1978-1979 Atlanta Flames: 41-31-8
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Home record: 25-11-4 (179 goals scored, 126 allowed)
Road record: 16-20-4 (148 goals scored, 154 allowed)
Head Coach: Fred Creighton
Power Play: 54/226 (23.9%)
Penalty Killing: 234/290 (80.7%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 6-5
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 267-219
327 goals scored (3rd of 17 teams), 280 goals allowed (9th), 1158 PIM (8th)
NHL Averages: 3.50 goals/game (279.8 goals/team), 1159.7 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 11 Bob MacMillan 5'11 185 26 79 37 71 108 14 8 1 143 35 78 4 194 19.1 +34
C 16 Guy Chouinard 5'11 182 22 80 50 57 107 14 11 0 148 51 75 1 229 21.8 +23
LW 27 Eric Vail 6'1 220 25 80 35 48 83 53 5 1 139 37 83 6 203 17.2 +25
RW 9 Jean Pronovost 6'0 185 33 75 28 39 67 30 4 2 86 22 48 5 151 18.5 +21
C 12 Tom Lysiak 6'1 185 25 52 23 35 58 36 7 1 86 25 52 7 137 16.8 +16
C 7 Bobby Lalonde 5'5 155 27 78 24 32 56 24 6 0 74 22 68 13 135 17.8 -3
RW 6 Ken Houston 6'2 210 25 80 21 31 52 135 2 0 83 11 68 0 140 15.0 +4
RW 25 Willi Plett 6'3 205 23 74 23 20 43 213 0 0 78 6 59 0 164 14.0 +13
C 10 Bill Clement 6'1 194 28 65 12 23 35 14 0 0 47 5 84 37 86 14.0 -5
C 17 Don Laurence 5'9 175 21 59 14 20 34 6 2 0 47 5 36 2 113 12.4 +8
LW 24 Harold Phillipoff 6'3 220 22 51 9 17 26 113 0 0 38 0 33 0 66 13.6 +5
D 8 Dave Shand 6'2 200 22 79 4 22 26 64 0 1 107 1 104 21 81 4.9 +23
D 19 Ed Kea 6'3 200 30 53 6 18 24 40 2 0 57 4 64 9 53 11.3 -2
D 3 Pat Ribble 6'4 210 24 66 5 16 21 69 0 0 77 0 78 19 70 7.1 +18
D 5 Brad Marsh 6'3 220 20 80 0 19 19 101 0 0 98 2 97 24 80 0.0 +23
D 20 Bob Murdoch 6'0 200 32 35 5 11 16 24 2 0 51 8 53 12 53 9.4 +2
RW 21 John Gould 5'11 197 29 61 8 7 15 18 0 0 30 8 54 28 67 11.9 -4
D 4 Richard Mulhern 6'1 188 23 37 3 12 15 22 0 0 50 2 43 1 58 5.2 +6
LW 18 Darcy Rota 5'11 180 25 13 9 5 14 21 0 0 16 1 13 1 27 33.3 +3
C 12 Ivan Boldirev 6'0 190 29 13 6 8 14 6 4 0 23 11 11 0 33 18.2 +1
D 2 Greg Fox 6'2 190 25 64 0 13 13 70 0 0 71 0 58 12 39 0.0 +25
C 14 Gene Carr 5'11 185 27 30 3 8 11 6 0 0 15 3 16 0 35 8.6 -4
D 3 Phil Russell 6'2 205 26 13 1 6 7 28 1 0 24 5 24 6 19 5.3 +1
D 15 Rod Seiling 6'0 195 34 36 0 4 4 12 0 0 29 0 29 8 28 0.0 +8
G 30 Dan Bouchard 6'0 190 28 64 0 3 3 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
LW 18 Gerry O'Flaherty 5'10 182 28 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 50.0 0
G 31 Yves Belanger 5'11 170 26 5 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Reggie Lemelin 5'11 170 24 18 0 0 0 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Reggie Lemelin 24 18 994 55 3.32 8 8 1 464 .881 1 0
G 30 Dan Bouchard 28 64 3624 201 3.33 32 21 7 1808 .889 2 3
G 31 Yves Belanger 26 5 182 21 6.92 1 2 0 78 .731 0 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1978 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
1 11 D Brad Marsh 1086 London Knights (OHA)
3 47 G Tim Bernhardt 67 Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
4 64 LW Jim MacRae London Knights (OHA)
5 80 D Gord Wappel 20 Regina Pats (WCHL)
6 97 RW Greg Meredith 38 Notre Dame (NCAA)
7 114 RW Dave Hindmarch 99 University of Alberta (CIAU)
8 131 RW Dave Morrison Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
9 148 RW Doug Todd University of Michigan (NCAA)
10 165 C Mark Green Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
11 180 LW Bob Sullivan Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)
12 196 G Bernhard Engelbrecht Landshut EV (West Germany)
Traded draft picks:
#2 to MTL (Dale Yakiwchuk)
#13 to STL (Brian O'Connor)
