1978–79 Atlanta Flames season

1978–79 Atlanta Flames
Division 4th Patrick
1978–79 record 41–31–8
Goals for 327
Goals against 280
Team information
General Manager Cliff Fletcher
Coach Fred Creighton
Captain Tom Lysiak
Alternate captains None
Arena Omni Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals Guy Chouinard (50)
Assists Bob MacMillan (71)
Points Bob MacMillan (108)
Penalties in minutes Willi Plett (213)
Wins Dan Bouchard (32)
Goals against average Reggie Lemelin (3.32)

The 1978–79 Atlanta Flames season was the seventh season for the franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Islanders80511514358214116
Philadelphia Flyers8040251528124895
New York Rangers8040291131629291
Atlanta Flames804131832728090

Schedule and results[1]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record Record
1TOctober 11, 19784–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)0–0–19,107
2TOctober 13, 19783–3Washington Capitals (1978–79)0–0–213,062
3WOctober 14, 19786–3@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)1–0–29,243
4WOctober 17, 19788–2Colorado Rockies (1978–79)2–0–26,127
5WOctober 20, 19787–5Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)3–0–212,611
6WOctober 22, 19785–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)4–0–217,077
7WOctober 24, 19787–2Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)5–0–28,526
8WOctober 27, 19788–5New York Islanders (1978–79)6–0–215,061
9WOctober 28, 19784–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)7–0–210,504
10WOctober 31, 19785–2@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)8–0–29,636
11WNovember 1, 19783–0Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)9–0–213,136
12WNovember 3, 19782–0Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)10–0–214,169
13LNovember 4, 19782–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)10–1–217,230
14WNovember 7, 19784–2Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)11–1–29,581
15WNovember 10, 19785–3Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)12–1–214,811
16LNovember 11, 19782–4@ New York Islanders (1978–79)12–2–214,995
17LNovember 14, 19787–8@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)12–3–26,149
18WNovember 15, 19785–3Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)13–3–29,157
19LNovember 17, 19782–6Boston Bruins (1978–79)13–4–215,155
20WNovember 19, 19783–1@ New York Rangers (1978–79)14–4–217,409
21LNovember 21, 19783–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)14–5–29,642
22WNovember 24, 19784–1St. Louis Blues (1978–79)15–5–215,017
23LNovember 26, 19782–4@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)15–6–213,961
24LNovember 29, 19783–5New York Rangers (1978–79)15–7–210,247
25LDecember 1, 19783–4Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)15–8–29,419
26LDecember 2, 19783–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)15–9–28,561
27LDecember 5, 19780–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)15–10–214,151
28WDecember 8, 19784–3@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)16–10–24,897
29LDecember 9, 19781–5@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)16–11–210,009
30TDecember 13, 19785–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)16–11–315,023
31WDecember 14, 19785–3Colorado Rockies (1978–79)17–11–37,242
32WDecember 16, 19787–2Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)18–11–312,384
33LDecember 19, 19784–7@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)18–12–37,337
34LDecember 21, 19784–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)18–13–316,433
35WDecember 22, 19783–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)19–13–39,422
36LDecember 26, 19783–5New York Rangers (1978–79)19–14–310,546
37LDecember 28, 19784–10New York Islanders (1978–79)19–15–312,377
38LDecember 30, 19782–4@ New York Islanders (1978–79)19–16–314,995
39WDecember 31, 19786–5@ New York Rangers (1978–79)20–16–317,390
40WJanuary 3, 19794–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)21–16–316,485
41TJanuary 5, 19793–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)21–16–411,463
42WJanuary 9, 19795–3Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)22–16–49,062
43LJanuary 12, 19791–4New York Islanders (1978–79)22–17–413,147
44LJanuary 14, 19794–6New York Rangers (1978–79)22–18–49,522
45WJanuary 16, 19795–0Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)23–18–49,198
46WJanuary 19, 19796–1Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)24–18–410,389
47WJanuary 20, 19794–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)25–18–414,748
48LJanuary 22, 19791–3@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)25–19–413,064
49LJanuary 25, 19790–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)25–20–417,029
50WJanuary 26, 19794–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)26–20–412,042
51WJanuary 28, 19797–2Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)27–20–410,147
52WJanuary 31, 19795–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)28–20–416,433
53WFebruary 1, 19794–1Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)29–20–48,931
54LFebruary 3, 19792–4Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)29–21–414,247
55LFebruary 4, 19794–7@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)29–22–417,077
56TFebruary 14, 19794–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)29–22–57,674
57WFebruary 17, 19795–1@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)30–22–57,675
58WFebruary 18, 19796–4@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)31–22–511,284
59WFebruary 20, 19795–3Washington Capitals (1978–79)32–22–58,837
60TFebruary 23, 19792–2Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)32–22–613,185
61WFebruary 24, 19796–3@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)33–22–615,086
62WFebruary 28, 19796–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)34–22–616,485
63WMarch 2, 19793–2New York Islanders (1978–79)35–22–614,620
64LMarch 3, 19792–4@ New York Islanders (1978–79)35–23–614,995
65WMarch 8, 19797–5Boston Bruins (1978–79)36–23–611,709
66TMarch 10, 19795–5Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)36–23–713,622
67LMarch 11, 19794–9@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)36–24–716,433
68WMarch 14, 19796–4@ New York Rangers (1978–79)37–24–717,405
69LMarch 15, 19794–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)37–25–717,077
70LMarch 18, 19791–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)37–26–712,962
71LMarch 20, 19793–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)37–27–79,792
72LMarch 23, 19791–4Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)37–28–715,155
73WMarch 25, 19798–2St. Louis Blues (1978–79)38–28–79,343
74LMarch 27, 19794–6Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)38–29–711,592
75WMarch 30, 19795–3Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)39–29–710,292
76WApril 1, 19797–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)40–29–713,798
77LApril 3, 19792–3@ New York Islanders (1978–79)40–30–714,995
78TApril 4, 19793–3@ New York Rangers (1978–79)40–30–817,414
79WApril 6, 19799–2New York Rangers (1978–79)41–30–813,455
80LApril 8, 19792–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)41–31–817,077

