1979 WHA Avco Cup Final
Winnipeg Jets defeat Edmonton Oilers 4-2
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: 39-35-6, .525
SRS: -0.04 (5th of 10)
Goals: 307 (2nd of 10)
Goals Against: 306 (9th of 10)
| Game 1, May 11 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 1 | |
| Game 2, May 13 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 2 | |
| Game 3, May 15 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 8 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | |
| Game 4, May 16 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | |
| Game 5, May 18 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 10 | |
| Game 6, May 20 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 7 | |
1978-79 Regular Season Stats
| Sunday, Oct 22, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 6 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 2 | |
| Friday, Nov 3, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | OT |
| Friday, Dec 22, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |
| Tuesday, Dec 26, 1978 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 5 | |
| Wednesday, Dec 27, 1978 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 5 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 9, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | OT |
| Tuesday, Jan 16, 1979 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 1 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 17, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 6 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 31, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 3 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | |
| Friday, Feb 2, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 2 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
| Wednesday, Mar 21, 1979 | ||
| Edmonton Oilers | 7 | Final |
| Winnipeg Jets | 4 | |
| Friday, Mar 23, 1979 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |
| Tuesday, Apr 10, 1979 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 6 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |
| Wednesday, Apr 18, 1979 | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | 3 | Final |
| Edmonton Oilers | 9 | |
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 | ||||||||||||
WNJ 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 | Kent Nilsson | 22 | C | 78 | 39 | 68 | 107 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 279 | 14.0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Morris Lukowich | 22 | LW | 80 | 65 | 34 | 99 | 26 | 119 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 278 | 23.4 | |||||||||
| 3 | Peter Sullivan | 27 | C | 80 | 46 | 40 | 86 | -6 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 220 | 20.9 | |||||||||
| 4 | Terry Ruskowski | 24 | C | 75 | 20 | 66 | 86 | 13 | 211 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 138 | 14.5 | |||||||||
| 5 | Willy Lindström | 27 | RW | 79 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 7 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 206 | 12.6 | |||||||||
| 6 | Rich Preston | 26 | RW | 80 | 28 | 32 | 60 | -5 | 88 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 177 | 15.8 | |||||||||
| 7 | Barry Long | 30 | D | 80 | 5 | 36 | 41 | -2 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| 8 | Bill Lesuk | 32 | LW | 79 | 17 | 15 | 32 | -14 | 44 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 16.0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Lyle Moffat | 30 | LW | 70 | 14 | 18 | 32 | -14 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 15.7 | |||||||||
| 10 | Bobby Guindon | 28 | LW | 71 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -12 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 6.2 | |||||||||
| 11 | John Gray | 29 | RW | 57 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 51 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 11.0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Paul Terbenche | 33 | D | 68 | 3 | 22 | 25 | -1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 5.2 | |||||||||
| 13 | Mike Amodeo | 26 | D | 64 | 4 | 18 | 22 | -1 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| 14 | Scott Campbell | 21 | D | 74 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 248 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| 15 | Paul MacKinnon | 20 | D | 73 | 2 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 2.5 | |||||||||
| 16 | Glenn Hicks | 20 | LW | 69 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 10.2 | |||||||||
| 17 | Roland Eriksson | 24 | C | 33 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 9.1 | |||||||||
| 18 | Steve West | 26 | C | 18 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 | |||||||||
| 19 | Kim Clackson | 23 | D | 71 | 0 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Bobby Hull* | 40 | LW | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 21 | Bill Davis | 24 | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Lars-Erik Sjöberg | 34 | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Gary Smith | 34 | G | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 626 | 56:55 | ||||||||
| 24 | Ted Green | 38 | D | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Joe Daley | 35 | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1256 | 54:37 | ||||||||
| 26 | John Gibson | 19 | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Markus Mattsson | 21 | G | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2990 | 57:30 | ||||||||
| 28 | Rich Gosselin | 22 | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Dale Yakiwchuk | 20 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 80 | 307 | 507 | 814 | -28 | 1324 | 235 | 67 | 5 | 2425 | 12.7 | ||||||||||||
WNJ 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 | Markus Mattsson | 21 | 52 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 181 | 3.63 | 0 | 2990 | 98 | 2.9 | |||||||
| 2 | Gary Smith | 34 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 2.97 | 0 | 626 | |||||||||
| 3 | Joe Daley | 35 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 90 | 4.30 | 0 | 1256 | 109 | -7.2 | |||||||
| Team Total | 39 | 35 | 6 | 302 | 3.72 | 0 | 4872 | ||||||||||||
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