1978-79 Winnipeg Jets Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 39-35-6 - 84 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA
Postseason: 8-2
Won AVCO Cup
Semi-Finals - Defeated Quebec Nordiques 4-0
Avco Cup Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-2
Coach: Larry Hillman (28-27-6)
Coach: Tom McVie (11-8)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1978-79 Winnipeg Jets Roster
1978-79 Winnipeg Jets Results

The Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 39 wins and 35 losses and 6 ties for 84 points, finishing third in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-2.

The Jets netted 307 goals and yielded 306. Morris Lukowich scored 65 goals for Winnipeg, while Kent Nilsson and Peter Sullivan tallied 30 or more, too. Kent Nilsson contributed 68 assists. Markus Mattsson earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.63 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Larry Hillman and Tom McVie coached the team. The 1978-79 Winnipeg Jets won the AVCO Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Kent Nilsson	C	78	39	68	107	8	1	8	0	279	14.0
Morris Lukowich	L	80	65	34	99	119	26	16	0	278	23.4
Peter Sullivan	C	80	46	40	86	24	-6	9	2	220	20.9
Terry Ruskowski	C	75	20	66	86	211	13	6	1	138	14.5
Willy Lindstrom	R	79	26	36	62	22	7	11	0	206	12.6
Rich Preston	R	80	28	32	60	88	-5	6	1	177	15.8
Barry Long	D	80	5	36	41	42	-2	0	0	180	2.8
Bill Lesuk	L	79	17	15	32	44	-14	0	0	106	16.0
Lyle Moffat	L	70	14	18	32	38	-14	0	1	89	15.7
Bobby Guindon	L	71	8	18	26	21	-12	0	0	130	6.2
John Gray	R	57	10	15	25	51	-7	6	0	91	11.0
Paul Terbenche	D	68	3	22	25	12	-1	0	0	58	5.2
Mike Amodeo	D	64	4	18	22	29	-1	0	0	62	6.5
Scott Campbell	D	74	3	15	18	248	5	0	0	108	2.8
Paul MacKinnon	D	73	2	15	17	70	-3	0	0	81	2.5
Glenn Hicks	L	69	6	10	16	48	-2	0	0	59	10.2
Roland Eriksson	C	33	5	10	15	2	-5	3	0	55	9.1
Steve West	C	18	3	11	14	6	6	1	0	24	12.5
Kim Clackson	D	71	0	12	12	210	-6	0	0	32	0.0
Bobby Hull	L	4	2	3	5	0	1	1	0	12	16.7
Bill Davis	D	5	1	2	3	0	-2	0	0	4	25.0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	D	9	0	3	3	2	-1	0	0	15	0.0
Gary Smith	G	11	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Ted Green	D	20	0	2	2	16	-7	0	0	13	0.0
John Gibson	D	9	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	6	0.0
Markus Mattsson	G	52	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Daley	G	23	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Dale Yakiwchuk	C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Rich Gosselin	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1439	307	507	814	1324	-28	67	5	2425	12.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Markus Mattsson	52	2990	25	21	3	3	181	3.63	1544	1363	.883
Gary Smith	11	626	7	3	0	1	31	2.97	279	248	.889
Joe Daley	23	1256	7	11	3	0	90	4.30	695	605	.871
Totals	86	4872	39	35	6	4	302	3.72	2820	2518	.893

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GWG
Kent Nilsson	C	10	3	11	14	4	-1	0
Morris Lukowich	L	10	8	7	15	21	9	1
Peter Sullivan	C	10	5	9	14	2	2	1
Terry Ruskowski	C	8	1	12	13	23	10	1
Willy Lindstrom	R	10	10	5	15	9	7	1
Rich Preston	R	10	8	5	13	15	3	0
Barry Long	D	10	2	3	5	0	0	0
Bill Lesuk	L	10	1	3	4	6	0	1
Lyle Moffat	L	10	3	1	4	22	0	2
Bobby Guindon	L	7	2	1	3	0	2	0
John Gray	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Terbenche	D	10	1	1	2	4	2	0
Scott Campbell	D	10	0	2	2	25	3	0
Paul MacKinnon	D	10	2	5	7	4	3	0
Glenn Hicks	L	7	1	1	2	4	2	0
Roland Eriksson	C	10	1	4	5	0	-3	0
Steve West	C	6	2	3	5	2	4	0
Kim Clackson	D	9	0	5	5	28	7	0
Lars-Erik Sjoberg	D	10	1	2	3	4	7	1
Gary Smith	G	10	0	1	1	4	0	0
Joe Daley	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		181	51	81	132	177	57	8

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gary Smith	10	563	8	2	35	3.73	0
Joe Daley	3	37	0	0	3	4.86	0
Totals	13	600	8	2	38	3.80		0