1978–79 St. Louis Blues season
1978–79 St. Louis Blues | |
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Division | 3rd Smythe |
Conference | Campbell |
1978–79 record | 18–50–12 |
Goals for | 249 |
Goals against | 348 |
Team information | |
General manager | Emile Francis |
Coach | Barclay Plager |
Captain | Barry Gibbs |
Alternate captains | None |
Arena | Checkerdome |
The 1978–79 St. Louis Blues season was the 12th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues finished the season with a record of just 18 wins (a franchise low), 50 losses and just 12 ties, for an all-time franchise low of 48 points. The Blues finished out of the playoffs for the second straight season, and the last time before the 2005–06 season, following the lockout.
Offseason
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Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
Record vs. opponents
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Schedule and results
[edit]No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 11, 1978 | 5–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 1–0–0 |
2 | L | October 13, 1978 | 4–8 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 1–1–0 |
3 | L | October 14, 1978 | 2–6 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 1–2–0 |
4 | W | October 17, 1978 | 8–6 | Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 2–2–0 |
5 | T | October 20, 1978 | 5–5 | @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 2–2–1 |
6 | L | October 21, 1978 | 3–4 | Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 2–3–1 |
7 | L | October 24, 1978 | 2–7 | Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 2–4–1 |
8 | T | October 25, 1978 | 6–6 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 2–4–2 |
9 | T | October 28, 1978 | 7–7 | Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 2–4–3 |
10 | L | October 31, 1978 | 2–5 | Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 2–5–3 |
11 | L | November 1, 1978 | 1–9 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 2–6–3 |
12 | T | November 4, 1978 | 5–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 2–6–4 |
13 | L | November 5, 1978 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 2–7–4 |
14 | L | November 7, 1978 | 0–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 2–8–4 |
15 | W | November 11, 1978 | 5–3 | Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 3–8–4 |
16 | L | November 14, 1978 | 2–4 | Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 3–9–4 |
17 | L | November 16, 1978 | 2–6 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 3–10–4 |
18 | L | November 18, 1978 | 1–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 3–11–4 |
19 | L | November 19, 1978 | 2–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 3–12–4 |
20 | L | November 21, 1978 | 3–4 | Washington Capitals (1978–79) | 3–13–4 |
21 | W | November 22, 1978 | 3–1 | @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) | 4–13–4 |
22 | L | November 24, 1978 | 1–4 | @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 4–14–4 |
23 | W | November 25, 1978 | 4–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 5–14–4 |
24 | L | November 28, 1978 | 3–6 | Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 5–15–4 |
25 | L | November 30, 1978 | 0–3 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 5–16–4 |
26 | W | December 2, 1978 | 5–2 | Washington Capitals (1978–79) | 6–16–4 |
27 | L | December 6, 1978 | 4–7 | @ New York Rangers (1978–79) | 6–17–4 |
28 | L | December 7, 1978 | 1–7 | @ New York Islanders (1978–79) | 6–18–4 |
29 | L | December 9, 1978 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 6–19–4 |
30 | L | December 12, 1978 | 0–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 6–20–4 |
31 | L | December 13, 1978 | 0–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 6–21–4 |
32 | T | December 16, 1978 | 2–2 | New York Islanders (1978–79) | 6–21–5 |
33 | L | December 17, 1978 | 1–4 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 6–22–5 |
34 | W | December 19, 1978 | 7–4 | Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 7–22–5 |
35 | L | December 21, 1978 | 1–5 | @ New York Islanders (1978–79) | 7–23–5 |
36 | L | December 23, 1978 | 1–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 7–24–5 |
37 | L | December 26, 1978 | 4–6 | Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 7–25–5 |
38 | L | December 27, 1978 | 3–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 7–26–5 |
39 | W | December 30, 1978 | 6–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 8–26–5 |
40 | L | January 2, 1979 | 2–4 | @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 8–27–5 |
41 | T | January 3, 1979 | 3–3 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 8–27–6 |
42 | L | January 6, 1979 | 1–4 | Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 8–28–6 |
43 | L | January 9, 1979 | 3–5 | New York Rangers (1978–79) | 8–29–6 |
44 | L | January 11, 1979 | 3–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 8–30–6 |
45 | T | January 13, 1979 | 3–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 8–30–7 |
46 | W | January 16, 1979 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 9–30–7 |
47 | L | January 18, 1979 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) | 9–31–7 |
48 | W | January 20, 1979 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1978–79) | 10–31–7 |
49 | L | January 23, 1979 | 3–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 10–32–7 |
50 | L | January 26, 1979 | 1–4 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 10–33–7 |
51 | W | January 28, 1979 | 7–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 11–33–7 |
52 | W | January 30, 1979 | 7–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 12–33–7 |
53 | L | January 31, 1979 | 1–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) | 12–34–7 |
54 | W | February 3, 1979 | 6–3 | Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 13–34–7 |
55 | L | February 4, 1979 | 1–3 | @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 13–35–7 |
56 | T | February 13, 1979 | 3–3 | Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 13–35–8 |
57 | L | February 17, 1979 | 1–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 13–36–8 |
58 | L | February 18, 1979 | 4–6 | Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 13–37–8 |
59 | L | February 21, 1979 | 3–7 | @ New York Rangers (1978–79) | 13–38–8 |
60 | L | February 22, 1979 | 1–6 | @ New York Islanders (1978–79) | 13–39–8 |
61 | L | February 24, 1979 | 4–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 13–40–8 |
62 | W | February 27, 1979 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1978–79) | 14–40–8 |
63 | W | February 28, 1979 | 6–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 15–40–8 |
64 | W | March 3, 1979 | 8–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 16–40–8 |
65 | T | March 7, 1979 | 5–5 | New York Islanders (1978–79) | 16–40–9 |
66 | L | March 10, 1979 | 5–7 | @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) | 16–41–9 |
67 | W | March 11, 1979 | 8–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) | 17–41–9 |
68 | T | March 13, 1979 | 5–5 | @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 17–41–10 |
69 | L | March 17, 1979 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) | 17–42–10 |
70 | L | March 18, 1979 | 3–5 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 17–43–10 |
71 | T | March 21, 1979 | 1–1 | @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) | 17–43–11 |
72 | T | March 22, 1979 | 3–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) | 17–43–12 |
73 | L | March 25, 1979 | 2–8 | @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) | 17–44–12 |
74 | L | March 26, 1979 | 2–4 | Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) | 17–45–12 |
75 | L | March 29, 1979 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) | 17–46–12 |
76 | L | March 31, 1979 | 2–4 | Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) | 17–47–12 |
77 | L | April 1, 1979 | 5–9 | @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) | 17–48–12 |
78 | L | April 3, 1979 | 2–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) | 17–49–12 |
79 | W | April 7, 1979 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 18–49–12 |
80 | L | April 8, 1979 | 2–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) | 18–50–12 |
Playoffs
[edit]The Blues failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year.
