1978-79 Atlanta Flames Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 41-31-8 - 90 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0
Coach: Fred Creighton (41-31-8)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1978-79 Atlanta Flames Roster
1978-79 Atlanta Flames Results

The Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses and 8 ties for 90 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Flames netted 327 goals and allowed 280. Guy Chouinard scored 50 goals for Atlanta, while Bob MacMillan and Eric Vail tallied 30 or more also. Bob MacMillan contributed 71 assists. Dan Bouchard earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.33 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Fred Creighton coached the team. The 1978-79 Atlanta Flames lost in the NHL preliminary round.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bob MacMillan	C	79	37	71	108	14	34	8	1	4	1	194	19.1
Guy Chouinard	C	80	50	57	107	14	23	11	0	5	2	229	21.8
Eric Vail	L	80	35	48	83	53	25	5	1	5	1	203	17.2
Jean Pronovost	R	75	28	39	67	30	21	4	2	8	0	151	18.5
Tom Lysiak	C	52	23	35	58	36	16	7	1	2	0	137	16.8
Bobby Lalonde	C	78	24	32	56	24	-3	6	0	1	1	135	17.8
Ken Houston	R	80	21	31	52	135	4	2	0	2	1	140	15.0
Willi Plett	R	74	23	20	43	213	13	0	0	4	0	164	14.0
Bill Clement	C	65	12	23	35	14	-5	0	0	1	1	86	14.0
Don Laurence	C	59	14	20	34	6	8	2	0	3	0	113	12.4
Harold Phillipoff	L	51	9	17	26	113	5	0	0	2	0	66	13.6
Dave Shand	D	79	4	22	26	64	23	0	1	0	0	81	4.9
Ed Kea	D	53	6	18	24	40	-2	2	0	1	1	53	11.3
Pat Ribble	D	66	5	16	21	69	18	0	0	0	0	70	7.1
Brad Marsh	D	80	0	19	19	101	23	0	0	0	0	80	0.0
Bob Murdoch	D	35	5	11	16	24	2	2	0	0	0	53	9.4
John Gould	L	61	8	7	15	18	-4	0	0	3	0	67	11.9
Richard Mulhern	D	37	3	12	15	22	6	0	0	0	0	58	5.2
Darcy Rota	L	13	9	5	14	21	3	0	0	0	0	27	33.3
Ivan Boldirev	C	13	6	8	14	6	1	4	0	0	0	33	18.2
Greg Fox	D	64	0	12	12	70	25	0	0	0	0	39	0.0
Gene Carr	C	30	3	8	11	6	-4	0	0	0	0	35	8.6
Phil Russell	D	13	1	6	7	28	1	1	0	0	0	19	5.3
Rod Seiling	D	36	0	4	4	12	8	0	0	0	0	28	0.0
Dan Bouchard	G	64	0	3	3	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry O'Flaherty	L	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Yves Belanger	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Lemelin	G	18	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1441	327	544	871	1156	241	54	6	41	8	2263	14.4

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Dan Bouchard	64	3624	32	21	7	2	3	201	3.33	0
Reggie Lemelin	18	994	8	8	1	1	0	55	3.32	0
Yves Belanger	5	182	1	2	0	0	0	21	6.92	0
Totals	87	4800	41	31	8	3	3	277	3.46		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG
Bob MacMillan	C	2	0	1	1	0	0
Guy Chouinard	C	2	1	2	3	0	1
Eric Vail	L	2	0	1	1	2	0
Jean Pronovost	R	2	2	0	2	0	1
Bobby Lalonde	C	2	1	0	1	0	1
Ken Houston	R	1	0	0	0	16	0
Willi Plett	R	2	1	0	1	29	0
Bill Clement	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Shand	D	2	0	0	0	20	0
Ed Kea	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Marsh	D	2	0	0	0	17	0
Bob Murdoch	D	2	0	0	0	4	0
John Gould	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Rota	L	2	0	1	1	26	0
Ivan Boldirev	C	2	0	2	2	2	0
Gene Carr	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Russell	D	2	0	0	0	9	0
Rod Seiling	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Bouchard	G	2	0	0	0	4	0
Reggie Lemelin	G	1	0	1	1	0	0
Totals		37	5	8	13	129	3

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Dan Bouchard	2	100	2	9	5.40	0
Reggie Lemelin	1	20	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	3	120	2	9	4.50		0