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1978-79 New England Whalers Roster and Statistics

Previous Season

Record: 37-34-9 (83 points), Finished 4th in WHA (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Dineen (33-29-9), Don Blackburn (4-5-0)

Captain:

Goals For: 298 (3rd of 10), Goals Against: 287 (8th of 10)
SRS: 0.13 (4th of 10), SOS: -0.00 (8th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-3) to Edmonton Oilers
Won Preliminary Round (2-1) over Cincinnati Stingers

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Recent Game Results

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

1. Oct 15, NEW at QBN
2. Oct 17, NEW at EDO
3. Oct 18, NEW at WNJ
4. Oct 21, NEW vs. QBN
5. Oct 22, NEW at INR
6. Oct 24, NEW at CNS
7. Oct 26, NEW at QBN
8. Oct 27, NEW vs. WNJ
9. Oct 29, NEW vs. CNS

10. Nov 3, NEW vs. INR
11. Nov 4, NEW at INR
12. Nov 5, NEW at CNS
13. Nov 9, NEW vs. EDO
14. Nov 11, NEW vs. CNS
15. Nov 14, NEW at BRB
16. Nov 15, NEW at CNS
17. Nov 17, NEW at BRB
18. Nov 18, NEW vs. BRB
19. Nov 22, NEW vs. WNJ
20. Nov 25, NEW vs. BRB
21. Nov 26, NEW vs. BRB
22. Nov 29, NEW at WNJ

23. Dec 1, NEW at EDO
24. Dec 3, NEW at EDO
25. Dec 5, NEW at CNS
26. Dec 7, NEW vs. EDO
27. Dec 9, NEW vs. SVT
28. Dec 12, NEW at INR
29. Dec 16, NEW vs. QBN
30. Dec 17, NEW at QBN
31. Dec 23, NEW vs. BRB
32. Dec 27, NEW vs. CZC
33. Dec 29, NEW vs. BRB
34. Dec 30, NEW at CNS

35. Jan 7, NEW vs. CNS
36. Jan 13, NEW vs. EDO
37. Jan 14, NEW vs. WNJ
38. Jan 18, NEW vs. QBN
39. Jan 20, NEW vs. CNS
40. Jan 23, NEW at EDO
41. Jan 26, NEW at BRB
42. Jan 28, NEW vs. WNJ
43. Jan 30, NEW vs. WNJ

44. Feb 2, NEW vs. QBN
45. Feb 3, NEW at BRB
46. Feb 6, NEW at QBN
47. Feb 10, NEW vs. WNJ
48. Feb 11, NEW at CNS
49. Feb 14, NEW vs. BRB
50. Feb 16, NEW vs. EDO
51. Feb 17, NEW vs. QBN
52. Feb 18, NEW at WNJ
53. Feb 20, NEW at EDO
54. Feb 21, NEW at WNJ
55. Feb 23, NEW vs. QBN
56. Feb 24, NEW at QBN
57. Feb 25, NEW vs. WNJ
58. Feb 27, NEW at EDO

59. Mar 2, NEW at WNJ
60. Mar 4, NEW vs. CNS
61. Mar 9, NEW vs. QBN
62. Mar 11, NEW at CNS
63. Mar 13, NEW at BRB
64. Mar 15, NEW vs. BRB
65. Mar 16, NEW at BRB
66. Mar 18, NEW vs. CNS
67. Mar 20, NEW at QBN
68. Mar 23, NEW vs. QBN
69. Mar 24, NEW vs. BRB
70. Mar 27, NEW at BRB
71. Mar 30, NEW vs. EDO

72. Apr 1, NEW vs. EDO
73. Apr 4, NEW at WNJ
74. Apr 6, NEW at EDO
75. Apr 8, NEW at WNJ
76. Apr 10, NEW at QBN
77. Apr 12, NEW vs. CNS
78. Apr 14, NEW vs. CNS
79. Apr 15, NEW vs. EDO
80. Apr 17, NEW at QBN

