1978-1979 Birmingham Bulls: 32-42-6
Previous Season Home record: 20-16-5 (155 goals scored, 140 allowed) Road record: 12-26-1 (131 goals scored, 171 allowed) Head Coach: John Brophy Power Play: 51/259 (19.7%) Penalty Killing: 208/277 (75.1%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-7 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 230-235 286 goals scored (5th of 10 teams), 311 goals allowed (10th), 1661 PIM (1st) WHA Averages: 3.71 goals/game (267.3 goals/team), 1274.3 PIM/team Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 22 Rick Vaive 6'1 198 19 75 26 33 69 248 3 0 -- -- -- -- 173 15.0 +14 LW 9 Michel Goulet 6'1 195 18 78 28 30 58 64 3 0 -- -- -- -- 146 19.2 +13 C 14 Rick Adduono 5'11 182 23 80 20 33 53 67 4 1 -- -- -- -- 131 15.3 -2 RW 19 Paul Henderson 5'11 180 35 76 24 27 51 20 6 1 -- -- -- -- 190 12.6 -2 C 18 John Stewart 6'0 180 24 70 24 26 50 108 4 0 -- -- -- -- 126 19.0 -3 D 4 Craig Hartsburg 6'1 200 19 77 9 40 49 73 4 0 -- -- -- -- 181 5.0 +9 D 6 Rob Ramage 6'2 200 19 80 12 36 48 165 2 1 -- -- -- -- 214 5.6 +10 RW 21 Bob Stephenson 6'1 187 24 78 23 24 47 72 2 0 -- -- -- -- 118 19.5 -15 LW 11 Steve Alley 6'0 185 25 78 17 24 41 36 4 0 -- -- -- -- 122 13.9 -5 C 25 Wayne Dillon 6'0 185 23 64 12 27 39 43 4 0 -- -- -- -- 80 15.0 -3 RW 23 Louis Sleigher 5'11 200 20 62 26 12 38 46 7 0 -- -- -- -- 108 24.1 -9 RW 7 Dave Gorman 5'11 185 23 60 14 24 38 18 2 0 -- -- -- -- 74 18.9 -1 D 8 Gaston Gingras 6'1 200 19 60 13 21 34 35 0 2 -- -- -- -- 138 9.4 +1 D 15 Dave Hanson 6'0 190 24 53 6 22 28 212 0 0 -- -- -- -- 66 9.1 -8 D 5 Serge Beaudoin 6'2 215 26 72 5 21 26 127 1 0 -- -- -- -- 89 5.6 -8 RW 24 Tony Cassolato 5'11 180 22 64 13 7 20 62 2 0 -- -- -- -- 66 19.7 +1 D 2 Jim Turkiewicz 5'10 185 23 79 3 17 20 52 0 0 -- -- -- -- 93 3.2 -15 C 20 Pete Marrin 5'10 180 25 20 4 11 15 18 1 0 -- -- -- -- 37 10.8 +1 D 10 Greg Tebbutt 6'3 215 21 38 2 5 7 83 1 0 -- -- -- -- 33 6.1 0 D 3 Brent Hughes 6'0 205 35 48 3 3 6 21 1 0 -- -- -- -- 40 7.5 -9 C 16 Gavin Kirk 5'10 175 27 30 1 5 6 16 0 0 -- -- -- -- 27 3.7 -2 G 35 Ernie Wakely 5'11 160 38 37 0 3 3 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- G 30 Pat Riggin 5'9 170 19 46 0 3 3 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- RW 12 Keith Crowder 6'0 190 19 5 1 0 1 17 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- --- -1 C/RW 15 Paul O'Neil 6'1 185 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 1 0.0 -1 G 1 Wayne Wood 6'1 195 27 6 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
| 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 |
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 35 Ernie Wakely 38 37 2060 129 3.76 15 17 1 1073 .880 2 0 G 30 Pat Riggin 19 46 2511 158 3.78 16 22 5 1322 .880 1 1 G 1 Wayne Wood 27 6 311 21 4.05 1 3 0 156 .865 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 |
1978 Draft:
NHL WHA
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Traded draft picks:
Transactions
| 07-1978 | Frank Mahovlich retired |
| 07-06-1978 | signed Ernie Wakely as a free agent |
| 12-1978 | purchased Dave Hanson from Red Wings |
| 06-09-1979 | Canadiens reclaimed the rights to Rod Langway prior to expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Nordiques selected John Stewart in expansion draft |
| 06-09-1979 | Whalers selected Steve Alley in expansion draft |
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1978 vs Winnipeg Jets L 4-5 0-1-0 10/15/1978 at Indianapolis Racers W 9-3 1-1-0 10/20/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers L 2-5 1-2-0 10/22/1978 at Quebec Nordiques W 8-5 2-2-0 10/24/1978 at Edmonton Oilers W 3-2 3-2-0 10/25/1978 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-7 3-3-0 10/27/1978 vs Indianapolis Racers W 4-2 4-3-0 11/01/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers W 4-3 5-3-0 11/03/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 5-4-0 11/04/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques L 1-4 5-5-0 