1978-1979 Winnipeg Jets: 39-35-6
Previous Season
Home record: 22-15-4 (163 goals scored, 143 allowed)
Road record: 17-20-2 (144 goals scored, 163 allowed)
Head Coaches: Larry Hillman (28-27-6), Tom McVie (11-8-0)
Power Play: 67/265 (25.3%)
Penalty Killing: 217/274 (79.2%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 5-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 235-242
307 goals scored (2nd of 10 teams), 306 goals allowed (9th), 1342 PIM (4th)
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% +/-
C 11 Kent Nilsson 6'1 195 22 78 39 68 107 8 8 0 -- -- -- -- 279 14.0 +1
LW 12 Morris Lukowich 5'9 170 22 80 65 34 99 119 16 0 -- -- -- -- 278 23.4 +26
C 10 Peter Sullivan 5'9 165 27 80 46 40 86 24 9 2 -- -- -- -- 220 20.9 -6
C 8 Terry Ruskowski 5'10 178 24 75 20 66 86 211 6 1 -- -- -- -- 138 14.5 +13
RW 20 Willy Lindstrom 6'0 180 27 79 26 36 62 22 11 0 -- -- -- -- 206 12.6 +7
RW 21 Rich Preston 6'0 185 26 80 28 32 60 88 6 1 -- -- -- -- 177 15.8 -5
D 3 Barry Long 6'2 210 29 80 5 36 41 42 0 0 -- -- -- -- 180 2.8 -2
LW 17 Bill Lesuk 5'9 187 32 79 17 15 32 44 0 0 -- -- -- -- 106 16.0 -14
LW 22 Lyle Moffat 5'10 180 30 70 14 18 32 38 0 1 -- -- -- -- 89 15.7 -14
LW 18 Bobby Guindon 5'9 175 28 71 8 18 26 21 0 0 -- -- -- -- 130 6.2 -12
LW 16 John Gray 5'10 180 29 57 10 15 25 51 6 0 -- -- -- -- 91 11.0 -7
D 23 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 33 68 3 22 25 12 0 0 -- -- -- -- 58 5.2 -1
D 2 Mike Amodeo 5'10 190 26 64 4 18 22 29 0 0 -- -- -- -- 62 6.5 -1
D 7 Scott Campbell 6'3 205 21 74 3 15 18 248 0 0 -- -- -- -- 108 2.8 +5
D 24 Paul MacKinnon 6'0 195 20 73 2 15 17 70 0 0 -- -- -- -- 81 2.5 -3
LW 15 Glenn Hicks 5'10 177 20 69 6 10 16 48 0 0 -- -- -- -- 59 10.2 -2
C 19 Roland Eriksson 6'3 190 24 33 5 10 15 2 3 0 -- -- -- -- 55 9.1 -5
C 26 Steve West 5'0 165 26 18 3 11 14 6 1 0 -- -- -- -- 24 12.5 +6
D 5 Kim Clackson 5'11 195 23 71 0 12 12 210 0 0 -- -- -- -- 32 0.0 -6
LW 9 Bobby Hull 5'10 195 39 4 2 3 5 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- 12 16.7 +1
D 25 Bill Davis 6'1 195 24 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 4 25.0 -2
D 4 Lars-Erik Sjoberg 5'8 179 34 9 0 3 3 2 0 0 -- -- -- -- 15 0.0 -1
G 30 Gary Smith 6'4 215 34 11 0 3 3 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
D 6 Ted Green 5'10 200 38 20 0 2 2 16 0 0 -- -- -- -- 13 0.0 -7
D 14 John Gibson 6'3 210 19 9 0 1 1 5 0 0 -- -- -- -- 6 0.0 +1
G 1 Joe Daley 5'10 170 35 23 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 35 Markus Mattsson 6'0 180 21 52 0 1 1 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
C 27 Rich Gosselin 5'8 150 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 1 0.0 -1
C 14 Dale Yakiwchuk 6'4 205 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- 1 0.0 +1
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 30 Gary Smith 34 11 626 31 2.97 7 3 0 279 .889 1 0
G 35 Markus Mattsson 21 52 2990 181 3.63 25 21 3 1544 .883 3 0
G 1 Joe Daley 35 23 1256 90 4.30 7 11 3 695 .871 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
Traded draft picks:
Transactions
11-01-1978 | Bobby Hull retired |
02-1979 | signed Gary Smith as a free agent |
04-16-1979 | signed John Markell as a free agent |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary.
Date Opponent Result
Semifinals
04/23/1979 at Quebec Nordiques W 6-3
04/25/1979 at Quebec Nordiques W 9-2
04/27/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques W 9-5
04/29/1979 vs Quebec Nordiques W 6-2
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Finals
05/11/1979 at Edmonton Oilers W 3-1
05/13/1979 at Edmonton Oilers W 3-2
05/15/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers L 3-8
05/16/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers W 3-2
05/18/1979 at Edmonton Oilers L 2-10
05/20/1979 vs Edmonton Oilers W 7-3
Playoff Stats:
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
RW 20 Willy Lindstrom 6'0 180 27 10 10 5 15 9 -- --
LW 12 Morris Lukowich 5'9 170 22 10 8 7 15 21 -- --
C 11 Kent Nilsson 6'1 195 22 10 3 11 14 4 -- --
C 10 Peter Sullivan 5'9 165 27 10 5 9 14 2 -- --
C 8 Terry Ruskowski 5'10 178 24 8 1 12 13 23 -- --
RW 21 Rich Preston 6'0 185 26 10 8 5 13 15 -- --
D 24 Paul MacKinnon 6'0 195 20 10 2 5 7 4 -- --
C 26 Steve West 5'0 165 26 6 2 3 5 2 -- --
D 5 Kim Clackson 5'11 195 23 9 0 5 5 28 0 0
C 19 Roland Eriksson 6'3 190 24 10 1 4 5 0 -- --
D 3 Barry Long 6'2 210 29 10 2 3 5 0 -- --
LW 17 Bill Lesuk 5'9 187 32 10 1 3 4 6 -- --
LW 22 Lyle Moffat 5'10 180 30 10 3 1 4 22 -- --
LW 18 Bobby Guindon 5'9 175 28 7 2 1 3 0 -- --
D 4 Lars-Erik Sjoberg 5'8 179 34 10 1 2 3 4 -- --
LW 15 Glenn Hicks 5'10 177 20 7 1 1 2 4 -- --
D 7 Scott Campbell 6'3 205 21 10 0 2 2 25 0 0
D 23 Paul Terbenche 5'10 170 33 10 1 1 2 4 -- --
G 30 Gary Smith 6'4 215 34 10 0 1 1 4 0 0
LW 16 John Gray 5'10 180 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 1 Joe Daley 5'10 170 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 Mike Amodeo 5'10 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 25 Bill Davis 6'1 195 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 14 John Gibson 6'3 210 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 27 Rich Gosselin 5'8 150 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
D 6 Ted Green 5'10 200 38 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
LW 9 Bobby Hull 5'10 195 39 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
G 35 Markus Mattsson 6'0 180 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
C 14 Dale Yakiwchuk 6'4 205 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 30 Gary Smith 34 10 563 35 3.73 8 2 .000 0 0
G 1 Joe Daley 35 3 37 3 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0
Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.
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