1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers season

1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers
Division 5th WHA
1978–79 record 33–41–6
Goals for 274
Goals against 284
Team information
Coach Floyd Smith
Team leaders
<1977–78

The 1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers' last season of operation in the World Hockey Association.

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
2 W October 15, 1978 4–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 1–1–0
3 T October 17, 1978 5–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 1–1–1
4 W October 20, 1978 5–2 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 2–1–1
5 W October 21, 1978 4–3 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 3–1–1
6 L October 24, 1978 1–2 New England Whalers (1978–79) 3–2–1
7 L October 25, 1978 3–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 3–3–1
8 W October 28, 1978 4–3 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 4–3–1
9 W October 29, 1978 7–4 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 5–3–1
10 L November 1, 1978 3–4 OT Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 5–4–1
11 W November 5, 1978 5–4 New England Whalers (1978–79) 6–4–1
12 W November 8, 1978 4–0 Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 7–4–1
13 W November 10, 1978 3–2 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 8–4–1
14 L November 11, 1978 1–2 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 8–5–1
15 W November 12, 1978 5–3 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 9–5–1
16 T November 15, 1978 4–4 New England Whalers (1978–79) 9–5–2
17 L November 17, 1978 6–10 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 9–6–2
18 L November 19, 1978 3–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 9–7–2
19 W November 22, 1978 6–5 OT Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 10–7–2
20 W November 23, 1978 4–3 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 11–7–2
21 W November 24, 1978 8–5 Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 12–7–2
22 L November 25, 1978 3–6 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 12–8–2
23 W December 1, 1978 6–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 13–8–2
24 L December 2, 1978 0–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 13–9–2
25 W December 3, 1978 4–2 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 14–9–2
26 T December 5, 1978 2–2 New England Whalers (1978–79) 14–9–3
27 L December 7, 1978 2–4 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 14–10–3
28 L December 9, 1978 3–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 14–11–3
29 L December 10, 1978 0–1 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 14–12–3
30 L December 12, 1978 2–5 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 14–13–3
31 T December 16, 1978 2–2 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 14–13–4
32 L December 17, 1978 3–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 14–14–4
33 L December 20, 1978 3–5 Soviet All-Stars (1978–79) 14–15–4
34 W December 23, 1978 6–2 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 15–15–4
35 L December 26, 1978 2–4 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 15–16–4
36 L December 28, 1978 5–6 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 15–17–4
37 W December 30, 1978 2–1 New England Whalers (1978–79) 16–17–4
38 L January 6, 1979 1–4 Czechoslovakia (1978–79) 16–18–4
39 L January 7, 1979 4–5 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 16–19–4
40 L January 9, 1979 3–4 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 16–20–4
41 L January 12, 1979 1–2 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 16–21–4
42 W January 14, 1979 4–2 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 17–21–4
43 W January 17, 1979 8–5 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 18–21–4
44 W January 19, 1979 7–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 19–21–4
45 L January 20, 1979 1–3 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 19–22–4
46 T January 24, 1979 5–5 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 19–22–5
47 W January 26, 1979 5–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 20–22–5
48 L January 28, 1979 0–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 20–23–5
49 L February 4, 1979 1–8 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 20–24–5
50 L February 7, 1979 5–8 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 20–25–5
51 W February 9, 1979 4–0 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 21–25–5
52 W February 11, 1979 5–2 New England Whalers (1978–79) 22–25–5
53 L February 14, 1979 1–5 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 22–26–5
54 W February 17, 1979 6–4 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 23–26–5
55 L February 18, 1979 2–4 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 23–27–5
56 W February 20, 1979 5–2 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 24–27–5
57 L February 23, 1979 1–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 24–28–5
58 T February 25, 1979 1–1 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 24–28–6
59 L March 2, 1979 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 24–29–6
60 L March 3, 1979 4–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 24–30–6
61 W March 4, 1979 4–3 OT @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 25–30–6
62 L March 7, 1979 3–5 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 25–31–6
63 W March 10, 1979 5–2 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 26–31–6
64 L March 11, 1979 1–2 New England Whalers (1978–79) 26–32–6
65 W March 13, 1979 5–1 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 27–32–6
66 L March 16, 1979 3–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 27–33–6
67 W March 18, 1979 4–1 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 28–33–6
68 W March 20, 1979 5–2 Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 29–33–6
69 L March 23, 1979 1–2 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 29–34–6
70 L March 24, 1979 2–5 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 29–35–6
71 L March 25, 1979 5–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 29–36–6
72 L March 28, 1979 3–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 29–37–6
73 W March 30, 1979 3–2 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 30–37–6
74 L March 31, 1979 3–6 @ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) 30–38–6
75 L April 3, 1979 1–5 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 30–39–6
76 W April 7, 1979 6–2 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 31–39–6
77 W April 11, 1979 6–2 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 32–39–6
78 L April 12, 1979 0–4 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 32–40–6
79 W April 14, 1979 4–0 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 33–40–6
80 L April 15, 1979 2–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 33–41–6

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Playoffs

Player stats

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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

External links

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