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Bernie Federko | C | 74 | 31 | 64 | 95 | 14 | -15 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Brian Sutter | LW | 77 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 165 | -2 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Wayne Babych | RW | 67 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 75 | -11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Garry Unger | C | 80 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 44 | -44 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Larry Patey | C | 78 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 60 | -27 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Inge Hammarstrom | LW | 65 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 8 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jack Brownschidle | D | 64 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 14 | -21 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Curt Bennett | LW | 74 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 62 | -23 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Barry Gibbs | D | 76 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 46 | -42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Giroux | D | 73 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 111 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Murdoch | RW | 54 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 17 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Mike Zuke | C | 34 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 18 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Currie | RW | 36 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Walton | C | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Stewart | D | 78 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 47 | -28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Smrke | LW | 55 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Harvey Bennett | C | 52 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 63 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Crombeen | RW | 37 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Hess | D | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Ogilvie | C | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Masters | D | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Palazzari | C | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Affleck | D | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Bowness | RW | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 30 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Lamby | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Shinske | C | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neil Komadoski | D | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Durbano | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 103 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Richardson | C | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neil LaBatte | C/D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Fairbairn | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Seiling | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Staniowski | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Grant | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gord McTavish | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Myre | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Richardson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Phil Myre | 2259 | 39 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 163 | 4.33 | 1 |
Ed Staniowski | 2291 | 39 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 146 | 3.82 | 0 |
Doug Grant | 190 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7.26 | 0 |
Terry Richardson | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 |
Team: | 4800 | 80 | 18 | 50 | 12 | 341 | 4.26 | 1 |
Note:
- Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
- Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Awards and records
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Transactions
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Draft picks
[edit]St. Louis's draft picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 3 | Wayne Babych | ![]() | Portland Winterhawks (WCHL) |
3 | 39 | Steve Harrison | ![]() | Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL) |
5 | 72 | Kevin Willison | ![]() | Billings Bighorns (WCHL) |
6 | 89 | Jim Nill | ![]() | Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL) |
7 | 106 | Steve Stockman | ![]() | Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) |
7 | 109 | Paul MacLean | ![]() | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
8 | 123 | Denis Houle | ![]() | Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL) |
9 | 140 | Tony Meagher | ![]() | Boston University (ECAC) |
9 | 143 | Rick Simpson | ![]() | Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL) |
10 | 157 | Jim Lockhurst | ![]() | Kingston Canadians (OMJHL) |
10 | 160 | Bob Froese | ![]() | Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL) |
10 | 170 | Dan Lerg | ![]() | University of Michigan (WCHA) |
11 | 173 | Risto Siltanen | ![]() | Ilves (Finland) |
11 | 175 | Dan Hermansson | ![]() | Karlskoga (Sweden) |
11 | 181 | Jean-Francois Boutin | ![]() | Verdun Eperviers (QMJHL) |
11 | 185 | John Sullivan | ![]() | Providence College (ECAC) |
12 | 188 | Serge Menard | ![]() | Montreal Juniors (QMJHL) |
12 | 191 | Don Boyd | ![]() | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) |
12 | 197 | Paul Stasiuk | ![]() | Providence College (ECAC) |
12 | 200 | Gerd Truntschka | ![]() | EV Cologne (West Germany) |
13 | 203 | Viktor Shkurdyuk | ![]() | Leningrad (USSR) |
13 | 205 | Carl Bloomberg | ![]() | St. Louis University (CCHA) |
13 | 207 | Terry Kitching | ![]() | St. Louis University (CCHA) |
13 | 209 | Brian O'Connor | ![]() | Boston University (ECAC) |
13 | 210 | Brian Crombeen | ![]() | Kingston Canadians (OMJHL) |
13 | 211 | Mike Pidgeon | ![]() | Oshawa Generals (OMJHL) |
14 | 214 | John Cochrane | ![]() | Harvard University (ECAC) |
14 | 216 | Joe Casey | ![]() | Boston College (ECAC) |
14 | 218 | Jim Farrell | ![]() | Princeton University (ECAC) |
14 | 220 | Frank Johnson | ![]() | Providence College (ECAC) |
14 | 221 | Blair Wheeler | ![]() | Yale University (ECAC) |
Farm teams
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1978-79 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- "1978–79 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 21, 2009.