1978-79 Edmonton Oilers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 48-30-2 - 98 points
Finishing 1st in the WHA
Postseason: 6-7
Lost AVCO Cup finals
Semi-Finals - Defeated New England Whalers 4-3
Avco Cup Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-2
Coach: Glen Sather (48-30-2)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1978-79 Edmonton Oilers Roster
1978-79 Edmonton Oilers Results

The Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 48 wins and 30 losses and 2 ties for 98 points, finishing first in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-7.

The Oilers scored 340 goals, best in the league. Edmonton yielded 266 goals. Wayne Gretzky netted 43 goals for the team, while Ron Chipperfield, Brett Callighen, Stan Weir and Blair MacDonald each tallied 30 or more also. Wayne Gretzky contributed 61 assists. Dave Dryden earned 41 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.89 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Glen Sather coached the team. The 1978-79 Edmonton Oilers lost in the AVCO Cup finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Wayne Gretzky	C	72	43	61	104	19	23	9	0	253	17.0
Blair MacDonald	R	80	34	37	71	44	35	3	4	259	13.1
Brett Callighen	L	71	31	39	70	79	29	12	0	161	19.3
Ron Chipperfield	C	55	32	37	69	47	25	6	0	181	17.7
Bill Flett	R	73	28	36	64	14	26	9	0	170	16.5
Dennis Sobchuk	C	74	26	37	63	31	24	6	1	183	14.2
Stan Weir	C	68	31	30	61	20	24	3	0	132	23.5
Joe Micheletti	D	72	14	33	47	85	10	3	0	155	9.0
Paul Shmyr	D	80	8	39	47	119	37	0	0	133	6.0
Al Hamilton	D	80	6	38	44	38	22	2	0	153	3.9
Steve Carlson	C	73	18	22	40	50	15	4	3	71	25.4
Peter Driscoll	L	69	17	23	40	115	16	3	0	93	18.3
Dave Hunter	L	72	7	25	32	134	7	0	0	71	9.9
Claire Alexander	D	54	8	23	31	16	-5	2	1	148	5.4
Dave Langevin	D	77	6	21	27	76	33	3	0	130	4.6
Dave Semenko	L	77	10	14	24	158	-12	2	0	56	17.9
John Hughes	D	41	2	15	17	82	22	0	0	43	4.7
Doug Berry	C	29	6	3	9	4	-9	1	0	30	20.0
Garnet Bailey	L	38	5	4	9	22	-8	1	0	26	19.2
Dave Dryden	G	63	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
Risto Siltanen	D	20	3	4	7	4	4	0	0	36	8.3
Bill Goldsworthy	R	17	4	2	6	14	-3	0	0	27	14.8
Jim Neilson	D	35	0	5	5	18	5	0	0	13	0.0
Pierre Guite	L	12	1	1	2	8	-5	1	0	10	10.0
Eddie Mio	G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Hannu Kamppuri	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy Tajcnar	D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Ed Walsh	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wes George	L	3	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Mayer	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0
Cal Sandbeck	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	3	0.0
Totals		1442	340	558	898	1212	308	70	9	2539	13.4

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Dave Dryden	63	3531	41	17	2	4	3	170	2.89	1544	1374	.890
Eddie Mio	22	1068	7	10	0	2	1	71	3.99	482	411	.853
Hannu Kamppuri	2	90	0	1	0	0	0	10	6.67	48	38	.792
Ed Walsh	3	144	0	2	0	0	0	9	3.75	55	46	.836
Totals	90	4833	48	30	2	6	4	260	3.23	2389	2129	.891

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Wayne Gretzky	C	13	10	10	20	2	6	1
Blair MacDonald	R	13	8	10	18	6	1	0
Brett Callighen	L	13	5	10	15	15	5	1
Ron Chipperfield	C	13	9	10	19	8	1	0
Bill Flett	R	10	5	2	7	2	3	1
Dennis Sobchuk	C	12	6	6	12	4	-4	1
Stan Weir	C	13	2	5	7	2	-4	1
Joe Micheletti	D	13	0	9	9	2	4	0
Paul Shmyr	D	13	1	5	6	23	-3	0
Al Hamilton	D	13	4	5	9	4	1	0
Steve Carlson	C	11	1	1	2	12	-5	0
Peter Driscoll	L	13	1	6	7	8	4	0
Dave Hunter	L	13	2	3	5	42	-2	0
Dave Langevin	D	13	0	1	1	25	-4	0
Dave Semenko	L	11	4	2	6	29	3	0
John Hughes	D	13	1	0	1	35	4	0
Garnet Bailey	L	2	0	0	0	4	-1	0
Dave Dryden	G	13	0	1	1	0	0	0
Risto Siltanen	D	11	0	9	9	4	6	0
Bill Goldsworthy	R	4	1	1	2	11	4	1
Eddie Mio	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	R	2	1	2	3	0	2	0
Totals		235	61	98	159	238	21	6

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Dave Dryden	13	687	6	7	1	42	3.67	0
Eddie Mio	3	90	0	0	1	6	4.00	0
Totals	16	777	6	7	2	48	3.71		0