1978-79 Edmonton Oil Kings Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 17-43-12 - 46 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Norm Ferguson (17-43-12)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1978-79 Edmonton Oil Kings Roster

The Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 17 wins and 43 losses and 12 ties for 46 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Oil Kings netted 288 goals and surrendered 403. Ray Neufeld scored 54 goals for Edmonton, while Steve Blue tallied 30 or more, too. Craig Levie contributed 63 assists. Gord Garbutt topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 5.22 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.

Norm Ferguson coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Ray Neufeld	R	57	54	48	102	138		0.95	0.84	1.79
Craig Levie	D	69	29	63	92	200		0.42	0.91	1.33
Steve Blue	C	72	46	44	90	33		0.64	0.61	1.25
Mel Biluk	C	60	19	38	57	25		0.32	0.63	0.95
Larry McCargar	LW	59	23	23	46	41		0.39	0.39	0.78
Terry Davis	LW	72	20	23	43	81		0.28	0.32	0.60
Bruce Jacobsen	RW	58	18	20	38	158		0.31	0.34	0.66
Mike Schneider	C	40	14	23	37	39		0.35	0.58	0.93
Dave Barr	R	72	16	19	35	61		0.22	0.26	0.49
Gerard Jubinville	RW	55	11	23	34	49		0.20	0.42	0.62
Greg Tennant	D	68	2	29	31	118		0.03	0.43	0.46
Franco Disciglio	LW	31	5	21	26	58		0.16	0.68	0.84
Mike Moskalyk	LW	62	10	9	19	73		0.16	0.15	0.31
Ryan Switzer	RW	65	9	9	18	118		0.14	0.14	0.28
Kevin Shaigec	D	43	5	9	14	63		0.12	0.21	0.33
Derek Davis	D	66	1	12	13	428		0.02	0.18	0.20
John Barkwell	D	33	2	10	12	16		0.06	0.30	0.36
Ray Karlson	D	72	1	6	7	86		0.01	0.08	0.10
Craig Bentley	C	26	1	3	4	2		0.04	0.12	0.15
Jeff Clayton	F	8	0	4	4	2			0.50	0.50
Ken Oulton	D	10	0	4	4	11			0.40	0.40
Greg Pruden	D	7	0	3	3	5			0.43	0.43
Mark Goodwin	F	3	1	1	2	2		0.33	0.33	0.67
Maurice Jaeger	F	7	0	2	2	4			0.29	0.29
Gord Garbutt	G	63	0	2	2	30			0.03	0.03
Steve McKenzie	D	2	1	0	1	0		0.50		0.50
Craig Elliot	F	6	0	1	1	0			0.17	0.17
Mickey McCarthy	F	3	0	1	1	0			0.33	0.33
Al Wiebe	G	14	0	0	0	15
Don Godri		6	0	0	0	2
Joe DeMoissiac	C	3	0	0	0	2
Ron Fischer	D	1	0	0	0	0
Bernie McNeil	C	25	0	0	0	5
Totals		1238	288	450	738	1865	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Al Wiebe	14	635	3	6	1	0	64	6.05
Gord Garbutt	63	3516	14	34	11	2	306	5.22
Craig Elliot	6	164	0	3	0	0	28	10.24
Totals	83	4315	17	43	12	2	398	5.53	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Ray Neufeld	R	8	5	1	6	2	0.63	0.13	0.75
Craig Levie	D	7	4	6	10	11	0.57	0.86	1.43
Steve Blue	C	8	2	2	4	6	0.25	0.25	0.50
Mel Biluk	C	8	1	3	4	0	0.13	0.38	0.50
Larry McCargar	LW	7	1	3	4	2	0.14	0.43	0.57
Terry Davis	LW	8	1	2	3	2	0.13	0.25	0.38
Bruce Jacobsen	RW	8	2	3	5	0	0.25	0.38	0.63
Dave Barr	R	8	4	0	4	2	0.50		0.50
Gerard Jubinville	RW	7	0	1	1	2		0.14	0.14
Greg Tennant	D	8	0	3	3	20		0.38	0.38
Franco Disciglio	LW	8	2	3	5	4	0.25	0.38	0.63
Mike Moskalyk	LW	6	1	1	2	6	0.17	0.17	0.33
Ryan Switzer	RW	7	1	3	4	11	0.14	0.43	0.57
Kevin Shaigec	D	6	0	3	3	6		0.50	0.50
Derek Davis	D	7	0	0	0	27
John Barkwell	D	3	0	1	1	0		0.33	0.33
Ray Karlson	D	2	0	0	0	0
Jeff Clayton	F	7	0	1	1	0		0.14	0.14
Gord Garbutt	G	8	0	0	0	0
Steve McKenzie	D	5	0	2	2	0		0.40	0.40
Al Wiebe	G	1	0	0	0	0
Ron Fischer	D	8	2	1	3	6	0.25	0.13	0.38
Totals		145	26	39	65	107

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0

1978-79 Edmonton Oil Kings Statistics

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