1978-79 Indianapolis Racers Roster and Statistics

Previous Season

Record: 5-18-2 (12 points), Finished 7th in WHA (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Pat Stapleton (5-18-2)

Captain:

Goals For: 78 (7th of 10), Goals Against: 130 (4th of 10)
SRS: -1.98 (8th of 10), SOS: 0.10 (4th of 10)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Recent Game Results

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

1. Oct 14, INR vs. WNJ
2. Oct 15, INR vs. BRB
3. Oct 18, INR at QBN
4. Oct 20, INR vs. EDO
5. Oct 22, INR vs. NEW
6. Oct 27, INR at BRB
7. Oct 28, INR vs. WNJ
8. Oct 29, INR at WNJ

9. Nov 3, INR at NEW
10. Nov 4, INR vs. NEW
11. Nov 5, INR at WNJ
12. Nov 8, INR at CNS
13. Nov 11, INR at QBN
14. Nov 17, INR at EDO
15. Nov 19, INR at WNJ
16. Nov 23, INR vs. WNJ
17. Nov 24, INR at CNS
18. Nov 25, INR vs. CNS
19. Nov 28, INR at EDO

20. Dec 1, INR vs. BRB
21. Dec 2, INR at BRB
22. Dec 3, INR vs. CNS
23. Dec 7, INR vs. WNJ
24. Dec 10, INR vs. EDO
25. Dec 12, INR vs. NEW

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
Bryon Baltimore	ca	D	26	6-2	190	R/-	4	August 26, 1952	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Ken Block	ca	D	34	5-10	191	L/-	6	March 18, 1944	2 G, 3 A, 5 P
Don Burgess	ca	LW	32	6-0	170	L/-	6	August 6, 1946	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Peter Driscoll	ca	LW	24	6-0	190	L/-	4	October 27, 1954	3 G, 1 A, 4 P
Wes George	ca	LW	20	6-2	220	L/-	R	September 26, 1958	4 G, 2 A, 6 P
Bruce Greig	ca	LW	25	6-2	220	L/-	2	May 9, 1953	3 G, 7 A, 10 P
Wayne Gretzky	ca	C	18	6-0	185	L/-	R	January 26, 1961	3 G, 3 A, 6 P
John Hughes	ca	D	24	5-11	200	L/-	4	March 18, 1954	3 G, 4 A, 7 P
Dave Inkpen	ca	D	24	6-0	195	R/-	3	September 4, 1954	1 G, 8 A, 9 P
Gary Inness	ca	G	29	6-0	195	-/L	1	May 28, 1949	3-6-0, 5.02 GAA
Glen Irwin	ca	D	27	5-11	195	R/-	4	March 1, 1951	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Claude Larose	ca	LW	23	5-10	175	L/-	3	May 17, 1955	5 G, 8 A, 13 P
Don Larway	ca	RW	24	6-1	192	R/-	4	February 2, 1954	8 G, 10 A, 18 P
Rene Leclerc	ca	RW	31	5-11	165	R/-	6	November 12, 1947	5 G, 7 A, 12 P
Rich LeDuc	ca	C	27	5-11	170	L/-	4	August 24, 1951	5 G, 9 A, 14 P
Gerry Leroux	ca	LW	20	5-7	160	L/-	R	June 9, 1958	0 G, 3 A, 3 P
Gary MacGregor	ca	C	24	5-9	170	L/-	4	September 21, 1954	8 G, 4 A, 12 P
Dean Magee	ca	LW	23	6-2	210	L/-	R	April 29, 1955	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Al McLeod	ca	D	29	5-11	200	L/-	4	June 17, 1949	0 G, 11 A, 11 P
Mark Messier	ca	C	18	6-1	210	L/-	R	January 18, 1961	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Eddie Mio	ca	G	25	5-10	180	-/L	1	January 31, 1954	2-2-1, 3.22 GAA
Angelo Moretto	ca	C	25	6-3	212	L/-	R	September 18, 1953	3 G, 1 A, 4 P
Kevin Morrison	ca	D	29	6-0	202	L/-	5	October 28, 1949	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Dave Morrow	ca	C	21	6-0	180	L/-	R	April 4, 1957	2 G, 10 A, 12 P
Kevin Nugent	us	RW	23	6-5	230	R/-	R	June 7, 1955	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
Michel Parizeau	ca	C	30	5-10	165	L/-	6	April 9, 1948	4 G, 9 A, 13 P
Jerry Rollins	ca	D	23	6-2	195	R/-	2	March 22, 1955	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Larry Sacharuk	ca	D	26	6-0	200	R/-	R	September 16, 1952	2 G, 9 A, 11 P
Gary Smith	ca	G	34	6-4	215	-/L	R	February 4, 1944	0-10-1, 5.51 GAA
Claude St. Sauveur	ca	LW	27	6-1	185	L/-	5	January 2, 1952	4 G, 2 A, 6 P
Blaine Stoughton	ca	RW	25	5-11	185	R/-	2	March 13, 1953	9 G, 9 A, 18 P