#14 to STL (Frank Johnson)
Transactions
06-06-1978 | signed Gene Carr as a free agent |
08-17-1978 | signed Rejean Lemelin as a free agent |
09-06-1978 | traded Dick Redmond to Bruins for Gregg Sheppard |
09-06-1978 | traded Gregg Sheppard to Penguins for Jean Pronovost |
10-09-1978 | purchased Gerry O'Flaherty from North Stars |
11-04-1978 | purchased Rod Seiling from Blues |
01-16-1979 | traded Richard Mulhern and Atlanta's #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Kings for Bob Murdoch and Los Angeles' #2 pick in the 1980 draft |
03-13-1979 | traded Tom Lysiak, Greg Fox, Pat Ribble, Miles Zaharko and Hal Phillipoff to Black Hawks for Ivan Boldirev, Darcy Rota and Phil Russell |
05-24-1979 | traded Bobby Simpson to Blues for Curt Bennett |
06-05-1979 | signed Pekka Rautakallio as a free agent |
06-13-1979 | Oilers selected John Gould in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Whalers selected Brian Hill in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Whalers selected Rck Hodgson in expansion draft |
06-13-1979 | Jets selected Gene Carr in expansion draft |
08-1979 | traded future considerations to Jets for Paul Terbenche |
08-1979 | signed Dave Gorman as a free agent |
08-15-1979 | signed Serge Beaudoin as a free agent |
09-11-1979 | signed Dale Lewis as a free agent |
09-17-1979 | signed Paul Henderson as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Round 1
04/10/1979 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 1-2
04/12/1979 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 4-7
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 16 Guy Chouinard 5'11 182 22 2 1 2 3 0 1 0
C 12 Ivan Boldirev 6'0 190 29 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
RW 9 Jean Pronovost 6'0 185 33 2 2 0 2 0 1 0
G 1 Reggie Lemelin 5'11 170 24 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
C 7 Bobby Lalonde 5'5 155 27 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
RW 11 Bob MacMillan 5'11 185 26 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
RW 25 Willi Plett 6'3 205 23 2 1 0 1 29 0 0
LW 18 Darcy Rota 5'11 180 25 2 0 1 1 26 0 0
LW 27 Eric Vail 6'1 220 25 2 0 1 1 2 0 0
C 14 Gene Carr 5'11 185 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 6 Ken Houston 6'2 210 25 1 0 0 0 16 0 0
G 30 Dan Bouchard 6'0 190 28 2 0 0 0 4 0 0
C 10 Bill Clement 6'1 194 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 21 John Gould 5'11 197 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 19 Ed Kea 6'3 200 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 5 Brad Marsh 6'3 220 20 2 0 0 0 17 0 0
D 20 Bob Murdoch 6'0 200 32 2 0 0 0 4 0 0
D 3 Phil Russell 6'2 205 26 2 0 0 0 9 0 0
D 15 Rod Seiling 6'0 195 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 8 Dave Shand 6'2 200 22 2 0 0 0 20 0 0
G 31 Yves Belanger 5'11 170 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 2 Greg Fox 6'2 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 17 Don Laurence 5'9 175 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 12 Tom Lysiak 6'1 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 4 Richard Mulhern 6'1 188 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 18 Gerry O'Flaherty 5'10 182 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 24 Harold Phillipoff 6'3 220 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 3 Pat Ribble 6'4 210 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Dan Bouchard 28 2 100 9 5.40 0 2 48 .812 0 0
G 1 Reggie Lemelin 24 1 20 0 0.00 0 0 15 1.000 0 0
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