1978-1979 St. Louis Blues team stats

1978-1979 St. Louis Blues: 18-50-12
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Home record: 14-20-6  (146 goals scored, 156 allowed)
Road record: 4-30-6  (103 goals scored, 192 allowed)
Head Coach: Barclay Plager

Power Play: 48/281 (17.1%)
Penalty Killing: 181/244 (74.2%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 3-8
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 198-277

249 goals scored (14th of 17 teams), 348 goals allowed (17th), 1055 PIM (13th)

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     24  Bernie Federko       6'0   178   22   74   31   64   95   14   7   0  118   40   94    1  156  19.9  -15
LW    11  Brian Sutter         5'11  173   22   77   41   39   80  165  12   0  118   39   81    0  177  23.2   -2
RW    10  Wayne Babych         5'11  191   20   67   27   36   63   75  11   0  101   34   80    2  196  13.8  -11
C      7  Garry Unger          5'11  170   31   80   30   26   56   44   3   0   84   19  113    4  182  16.5  -44
C      6  Larry Patey          6'1   185   25   78   15   19   34   60   0   2   42    1  100   32  124  12.1  -27
LW    17  Inge Hammarstrom     6'0   180   30   65   12   22   34    8   0   0   45    7   51    0  129   9.3  -13
D     16  Jack Brownschidle    6'2   195   23   64   10   24   34   14   5   0   82   27   86   10  101   9.9  -21
LW    19  Curt Bennett         6'3   195   30   74   14   19   33   62   1   0   44    1   88   22  141   9.9  -23
D     22  Barry Gibbs          5'11  195   30   75    2   27   29   46   0   0   88    5  159   34   86   2.3  -42
D      5  Larry Giroux         6'0   190   27   73    5   22   27  111   0   0   72    5  111   19  107   4.7  -25
RW    25  Bob Murdoch          5'11  191   24   54   13   13   26   17   1   0   43    8   41    0   92  14.1   -6
C     21  Mike Zuke            6'0   180   24   34    9   17   26   18   3   0   41   18   39    8   80  11.2   -8
RW    15  Tony Currie          5'11  166   21   36    4   15   19    0   1   0   30    3   36    0   57   7.0   -9
C      9  Mike Walton          5'10  175   33   22    7   11   18    6   3   0   25   12   27    1   41  17.1  -13
D      2  Bob Stewart          6'1   206   28   78    5   13   18   47   1   0   76    2  149   47   57   8.8  -28
LW    27  John Smrke           5'11  205   22   55    6    8   14   20   0   1   21    0   63   18   72   8.3  -24
C     18  Harvey Bennett       6'4   215   26   52    3    9   12   63   0   0   18    0   41    5   44   6.8  -18
RW    26  Mike Crombeen        5'11  190   21   37    3    8   11   34   0   0   20    0   38    5   51   5.9  -13
D     23  Bob Hess             5'11  180   23   27    3    4    7   14   0   0   21    6   38    3   42   7.1  -20
C     35  Brian Ogilvie        5'11  186   26   14    1    5    6    7   0   0    6    1    8    0   21   4.8   -3
D     28  Jamie Masters        6'1   190   23   10    0    6    6    0   0   0   14    4   17    1   10   0.0   -6
C     27  Doug Palazzari       5'5   170   26   20    2    3    5    4   0   0    8    0   17    4   16  12.5   -5
RW    12  Rick Bowness         6'1   185   23   24    1    3    4   30   0   0    9    0   27    1   18   5.6  -17
D      4  Bruce Affleck        6'0   205   24   26    1    3    4   12   0   0   15    2   28    2   34   2.9  -13
D      4  Dick Lamby           6'1   200   23    9    0    4    4   12   0   0   18    1   14    2   11   0.0   +5
C     14  Rick Shinske         5'11  165   23   11    0    4    4    2   0   0    6    1    8    0    7   0.0   -3
D     20  Neil Komadoski       6'0   200   27   42    1    2    3   30   0   0   41    0   46    5   28   3.6    0
D      8  Steve Durbano        6'1   210   27   13    1    1    2  103   0   0    5    0   12    0   18   5.6   -7
C     36  Ken Richardson       6'0   190   27   16    1    1    2    2   0   0    5    0   26   16    6  16.7   -5
D      9  Neil Labatte         6'2   178   21   22    0    2    2   13   0   0   18    0   20    1   15   0.0   -1
RW    14  Bill Fairbairn       5'10  170   31    5    1    0    1    0   0   0    1    0    7    4    8  12.5   -2
D     16  Rod Seiling          6'0   195   34    3    0    1    1    4   0   0    2    0    5    2    3   0.0   -1
G     31  Ed Staniowski        5'9   170   23   39    0    1    1    2  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
