1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers season

1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers
Division	5th WHA
1978–79 record	33–41–6
Goals for	274
Goals against	284
Team information
Coach	Floyd Smith
Team leaders
<1977–78

The 1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers' last season of operation in the World Hockey Association.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

WHA Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Edmonton Oilers	80	48	30	2	98	340	266	1220
Quebec Nordiques	80	41	34	5	87	288	271	1399
Winnipeg Jets	80	39	35	6	84	307	306	1342
New England Whalers	80	37	34	9	83	298	287	1090
Cincinnati Stingers	80	33	41	6	72	274	284	1651
Birmingham Bulls	80	32	42	6	70	286	311	1661
xIndianapolis Racers	25	5	18	2	12	78	130	557
#Soviet All-Stars	6	4	1	1	9	27	20	77
#Czechoslovakia	6	1	4	1	3	14	33	107
#Finland	1	0	1	0	0	4	8	2

x-team folded during season #-played limited schedule

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	W	October 15, 1978	4–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	1–1–0
3	T	October 17, 1978	5–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	1–1–1
4	W	October 20, 1978	5–2	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	2–1–1
5	W	October 21, 1978	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	3–1–1
6	L	October 24, 1978	1–2	New England Whalers (1978–79)	3–2–1
7	L	October 25, 1978	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	3–3–1
8	W	October 28, 1978	4–3	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	4–3–1
9	W	October 29, 1978	7–4	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	5–3–1
10	L	November 1, 1978	3–4 OT	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	5–4–1
11	W	November 5, 1978	5–4	New England Whalers (1978–79)	6–4–1
12	W	November 8, 1978	4–0	Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	7–4–1
13	W	November 10, 1978	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	8–4–1
14	L	November 11, 1978	1–2	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	8–5–1
15	W	November 12, 1978	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	9–5–1
16	T	November 15, 1978	4–4	New England Whalers (1978–79)	9–5–2
17	L	November 17, 1978	6–10	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	9–6–2
18	L	November 19, 1978	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	9–7–2
19	W	November 22, 1978	6–5 OT	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	10–7–2
20	W	November 23, 1978	4–3	@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	11–7–2
21	W	November 24, 1978	8–5	Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	12–7–2
22	L	November 25, 1978	3–6	@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	12–8–2
23	W	December 1, 1978	6–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	13–8–2
24	L	December 2, 1978	0–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	13–9–2
25	W	December 3, 1978	4–2	@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)	14–9–2
26	T	December 5, 1978	2–2	New England Whalers (1978–79)	14–9–3
27	L	December 7, 1978	2–4	@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	14–10–3
28	L	December 9, 1978	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	14–11–3
29	L	December 10, 1978	0–1	@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	14–12–3
30	L	December 12, 1978	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	14–13–3
31	T	December 16, 1978	2–2	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	14–13–4
32	L	December 17, 1978	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	14–14–4
33	L	December 20, 1978	3–5	Soviet All-Stars (1978–79)	14–15–4
34	W	December 23, 1978	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	15–15–4
35	L	December 26, 1978	2–4	@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	15–16–4
36	L	December 28, 1978	5–6	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	15–17–4
37	W	December 30, 1978	2–1	New England Whalers (1978–79)	16–17–4
38	L	January 6, 1979	1–4	Czechoslovakia (1978–79)	16–18–4
39	L	January 7, 1979	4–5	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	16–19–4
40	L	January 9, 1979	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	16–20–4
41	L	January 12, 1979	1–2	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	16–21–4
42	W	January 14, 1979	4–2	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	17–21–4
43	W	January 17, 1979	8–5	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	18–21–4
44	W	January 19, 1979	7–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	19–21–4
45	L	January 20, 1979	1–3	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	19–22–4
46	T	January 24, 1979	5–5	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	19–22–5
47	W	January 26, 1979	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	20–22–5
48	L	January 28, 1979	0–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	20–23–5
49	L	February 4, 1979	1–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	20–24–5
50	L	February 7, 1979	5–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	20–25–5
51	W	February 9, 1979	4–0	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	21–25–5
52	W	February 11, 1979	5–2	New England Whalers (1978–79)	22–25–5
53	L	February 14, 1979	1–5	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	22–26–5
54	W	February 17, 1979	6–4	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	23–26–5
55	L	February 18, 1979	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	23–27–5
56	W	February 20, 1979	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	24–27–5
57	L	February 23, 1979	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	24–28–5
58	T	February 25, 1979	1–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	24–28–6
59	L	March 2, 1979	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	24–29–6
60	L	March 3, 1979	4–6	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	24–30–6
61	W	March 4, 1979	4–3 OT	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	25–30–6
62	L	March 7, 1979	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	25–31–6
63	W	March 10, 1979	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	26–31–6
64	L	March 11, 1979	1–2	New England Whalers (1978–79)	26–32–6
65	W	March 13, 1979	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	27–32–6
66	L	March 16, 1979	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	27–33–6
67	W	March 18, 1979	4–1	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	28–33–6
68	W	March 20, 1979	5–2	Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	29–33–6
69	L	March 23, 1979	1–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	29–34–6
70	L	March 24, 1979	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	29–35–6
71	L	March 25, 1979	5–6	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	29–36–6
72	L	March 28, 1979	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)	29–37–6
73	W	March 30, 1979	3–2	@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	30–37–6
74	L	March 31, 1979	3–6	@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)	30–38–6
75	L	April 3, 1979	1–5	Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)	30–39–6
76	W	April 7, 1979	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	31–39–6
77	W	April 11, 1979	6–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	32–39–6
78	L	April 12, 1979	0–4	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	32–40–6
79	W	April 14, 1979	4–0	@ New England Whalers (1978–79)	33–40–6
80	L	April 15, 1979	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)	33–41–6

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See also

• 1978–79 WHA season

References

1. "1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

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