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Vancouver Canucks, 1978-79

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Smythe Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
13 80 25-42-13 63 0.394 217 291 -74 15-18-7 10-24-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Philadelphia Flyers Lost 1-2

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Ron Sedlbauer L 79 40 16 56 -35 26 225 0
Thomas Gradin C 76 20 31 51 -12 22 105 0
Don Lever C 71 23 21 44 -43 17 170 0
Stan Smyl R 62 14 24 38 -6 89 122 0
Chris Oddleifson C 67 11 26 37 -16 51 83 0
Curt Fraser L 78 16 18 34 -6 116 184 0
Dennis Kearns D 79 3 31 34 -23 28 102 0
Harold Snepsts D 77 7 24 31 -27 130 115 0
Dennis Ververgaert R 35 9 17 26 2 13 57 0
Hilliard Graves R 62 11 15 26 -15 14 112 0
Pit Martin C 64 12 14 26 -3 24 80 0
Jere Gillis L 78 13 12 25 -31 33 143 0
Bob Manno D 52 5 17 22 -16 42 71 0
Lars Lindgren D 65 2 19 21 -31 68 109 0
Rick Blight R 58 5 10 15 -28 16 91 0
Roland Eriksson C 35 2 12 14 -12 4 69 0
Larry Goodenough D 37 4 9 13 -14 18 75 0
Brad Gassoff L 34 4 7 11 -11 53 44 0
Bill Derlago C 9 4 4 8 -2 2 28 0
Robert Tudor C 26 4 4 8 0 19 51 0
Don Kozak R 29 2 5 7 -15 30 29 0
Jack McIlhargey D 57 2 4 6 -16 129 26 0
Randy Holt D 23 1 3 4 -1 80 17 0
John Grisdale D 52 0 3 3 -25 54 19 0
Drew Callander R 17 2 0 2 -9 2 19 0
Rob Flockhart R 14 1 1 2 -3 0 10 0
Lars Zetterstrom D 15 0 1 1 -10 2 12 0
Brad Smith R 2 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0
Kevin McCarthy D 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Gary Bromley 38 1119602 1073 937 136 3.81 0.873
Glen Hanlon 31 1213503 921 827 94 3.10 0.898
Dunc Wilson 17 210200 468 410 58 4.17 0.876

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 6, 1979 vs MNS T 2-2 24 27
Apr 3, 1979 vs CLR W 2-1 24 24
Apr 1, 1979 @ CHI T 2-2 26 28
Mar 31, 1979 @ CLR W 2-0 27 24
Mar 29, 1979 @ PHI L 0-5 22 42
Mar 27, 1979 vs DET W 5-2 31 25
Mar 25, 1979 vs MNS W 2-1 14 21
Mar 23, 1979 vs BUF L 3-4 25 25
Mar 21, 1979 vs STL T 1-1 24 21
Mar 18, 1979 vs AFM W 2-1 29 19
Mar 16, 1979 @ CLR W 4-1 32 29
Mar 15, 1979 @ BUF L 2-4 20 45
Mar 13, 1979 vs PIT L 3-9 26 40
Mar 10, 1979 vs CLR L 1-3 21 33
Mar 8, 1979 @ MTL L 1-11 26 46
Mar 7, 1979 @ TOR L 0-2 40 45
Mar 4, 1979 vs LAK L 2-3 18 33
Mar 2, 1979 vs WSH L 2-6 27 25
Feb 28, 1979 vs CHI T 4-4 35 30
Feb 26, 1979 @ LAK L 0-2 24 39
Feb 24, 1979 vs BOS L 3-4 26 25
Feb 22, 1979 vs CLR W 3-0 29 25
Feb 20, 1979 vs PHI T 3-3 25 33
Feb 17, 1979 vs NYI L 3-5 32 29
Feb 14, 1979 @ MNS L 1-8 25 42
Feb 13, 1979 @ STL T 3-3 32 34
Feb 4, 1979 @ BOS L 1-6 30 27
Feb 3, 1979 @ WSH W 5-1 39 31
Feb 1, 1979 @ AFM L 1-4 34 37
Jan 30, 1979 vs NYR L 3-5 47 36
Jan 27, 1979 @ CLR T 2-2 25 28
Jan 26, 1979 vs STL W 4-1 32 25
Jan 24, 1979 vs CHI L 0-5 34 15
Jan 19, 1979 vs TOR T 3-3 24 24
Jan 16, 1979 vs MTL T 2-2 20 37
Jan 14, 1979 @ WSH L 3-5 26 23
Jan 13, 1979 @ STL T 3-3 27 30
Jan 11, 1979 vs STL W 4-3 31 25
Jan 8, 1979 @ TOR W 5-1 35 26
Jan 6, 1979 @ MTL L 0-2 24 33
Jan 5, 1979 @ NYR L 4-6 26 28
Jan 3, 1979 @ PIT W 5-3 26 51
Jan 2, 1979 @ NYI L 0-9 23 35
Dec 30, 1978 @ LAK L 0-4 13 39
Dec 28, 1978 vs BUF T 3-3 27 24
Dec 23, 1978 vs LAK W 2-0 23 24
Dec 20, 1978 @ DET L 2-7 22 31
Dec 19, 1978 @ MNS L 3-5 31 40
Dec 17, 1978 @ BUF L 3-6 27 31
Dec 16, 1978 @ PIT L 5-6 30 40
Dec 13, 1978 @ TOR L 1-5 28 49
Dec 12, 1978 @ BOS L 3-7 18 38
Dec 9, 1978 vs WSH L 5-7 23 33
Dec 7, 1978 vs CHI W 4-2 29 33
Dec 5, 1978 vs AFM W 3-0 30 21
Dec 1, 1978 vs DET W 2-1 16 25
Nov 29, 1978 @ CHI T 1-1 27 25
Nov 28, 1978 @ STL W 6-3 45 33
Nov 25, 1978 vs NYI L 2-5 27 43
Nov 23, 1978 @ CLR W 7-2 31 35
Nov 21, 1978 vs CHI W 5-2 46 19
Nov 18, 1978 vs MTL L 2-4 22 33
Nov 16, 1978 vs PIT L 3-6 29 30
Nov 12, 1978 vs PHI L 0-4 14 36
Nov 10, 1978 vs MNS L 2-3 24 17
Nov 8, 1978 @ DET W 6-4 17 27
Nov 7, 1978 @ AFM L 2-4 27 42
Nov 5, 1978 vs NYR L 2-5 24 29
Nov 3, 1978 vs TOR L 1-3 31 15
Nov 1, 1978 @ CHI W 1-0 23 21
Oct 29, 1978 @ PHI W 5-2 30 35
Oct 28, 1978 @ NYI L 2-5 29 22
Oct 25, 1978 @ NYR L 2-6 28 29
Oct 22, 1978 vs BUF W 3-2 19 28
Oct 20, 1978 vs BOS L 1-5 23 25
Oct 18, 1978 @ MNS L 2-7 26 50
Oct 17, 1978 @ STL L 6-8 31 34
Oct 15, 1978 @ CHI T 3-3 23 30
Oct 13, 1978 vs STL W 8-4 36 23
Oct 11, 1978 vs CLR W 8-2 32 36