1978–79 New England Whalers season

1978–79 New England Whalers
Division	4th WHA
1978–79 record	37–34–9
Goals for	298
Goals against	287
Team information
General Manager	Jack Kelley
Coach	Bill Dineen
Captain	Rick Ley
Team leaders
<1977–78 1979–80 > 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 Schedule and results No. R Date Score Opponent Record 1 W October 15, 1978 6–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 1–0–0 2 W October 17, 1978 2–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 2–0–0 3 T October 18, 1978 4–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 2–0–1 4 W October 21, 1978 7–1 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 3–0–1 5 W October 22, 1978 6–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 4–0–1 6 W October 24, 1978 2–1 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 5–0–1 7 L October 26, 1978 5–8 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 5–1–1 8 L October 27, 1978 4–6 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 5–2–1 9 L October 29, 1978 4–7 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 5–3–1 10 W November 3, 1978 6–3 Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 6–3–1 11 T November 4, 1978 6–6 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 6–3–2 12 L November 5, 1978 4–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 6–4–2 13 W November 9, 1978 6–1 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 7–4–2 14 W November 11, 1978 2–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 8–4–2 15 T November 14, 1978 5–5 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 8–4–3 16 T November 15, 1978 4–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 8–4–4 17 L November 17, 1978 1–7 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 8–5–4 18 L November 18, 1978 2–3 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 8–6–4 19 W November 22, 1978 5–2 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 9–6–4 20 W November 25, 1978 5–2 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 10–6–4 21 W November 26, 1978 9–3 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 11–6–4 22 L November 29, 1978 2–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 11–7–4 23 L December 1, 1978 2–8 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 11–8–4 24 W December 3, 1978 7–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 12–8–4 25 T December 5, 1978 2–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 12–8–5 26 W December 7, 1978 5–3 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 13–8–5 27 L December 9, 1978 4–7 Soviet All-Stars (1978–79) 13–9–5 28 W December 12, 1978 7–4 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 14–9–5 29 W December 16, 1978 2–1 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 15–9–5 30 T December 17, 1978 4–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 15–9–6 31 W December 23, 1978 4–3 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 16–9–6 32 W December 27, 1978 10–4 Czechoslovakia (1978–79) 17–9–6 33 W December 29, 1978 5–0 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 18–9–6 34 L December 30, 1978 1–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 18–10–6 35 W January 7, 1979 5–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 19–10–6 36 L January 13, 1979 0–3 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 19–11–6 37 L January 14, 1979 2–4 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 19–12–6 38 L January 18, 1979 2–4 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 19–13–6 39 W January 20, 1979 3–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 20–13–6 40 L January 23, 1979 1–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 20–14–6 41 L January 26, 1979 4–5 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 20–15–6 42 W January 28, 1979 8–6 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 21–15–6 43 W January 30, 1979 5–2 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 22–15–6 44 W February 2, 1979 4–1 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 23–15–6 45 T February 3, 1979 2–2 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 23–15–7 46 W February 6, 1979 5–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 24–15–7 47 W February 10, 1979 7–2 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 25–15–7 48 L February 11, 1979 2–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 25–16–7 49 L February 14, 1979 4–7 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 25–17–7 50 L February 16, 1979 2–4 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 25–18–7 51 W February 17, 1979 4–1 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 26–18–7 52 W February 18, 1979 7–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 27–18–7 53 L February 20, 1979 2–8 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 27–19–7 54 L