1978-79 Birmingham Bulls Roster and Statistics

Record: 32-42-6 (70 points), Finished 6th in WHA (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Brophy (32-42-6)

Captain:

Goals For: 286 (5th of 10), Goals Against: 311 (10th of 10)
SRS: -0.24 (7th of 10), SOS: 0.07 (5th of 10)

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 13, BRB vs. WNJ
2. Oct 15, BRB at INR
3. Oct 20, BRB at CNS
4. Oct 22, BRB at QBN
5. Oct 24, BRB at EDO
6. Oct 25, BRB at WNJ
7. Oct 27, BRB vs. INR

8. Nov 1, BRB at CNS
9. Nov 3, BRB vs. QBN
10. Nov 4, BRB vs. QBN
11. Nov 9, BRB vs. WNJ
12. Nov 11, BRB vs. EDO
13. Nov 14, BRB vs. NEW
14. Nov 17, BRB vs. NEW
15. Nov 18, BRB at NEW
16. Nov 22, BRB at CNS
17. Nov 23, BRB vs. CNS
18. Nov 25, BRB at NEW
19. Nov 26, BRB at NEW
20. Nov 29, BRB at QBN

21. Dec 1, BRB at INR
22. Dec 2, BRB vs. INR
23. Dec 7, BRB vs. CNS
24. Dec 9, BRB vs. EDO
25. Dec 10, BRB vs. CNS
26. Dec 14, BRB at QBN
27. Dec 16, BRB at CNS
28. Dec 17, BRB vs. SVT
29. Dec 19, BRB vs. EDO
30. Dec 22, BRB vs. QBN
31. Dec 23, BRB at NEW
32. Dec 26, BRB vs. CNS
33. Dec 28, BRB at CNS
34. Dec 29, BRB at NEW
35. Dec 30, BRB at QBN

36. Jan 7, BRB vs. CZC
37. Jan 12, BRB vs. WNJ
38. Jan 13, BRB vs. WNJ
39. Jan 14, BRB at CNS
40. Jan 17, BRB at CNS
41. Jan 19, BRB at EDO
42. Jan 21, BRB at EDO
43. Jan 23, BRB vs. QBN
44. Jan 26, BRB vs. NEW
45. Jan 30, BRB vs. QBN

46. Feb 1, BRB vs. QBN
47. Feb 3, BRB vs. NEW
48. Feb 6, BRB at EDO
49. Feb 7, BRB at WNJ
50. Feb 11, BRB at EDO
51. Feb 14, BRB at NEW
52. Feb 16, BRB vs. WNJ
53. Feb 18, BRB vs. EDO
54. Feb 20, BRB vs. QBN
55. Feb 23, BRB vs. WNJ
56. Feb 25, BRB at EDO
57. Feb 27, BRB at WNJ

58. Mar 3, BRB at QBN
59. Mar 4, BRB at QBN
60. Mar 6, BRB vs. WNJ
61. Mar 9, BRB vs. EDO
62. Mar 11, BRB vs. EDO
63. Mar 13, BRB vs. NEW
64. Mar 15, BRB at NEW
65. Mar 16, BRB vs. NEW
66. Mar 18, BRB at WNJ
67. Mar 20, BRB at CNS
68. Mar 23, BRB vs. CNS
69. Mar 24, BRB at NEW
70. Mar 25, BRB at QBN
71. Mar 27, BRB vs. NEW
72. Mar 30, BRB vs. CNS
73. Mar 31, BRB vs. CNS

74. Apr 3, BRB vs. QBN
75. Apr 6, BRB at WNJ
76. Apr 8, BRB at EDO
77. Apr 11, BRB at WNJ
78. Apr 13, BRB vs. EDO
79. Apr 14, BRB vs. EDO
80. Apr 15, BRB at WNJ