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player # GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Bob MacMillan117937711081420110
Guy Chouinard168050571071421230
Eric Vail27803548835320112
Jean Pronovost9752839673022020
Tom Lysiak‡125223355836-----
Bobby Lalonde7782432563621010
Ken Houston680213152135100016
Willi Plett2574232043213210129
Bill Clement10651223351420000
Red Laurence17591420346-----
Harold Phillipoff‡245191726113-----
Dave Shand8794222664200020
Ed Kea1953618244020000
Pat Ribble‡3665162169-----
Brad Marsh58001919101200017
Bob Murdoch†2035511162420004
John Gould216187151820000
Richard Mulhern‡4373121522-----
Darcy Rota†1813951421201126
Ivan Boldirev†12136814620222
Greg Fox‡2640121270-----
Gene Carr1430381161000
Phil Russell†2131672820009
Rod Seiling†15360441220000
Dan Bouchard30640331720004
Gerry O'Flaherty1811012-----
Yves Belanger3150000-----
Reggie Lemelin118000410110

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
‡Traded mid-season.

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player # GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
Reggie Lemelin1189948815503.3212000000.00
Dan Bouchard306436243221720133.33210002905.40
Yves Belanger3151821202106.92-------.--

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1978–79 season.

Trades

September 6, 1978 To Atlanta Flames
Gregg Sheppard		 To Boston Bruins
Dick Redmond
September 6, 1978 To Atlanta Flames
Jean Pronovost		 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Gregg Sheppard
October 10, 1978 To Atlanta Flames
Gerry O'Flaherty		 To Minnesota North Stars
Cash
November 4, 1978 To Atlanta Flames
Rod Seiling		 To St. Louis Blues
Cash
January 16, 1979 To Atlanta Flames
Bob Murdoch
2nd round pick in 1980 (Tony Curtale)		 To Los Angeles Kings
Richard Mulhern
2nd round pick in 1980 (Dave Morrison)
March 13, 1979 To Atlanta Flames
Ivan Boldirev
Darcy Rota
Phil Russell		 To Chicago Black Hawks
Greg Fox
Tom Lysiak
Harold Phillipoff
Pat Ribble
Miles Zaharko

Free agents

PlayerFormer team
C Gene CarrPittsburgh Penguins
G Reggie LemelinPhiladelphia Flyers
PlayerNew team
C Rey ComeauColorado Rockies
D Ab DeMarco, Jr.Boston Bruins
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Draft picks

Bernhardt Engelbrecht was the first German player selected in the NHL Draft. The Flames selected him in the 12th round.[2]

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 11. Brad Marsh (D)  Canada London Knights (OHA)
3 47. Tim Bernhardt (G)  Canada Cornwall Royals (OHA)
4 64. Jim MacRae (F)  Canada London Knights (OHA)
5 80. Gord Wappel (D)  Canada Regina Pats (WCHL)
6 97. Greg Meredith (D)  Canada University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
7 114. Dave Hindmarch (C)  Canada University of Alberta (CIAU)
8 131. Dave Morrison (RW)  Canada Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
9 148. Doug Todd (RW)  Canada University of Michigan (NCAA)
10 165. Mark Green (C)  United States Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
11 180. Bob Sullivan (LW)  Canada Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)
12 196. Bernhard Engelbrecht (G)  West Germany Landshut EV (Bundesliga)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/team_results.php?tid=235&sid=1978
  2. ↑ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.46, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
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