C     29  Gord McTavish        6'4   200   24    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    2    0    1   0.0   -2
G     40  Terry Richardson     6'1   190   25    1    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Doug Grant           6'1   200   30    4    0    0    0    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G      1  Phil Myre            6'1   185   30   39    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   31  Ed Staniowski        23   39  2291  146  3.82   9  25   3 1167   .875   4   0
G    1  Phil Myre            30   39  2259  163  4.33   9  22   8 1202   .864   2   1
G   30  Doug Grant           30    4   190   23  7.26   0   2   1  121   .810   1   0
G   40  Terry Richardson     25    1    60    9  9.00   0   1   0   36   .750   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
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    3  RW   Wayne Babych             519          Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)       
  3   39  D    Steve Harrison                        Toronto Marlboros (OHA)            
  5   72  D    Kevin Willison                        Billings Bighorns (WCHL)           
  6   89  RW   Jim Nill                 524          Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)         
  7  106  C    Steve Stockman                        Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)            
  7  109  RW   Paul MacLean             719          Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)              [pick acquired from PIT]
  8  123  RW   Denis Houle                           Hamilton Fincups (OHA)             
  9  140  RW   Tony Meagher                          Boston University (NCAA)           
  9  143  RW   Rick Simpson                          Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)           [pick acquired from PIT]
 10  157  G    Jim Lockhurst                         Kingston Canadians (OHA)           
 10  160  G    Bob Froese               242          Niagara Falls Flyers (OHA)           [pick acquired from PIT]
 10  170  C    Dan Lerg                              University of Michigan (NCAA)        [pick acquired from BOS]
 11  173  D    Risto Siltanen           562     20   Ilves Tampere (Finland)            
 11  175  LW   Dan Hermansson                        Karlskoga (Sweden)                   [pick acquired from PIT]
 11  181  LW   Jean-Francois Boutin                  Verdun Black Hawks (QMJHL)           [pick acquired from TOR]
 11  185  RW   John Sullivan                         Providence College (NCAA)            [pick acquired from BOS]
 12  188  RW   Serge Menard                          Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)           
 12  191  D    Don Boyd                              R.P.I. (NCAA)                        [pick acquired from PIT]
 12  197  LW   Paul Stasiuk                          Providence College (NCAA)            [pick acquired from TOR]
 12  200  C    Gerd Truntschka                       Cologne (West Germany)               [pick acquired from BOS]
 13  203  RW   Victor Shkurdyuk                      Leningrad (USSR)                   
 13  205  G    Carl Bloomberg                        St. Louis University (NCAA)          [pick acquired from PIT]
 13  207  LW   Terry Kitching                        Boston University (NCAA)             [pick acquired from LA]
 13  209  D    Brian O'Connor                        Boston University (NCAA)             [pick acquired from ATL]
 13  210  D    Brian Crombeen                        Kingston Canadians (OHA)             [pick acquired from TOR]
 13  211  C    Mike Pidgeon                          Oshawa Generals (OHA)                [pick acquired from BOS]
 14  214  RW   John Cochrane                         Harvard University (NCAA)          
 14  216  D    Joe Casey                             Boston College (NCAA)                [pick acquired from PIT]
 14  218  C    Jim Farrell                           Princeton University (NCAA)          [pick acquired from LA]
 14  220  D    Frank Johnson                         Providence College (NCAA)            [pick acquired from ATL]
 14  221  D    Blair Wheeler                         Yale University (NCAA)               [pick acquired from TOR]

