1978-79 Winnipeg Jets Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 39-35-6 - 84 points
in the WHA
Won League Championship
Coach: Tom McVie (11-8-6)
1978-79 Winnipeg Jets RosterTeam Record: 39-35-6 - 84 points
in the WHA
Won League Championship
Coach: Tom McVie (11-8-6)
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 in the WHA.
The team netted 307 goals and yielded 306. Morris Lukowich scored 65 goals for the team, while Peter Sullivan and Kent Nilsson 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.
Tom McVie coached the team. The 1978-79 Winnipeg Jets won the League Championship.
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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 |
| Joe Daley | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |
| 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 | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Daley | 23 | 1256 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 4.30 | 695 | 605 | .871 |
| Gary Smith | 11 | 626 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2.97 | 279 | 248 | .889 |
| Markus Mattsson | 52 | 2990 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 181 | 3.63 | 1544 | 1363 | .883 |
| Totals | 86 | 4872 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 302 | 3.72 | 2518 | 2216 | .880 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Nilsson | C | 10 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morris Lukowich | L | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Sullivan | C | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Ruskowski | C | 8 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willy Lindstrom | R | 10 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Preston | R | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Long | D | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lesuk | L | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyle Moffat | L | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Guindon | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gray | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Terbenche | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Campbell | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul MacKinnon | D | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Hicks | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Eriksson | C | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve West | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kim Clackson | D | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lars-Erik Sjoberg | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Smith | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Daley | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 181 | 51 | 81 | 132 | 177 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Daley | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.86 | 0 | ||
| Gary Smith | 10 | 563 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3.73 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 600 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 |
