1978-79 Colorado Rockies Roster and Statistics

Record: 15-53-12 (42 points), Finished 4th in NHL Smythe Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Pat Kelly (3-14-4), Aldo Guidolin (12-39-8)

Primary Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

Goals For: 210 (17th of 17), Goals Against: 331 (15th of 17)
SRS: -1.56 (17th of 17), SOS: -0.05 (13th of 17)

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Colorado Rockies	80	15	53	12	42	.263	210	331	-1.56	-0.05	2.63	4.14	60	267	22.47	62	211	70.62	8	4	2187	9.6	2477	.866		1
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Colorado Rockies
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
14	Ron Andruff	ca CA	C	25	6-0	185	R/-	4	July 10, 1953
12	Don Ashby	ca CA	C	23	6-1	185	L/-	3	March 8, 1955
19	Don Awrey	ca CA	D	35	6-0	175	L/-	15	July 18, 1943
5	Barry Beck	ca CA	D	21	6-3	216	L/-	1	June 3, 1957
2	Nick Beverley	ca CA	D	31	6-2	185	R/-	9	April 21, 1947
3	Mike Christie	us US	D	29	6-0	190	L/-	4	December 20, 1949
17	Rey Comeau	ca CA	C	30	5-8	190	L/-	7	October 25, 1948
16	Joe Contini	ca CA	C	22	5-10	178	L/-	1	January 29, 1957
18	Gary Croteau (C)	ca CA	LW	32	6-0	205	L/-	10	June 20, 1946
27	Ron Delorme	ca CA	RW	23	6-2	185	R/-	2	September 3, 1955
19	Mike Dwyer	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	172	L/-	R	September 16, 1957
1	Doug Favell	ca CA	G	33	5-10	172	-/L	11	April 5, 1945
21	Paul Gardner	ca CA	C	22	6-0	195	L/-	2	March 5, 1956
14	Mike Gillis	ca CA	LW	20	6-1	195	L/-	R	December 1, 1958
24	Trevor Johansen	ca CA	D	21	5-9	200	R/-	1	March 30, 1957
26	Mike Kitchen	ca CA	D	22	5-10	185	L/-	2	February 1, 1956
10	Ralph Klassen	ca CA	C	23	5-11	175	L/-	3	September 15, 1955
28	Kevin Krook	ca CA	D	20	5-11	187	L/-	R	April 5, 1958
6	Michel Lachance	ca CA	D	23	6-0	190	R/-	R	April 11, 1955
11	Bill Lochead	ca CA	LW	24	6-1	195	R/-	4	October 13, 1954
23	Merlin Malinowski	ca CA	C	20	6-0	190	L/-	R	September 27, 1958
28	Paul Messier	gb GB	C	21	6-1	185	R/-	R	January 27, 1958
30	Bill Oleschuk	ca CA	G	23	6-3	194	-/L	2	July 20, 1955
25	Dennis Owchar	ca CA	D	25	5-11	190	R/-	4	March 28, 1953
24	Clayton Pachal	ca CA	LW	22	5-10	185	L/-	2	April 21, 1956
9	Wilf Paiement	ca CA	RW	23	6-1	210	R/-	4	October 16, 1955
7	Randy Pierce	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	187	R/-	1	November 23, 1957
31	Michel Plasse	ca CA	G	30	5-11	172	-/L	7	June 1, 1948
12	Nelson Pyatt	ca CA	C	25	6-0	175	L/-	5	September 9, 1953
8-11	Don Saleski	ca CA	RW	29	6-3	205	R/-	7	November 10, 1949
20	Larry Skinner	ca CA	C	22	5-11	180	L/-	2	April 21, 1956
22	Andy Spruce	ca CA	LW	24	5-11	178	L/-	2	April 17, 1954
15	Jack Valiquette	ca CA	C	24	6-2	195	L/-	4	March 18, 1954
4	John Van Boxmeer	ca CA	D	26	6-0	190	R/-	5	November 20, 1952
2	Joe Watson	ca CA	D	35	5-10	185	L/-	13	July 6, 1943