Traded draft picks:

#2 to TOR (Joel Quenneville)
#4 to VAN (Harald Luckner)

Transactions

06-12-1978	traded St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Canucks for Mike Walton
06-13-1978	claimed Mike Crombeen from Barons in dispersal draft
06-15-1978	traded St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1981 draft to North Stars for Bob Stewart
07-22-1978	signed Mike Korney as a free agent
07-26-1978	signed Terry Richardson as a free agent
08-08-1978	purchased Bob Murdoch from North Stars
08-11-1978	signed Steve Durbano as a free agent
08-12-1978	claimed Rick Shinske on waivers from North Stars
08-28-1978	traded St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1981 draft to North Stars for Harvey Bennett
09-29-1978	signed Mike Zuke as a free agent
10-07-1978	traded Mike Korney to Canadiens for Gord McTavish
10-09-1978	claimed Larry Giroux on waivers from Red Wings
10-09-1978	purchased Rick Bowness from Red Wings
11-04-1978	sold Rod Seiling to Flames
04-16-1979	signed Rick Heinz as a free agent
05-24-1979	traded Curt Bennett to Flames for Bobby Simpson
06-07-1979	traded Phil Myre to Flyers for Blake Dunlop and Rick Lapointe
06-09-1979	traded Terry Richardson and Barry Gibbs to Islanders for future considerations
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to Mike Liut prior to expansion draft
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to Scott Campbell prior to expansion draft
06-09-1979	Whalers claimed John Garrett as an expansion draft priority selection
06-09-1979	Jets claimed Scott Campbell as an expansion draft priority selection
06-10-1979	traded St. Louis' #2 pick in the 1982 draft to North Stars for Bryan Maxwell and Richie Hansen
06-13-1979	Jets selected Gord McTavish in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Nordiques selected Jamie Masters in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Nordiques selected John Smrke in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Oilers selected Inge Hammarstrom in expansion draft
06-13-1979	purchased Hartland Monahan from Nordiques
06-14-1979	acquired Ralph Klassen from Islanders to complete a previous trade
08-07-1979	traded Tom Roulston and Risto Siltanen to Oilers for Joe Micheletti
08-16-1979	signed Joe Mullen as a free agent


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

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/11/1978   at Detroit Red Wings         W   5-4     1-0-0
10/13/1978   at Vancouver Canucks         L   4-8     1-1-0
10/14/1978   at Los Angeles Kings         L   2-6     1-2-0
10/17/1978   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   8-6     2-2-0
10/20/1978   at Colorado Rockies          T   5-5     2-2-1
10/21/1978   vs Colorado Rockies          L   3-4     2-3-1
10/24/1978   vs Boston Bruins             L   2-7     2-4-1
10/25/1978   at Pittsburgh Penguins       T   6-6     2-4-2
10/28/1978   vs Buffalo Sabres            T   7-7     2-4-3
10/31/1978   vs Atlanta Flames            L   2-5     2-5-3
11/01/1978   at Minnesota North Stars     L   1-9     2-6-3
11/04/1978   vs Chicago Black Hawks       T   5-5     2-6-4
11/05/1978   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   1-3     2-7-4
11/07/1978   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       L   0-5     2-8-4
11/11/1978   vs Colorado Rockies          W   5-3     3-8-4
11/14/1978   vs Los Angeles Kings         L   2-4     3-9-4
11/16/1978   at Buffalo Sabres            L   2-6     3-10-4
11/18/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   1-3     3-11-4
11/19/1978   at Boston Bruins             L   2-5     3-12-4
11/21/1978   vs Washington Capitals       L   3-4     3-13-4
11/22/1978   at Washington Capitals       W   3-1     4-13-4
11/24/1978   at Atlanta Flames            L   1-4     4-14-4
11/25/1978   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   4-0     5-14-4
11/28/1978   vs Vancouver Canucks         L   3-6     5-15-4
11/30/1978   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   0-3     5-16-4
12/02/1978   vs Washington Capitals       W   5-2     6-16-4
12/06/1978   at New York Rangers          L   4-7     6-17-4
12/07/1978   at New York Islanders        L   1-7     6-18-4
12/09/1978   vs Chicago Black Hawks       L   2-4     6-19-4
12/12/1978   vs Montreal Canadiens        L   0-6     6-20-4
12/13/1978   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   0-3     6-21-4
12/16/1978   vs New York Islanders        T   2-2     6-21-5
12/17/1978   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-4     6-22-5
12/19/1978   vs Atlanta Flames            W   7-4     7-22-5
12/21/1978   at New York Islanders        L   1-5     7-23-5
12/23/1978   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       L   1-6     7-24-5
12/26/1978   vs Minnesota North Stars     L   4-6     7-25-5
12/27/1978   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   3-4     7-26-5
12/30/1978   vs Philadelphia Flyers       W   6-3     8-26-5
01/02/1979   at Colorado Rockies          L   2-4     8-27-5

