1978–79 Birmingham Bulls season

1978–79 Birmingham Bulls
Division 6th WHA
1978–79 record 32–42–6
Goals for 286
Goals against 311
Team information
Coach John Brophy
Team leaders
<1977–78

The 1978–79 Birmingham Bulls season was the Bulls' final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA).

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

WHA Team GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Edmonton Oilers 80 48 30 2 98 340 266 1220
Quebec Nordiques 80 41 34 5 87 288 271 1399
Winnipeg Jets 80 39 35 6 84 307 306 1342
New England Whalers 80 37 34 9 83 298 287 1090
Cincinnati Stingers 80 33 41 6 72 274 284 1651
Birmingham Bulls 80 32 42 6 70 286 311 1661
xIndianapolis Racers 25 5 18 2 12 78 130 557
#Soviet All-Stars 6 4 1 1 9 27 20 77
#Czechoslovakia 6 1 4 1 3 14 33 107
#Finland 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 2

x-team folded during season #-played limited schedule

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 13, 1978 4–5 OT Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 0–1–0
2 W October 15, 1978 9–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 1–1–0
3 L October 20, 1978 2–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 1–2–0
4 W October 22, 1978 8–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 2–2–0
5 W October 24, 1978 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 3–2–0
6 L October 25, 1978 2–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 3–3–0
7 W October 27, 1978 4–2 Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 4–3–0
8 W November 1, 1978 4–3 OT @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 5–3–0
9 L November 3, 1978 2–3 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 5–4–0
10 L November 4, 1978 1–4 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 5–5–0
11 W November 9, 1978 6–5 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 6–5–0
12 L November 11, 1978 3–5 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 6–6–0
13 T November 14, 1978 5–5 New England Whalers (1978–79) 6–6–1
14 W November 17, 1978 7–1 New England Whalers (1978–79) 7–6–1
15 W November 18, 1978 3–2 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 8–6–1
16 L November 22, 1978 5–6 OT @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 8–7–1
17 L November 23, 1978 3–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 8–8–1
18 L November 25, 1978 2–5 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 8–9–1
19 L November 26, 1978 3–9 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 8–10–1
20 L November 29, 1978 4–7 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 8–11–1
21 L December 1, 1978 3–6 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 8–12–1
22 W December 2, 1978 4–2 Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 9–12–1
23 W December 7, 1978 4–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 10–12–1
24 W December 9, 1978 6–2 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 11–12–1
25 W December 10, 1978 1–0 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 12–12–1
26 L December 14, 1978 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 12–13–1
27 T December 16, 1978 2–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 12–13–2
28 T December 17, 1978 2–2 Soviet All-Stars (1978–79) 12–13–3
29 L December 19, 1978 2–5 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 12–14–3
30 L December 22, 1978 1–5 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 12–15–3
31 L December 23, 1978 3–4 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 12–16–3
32 W December 26, 1978 4–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 13–16–3
33 W December 28, 1978 6–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 14–16–3
34 L December 29, 1978 0–5 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 14–17–3
35 L December 30, 1978 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 14–18–3
36 W January 7, 1979 10–2 Czechoslovakia (1978–79) 15–18–3
37 L January 12, 1979 1–3 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 15–19–3
38 L January 13, 1979 1–3 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 15–20–3
39 L January 14, 1979 2–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 15–21–3
40 L January 17, 1979 5–8 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 15–22–3
41 L January 19, 1979 3–11 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 15–23–3
42 W January 21, 1979 4–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 16–23–3
43 L January 23, 1979 5–7 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 16–24–3
44 W January 26, 1979 5–4 New England Whalers (1978–79) 17–24–3
45 W January 30, 1979 2–1 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 18–24–3
46 W February 1, 1979 7–5 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 19–24–3
47 T February 3, 1979 2–2 New England Whalers (1978–79) 19–24–4
48 L February 6, 1979 2–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 19–25–4
49 L February 7, 1979 2–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 19–26–4
50 L February 11, 1979 3–4 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 19–27–4
51 W February 14, 1979 7–4 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 20–27–4
52 W February 16, 1979 2–1 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 21–27–4
53 L February 18, 1979 3–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 21–28–4
54 L February 20, 1979 3–7 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 21–29–4
55 W February 23, 1979 9–1 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 22–29–4
56 L February 25, 1979 4–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 22–30–4
57 W February 27, 1979 5–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 23–30–4
58 L March 3, 1979 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 23–31–4
59 L March 4, 1979 4–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 23–32–4
60 W March 6, 1979 5–4 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 24–32–4
61 T March 9, 1979 4–4 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 24–32–5
62 L March 11, 1979 0–4 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 24–33–5
63 L March 13, 1979 3–4 New England Whalers (1978–79) 24–34–5
64 W March 15, 1979 4–3 OT @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 25–34–5
65 T March 16, 1979 5–5 New England Whalers (1978–79) 25–34–6
66 L March 18, 1979 2–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 25–35–6
67 L March 20, 1979 2–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 25–36–6
68 W March 23, 1979 2–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 26–36–6
69 W March 24, 1979 4–3 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 27–36–6
70 L March 25, 1979 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 27–37–6
71 W March 27, 1979 3–1 New England Whalers (1978–79) 28–37–6
72 L March 30, 1979 2–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 28–38–6
73 W March 31, 1979 6–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 29–38–6
74 W April 3, 1979 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 30–38–6
75 W April 6, 1979 2–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 31–38–6
76 L April 8, 1979 4–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 31–39–6
77 L April 11, 1979 1–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 31–40–6
78 L April 13, 1979 4–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 31–41–6
79 W April 14, 1979 7–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 32–41–6
80 L April 15, 1979 4–5 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 32–42–6

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Player stats

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ "1978–79 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BRB/1979_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 

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