11/09/1978 vs Winnipeg Jets W 6-5 6-5-0 11/11/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers L 3-5 6-6-0 11/14/1978 vs New England Whalers T 5-5 6-6-1 11/17/1978 vs New England Whalers W 7-1 7-6-1 11/18/1978 at New England Whalers W 3-2 8-6-1 11/22/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers L 5-6 8-7-1 11/23/1978 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 3-4 8-8-1 11/25/1978 at New England Whalers L 2-5 8-9-1 11/26/1978 at New England Whalers L 3-9 8-10-1 11/29/1978 at Quebec Nordiques L 4-7 8-11-1 12/01/1978 at Indianapolis Racers L 3-6 8-12-1 12/02/1978 vs Indianapolis Racers W 4-2 9-12-1 12/07/1978 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 4-2 10-12-1 12/09/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers W 6-2 11-12-1 12/10/1978 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 1-0 12-12-1 12/14/1978 at Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 12-13-1 12/16/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers T 2-2 12-13-2 12/17/1978 vs Soviet All Stars T 2-2 12-13-3 12/19/1978 vs Edmonton Oilers L 2-5 12-14-3 12/22/1978 vs Quebec Nordiques L 1-5 12-15-3 12/23/1978 at New England Whalers L 3-4 12-16-3 12/26/1978 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 4-2 13-16-3 12/28/1978 at Cincinnati Stingers W 6-5 14-16-3 12/29/1978 at New England Whalers L 0-5 14-17-3 12/30/1978 at Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 14-18-3 01/07/1979 vs Czech All Stars W 10-2 15-18-3 01/12/1979 vs Winnipeg Jets L 1-3 15-19-3 01/13/1979 vs Winnipeg Jets L 1-3 15-20-3 01/14/1979 at Cincinnati Stingers L 2-4 15-21-3 01/17/1979 at Cincinnati Stingers L 5-8 15-22-3 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/19/1979 at Edmonton Oilers L 3-11 15-23-3 01/21/1979 at Edmonton Oilers W 4-3 16-23-3 01/23/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques L 5-7 16-24-3 01/26/1979 vs New England Whalers W 5-4 17-24-3 01/30/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques W 2-1 18-24-3 02/01/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques W 7-5 19-24-3 02/03/1979 vs New England Whalers T 2-2 19-24-4 02/06/1979 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-6 19-25-4 02/07/1979 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-3 19-26-4 02/11/1979 at Edmonton Oilers L 3-4 19-27-4 02/14/1979 at New England Whalers W 7-4 20-27-4 02/16/1979 vs Winnipeg Jets W 2-1 21-27-4 02/18/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers L 3-6 21-28-4 02/20/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques L 3-7 21-29-4 02/23/1979 vs Winnipeg Jets W 9-1 22-29-4 02/25/1979 at Edmonton Oilers L 4-5 22-30-4 02/27/1979 at Winnipeg Jets W 5-2 23-30-4 03/03/1979 at Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 23-31-4 03/04/1979 at Quebec Nordiques L 4-5 23-32-4 03/06/1979 vs Winnipeg Jets W 5-4 24-32-4 03/09/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers T 4-4 24-32-5 03/11/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers L 0-4 24-33-5 03/13/1979 vs New England Whalers L 3-4 24-34-5 03/15/1979 at New England Whalers W 4-3 25-34-5 03/16/1979 vs New England Whalers T 5-5 25-34-6 03/18/1979 at Winnipeg Jets L 2-4 25-35-6 03/20/1979 at Cincinnati Stingers L 2-5 25-36-6 03/23/1979 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 2-1 26-36-6 03/24/1979 at New England Whalers W 4-3 27-36-6 03/25/1979 at Quebec Nordiques L 2-3 27-37-6 03/27/1979 vs New England Whalers W 3-1 28-37-6 03/30/1979 vs Cincinnati Stingers L 2-3 28-38-6 03/31/1979 vs Cincinnati Stingers W 6-3 29-38-6 04/03/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques W 5-3 30-38-6 04/06/1979 at Winnipeg Jets W 2-1 31-38-6 04/08/1979 at Edmonton Oilers L 4-5 31-39-6 04/11/1979 at Winnipeg Jets L 1-2 31-40-6 04/13/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers L 4-6 31-41-6 04/14/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers W 7-6 32-41-6 04/15/1979 at Winnipeg Jets L 4-5 32-42-6 |