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/03/1979   at Minnesota North Stars     T   3-3     8-27-6
01/06/1979   vs Colorado Rockies          L   1-4     8-28-6
01/09/1979   vs New York Rangers          L   3-5     8-29-6
01/11/1979   at Vancouver Canucks         L   3-4     8-30-6
01/13/1979   vs Vancouver Canucks         T   3-3     8-30-7
01/16/1979   vs Boston Bruins             W   5-2     9-30-7
01/18/1979   at Boston Bruins             L   0-4     9-31-7
01/20/1979   vs New York Rangers          W   3-2     10-31-7
01/23/1979   vs Montreal Canadiens        L   3-6     10-32-7
01/26/1979   at Vancouver Canucks         L   1-4     10-33-7
01/28/1979   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   7-2     11-33-7
01/30/1979   vs Los Angeles Kings         W   7-1     12-33-7
01/31/1979   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   1-5     12-34-7
02/03/1979   vs Colorado Rockies          W   6-3     13-34-7
02/04/1979   at Buffalo Sabres            L   1-3     13-35-7
02/13/1979   vs Vancouver Canucks         T   3-3     13-35-8
02/17/1979   vs Chicago Black Hawks       L   1-5     13-36-8
02/18/1979   vs Atlanta Flames            L   4-6     13-37-8
02/21/1979   at New York Rangers          L   3-7     13-38-8
02/22/1979   at New York Islanders        L   1-6     13-39-8
02/24/1979   at Montreal Canadiens        L   4-6     13-40-8
02/27/1979   vs New York Rangers          W   4-1     14-40-8
02/28/1979   at Detroit Red Wings         W   6-5     15-40-8
03/03/1979   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   8-4     16-40-8
03/07/1979   vs New York Islanders        T   5-5     16-40-9
03/10/1979   at Washington Capitals       L   5-7     16-41-9
03/11/1979   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   8-2     17-41-9
03/13/1979   at Colorado Rockies          T   5-5     17-41-10
03/17/1979   vs Detroit Red Wings         L   1-3     17-42-10
03/18/1979   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   3-5     17-43-10
03/21/1979   at Vancouver Canucks         T   1-1     17-43-11
03/22/1979   at Los Angeles Kings         T   3-3     17-43-12
03/25/1979   at Atlanta Flames            L   2-8     17-44-12
03/26/1979   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   2-4     17-45-12
03/29/1979   at Montreal Canadiens        L   2-5     17-46-12
03/31/1979   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   2-4     17-47-12
04/01/1979   at Colorado Rockies          L   5-9     17-48-12
04/03/1979   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       L   2-3     17-49-12
04/07/1979   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   4-1     18-49-12
04/08/1979   at Chicago Black Hawks       L   2-3     18-50-12

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