roland Eriksson C 6-3 190 24 33 5 10 15 0.45 6 0.17 -5 2 2 3 0 55 1.67 9.1
18 Steve West C 5-8 150 26 18 3 11 14 0.78 5 0.27 6 6 2 1 0 24 1.33 12.5
19 Kim Clackson D 5-11 195 23 71 0 12 12 0.17 4 0.05 -6 210 0 0 0 32 0.45 0.0
20 Bobby Hull LW 5-10 195 40 4 2 3 5 1.25 2 0.48 1 0 1 1 0 12 3.00 16.7
21 Bill Davis D 6-1 195 24 5 1 2 3 0.60 1 0.22 -2 0 1 0 0 4 0.80 25.0
22 Lars-Erik Sjoberg D 5-8 179 34 9 0 3 3 0.33 1 0.10 -1 2 0 0 0 15 1.67 0.0
23 Ted Green D 5-10 200 38 20 0 2 2 0.10 1 0.03 -7 16 0 0 0 13 0.65 0.0
24 John Gibson D 6-3 210 19 9 0 1 1 0.11 0 0.03 1 5 0 0 0 6 0.67 0.0
25 Dale Yakiwchuk C 6-4 205 20 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.25 0.0
26 Rich Gosselin C 5-7 150 22 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
Team Total 80 307 507 814 10.18 307 3.84 307 67 306 57 -9 1324 235 67 5 2425 30.31 12.7

Goalies Regular Season

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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 Markus Mattsson G 6-0 180 21 52 2990 25 21 3 53 .541 0 181 3.63 1544 1363 .883 0 1 1 4
2 Joe Daley G 5-10 170 35 23 1256 7 11 3 17 .405 0 90 4.30 695 605 .871 0 1 1 2
3 Gary Smith G 6-4 215 34 11 626 7 3 0 14 .700 0 31 2.97 279 248 .889 0 3 3 2
Team Total 80 4872 39 35 6 0 302 3.72 2518 2216 .880

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Morris Lukowich LW 5-9 170 22 10 8 7 15 1.50 9 21 1
2 Willy Lindstrom RW 6-0 180 27 10 10 5 15 1.50 7 9 1
3 Peter Sullivan C 5-9 165 27 10 5 9 14 1.40 2 2 1
4 Kent Nilsson C 6-1 195 22 10 3 11 14 1.40 -1 4 0
5 Terry Ruskowski C 5-10 178 24 8 1 12 13 1.63 10 23 1
6 Rich Preston RW 6-0 185 26 10 8 5 13 1.30 3 15 0
7 Paul MacKinnon D 6-0 195 20 10 2 5 7 0.70 3 4 0
8 Steve West C 5-8 150 26 6 2 3 5 0.83 4 2 0
9 Barry Long D 6-2 210 30 10 2 3 5 0.50 0 0 0
10 Roland Eriksson C 6-3 190 24 10 1 4 5 0.50 -3 0 0
11 Kim Clackson D 5-11 195 23 9 0 5 5 0.56 7 28 0
12 Bill Lesuk LW 5-9 187 32 10 1 3 4 0.40 0 6 1
13 Lyle Moffat LW 5-10 180 30 10 3 1 4 0.40 0 22 2
14 Lars-Erik Sjoberg D 5-8 179 34 10 1 2 3 0.30 7 4 1
15 Bobby Guindon LW 5-9 175 28 7 2 1 3 0.43 2 0 0
16 Scott Campbell D 6-3 205 21 10 0 2 2 0.20 3 25 0
17 Glenn Hicks LW 5-10 177 20 7 1 1 2 0.29 2 4 0
18 Paul Terbenche D 5-10 170 33 10 1 1 2 0.20 2 4 0
19 John Gray RW 5-10 180 29 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Team Total 10 51 81 132 13.20 177 8

Goalies Playoffs

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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 Smith G 6-4 215 34 10 563 8 2 16 .800 0 35 3.73 0 1 1 4
2 Joe Daley G 5-10 170 35 3 37 0 0 0 0 3 4.86 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 600 8 2 0 38 3.80