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Edmonton Oilers 1978-79 roster and statistics

1978-79 Edmonton Oilers game program


Head Coach: Glen Sather (48-30-2-0)
Regular Season Playoffs Vitals
# Player Name Pos. GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM Birthplace Age
99 Wayne Gretzky 1 C 72 43 61 104 19 23 13 10 10 20 2 ONT: Brantford 17
14 Blair MacDonald R 80 34 37 71 44 35 13 8 10 18 6 ONT: Cornwall 24
18 Brett Callighen L 71 31 39 70 79 29 13 5 10 15 15 ONT: Toronto 25
7 Ron Chipperfield C 55 32 37 69 47 25 13 9 10 19 8 MAN: Brandon 24
19 Bill Flett R 73 28 36 64 14 26 10 5 2 7 2 ALTA: Vermilion 35
10 Dennis Sobchuk C 74 26 37 63 31 24 12 6 6 12 4 SASK: Lang 24
21 Stan Weir C 68 31 30 61 20 24 13 2 5 7 2 ALTA: Ponoka 26
4 Joe Micheletti D 72 14 33 47 85 10 13 0 9 9 2 MN: International Falls 23
6 Paul Shmyr D 80 8 39 47 119 37 13 1 5 6 23 SASK: Cudworth 32
3 Al Hamilton D 80 6 38 44 38 22 13 4 5 9 4 MAN: Flin Flon 32
23 Steve Carlson F 73 18 22 40 50 15 11 1 1 2 12 MN: Virginia 23
24 Peter Driscoll 2 L 69 17 23 40 115 16 13 1 6 7 8 ONT: Powassan 23
12 Dave Hunter F 72 7 25 32 134 7 13 2 3 5 42 ONT: Petrolia 20
5 Claire Alexander D 54 8 23 31 16 -5 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Collingwood 33
26 Dave Langevin D 77 6 21 27 76 33 13 0 1 1 25 MN: Saint Paul 24
27 Dave Semenko L 77 10 14 24 158 -12 11 4 2 6 29 MAN: Winnipeg 21
20 John Hughes 2 D 41 2 15 17 82 22 13 1 0 1 35 PEI: Charlottetown 24
11 Doug Berry C 29 6 3 9 4 -9 -- -- -- -- -- BC: New Westminster 21
17 Garnet "Ace" Bailey L 38 5 4 9 22 -8 2 0 0 0 4 SASK: Lloydminster 30
28 Dave Dryden G 63 0 8 8 0 0 13 0 1 1 0 ONT: Hamilton 36
8 Risto Siltanen D 20 3 4 7 4 4 11 0 9 9 4 Finland: Mantta 19
9 Bill Goldsworthy R 17 4 2 6 14 -3 4 1 1 2 11 ONT: Waterloo 34
15 Jim Neilson D 35 0 5 5 18 5 -- -- -- -- -- SASK: Big River 36
Pierre Guite L 12 1 1 2 8 -5 -- -- -- -- -- PQ: Montreal 26
31 Eddie Mio 1 G 22 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 ONT: Windsor 24
Bengt Gustafsson F -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 1 2 3 0 Sweden: Karlskoga 20
Jim Mayer F 2 0 0 0 0 -2 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Capreol 23
Rudy Tajcnar D 2 0 0 0 0 -4 -- -- -- -- -- Slovakia: Bratislava 30
Hannu Kamppuri G 2 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- 21
30 Ed Walsh G 3 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- MA: Somerville 27
8 Wes George 2 L 3 0 0 0 11 1 -- -- -- -- -- SASK: Young 19
Cal Sandbeck D 6 0 0 0 2 -2 -- -- -- -- -- MN: International Falls 23
Bench 80 0 0 0 8 0 13 0 0 0 0
Totals 340 558 898 1220

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Goalies
Player NameGPMinGAGAAWLTSvsPctENSO
Dave Dryden6335311702.894117213740.89043
Ed Walsh314493.75020460.83600
Eddie Mio221068713.9971004110.85321
Hannu Kamppuri290106.67010380.79200

Trade Key
1: From Indianapolis
2: To Indianapolis