February 21, 1979 2–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 27–20–7 55 W February 23, 1979 5–4 OT Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 28–20–7 56 L February 24, 1979 0–6 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 28–21–7 57 L February 25, 1979 5–7 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 28–22–7 58 T February 27, 1979 1–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 28–22–8 59 W March 2, 1979 4–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 29–22–8 60 L March 4, 1979 3–4 OT Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 29–23–8 61 L March 9, 1979 1–3 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 29–24–8 62 W March 11, 1979 2–1 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 30–24–8 63 W March 13, 1979 4–3 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 31–24–8 64 L March 15, 1979 3–4 OT Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 31–25–8 65 T March 16, 1979 5–5 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 31–25–9 66 L March 18, 1979 1–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 31–26–9 67 W March 20, 1979 7–6 OT @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 32–26–9 68 W March 23, 1979 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 33–26–9 69 L March 24, 1979 3–4 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 33–27–9 70 L March 27, 1979 1–3 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 33–28–9 71 L March 30, 1979 1–3 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 33–29–9 72 L April 1, 1979 3–5 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 33–30–9 73 W April 4, 1979 4–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 34–30–9 74 L April 6, 1979 2–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 34–31–9 75 L April 8, 1979 4–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 34–32–9 76 W April 10, 1979 5–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 35–32–9 77 W April 12, 1979 4–0 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 36–32–9 78 L April 14, 1979 0–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 36–33–9 79 L April 15, 1979 1–4 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 36–34–9 80 W April 17, 1979 3–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 37–34–9 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Howe, MarkMark Howe 77 42 65 107 32 Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix 78 32 56 88 34 Rogers, MikeMike Rogers 80 27 45 72 31 Keon, DaveDave Keon 79 22 43 65 2 Roberts, GordieGordie Roberts 79 11 46 57 113 Miller, WarrenWarren Miller 77 26 23 49 44 Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich 69 20 27 47 35 McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie 76 19 28 47 115 Howe, GordieGordie Howe 58 19 24 43 51 Lyle, GeorgeGeorge Lyle 59 17 18 35 54 Hangsleben, AlanAlan Hangsleben 77 10 19 29 148 Ley, RickRick Ley 73 7 20 27 135 Howe, MartyMarty Howe 66 9 15 24 31 Plumb, RonRon Plumb 78 4 16 20 33 Douglas, JordyJordy Douglas 51 6 10 16 15 Selwood, BradBrad Selwood 42 4 12 16 47 Warner, JimJim Warner 41 6 9 15 20 Stoughton, BlaineBlaine Stoughton 36 9 3 12 2 Pleau, LarryLarry Pleau 28 6 6 12 6 Carlson, JackJack Carlson 34 2 7 9 61 Inkpen, DaveDave Inkpen 41 0 7 7 15 Smith, AlAl Smith 40 0 3 3 35 Brubaker, JeffJeff Brubaker 12 0 0 0 19 Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 41 0 0 0 6 Roy, PierrePierre Roy 1 0 0 0 2 Goaltending Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 2496 41 20 17 4 149 3.58 1180 1031 .874 2 Smith, AlAl Smith 2396 40 17 17 5 132 3.31 1124 992 .883 1 Team: 4892 80 37 34 9 281 3.45 2304 2023 .878 3 Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Keon, DaveDave Keon 10 3 9 12 2 McKenzie, JohnJohn McKenzie 10 3 7 10 10 Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich 10 5 3 8 14 Lacroix, AndreAndre Lacroix 10 4 4 8 0 Lyle, GeorgeGeorge Lyle 9 3 5 8 25 Rogers, MikeMike Rogers 10 2 6 8 2 Miller, WarrenWarren Miller 10 0 8 8 28 Stoughton, BlaineBlaine Stoughton 7 4 3 7 4 Howe, MarkMark Howe 6 4 2 6 6 Douglas, JordyJordy Douglas 10 4 0 4 23 Howe, GordieGordie Howe 10 3 1 4 4 Plumb, RonRon Plumb 9 1 3 4 0 Ley, RickRick Ley 9 0 4 4 11 Roberts, GordieGordie Roberts 10 0 4 4 10 Pleau, LarryLarry Pleau 10 2 1 3 0 Hangsleben, AlAl Hangsleben 10 1 2 3 12 Howe, MartyMarty Howe 9 0 1 1 8 Inkpen, DaveDave Inkpen 5 0 1 1 4 Brubaker, JeffJeff Brubaker 3 0 0 0 12 Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 8 0 0 0 0 Smith, AlAl Smith 4 0 0 0 0 Warner, JimJim Warner 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO Garrett, JohnJohn Garrett 447 8 4 3 32 4.30 0 Smith, AlAl Smith 153 4 1 2 12 4.71 0 Team: 600 10 5 5 44 4.40 0 [1] See also 1978–79 WHA season References "1978-79 New England Whalers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. 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