1979 WHA Semi-Finals
Edmonton Oilers defeat New England Whalers 4-3
W-L: 48-30-2, .613
SRS: 0.77 (2nd of 10)
Goals: 340 (1st of 10)
Goals Against: 266 (5th 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 26 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 6 | |
| Game 2, April 27 | ||
| New England Whalers | 5 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 9 | |
| Game 3, April 29 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Game 4, May 1 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Game 5, May 3 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 5 | |
| Game 6, May 6 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 8 | |
| Game 7, May 8 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 6 | |
1978-79 Regular Season Stats
| Tuesday, Oct 17, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | |
| Thursday, Nov 9, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Friday, Dec 1, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 8 | |
| Sunday, Dec 3, 1978 | ||
| New England Whalers | 7 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 0 | |
| Thursday, Dec 7, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 5 | |
| Saturday, Jan 13, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 0 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 23, 1979 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 5 | |
| Friday, Feb 16, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Tuesday, Feb 20, 1979 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 8 | |
| Tuesday, Feb 27, 1979 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | |
| Friday, Mar 30, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 1 | |
| Sunday, Apr 1, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 5 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 3 | |
| Friday, Apr 6, 1979 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 7 | |
| Sunday, Apr 15, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 1 | |
EDO 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 | Wayne Gretzky* | 18 | C | 72 | 43 | 61 | 104 | 23 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 253 | 17.0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Blair MacDonald | 25 | RW | 80 | 34 | 37 | 71 | 35 | 44 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 259 | 13.1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Brett Callighen | 25 | LW | 71 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 29 | 79 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 161 | 19.3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Ron Chipperfield | 24 | C | 55 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 25 | 47 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 181 | 17.7 | |||||||||
| 5 | Bill Flett | 35 | RW | 73 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 170 | 16.5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Dennis Sobchuk | 25 | C | 74 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 24 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 183 | 14.2 | |||||||||
| 7 | Stan Weir | 26 | C | 68 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 24 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 23.5 | |||||||||
| 8 | Joe Micheletti | 24 | D | 72 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 10 | 85 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 155 | 9.0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Paul Shmyr | 33 | D | 80 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 37 | 119 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Al Hamilton | 32 | D | 80 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 22 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 3.9 | |||||||||
| 11 | Steve Carlson | 23 | C | 73 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 25.4 | |||||||||
| 12 | Peter Driscoll | 24 | LW | 69 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 16 | 115 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 18.3 | |||||||||
| 13 | Dave Hunter | 21 | LW | 72 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 134 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 | |||||||||
| 14 | Claire Alexander | 33 | D | 54 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 148 | 5.4 | |||||||||
| 15 | Dave Langevin | 24 | D | 77 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 4.6 | |||||||||
| 16 | Dave Semenko | 21 | RW | 77 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -12 | 158 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| 17 | John Hughes | 24 | D | 41 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 | |||||||||
| 18 | Doug Berry | 21 | C | 29 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Ace Bailey | 30 | LW | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 | |||||||||
| 20 | Dave Dryden | 37 | G | 63 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3531 | 56:03 | ||||||||
| 21 | Risto Siltanen | 20 | D | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 | |||||||||
| 22 | Bill Goldsworthy | 34 | C | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14.8 | |||||||||
| 23 | Jim Neilson | 38 | D | 35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Pierre Guite | 26 | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Eddie Mio | 25 | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1068 | 48:33 | ||||||||
| 26 | Wes George | 20 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Hannu Kamppuri | 21 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 45:00 | ||||||||
| 28 | Jim Mayer | 24 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Cal Sandbeck | 23 | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Rudy Tajcnar | 30 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Ed Walsh | 27 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 48:00 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 340 | 558 | 898 | 308 | 1212 | 261 | 70 | 9 | 2539 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||
EDO 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 | Dave Dryden | 37 | 63 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 170 | 2.89 | 3 | 3531 | 92 | 13.9 | |||||||
| 2 | Eddie Mio | 25 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 71 | 3.99 | 1 | 1068 | 124 | -13.6 | |||||||
| 3 | Hannu Kamppuri | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.67 | 0 | 90 | |||||||||
| 4 | Ed Walsh | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3.75 | 0 | 144 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 48 | 30 | 2 | 260 | 3.23 | 4 | 4833 | ||||||||||||
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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