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Wilf Paiement	23	RW	65	24	36	60	-30	80	19	5	0	1	17	18	1	206	11.7			4.0	0.5	4.5
2	Jack Valiquette	24	C	76	23	34	57	-42	12	13	8	2	3	23	11	0	159	14.5			3.2	0.4	3.6
3	Paul Gardner	22	C	64	23	26	49	-25	32	9	14	0	0	15	11	0	170	13.5			3.1	0.6	3.7
4	John Van Boxmeer	26	D	76	9	34	43	-26	46	5	4	0	0	20	14	0	189	4.8			2.5	3.4	5.9
5	Barry Beck	21	D	63	14	28	42	-30	91	9	5	0	0	18	10	0	217	6.5			3.1	2.3	5.4
6	Gary Croteau	32	LW	79	23	18	41	-29	18	15	8	0	1	10	8	0	104	22.1			1.8	0.8	2.7
7	Randy Pierce	21	RW	70	19	17	36	-21	35	14	4	1	3	13	4	0	145	13.1			1.5	0.9	2.4
8	Ron Delorme	23	RW	77	20	8	28	-29	68	18	2	0	3	7	1	0	85	23.5			0.6	0.8	1.4
9	Merlin Malinowski	20	C	54	6	17	23	-17	10	6	0	0	1	14	2	1	76	7.9			0.1	0.7	0.7
10	Ralph Klassen	23	C	64	6	13	19	-25	12	4	1	1	2	12	0	1	100	6.0			-0.6	0.6	0.0
11	Rey Comeau	30	C	70	8	10	18	-20	16	5	1	2	0	9	0	1	85	9.4			-0.8	0.9	0.1
12	Andy Spruce	24	LW	47	3	15	18	-18	31	3	0	0	0	11	4	0	57	5.3			-0.3	0.5	0.2
13	Joe Contini	22	C	30	5	12	17	-19	6	3	2	0	1	4	8	0	26	19.2			0.5	0.1	0.6
14	Dennis Owchar	25	D	50	3	13	16	-33	27	2	1	0	0	7	5	1	77	3.9			0.4	1.3	1.7
15	Mike Christie	29	D	68	1	10	11	-44	88	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	50	2.0			-0.5	1.8	1.3
16	Mike Gillis	20	LW	30	1	7	8	-18	6	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	54	1.9			-0.5	0.1	-0.4
17	Bill Lochead	24	LW	27	4	2	6	-15	14	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	64	6.3			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
18	Nick Beverley	31	D	52	2	4	6	-16	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	42	4.8			-0.5	2.4	1.9
19	Larry Skinner	22	C	12	3	2	5	-5	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	13	23.1			0.1	0.1	0.3
20	Don Ashby	23	C	12	2	3	5	-3	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	24	8.3			0.1	0.2	0.2
21	Mike Dwyer	21	LW	12	2	3	5	-4	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	10	20.0			0.1	0.1	0.2
22	Clayton Pachal	22	LW	24	2	3	5	-11	69	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	19	10.5			-0.4	0.2	-0.2
23	Don Awrey	35	D	56	1	4	5	-33	18	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	40	2.5			-0.7	1.7	1.0
24	Mike Kitchen	22	D	53	1	4	5	-19	28	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	22	4.5			-0.7	2.3	1.7
25	Nelson Pyatt	25	C	28	2	2	4	-17	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	34	5.9			-0.7	0.1	-0.6
26	Trevor Johansen	21	D	11	1	3	4	-8	16	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	7.1			0.2	0.2	0.4
27	Michel Lachance	23	D	21	0	4	4	-9	22	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	22	0.0			-0.1	0.8	0.7
28	Don Saleski	29	RW	16	2	0	2	-10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	4.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.3
29	Michel Plasse	30	G	41	0	2	2	0	4				0	2			0		2299	56:04	0.0	0.0	4.7
30	Joe Watson	35	D	16	0	2	2	-13	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	0.0			-0.2	0.3	0.1
31	Doug Favell	33	G	7	0	1	1	0	17				0	1			0		380	54:13	0.0	0.0	0.1
32	Ron Andruff	25	C	3	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
33	Kevin Krook	20	D	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.2	0.1
34	Paul Messier	21	C	9	0	0	0	-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0			-0.4	0.0	-0.4
35	Bill Oleschuk	23	G	40	0	0	0	0	10				0	0			0		2115	52:53	0.0	0.0	4.6
	Team Total			80	210	337	547	-599	810	142	60	8	15	221	111	5	2187	9.6			13.9	24.8	48.1

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Michel Plasse	30	41		9	29	2	152	1201	1049	.873	3.97	0	2299				108	-11.0	3.47	4.7
2	Bill Oleschuk	23	40		6	19	8	136	1082	946	.874	3.86	1	2115				107	-8.9	3.38	4.6
3	Doug Favell	33	7		0	5	2	34	185	151	.816	5.38	0	380						4.74	0.1
	Team Total				15	53	12	322	2468	2146	.870	4.03	1	4794				111	-32.2	3.53	9.4