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	Blaine Stoughton	25	RW	25	9	9	18	-18	16	6	3	0					78	11.5
2	Don Larway	24	RW	25	8	10	18	-20	39	6	2	0					56	14.3
3	Rich LeDuc	27	C	13	5	9	14	-2	14	3	2	0					68	7.4
4	Claude Larose	23	LW	13	5	8	13	5	0	5	0	0					34	14.7
5	Michel Parizeau	30	C	22	4	9	13	-1	4	4	0	0					25	16.0
6	Gary MacGregor	24	C	17	8	4	12	-12	0	7	1	0					45	17.8
7	Rene Leclerc	31	RW	22	5	7	12	2	12	4	1	0					54	9.3
8	Dave Morrow	21	C	10	2	10	12	-13	29	2	0	0					15	13.3
9	Larry Sacharuk	26	D	15	2	9	11	-11	25	0	2	0					49	4.1
10	Al McLeod	29	D	25	0	11	11	0	22	0	0	0					23	0.0
11	Bruce Greig	25	LW	21	3	7	10	-5	64	3	0	0					13	23.1
12	Kevin Nugent	23	RW	25	2	8	10	-2	20	2	0	0					38	5.3
13	Dave Inkpen	24	D	25	1	8	9	-5	22	1	0	0					34	2.9
14	John Hughes	24	D	22	3	4	7	-16	48	3	0	0					24	12.5
15	Wes George	20	LW	9	4	2	6	-11	23	3	1	0					13	30.8
16	Claude St. Sauveur	27	LW	17	4	2	6	-6	12	2	2	0					38	10.5
17	Wayne Gretzky*	18	C	8	3	3	6	-3	0	3	0	0					17	17.6
18	Ken Block	34	D	22	2	3	5	-11	10	2	0	0					9	22.2
19	Peter Driscoll	24	LW	8	3	1	4	1	17	2	1	0					23	13.0
20	Angelo Moretto	25	C	18	3	1	4	-6	2	2	1	0					12	25.0
21	Gerry Leroux	20	LW	10	0	3	3	-4	2	0	0	0					13	0.0
22	Bryon Baltimore	26	D	2	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0					4	25.0
23	Don Burgess	32	LW	3	1	1	2	-4	0	1	0	0					3	33.3
24	Kevin Morrison	29	D	5	0	2	2	-10	0	0	0	0					10	0.0
25	Glen Irwin	27	D	24	0	1	1	-10	124	0	0	0					19	0.0
26	Dean Magee	23	LW	5	0	1	1	-2	10	0	0	0					6	0.0
27	Jerry Rollins	23	D	7	0	1	1	-4	7	0	0	0					4	0.0
28	Gary Inness	29	G	10	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0					0		609	60:54
29	Mark Messier*	18	C	5	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0					7	0.0
30	Eddie Mio	25	G	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0					0		242	48:24
31	Gary Smith	34	G	11	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0					0		664	60:22
	Team Total			25	78	135	213	-173	543	62	16	0					734	10.6

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	Gary Inness	29	10		3	6	0	51				5.02	0	609				116	-7.0
2	Eddie Mio	25	5		2	2	1	13				3.22	1	242
3	Gary Smith	34	11		0	10	1	61				5.51	0	664				128	-13.4
	Team Total				5	18	2	125				4.95	1	1515