1979 WHA Preliminary Round
New England Whalers defeat Cincinnati Stingers 2-1
W-L: 33-41-6, .450
SRS: -0.09 (6th of 10)
Goals: 274 (6th of 10)
Goals Against: 284 (7th of 10)
W-L: 37-34-9, .519
SRS: 0.13 (4th of 10)
Goals: 298 (3rd of 10)
Goals Against: 287 (8th of 10)
| Game 1, April 21 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Game 2, April 22 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 6 | |
| Game 3, April 24 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
1978-79 Regular Season Stats
| Tuesday, Oct 24, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 1 | |
| Sunday, Oct 29, 1978 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 7 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Sunday, Nov 5, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 5 | |
| Saturday, Nov 11, 1978 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Wednesday, Nov 15, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 4 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 4 | |
| Tuesday, Dec 5, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 2 | |
| Saturday, Dec 30, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 2 | |
| Sunday, Jan 7, 1979 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Saturday, Jan 20, 1979 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Sunday, Feb 11, 1979 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 5 | |
| Sunday, Mar 4, 1979 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | OT |
| Sunday, Mar 11, 1979 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Cincinnati Stingers | 1 | |
| Sunday, Mar 18, 1979 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 1 | |
| Thursday, Apr 12, 1979 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 0 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Saturday, Apr 14, 1979 | ||
| Cincinnati Stingers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 0 | |
CNS Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Robbie Ftorek | 27 | C | 80 | 39 | 77 | 116 | 11 | 87 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 260 | 15.0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Reg Thomas | 25 | C | 80 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 224 | 14.3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Jamie Hislop | 25 | RW | 80 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 8 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 183 | 16.4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Peter Marsh | 22 | LW | 80 | 43 | 23 | 66 | -31 | 95 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 325 | 13.2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Craig Norwich | 23 | D | 80 | 6 | 51 | 57 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 265 | 2.3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Mike Gartner* | 19 | RW | 78 | 27 | 25 | 52 | -18 | 123 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 227 | 11.9 | |||||||||
| 7 | Bill Gilligan | 24 | C | 74 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 6 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| 8 | Rick Dudley | 30 | LW | 47 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 102 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 16.0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Dave Debol | 22 | C | 59 | 10 | 27 | 37 | -22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 7.1 | |||||||||
| 10 | Charlie Luksa | 24 | D | 78 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 5.7 | |||||||||
| 11 | Darryl Maggs | 29 | D | 27 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| 12 | Byron Shutt | 23 | LW | 65 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Barry Melrose | 22 | D | 80 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 222 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 2.4 | |||||||||
| 14 | Bryon Baltimore | 26 | D | 69 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -22 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 15 | Michel Parizeau | 30 | C | 30 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| 16 | Dave Forbes | 30 | LW | 73 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -21 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 11.8 | |||||||||
| 17 | Barry Legge | 24 | D | 80 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 2.9 | |||||||||
| 18 | Mark Messier* | 18 | C | 47 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 | |||||||||
| 19 | Claude St. Sauveur | 27 | LW | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 | |||||||||
| 20 | Gordie Clark | 26 | RW | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 21 | Ed Gilbert | 26 | C | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 5.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Paul Stewart | 24 | LW | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |||||||||
| 23 | Mike Liut | 23 | G | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3181 | 58:54 | ||||||||
| 24 | Bryan Watson | 36 | D | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -15 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Kelly Davis | 20 | RW | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Michel Dion | 24 | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681 | 56:02 | ||||||||
| 27 | Dave Dornseif | 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Gerry Meehan | 32 | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Sean Shanahan | 27 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 274 | 434 | 708 | -147 | 1619 | 187 | 81 | 6 | 2627 | 10.4 | ||||||||||||
CNS Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Mike Liut | 23 | 54 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 184 | 3.47 | 3 | 3181 | 99 | 1.4 | |||||||
| 2 | Michel Dion | 24 | 30 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 93 | 3.32 | 0 | 1681 | 106 | -5.5 | |||||||
| Team Total | 33 | 41 | 6 | 277 | 3.42 | 3 | 4862 | ||||||||||||
NEW Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Mark Howe* | 23 | LW | 77 | 42 | 65 | 107 | 14 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 314 | 13.4 | |||||||||
| 2 | André Lacroix | 33 | C | 78 | 32 | 56 | 88 | 1 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 172 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Mike Rogers | 24 | C | 80 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 186 | 14.5 | |||||||||
| 4 | Dave Keon* | 38 | C | 79 | 22 | 43 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 189 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| 5 | Gordie Roberts | 21 | D | 79 | 11 | 46 | 57 | -2 | 113 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Warren Miller | 24 | RW | 77 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 17.0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Mike Antonovich | 27 | C | 69 | 20 | 27 | 47 | -4 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 13.2 | |||||||||
| 8 | John McKenzie | 41 | RW | 76 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 6 | 115 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 113 | 16.8 | |||||||||
| 9 | Gordie Howe* | 50 | RW | 58 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 9 | 51 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 117 | 16.2 | |||||||||
| 10 | George Lyle | 25 | LW | 59 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 16 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 15.0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Al Hangsleben | 25 | D | 77 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -1 | 148 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 7.1 | |||||||||
| 12 | Rick Ley | 30 | D | 73 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -3 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 6.2 | |||||||||
| 13 | Marty Howe | 24 | D | 66 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 14 | Ron Plumb | 28 | D | 78 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 3.7 | |||||||||
| 15 | Jordy Douglas | 21 | C | 51 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| 16 | Brad Selwood | 30 | D | 42 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 | |||||||||
| 17 | Jim Warner | 24 | RW | 41 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 8.8 | |||||||||
| 18 | Blaine Stoughton | 25 | RW | 36 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 17.0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Larry Pleau | 32 | LW | 28 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 14.3 | |||||||||
| 20 | Jack Carlson | 24 | LW | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 | |||||||||
| 21 | Dave Inkpen | 24 | D | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Al Smith | 33 | G | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2396 | 59:54 | ||||||||
| 23 | Jeff Brubaker | 20 | LW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 24 | John Garrett | 27 | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2496 | 60:53 | ||||||||
| 25 | Pierre Roy | 26 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 298 | 502 | 800 | 49 | 1086 | 230 | 53 | 15 | 2520 | 11.8 | ||||||||||||
NEW Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | John Garrett | 27 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 149 | 3.58 | 2 | 2496 | 106 | -8.4 | |||||||
| 2 | Al Smith | 33 | 40 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 132 | 3.31 | 1 | 2396 | 99 | 1.9 | |||||||
| Team Total | 37 | 34 | 9 | 281 | 3.45 | 3 | 4892 | ||||||||||||
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