1978-1979 Chicago Black Hawks team stats

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1978-1979 Chicago Black Hawks: 29-36-15
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 18-12-10 (128 goals scored, 117 allowed) Road record: 11-24-5 (116 goals scored, 160 allowed) Head Coach: Bob Pulford Power Play: 41/247 (16.6%) Penalty Killing: 227/297 (76.4%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 8-4 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 195-203 244 goals scored (15th of 17 teams), 277 goals allowed (7th), 1254 PIM (5th) 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%   +/-
C     12  Ivan Boldirev        6'0   190   29   66   29   35   64   25  10   0   91   24   60    0  192  15.1   +7
RW    21  Stan Mikita          5'9   169   38   65   19   36   55   34   4   0   70   18   57    8  147  12.9   +3
D      6  Bob Murray           5'10  183   24   79   19   32   51   38   4   1  125   23  134   36  220   8.6   +4
LW    29  Ted Bulley           6'1   192   23   75   27   23   50  153   1   0   85   15   52    0  105  25.7  +18
LW    11  John Marks           6'2   200   30   80   21   24   45   35   4   0   69   11   91   35  152  13.8   +2
LW    10  Reg Kerr             5'10  180   21   73   16   24   40   50   2   2   54    6   74   19  111  14.4   -7
RW    23  J.P. Bordeleau       6'1   175   29   63   15   21   36   34   2   1   51   12   54    8  101  14.9   -7
RW    22  Grant Mulvey         6'4   200   22   80   19   15   34   99   5   0   53    7   60    0  136  14.0  -14
RW    20  Cliff Koroll         6'1   195   32   78   12   19   31   20   1   2   62    9   85   35  109  11.0   +3
D      5  Phil Russell         6'2   205   26   66    8   23   31  122   1   1   78   16   97   28  147   5.4   -7
LW    18  Darcy Rota           5'11  180   25   63   13   17   30   77   1   0   40    3   47    0  116  11.2  -10
D     24  Doug Wilson          6'1   187   21   56    5   21   26   37   2   1   67   17   61   15  136   3.7   +4
D     14  Mike O'Connell       5'9   180   23   48    4   22   26   20   1   0   66   13   68   14   83   4.8   -1
RW    17  Alain Daigle         5'10  180   24   74   11   14   25   55   0   0   47    1   59   15   80  13.8   +2
RW    15  Tim Higgins          6'0   185   20   36    7   15   22   30   0   0   36    7   24    1   64  10.9   +6
D      2  Dave Logan           5'10  190   24   76    1   14   15  176   0   0   62    1  105   35   77   1.3   -9
C     12  Tom Lysiak           6'1   185   25   14    0   10   10   14   0   0   18    4   11    0   27   0.0   +3
C     16  Mike Walton          5'10  175   33   26    6    3    9    4   3   0   15    8   11    0   37  16.2   -4
C      8  Jim Harrison         5'11  185   31   21    4    5    9   22   0   0   15    1   28    8   28  14.3   -6
D     28  Doug Hicks           6'0   185   23   44    1    8    9   15   0   0   30    2   43    3   32   3.1  -12
LW    25  Bob Kelly            6'2   195   32   63    2    5    7   85   0   0   11    1   20    0   59   3.4  -10
D      3  Keith Magnuson       6'0   185   31   26    1    4    5   41   0   0   10    0   21    7    8  12.5   -4
D     18  Greg Fox             6'2   190   25   14    0    5    5   16   0   0   19    0   13    3   18   0.0   +9
D      4  Bobby Orr            6'0   197   30    6    2    2    4    4   0   0    8    1    5    0   18  11.1   +2
D      5  Pat Ribble           6'4   210   24   12    1    3    4    8   0   0   11    0    4    0   12   8.3   +7
LW    19  Harold Phillipoff    6'3   220   22   14    0    4    4    6   0   0    8    2   10    0   13   0.0   -4
D     26  Bob Hoffmeyer        6'0   182   23    6    0    2    2    5   0   0    3    0    8    1    3   0.0   -4
LW     7  Doug Lecuyer         5'9   180   20    2    1    0    1    0   0   0    1    0    2    0    9  11.1   -1
C     27  Jean Savard          5'11  172   21   11    0    1    1    9   0   0    1    0    3    0    7   0.0   -2
G      1  Mike Veisor          5'9   160   26   17    0    1    1    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     35  Tony Esposito        5'11  185   35   63    0    1    1    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D     26  Miles Zaharko        6'0   197   21    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
LW    28  Kirk Bowman          5'9   178   26    0    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     27  Rick Paterson        5'9   187   20    0    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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  Tony Esposito        35   63  3780  206  3.27  24  28  11 2084   .901   9   4
G    1  Mike Veisor          26   17  1020   60  3.53   5   8   4  628   .904   2   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
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   10  RW   Tim Higgins              706          Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
  2   29  LW   Doug Lecuyer             126          Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)       
  3   46  C    Rick Paterson            430          Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)            
  4   63  D    Brian Young                8          New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  5   79  LW   Mark Murphy                           Toronto Marlboros (OHA)            
  6   96  D    Dave Feamster            169          Colorado College (NCAA)            
  7  113  D    Dave Mancuso                          Windsor Spitfires (OHA)            
  8  130  D    Sandy Ross                            Colgate University (NCAA)          
  9  147  G    Mark Locken                           Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)         
 10  164  D    Glenn Van                             Colorado College (NCAA)            
 11  179  LW   Darryl Sutter            406          Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)          

