1978-1979 Indianapolis Racers team stats

1978-1979 Indianapolis Racers: 5-18-2
Previous Season

Home record: 4-8-1  (50 goals scored, 68 allowed)
Road record: 1-10-1  (28 goals scored, 62 allowed)
Head Coach: Pat Stapleton

Power Play: null/null (?%)
Penalty Killing: 0/null (?%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 0-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 78-123

78 goals scored (7th of 10 teams), 130 goals allowed (4th), 557 PIM (7th)

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     7  Blaine Stoughton     5'11  185   25   25    9    9   18   16   3   0   --   --   --   --   78  11.5  -18
RW    27  Don Larway           6'1   192   24   25    8   10   18   39   2   0   --   --   --   --   56  14.3  -20
C     10  Rich Leduc           5'11  170   27   13    5    9   14   14   2   0   --   --   --   --   68   7.4   -2
LW     9  Claude Larose        5'10  175   23   13    5    8   13    0   0   0   --   --   --   --   34  14.7   +5
C     16  Michel Parizeau      5'10  165   30   22    4    9   13    4   0   0   --   --   --   --   25  16.0   -1
C     11  Gary MacGregor       5'9   170   24   17    8    4   12    0   1   0   --   --   --   --   45  17.8  -12
RW     8  Rene Leclerc         5'11  165   31   22    5    7   12   12   1   0   --   --   --   --   54   9.3   +2
D         Dave Morrow          6'1   183   21   10    2   10   12   29   0   0   --   --   --   --   15  13.3  -13
D      4  Larry Sacharuk       6'0   200   26   15    2    9   11   25   2   0   --   --   --   --   49   4.1  -11
D      6  Al McLeod            5'11  200   29   25    0   11   11   22   0   0   --   --   --   --   23   0.0    0
LW    17  Bruce Greig          6'2   220   25   21    3    7   10   64   0   0   --   --   --   --   13  23.1   -5
RW    12  Kevin Nugent         6'5   230   23   25    2    8   10   20   0   0   --   --   --   --   38   5.3   -2
D      2  Dave Inkpen          6'0   185   24   25    1    8    9   22   0   0   --   --   --   --   34   2.9   -5
D     21  John Hughes          5'11  200   24   22    3    4    7   48   0   0   --   --   --   --   24  12.5  -16
LW    14  Wes George           6'3   220   20    9    4    2    6   23   1   0   --   --   --   --   13  30.8  -11
C     20  Claude St. Sauveur   6'1   185   26   17    4    2    6   12   2   0   --   --   --   --   38  10.5   -6
C     99  Wayne Gretzky        6'0   185   17    8    3    3    6    0   0   0   --   --   --   --   17  17.6   -3
D     24  Ken Block            5'10  191   34   22    2    3    5   10   0   0   --   --   --   --    9  22.2  -11
LW    23  Peter Driscoll       6'0   190   24    8    3    1    4   17   1   0   --   --   --   --   23  13.0   +1
C     25  Angie Moretto        6'3   212   25   18    3    1    4    2   1   0   --   --   --   --   12  25.0   -6
LW    26  Gerry Leroux         5'6   165   20   10    0    3    3    2   0   0   --   --   --   --   13   0.0   -4
D      5  Bryon Baltimore      6'2   190   26    2    1    1    2    2   0   0   --   --   --   --    4  25.0   -1
LW    15  Don Burgess          6'0   175   32    3    1    1    2    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    3  33.3   -4
LW     4  Kevin Morrison       6'0   202   29    5    0    2    2    0   0   0   --   --   --   --   10   0.0  -10
LW        Dean Magee           6'2   210   23    5    0    1    1   10   0   0   --   --   --   --    6   0.0   -2
D      5  Jerry Rollins        6'3   200   23    7    0    1    1    7   0   0   --   --   --   --    4   0.0   -4
D      3  Glen Irwin           5'11  195   27   24    0    1    1  124   0   0   --   --   --   --   19   0.0  -10
C     18  Mark Messier         6'1   205   17    5    0    0    0    0   0   0   --   --   --   --    7   0.0   -4
G     31  Eddie Mio            5'10  180   24    5    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Gary Inness          6'0   195   29   10    0    0    0    9  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Gary Smith           6'4   215   34   11    0    0    0    8  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --

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   31  Eddie Mio            24    5   242   13  3.22   2   2   1  153   .915   0   1
G   30  Gary Inness          29   11   609   51  5.02   3   6   0  369   .862   1   0
G    1  Gary Smith           34   11   664   61  5.51   0  10   1  400   .848   4   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

Traded draft picks:


Transactions

11-1978	traded Wayne Gretzky, Peter Driscoll and Ed Mio to Oilers for Wes George, $700,000 and future considerations
11-1978	traded Rich Leduc and Kevin Morrison to Nordiques for Quebec's #2 pick in the 1979 draft, #2 pick in the 1980 draft and #3 pick in the 1981 draft
11-05-1978	signed Mark Messier as a free agent
12-1978	returned the rights to Wes George to Oilers
12-1978	sold Blaine Stoughton and Dave Inkpen to Whalers
12-1978	traded future considerations to Stingers for Bryon Baltimore
12-1978	returned Bryon Baltimore to Stingers


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

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/14/1978   vs Winnipeg Jets             L   3-6     0-1-0
10/15/1978   vs Birmingham Bulls          L   3-9     0-2-0
10/18/1978   at Quebec Nordiques          W   4-0     1-2-0
10/20/1978   vs Edmonton Oilers           L   3-4     1-3-0
10/22/1978   vs New England Whalers       L   3-6     1-4-0
10/27/1978   at Birmingham Bulls          L   2-4     1-5-0
10/28/1978   vs Winnipeg Jets             W   3-2     2-5-0
10/29/1978   at Winnipeg Jets             T   3-3     2-5-1
11/03/1978   at New England Whalers       L   3-6     2-6-1
11/04/1978   vs New England Whalers       T   6-6     2-6-2
11/05/1978   at Winnipeg Jets             L   2-6     2-7-2
11/08/1978   at Cincinnati Stingers       L   0-4     2-8-2
11/11/1978   at Quebec Nordiques          L   2-8     2-9-2
11/17/1978   at Edmonton Oilers           L   1-6     2-10-2
11/19/1978   at Winnipeg Jets             L   2-5     2-11-2
11/23/1978   vs Winnipeg Jets             L   1-5     2-12-2
11/24/1978   at Cincinnati Stingers       L   5-8     2-13-2
11/25/1978   vs Cincinnati Stingers       W   6-3     3-13-2
11/28/1978   at Edmonton Oilers           L   2-8     3-14-2
12/01/1978   vs Birmingham Bulls          W   6-3     4-14-2
12/02/1978   at Birmingham Bulls          L   2-4     4-15-2
12/03/1978   vs Cincinnati Stingers       L   2-4     4-16-2
12/07/1978   vs Winnipeg Jets             L   4-9     4-17-2
12/10/1978   vs Edmonton Oilers           W   6-4     5-17-2
12/12/1978   vs New England Whalers       L   4-7     5-18-2

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