1978-79 New England Whalers Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 37-34-9 - 83 points
Finishing 4th in the WHA
Postseason: 5-5
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Cincinnati Stingers 2-1
Semi-Finals - Lost to Edmonton Oilers 4-3
Coach: Bill Dineen (33-29-9)
Coach: Don Blackburn (4-5)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut

1978-79 New England Whalers Roster
1978-79 New England Whalers Results

The New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 37 wins and 34 losses and 9 ties for 83 points, finishing fourth in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.

The Whalers netted 298 goals and conceded 287. Mark Howe scored 42 goals for New England, while Andre Lacroix tallied 30 or more, too. Mark Howe recorded 65 assists. John Garrett topped the squad with 20 wins, and Al Smith added 15 or more victories as well. Al Smith earned a 3.31 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Bill Dineen and Don Blackburn coached the team. The 1978-79 New England Whalers lost in the AVCO Cup semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Mark Howe	D	77	42	65	107	32	14	13	6	314	13.4
Andre Lacroix	C	78	32	56	88	34	1	7	4	172	18.6
Mike Rogers	C	80	27	45	72	31	5	2	0	186	14.5
Dave Keon	C	79	22	43	65	2	4	7	0	189	11.6
Gordie Roberts	D	79	11	46	57	113	-2	2	0	153	7.2
Warren Miller	R	77	26	23	49	44	7	1	0	153	17.0
Mike Antonovich	C	69	20	27	47	35	-4	3	0	151	13.2
John McKenzie	R	76	19	28	47	115	6	3	2	113	16.8
Gordie Howe	R	58	19	24	43	51	9	7	0	117	16.2
George Lyle	L	59	17	18	35	54	16	1	0	113	15.0
Al Hangsleben	D	77	10	19	29	148	-1	0	0	141	7.1
Rick Ley	D	73	7	20	27	135	-3	0	2	113	6.2
Marty Howe	D	66	9	15	24	31	10	1	0	135	6.7
Ron Plumb	D	78	4	16	20	33	5	0	0	108	3.7
Jordy Douglas	L	51	6	10	16	15	-8	3	0	76	7.9
Brad Selwood	D	42	4	12	16	47	2	2	0	52	7.7
Jim Warner	R	41	6	9	15	20	-10	1	0	68	8.8
Blaine Stoughton	R	36	9	3	12	2	4	0	0	53	17.0
Larry Pleau	C	28	6	6	12	6	-8	0	1	42	14.3
Jack Carlson	L	34	2	7	9	61	-6	0	0	39	5.1
Dave Inkpen	D	41	0	7	7	15	10	0	0	31	0.0
Al Smith	G	40	0	3	3	35	0	0	0	0
Pierre Roy	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Brubaker	L	12	0	0	0	19	-2	0	0	0
John Garrett	G	41	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Totals		1393	298	502	800	1086	49	53	15	2520	11.8

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
John Garrett	41	2496	20	17	4	4	2	149	3.58	1180	1031	.874
Al Smith	40	2396	17	17	5	2	1	132	3.31	1124	992	.883
Totals	81	4892	37	34	9	6	3	281	3.45	2585	2304	.891

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Mark Howe	D	6	4	2	6	6	-2	1
Andre Lacroix	C	10	4	4	8	0	-2	0
Mike Rogers	C	10	2	6	8	2	-3	0
Dave Keon	C	10	3	9	12	2	2	1
Gordie Roberts	D	10	0	4	4	10	4	0
Warren Miller	R	10	0	8	8	28	5	0
Mike Antonovich	C	10	5	3	8	14	2	0
John McKenzie	R	10	3	7	10	10	1	1
Gordie Howe	R	10	3	1	4	4	1	0
George Lyle	L	9	3	5	8	25	3	1
Al Hangsleben	D	10	1	2	3	12	0	0
Rick Ley	D	9	0	4	4	11	-3	0
Marty Howe	D	9	0	1	1	8	-3	0
Ron Plumb	D	9	1	3	4	0	2	0
Jordy Douglas	L	10	4	0	4	23	-1	0
Jim Warner	R	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Blaine Stoughton	R	7	4	3	7	4	-2	1
Larry Pleau	C	10	2	1	3	0	-5	0
Dave Inkpen	D	5	0	1	1	4	2	0
Al Smith	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Brubaker	L	3	0	0	0	12	0	0
John Garrett	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		180	39	64	103	175	-1	5

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
John Garrett	8	447	4	3	1	32	4.30	0
Al Smith	4	153	1	2	0	12	4.71	0
Totals	12	600	5	5	1	44	4.40		0