Traded draft picks:

#12 to PHI (Jim Olson)


Transactions

06-14-1978	traded Thomas Gradin to Canucks for Vancouver's #2 pick in the 1980 draft
10-1978	Bobby Orr retired
10-09-1978	traded Dale Tallon to Penguins for Pittsburgh's #2 pick in the 1980 draft
01-22-1979	signed Mike Walton as a free agent
03-13-1979	traded Ivan Boldirev, Darcy Rota and Phil Russell to Flames for Tom Lysiak, Greg Fox, Pat Ribble, Miles Zaharko and Hal Phillipoff
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to Bobby Hull prior to expansion draft
06-09-1979	traded agreeing not to reclaim Real Cloutier prior to expansion draft to Nordiques for Quebec's #1 pick in the 1980 draft
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to Terry Ruskowski prior to expansion draft
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to John Garrett prior to expansion draft
06-13-1979	Oilers selected Reg Thomas in expansion draft
06-13-1979	selected Rich Preston from Jets in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Jets selected Bobby Hull in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Whalers selected Jean Savard in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Oilers selected Bob Kelly in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Oilers selected Doug Hicks in expansion draft
08-12-1979	signed Warren Skorodenski as a free agent
09-24-1979	traded Jim Harrison to Oilers for future considerations

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 2
04/16/1979   at New York Islanders        L   2-6 
04/18/1979   at New York Islanders        L   0-1 (OT)
04/20/1979   vs New York Islanders        L   0-4 
04/22/1979   vs New York Islanders        L   1-3

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- C 27 Rick Paterson 5'9 187 20 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 RW 23 J.P. Bordeleau 6'1 175 29 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 D 18 Greg Fox 6'2 190 25 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 LW 10 Reg Kerr 5'10 180 21 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 D 6 Bob Murray 5'10 183 24 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 LW 19 Harold Phillipoff 6'3 220 22 4 0 1 1 7 0 0 C 16 Mike Walton 5'10 175 33 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 RW 22 Grant Mulvey 6'4 200 22 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 28 Kirk Bowman 5'9 178 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 29 Ted Bulley 6'1 192 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 17 Alain Daigle 5'10 180 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 35 Tony Esposito 5'11 185 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 15 Tim Higgins 6'0 185 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 25 Bob Kelly 6'2 195 32 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 RW 20 Cliff Koroll 6'1 195 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 Dave Logan 5'10 190 24 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 12 Tom Lysiak 6'1 185 25 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 11 John Marks 6'2 200 30 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 14 Mike O'Connell 5'9 180 23 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 D 5 Pat Ribble 6'4 210 24 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 C 12 Ivan Boldirev 6'0 190 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 8 Jim Harrison 5'11 185 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 28 Doug Hicks 6'0 185 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 26 Bob Hoffmeyer 6'0 182 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 7 Doug Lecuyer 5'9 180 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 3 Keith Magnuson 6'0 185 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 21 Stan Mikita 5'9 169 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Bobby Orr 6'0 197 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 18 Darcy Rota 5'11 180 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 5 Phil Russell 6'2 205 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 27 Jean Savard 5'11 172 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Mike Veisor 5'9 160 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 24 Doug Wilson 6'1 187 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 26 Miles Zaharko 6'0 197 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 35 Tony Esposito 35 4 243 14 3.46 0 4 126 .889 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/11/1978 vs Atlanta Flames T 4-4 0-0-1 10/15/1978 vs Vancouver Canucks T 3-3 0-0-2 10/18/1978 at Washington Capitals W 4-2 1-0-2 10/19/1978 vs Minnesota North Stars W 6-2 2-0-2 10/22/1978 vs Boston Bruins W 6-5 3-0-2 10/25/1978 vs Washington Capitals T 2-2 3-0-3 10/28/1978 at Detroit Red Wings L 2-7 3-1-3 10/29/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens W 4-1 4-1-3 11/01/1978 vs Vancouver Canucks L 0-1 4-2-3 11/04/1978 at St. Louis Blues T 5-5 4-2-4 11/05/1978 vs St. Louis Blues W 3-1 5-2-4 11/08/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 2-1 6-2-4 11/10/1978 at Atlanta Flames L 3-5 6-3-4 11/12/1978 vs Los Angeles Kings L 1-4 6-4-4 11/15/1978 at New York Rangers L 1-8 6-5-4 11/16/1978 at Philadelphia Flyers W 4-3 7-5-4 11/18/1978 at Colorado Rockies L 3-8 7-6-4 11/20/1978 at Los Angeles Kings L 3-4 7-7-4 11/21/1978 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-5 7-8-4 11/25/1978 at Montreal Canadiens W 8-3 8-8-4 11/29/1978 vs Vancouver Canucks T 1-1 8-8-5 12/02/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 2-5 8-9-5 12/03/1978 vs Colorado Rockies W 4-3 9-9-5 12/07/1978 at Vancouver Canucks L 2-4 9-10-5 12/09/1978 at St. Louis Blues W 4-2 10-10-5 12/10/1978 vs Detroit Red Wings T 3-3 10-10-6 12/13/1978 vs Buffalo Sabres L 2-6 10-11-6 12/14/1978 at Buffalo Sabres L 2-3 10-12-6 12/16/1978 at Colorado Rockies L 1-5 10-13-6 12/17/1978 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 10-13-7 12/20/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens L 3-5 10-14-7 12/21/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 1-5 10-15-7 12/23/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 5-2 11-15-7 12/27/1978 vs St. Louis Blues W 4-3 12-15-7 12/30/1978 vs New York Rangers L 4-5 12-16-7 01/03/1979 vs Boston Bruins L 3-6 12-17-7 01/04/1979 at Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 12-17-8 01/06/1979 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-3 13-17-8 01/07/1979 vs Washington Capitals W 5-3 14-17-8 01/10/1979 vs Los Angeles Kings W 3-0 15-17-8

