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1978–79 Colorado Rockies (NHL)
Division4th Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1978–79 record15–53–12
Goals for210
Goals against331
Team information
General managerRay Miron
CoachPat Kelly
CaptainWilf Paiement
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMcNichols Sports Arena

The 1978–79 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies's third season and the fifth season of the franchise. Like three of the previous four seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 29 36 15 244 277 73
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 42 13 217 291 63
St. Louis Blues 80 18 50 12 249 348 48
Colorado Rockies 80 15 53 12 210 331 42

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Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1978 2–8 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 0–1–0
2 L October 14, 1978 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 0–2–0
3 L October 15, 1978 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1978–79) 0–3–0
4 L October 17, 1978 2–8 @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 0–4–0
5 T October 20, 1978 5–5 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 0–4–1
6 W October 21, 1978 4–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 1–4–1
7 L October 25, 1978 4–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 1–5–1
8 L October 27, 1978 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 1–6–1
9 W October 28, 1978 1–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 2–6–1
10 L October 31, 1978 5–8 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 2–7–1
11 L November 2, 1978 0–3 New York Rangers (1978–79) 2–8–1
12 T November 4, 1978 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 2–8–2
13 L November 5, 1978 4–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 2–9–2
14 L November 8, 1978 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 2–10–2
15 T November 10, 1978 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 2–10–3
16 L November 11, 1978 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 2–11–3
17 T November 14, 1978 2–2 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 2–11–4
18 L November 15, 1978 1–6 Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 2–12–4
19 W November 18, 1978 8–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 3–12–4
20 L November 21, 1978 1–7 New York Islanders (1978–79) 3–13–4
21 L November 23, 1978 2–7 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 3–14–4
22 W November 25, 1978 6–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 4–14–4
23 L November 26, 1978 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 4–15–4
24 T November 29, 1978 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 4–15–5
25 L December 2, 1978 2–5 New York Islanders (1978–79) 4–16–5
26 L December 3, 1978 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 4–17–5
27 L December 5, 1978 1–4 Washington Capitals (1978–79) 4–18–5
28 L December 8, 1978 3–4 Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 4–19–5
29 L December 9, 1978 0–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 4–20–5
30 W December 12, 1978 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 5–20–5
31 L December 14, 1978 3–5 @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 5–21–5
32 W December 16, 1978 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 6–21–5
33 T December 19, 1978 2–2 Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 6–21–6
34 L December 21, 1978 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 6–22–6
35 L December 23, 1978 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 6–23–6
36 L December 27, 1978 2–5 Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 6–24–6
37 W December 30, 1978 7–2 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 7–24–6
38 L January 1, 1979 3–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 7–25–6
39 W January 2, 1979 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 8–25–6
40 L January 5, 1979 3–5 Boston Bruins (1978–79) 8–26–6
41 W January 6, 1979 4–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 9–26–6
42 L January 10, 1979 3–5 New York Rangers (1978–79) 9–27–6
43 L January 12, 1979 1–8 @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 9–28–6
44 L January 13, 1979 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 9–29–6
45 L January 16, 1979 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 9–30–6
46 L January 17, 1979 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 9–31–6
47 W January 19, 1979 5–3 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 10–31–6
48 T January 20, 1979 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 10–31–7
49 W January 25, 1979 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 11–31–7
50 T January 27, 1979 2–2 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 11–31–8
51 W January 31, 1979 5–4 New York Rangers (1978–79) 12–31–8
52 L February 3, 1979 3–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 12–32–8
53 L February 4, 1979 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 12–33–8
54 L February 13, 1979 1–6 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 12–34–8
55 L February 15, 1979 3–9 Washington Capitals (1978–79) 12–35–8
56 L February 17, 1979 1–5 Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 12–36–8
57 L February 18, 1979 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 12–37–8
58 L February 20, 1979 3–5 Boston Bruins (1978–79) 12–38–8
59 L February 22, 1979 0–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 12–39–8
60 L February 23, 1979 3–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 12–40–8
61 L February 25, 1979 1–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 12–41–8
62 W February 27, 1979 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 13–41–8
63 L February 28, 1979 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 13–42–8
64 L March 2, 1979 0–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 13–43–8
65 L March 4, 1979 2–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 13–44–8
66 L March 6, 1979 0–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 13–45–8
67 L March 7, 1979 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1978–79) 13–46–8
68 W March 10, 1979 3–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 14–46–8
69 T March 13, 1979 5–5 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 14–46–9
70 L March 16, 1979 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 14–47–9
71 L March 18, 1979 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 14–48–9
72 L March 21, 1979 2–3 Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 14–49–9
73 L March 24, 1979 1–3 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 14–50–9
74 L March 25, 1979 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 14–51–9
75 T March 27, 1979 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 14–51–10
76 L March 31, 1979 0–2 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 14–52–10
77 W April 1, 1979 9–5 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 15–52–10
78 L April 3, 1979 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 15–53–10
79 T April 5, 1979 4–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 15–53–11
80 T April 8, 1979 5–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 15–53–12

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Wilf Paiement RW 65 24 36 60 80 -30 5 0 1
Jack Valiquette C 76 23 34 57 12 -42 8 2 3
Paul Gardner C 64 23 26 49 32 -25 14 0 0
John Van Boxmeer D 76 9 34 43 46 -26 4 0 0
Barry Beck D 63 14 28 42 91 -30 5 0 0
Gary Croteau LW 79 23 18 41 18 -28 8 0 1
Randy Pierce RW 70 19 17 36 35 -21 4 1 3
Ron Delorme C 77 20 8 28 68 -30 2 0 3
Merlin Malinowski C 54 6 17 23 10 -17 0 0 1
Ralph Klassen C 64 6 13 19 12 -25 1 1 2
Rey Comeau C 70 8 10 18 16 -20 1 2 0
Andy Spruce LW 47 3 15 18 31 -18 0 0 0
Joe Contini C 30 5 12 17 6 -19 2 0 1
Dennis Owchar D 50 3 13 16 27 -33 1 0 0
Mike Christie D 68 1 10 11 88 -44 0 0 0
Mike Gillis LW 30 1 7 8 6 -18 0 0 0
Bill Lochead LW 27 4 2 6 14 -15 1 1 0
Nick Beverley D 52 2 4 6 6 -16 0 1 0
Larry Skinner C 12 3 2 5 2 -5 1 0 0
Don Ashby C 12 2 3 5 0 -3 2 0 0
Mike Dwyer LW 12 2 3 5 2 -4 0 0 0
Clayton Pachal C/LW 24 2 3 5 69 -11 1 0 0
Don Awrey D 56 1 4 5 18 -33 0 0 0
Mike Kitchen D 53 1 4 5 28 -19 0 0 0
Nelson Pyatt C 28 2 2 4 2 -17 0 0 0
Trevor Johansen D 11 1 3 4 16 -8 0 0 0
Michel Lachance D 21 0 4 4 22 -9 0 0 0
Don Saleski RW 16 2 0 2 4 -10 0 0 0
Michel Plasse G 41 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Joe Watson D 16 0 2 2 12 -13 0 0 0
Doug Favell G 7 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Ron Andruff C 3 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Kevin Krook D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Messier C 9 0 0 0 4 -6 0 0 0
Bill Oleschuk G 40 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Michel Plasse 2302 41 9 29 2 152 3.96 0
Bill Oleschuk 2118 40 6 19 8 136 3.85 1
Doug Favell 380 7 0 5 2 34 5.37 0
Team: 4800 80 15 53 12 322 4.02 1

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. ^ "1978-79 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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