1978-79 Indianapolis Racers Roster and Statistics

Previous Season

Record: 5-18-2 (12 points), Finished 7th in WHA (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Pat Stapleton (5-18-2)

Captain:

Goals For: 78 (7th of 10), Goals Against: 130 (4th of 10)
SRS: -1.98 (8th of 10), SOS: 0.10 (4th of 10)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
Bryon Baltimore	ca CA	D	26	6-2	190	R/-	4	August 26, 1952
Ken Block	ca CA	D	34	5-10	191	L/-	6	March 18, 1944
Don Burgess	ca CA	LW	32	6-0	170	L/-	6	August 6, 1946
Peter Driscoll	ca CA	LW	24	6-0	190	L/-	4	October 27, 1954
Wes George	ca CA	LW	20	6-2	220	L/-	R	September 26, 1958
Bruce Greig	ca CA	LW	25	6-2	220	L/-	2	May 9, 1953
Wayne Gretzky	ca CA	C	18	6-0	185	L/-	R	January 26, 1961
John Hughes	ca CA	D	24	5-11	200	L/-	4	March 18, 1954
Dave Inkpen	ca CA	D	24	6-0	195	R/-	3	September 4, 1954
Gary Inness	ca CA	G	29	6-0	195	-/L	1	May 28, 1949
Glen Irwin	ca CA	D	27	5-11	195	R/-	4	March 1, 1951
Claude Larose	ca CA	LW	23	5-10	175	L/-	3	May 17, 1955
Don Larway	ca CA	RW	24	6-1	192	R/-	4	February 2, 1954
Rene Leclerc	ca CA	RW	31	5-11	165	R/-	6	November 12, 1947
Rich LeDuc	ca CA	C	27	5-11	170	L/-	4	August 24, 1951
Gerry Leroux	ca CA	LW	20	5-7	160	L/-	R	June 9, 1958
Gary MacGregor	ca CA	C	24	5-9	170	L/-	4	September 21, 1954
Dean Magee	ca CA	LW	23	6-2	210	L/-	R	April 29, 1955
Al McLeod	ca CA	D	29	5-11	200	L/-	4	June 17, 1949
Mark Messier	ca CA	C	18	6-1	210	L/-	R	January 18, 1961
Eddie Mio	ca CA	G	25	5-10	180	-/L	1	January 31, 1954
Angelo Moretto	ca CA	C	25	6-3	212	L/-	R	September 18, 1953
Kevin Morrison	ca CA	D	29	6-0	202	L/-	5	October 28, 1949
Dave Morrow	ca CA	C	21	6-0	180	L/-	R	April 4, 1957
Kevin Nugent	us US	RW	23	6-5	230	R/-	R	June 7, 1955
Michel Parizeau	ca CA	C	30	5-10	165	L/-	6	April 9, 1948
Jerry Rollins	ca CA	D	23	6-2	195	R/-	2	March 22, 1955
Larry Sacharuk	ca CA	D	26	6-0	200	R/-	R	September 16, 1952
Gary Smith	ca CA	G	34	6-4	215	-/L	R	February 4, 1944
Claude St. Sauveur	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	185	L/-	5	January 2, 1952
Blaine Stoughton	ca CA	RW	25	5-11	185	R/-	2	March 13, 1953

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	Blaine Stoughton	25	RW	25	9	9	18	-18	16	6	3	0					78	11.5
2	Don Larway	24	RW	25	8	10	18	-20	39	6	2	0					56	14.3
3	Rich LeDuc	27	C	13	5	9	14	-2	14	3	2	0					68	7.4
4	Claude Larose	23	LW	13	5	8	13	5	0	5	0	0					34	14.7
5	Michel Parizeau	30	C	22	4	9	13	-1	4	4	0	0					25	16.0
6	Gary MacGregor	24	C	17	8	4	12	-12	0	7	1	0					45	17.8
7	Rene Leclerc	31	RW	22	5	7	12	2	12	4	1	0					54	9.3
8	Dave Morrow	21	C	10	2	10	12	-13	29	2	0	0					15	13.3
9	Larry Sacharuk	26	D	15	2	9	11	-11	25	0	2	0					49	4.1
10	Al McLeod	29	D	25	0	11	11	0	22	0	0	0					23	0.0
11	Bruce Greig	25	LW	21	3	7	10	-5	64	3	0	0					13	23.1
12	Kevin Nugent	23	RW	25	2	8	10	-2	20	2	0	0					38	5.3
13	Dave Inkpen	24	D	25	1	8	9	-5	22	1	0	0					34	2.9
14	John Hughes	24	D	22	3	4	7	-16	48	3	0	0					24	12.5
15	Wes George	20	LW	9	4	2	6	-11	23	3	1	0					13	30.8
16	Claude St. Sauveur	27	LW	17	4	2	6	-6	12	2	2	0					38	10.5
17	Wayne Gretzky*	18	C	8	3	3	6	-3	0	3	0	0					17	17.6
18	Ken Block	34	D	22	2	3	5	-11	10	2	0	0					9	22.2
19	Peter Driscoll	24	LW	8	3	1	4	1	17	2	1	0					23	13.0
20	Angelo Moretto	25	C	18	3	1	4	-6	2	2	1	0					12	25.0
21	Gerry Leroux	20	LW	10	0	3	3	-4	2	0	0	0					13	0.0
22	Bryon Baltimore	26	D	2	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0					4	25.0
23	Don Burgess	32	LW	3	1	1	2	-4	0	1	0	0					3	33.3
24	Kevin Morrison	29	D	5	0	2	2	-10	0	0	0	0					10	0.0
25	Glen Irwin	27	D	24	0	1	1	-10	124	0	0	0					19	0.0
26	Dean Magee	23	LW	5	0	1	1	-2	10	0	0	0					6	0.0
27	Jerry Rollins	23	D	7	0	1	1	-4	7	0	0	0					4	0.0
28	Gary Inness	29	G	10	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0					0		609	60:54
29	Mark Messier*	18	C	5	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0					7	0.0
30	Eddie Mio	25	G	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0					0		242	48:24
31	Gary Smith	34	G	11	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0					0		664	60:22
	Team Total			25	78	135	213	-173	543	62	16	0					734	10.6