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
Rick Adduono	ca	C	24	5-11	182	-/-	R	January 25, 1955	20 G, 33 A, 53 P
Steve Alley	us	LW	25	6-0	185	L/-	1	December 29, 1953	17 G, 24 A, 41 P
Serge Beaudoin	ca	D	26	6-2	215	L/-	5	November 30, 1952	5 G, 21 A, 26 P
Tony Cassolato	ca	RW	22	5-11	180	R/-	2	May 7, 1956	13 G, 7 A, 20 P
Keith Crowder	ca	RW	20	6-0	190	R/-	R	January 6, 1959	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
Wayne Dillon	ca	C	23	6-0	185	L/-	2	May 25, 1955	12 G, 27 A, 39 P
Gaston Gingras	ca	D	19	6-1	200	L/-	R	February 13, 1959	13 G, 21 A, 34 P
Dave Gorman	ca	LW	23	5-11	185	R/-	4	April 8, 1955	14 G, 24 A, 38 P
Michel Goulet	ca	RW	18	6-1	195	L/-	R	April 21, 1960	28 G, 30 A, 58 P
Dave Hanson	us	D	24	6-0	190	L/-	2	April 12, 1954	6 G, 22 A, 28 P
Craig Hartsburg	ca	D	19	6-1	200	L/-	R	June 29, 1959	9 G, 40 A, 49 P
Paul Henderson	ca	LW	36	5-11	180	R/-	4	January 28, 1943	24 G, 27 A, 51 P
Brent Hughes	ca	D	35	6-0	205	L/-	3	June 17, 1943	3 G, 3 A, 6 P
Gavin Kirk	gb	C	27	5-10	165	L/-	5	December 6, 1951	1 G, 5 A, 6 P
Peter Marrin	ca	C	25	5-10	160	R/-	5	August 8, 1953	4 G, 11 A, 15 P
Paul O'Neil	us	C	25	6-1	185	R/-	R	August 24, 1953	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Rob Ramage	ca	D	20	6-2	200	R/-	R	January 11, 1959	12 G, 36 A, 48 P
Pat Riggin	ca	G	19	5-9	170	-/R	R	May 26, 1959	16-22-5, 3.78 GAA
Louis Sleigher	ca	RW	20	5-11	200	R/-	R	October 23, 1958	26 G, 12 A, 38 P
Bob Stephenson	ca	RW	24	6-1	187	R/-	1	February 1, 1954	23 G, 24 A, 47 P
John Stewart	ca	C	25	6-0	180	L/-	4	January 2, 1954	24 G, 26 A, 50 P
Greg Tebbutt	ca	D	21	6-3	215	L/-	R	May 11, 1957	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
Jim Turkiewicz	ca	D	23	5-10	185	L/-	4	April 13, 1955	3 G, 17 A, 20 P
Rick Vaive	ca	RW	19	6-1	198	R/-	R	May 14, 1959	26 G, 33 A, 59 P
Ernie Wakely	ca	G	38	5-11	160	-/L	6	November 27, 1940	15-17-1, 3.76 GAA
Wayne Wood	ca	G	27	6-1	190	-/L	4	June 5, 1951	1-3-0, 4.05 GAA

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					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	Rick Vaive	19	RW	75	26	33	59	14	248	23	3	0					173	15.0
2	Michel Goulet*	18	RW	78	28	30	58	13	65	25	3	0					146	19.2
3	Rick Adduono	24	C	80	20	33	53	-2	67	15	4	1					131	15.3
4	Paul Henderson	36	LW	76	24	27	51	-2	20	17	6	1					190	12.6
5	John Stewart	25	C	70	24	26	50	-3	108	20	4	0					126	19.0
6	Craig Hartsburg	19	D	77	9	40	49	9	73	5	4	0					181	5.0
7	Rob Ramage	20	D	80	12	36	48	10	165	9	2	1					214	5.6
8	Bob Stephenson	24	RW	78	23	24	47	-15	72	21	2	0					118	19.5
9	Steve Alley	25	LW	78	17	24	41	-5	36	13	4	0					122	13.9
10	Wayne Dillon	23	C	64	12	27	39	-3	43	8	4	0					80	15.0
11	Louis Sleigher	20	RW	62	26	12	38	-9	46	19	7	0					108	24.1
12	Dave Gorman	23	LW	60	14	24	38	-1	18	12	2	0					74	18.9
13	Gaston Gingras	19	D	60	13	21	34	1	35	11	0	2					138	9.4
14	Dave Hanson	24	D	53	6	22	28	-8	212	6	0	0					66	9.1
15	Serge Beaudoin	26	D	72	5	21	26	-8	127	4	1	0					89	5.6
16	Tony Cassolato	22	RW	64	13	7	20	1	62	11	2	0					66	19.7
17	Jim Turkiewicz	23	D	79	3	17	20	-15	52	3	0	0					93	3.2
18	Peter Marrin	25	C	20	4	11	15	1	18	3	1	0					37	10.8
19	Greg Tebbutt	21	D	38	2	5	7	0	83	1	1	0					33	6.1
20	Brent Hughes	35	D	48	3	3	6	-9	21	2	1	0					40	7.5
21	Gavin Kirk	27	C	30	1	5	6	-2	16	1	0	0					27	3.7
22	Pat Riggin	19	G	46	0	3	3	0	22	0	0	0					0		2511	54:35
23	Ernie Wakely	38	G	37	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0					0		2060	55:41
24	Keith Crowder	20	RW	5	1	0	1	-1	17	1	0	0
25	Paul O'Neil	25	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0					1	0.0
26	Wayne Wood	27	G	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0					0		311	51:50
	Team Total			80	286	454	740	-35	1632	230	51	5					2253	12.6

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Pat Riggin	19	46		16	22	5	158				3.78	1	2511				100	-0.5
2	Ernie Wakely	38	37		15	17	1	129				3.76	0	2060				101	-1.2
3	Wayne Wood	27	6		1	3	0	21				4.05	0	311
	Team Total				32	42	6	308				3.79	1	4882