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
	Mike Antonovich	us US	C	27	5-8	165	L/-	6	October 18, 1951
	Jeff Brubaker	us US	LW	20	6-2	207	L/-	R	February 24, 1958
	Jack Carlson	us US	LW	24	6-3	205	L/-	4	August 23, 1954
	Jordy Douglas	ca CA	C	21	6-0	200	L/-	R	January 20, 1958
	John Garrett	ca CA	G	27	5-8	175	-/L	5	June 17, 1951
	Al Hangsleben	us US	D	25	6-1	195	L/-	4	February 22, 1953
	Gordie Howe	ca CA	RW	50	6-0	205	R/-	5	March 31, 1928
	Mark Howe	us US	LW	23	5-11	185	L/-	5	May 28, 1955
	Marty Howe	us US	D	24	6-1	195	L/-	5	February 18, 1954
	Dave Inkpen	ca CA	D	24	6-0	195	R/-	3	September 4, 1954
	Dave Keon	ca CA	C	38	5-9	165	L/-	3	March 22, 1940
	André Lacroix	ca CA	C	33	5-8	175	L/-	6	June 5, 1945
	Rick Ley	ca CA	D	30	5-9	190	L/-	6	November 2, 1948
	George Lyle	ca CA	LW	25	6-2	205	L/-	2	November 24, 1953
	John McKenzie	ca CA	RW	41	5-9	175	R/-	6	December 12, 1937
	Warren Miller	us US	RW	24	6-0	180	R/-	3	June 15, 1954
	Larry Pleau	us US	LW	32	6-1	190	L/-	6	January 29, 1947
	Ron Plumb	ca CA	D	28	5-10	175	R/-	6	July 17, 1950
	Gordie Roberts	us US	D	21	6-1	195	L/-	3	October 2, 1957
	Mike Rogers	ca CA	C	24	5-9	170	L/-	4	October 24, 1954
	Pierre Roy	ca CA	D	26	6-0	175	L/-	5	March 12, 1952
	Brad Selwood	ca CA	D	30	6-1	200	L/-	6	March 18, 1948
	Al Smith	ca CA	G	33	6-1	200	-/L	4	November 10, 1945
	Blaine Stoughton	ca CA	RW	25	5-11	185	R/-	2	March 13, 1953
	Jim Warner	us US	RW	24	5-11	180	R/-	R	March 26, 1954

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	Mark Howe*	23	LW	77	42	65	107	14	32	23	13	6					314	13.4
2	André Lacroix	33	C	78	32	56	88	1	34	21	7	4					172	18.6
3	Mike Rogers	24	C	80	27	45	72	5	31	25	2	0					186	14.5
4	Dave Keon*	38	C	79	22	43	65	4	2	15	7	0					189	11.6
5	Gordie Roberts	21	D	79	11	46	57	-2	113	9	2	0					153	7.2
6	Warren Miller	24	RW	77	26	23	49	7	44	25	1	0					153	17.0
7	Mike Antonovich	27	C	69	20	27	47	-4	35	17	3	0					151	13.2
8	John McKenzie	41	RW	76	19	28	47	6	115	14	3	2					113	16.8
9	Gordie Howe*	50	RW	58	19	24	43	9	51	12	7	0					117	16.2
10	George Lyle	25	LW	59	17	18	35	16	54	16	1	0					113	15.0
11	Al Hangsleben	25	D	77	10	19	29	-1	148	10	0	0					141	7.1
12	Rick Ley	30	D	73	7	20	27	-3	135	5	0	2					113	6.2
13	Marty Howe	24	D	66	9	15	24	10	31	8	1	0					135	6.7
14	Ron Plumb	28	D	78	4	16	20	5	33	4	0	0					108	3.7
15	Jordy Douglas	21	C	51	6	10	16	-8	15	3	3	0					76	7.9
16	Brad Selwood	30	D	42	4	12	16	2	47	2	2	0					52	7.7
17	Jim Warner	24	RW	41	6	9	15	-10	20	5	1	0					68	8.8
18	Blaine Stoughton	25	RW	36	9	3	12	4	2	9	0	0					53	17.0
19	Larry Pleau	32	LW	28	6	6	12	-8	6	5	0	1					42	14.3
20	Jack Carlson	24	LW	34	2	7	9	-6	61	2	0	0					39	5.1
21	Dave Inkpen	24	D	41	0	7	7	10	15	0	0	0					31	0.0
22	Al Smith	33	G	40	0	3	3	0	35	0	0	0					0		2396	59:54
23	Jeff Brubaker	20	LW	12	0	0	0	-2	19	0	0	0					0
24	John Garrett	27	G	41	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0					0		2496	60:53
25	Pierre Roy	26	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0					1	0.0
	Team Total			80	298	502	800	49	1086	230	53	15					2520	11.8

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	John Garrett	27	41		20	17	4	149				3.58	2	2496				106	-8.4
2	Al Smith	33	40		17	17	5	132				3.31	1	2396				99	1.9
	Team Total				37	34	9	281				3.45	3	4892

Scoring Playoffs

Goalies Playoffs

Hat Tricks (6)

* - postseason

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