1978-79 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 48-30-2 - 98 points
in the WHA
Lost League Championship
Coach: Glen Sather (48-30-2)
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 in the WHA.
The club scored 340 goals, best in the league. The team yielded 266 goals. Wayne Gretzky netted 43 goals for the team, while Brett Callighen, Ron Chipperfield, Blair MacDonald and Stan Weir 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 League Championship.
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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 | |
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 |
Rudy Tajcnar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 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% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Mio | 22 | 1068 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 3.99 | 482 | 411 | .853 |
Dave Dryden | 63 | 3531 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 170 | 2.89 | 1544 | 1374 | .890 |
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 | 2129 | 1869 | .878 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wayne Gretzky | C | 13 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Blair MacDonald | R | 13 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brett Callighen | L | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Chipperfield | C | 13 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Flett | R | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dennis Sobchuk | C | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan Weir | C | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Micheletti | D | 13 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Shmyr | D | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 23 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Hamilton | D | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Carlson | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peter Driscoll | L | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Hunter | L | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Langevin | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Semenko | L | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Hughes | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Garnet Bailey | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Dryden | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Risto Siltanen | D | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Goldsworthy | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Mio | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 235 | 61 | 98 | 159 | 238 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Mio | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
Dave Dryden | 13 | 687 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3.67 | 0 | ||
Totals | 16 | 777 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3.71 | 0 |