1978–79 Atlanta Flames season

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1978–79 Atlanta Flames
Division	4th Patrick
1978–79 record	41–31–8
Goals for	327
Goals against	280
General Manager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Fred Creighton
Captain	Tom Lysiak/Jean Pronovost
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)

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Patrick Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	51	15	14	358	214	116
Philadelphia Flyers	80	40	25	15	281	248	95
New York Rangers	80	40	29	11	316	292	91
Atlanta Flames	80	41	31	8	327	280	90

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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 MacMillan	11		79	37	71	108	14		2	0	1	1	0
Guy Chouinard	16		80	50	57	107	14		2	1	2	3	0
Eric Vail	27		80	35	48	83	53		2	0	1	1	2
Jean Pronovost	9		75	28	39	67	30		2	2	0	2	0
Tom Lysiak‡	12		52	23	35	58	36		-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Lalonde	7		78	24	32	56	36		2	1	0	1	0
Ken Houston	6		80	21	31	52	135		1	0	0	0	16
Willi Plett	25		74	23	20	43	213		2	1	0	1	29
Bill Clement	10		65	12	23	35	14		2	0	0	0	0
Red Laurence	17		59	14	20	34	6		-	-	-	-	-
Harold Phillipoff‡	24		51	9	17	26	113		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Shand	8		79	4	22	26	64		2	0	0	0	20
Ed Kea	19		53	6	18	24	40		2	0	0	0	0
Pat Ribble‡	3		66	5	16	21	69		-	-	-	-	-
Brad Marsh	5		80	0	19	19	101		2	0	0	0	17
Bob Murdoch†	20		35	5	11	16	24		2	0	0	0	4
John Gould	21		61	8	7	15	18		2	0	0	0	0
Richard Mulhern‡	4		37	3	12	15	22		-	-	-	-	-
Darcy Rota†	18		13	9	5	14	21		2	0	1	1	26
Ivan Boldirev†	12		13	6	8	14	6		2	0	2	2	2
Greg Fox‡	2		64	0	12	12	70		-	-	-	-	-
Gene Carr	14		30	3	8	11	6		1	0	0	0
Phil Russell†	2		13	1	6	7	28		2	0	0	0	9
Rod Seiling†	15		36	0	4	4	12		2	0	0	0	0
Dan Bouchard	30		64	0	3	3	17		2	0	0	0	4
Gerry O'Flaherty	18		1	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
Yves Belanger	31		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Lemelin	1		18	0	0	0	4		1	0	1	1	0

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

[edit] 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 Lemelin	1		18	994	8	8	1	55	0	3.32		1	20	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dan Bouchard	30		64	3624	32	21	7	201	3	3.33		2	100	0	2	9	0	5.40
Yves Belanger	31		5	182	1	2	0	21	0	6.92		-	-	-	-	-	-	-.--

[edit] Transactions

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Free agents

Player Former team C Gene Carr Pittsburgh Penguins G Reggie Lemelin Philadelphia Flyers

Player New team C Rey Comeau Colorado Rockies D Ab DeMarco, Jr. Boston Bruins

[edit] Draft picks

See also: 1978 NHL Amateur Draft

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.	Bernhardt Engelbrecht (G)	West Germany	Landshut EV (Bundesliga)

[edit] References

• Flames on Hockey Database

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