Date Opponent Result Record 01/13/1979 at Minnesota North Stars L 3-4 15-18-8 01/17/1979 vs Colorado Rockies W 2-1 16-18-8 01/19/1979 at Atlanta Flames L 1-6 16-19-8 01/20/1979 at New York Islanders L 2-4 16-20-8 01/22/1979 vs New York Islanders L 1-2 16-21-8 01/24/1979 at Vancouver Canucks W 5-0 17-21-8 01/27/1979 at Washington Capitals L 1-4 17-22-8 01/28/1979 vs St. Louis Blues L 2-7 17-23-8 01/31/1979 vs Boston Bruins T 2-2 17-23-9 02/01/1979 at Boston Bruins L 1-6 17-24-9 02/03/1979 at Atlanta Flames W 4-2 18-24-9 02/04/1979 vs New York Islanders W 5-4 19-24-9 02/12/1979 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 2-5 19-25-9 02/14/1979 vs Atlanta Flames T 4-4 19-25-10 02/17/1979 at St. Louis Blues W 5-1 20-25-10 02/18/1979 vs Colorado Rockies W 5-3 21-25-10 02/21/1979 vs Buffalo Sabres W 3-2 22-25-10 02/22/1979 at Buffalo Sabres W 4-2 23-25-10 02/24/1979 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 1-5 23-26-10 02/25/1979 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 2-2 23-26-11 02/28/1979 at Vancouver Canucks T 4-4 23-26-12 03/02/1979 at Colorado Rockies W 4-0 24-26-12 03/03/1979 at Los Angeles Kings L 5-8 24-27-12 03/08/1979 at Philadelphia Flyers W 5-1 25-27-12 03/10/1979 at New York Islanders L 1-7 25-28-12 03/11/1979 at New York Rangers L 2-5 25-29-12 03/14/1979 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 0-4 25-30-12 03/17/1979 at Boston Bruins L 2-4 25-31-12 03/18/1979 vs Detroit Red Wings L 2-4 25-32-12 03/20/1979 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-5 25-33-12 03/21/1979 vs New York Rangers L 6-7 25-34-12 03/24/1979 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 3-3 25-34-13 03/25/1979 vs Colorado Rockies W 3-0 26-34-13 03/27/1979 at Colorado Rockies T 1-1 26-34-14 03/29/1979 vs New York Islanders W 6-1 27-34-14 04/01/1979 vs Vancouver Canucks T 2-2 27-34-15 04/03/1979 at Minnesota North Stars L 3-4 27-35-15 04/04/1979 vs Minnesota North Stars W 7-1 28-35-15 04/07/1979 at St. Louis Blues L 1-4 28-36-15 04/08/1979 vs St. Louis Blues W 3-2 29-36-15

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