1978-79 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-25-15 - 95 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 3-5
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Vancouver Canucks 2-1
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-1
Coach: Bob McCammon (22-17-11)
Coach: Pat Quinn (18-8-4)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1978-79 Philadelphia Flyers Roster
1978-79 Philadelphia Flyers Results

The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 40 wins and 25 losses and 15 ties for 95 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-5.

The Flyers scored 281 goals and conceded 248. Reggie Leach and Bill Barber netted 34 goals for Philadelphia each, and Bobby Clarke contributed 57 assists. Wayne Stephenson topped the squad with 20 wins, while Bernie Parent added 15 or more wins, too. Bernie Parent recorded a 2.70 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.

Bob McCammon and Pat Quinn coached the team. The 1978-79 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Bill Barber	L	79	34	46	80	22	19	10	6	4	0	258	13.2
Bobby Clarke	C	80	16	57	73	68	12	5	1	1	1	143	11.2
Mel Bridgman	C	76	24	35	59	184	14	0	0	3	3	157	15.3
Rick MacLeish	L	71	26	32	58	47	4	7	5	4	0	211	12.3
Reggie Leach	R	76	34	20	54	20	-3	13	0	6	2	279	12.2
Behn Wilson	D	80	13	36	49	197	13	6	0	2	0	174	7.5
Blake Dunlop	C	66	20	28	48	16	27	5	0	5	0	122	16.4
Bob Dailey	D	70	9	30	39	63	21	1	0	1	2	164	5.5
Bob Kelly	L	77	7	31	38	132	15	1	0	0	0	85	8.2
Paul Holmgren	R	57	19	10	29	168	2	4	0	3	1	122	15.6
Ken Linseman	C	30	5	20	25	23	16	1	0	1	0	57	8.8
Jimmy Watson	D	77	9	13	22	52	11	0	2	0	0	112	8.0
Rick Lapointe	D	77	3	18	21	53	15	1	1	0	0	75	4.0
Tom Gorence	R	42	13	6	19	10	16	1	0	3	1	85	15.3
Barry Dean	L	30	4	13	17	20	-1	0	0	1	2	52	7.7
Don Saleski	R	35	11	5	16	14	3	1	1	2	2	75	14.7
Dennis Ververgaert	R	37	9	7	16	6	-4	2	0	1	0	54	16.7
Al Hill	L	31	5	11	16	28	5	1	0	1	1	44	11.4
Dave Hoyda	L	67	3	13	16	138	2	0	0	0	0	37	8.1
Andre Dupont	D	77	3	9	12	135	21	0	0	0	0	128	2.3
John Paul Evans	C	44	6	5	11	12	-3	0	0	1	0	39	15.4
Yves Preston	L	9	3	1	4	0	-2	0	0	1	0	7	42.9
Frank Bathe	D	21	1	3	4	76	9	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
Drew Callander	C	15	2	1	3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	22	9.1
Kevin McCarthy	D	22	1	2	3	21	2	0	0	0	0	16	6.3
Bernie Parent	G	36	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Lucas	R	6	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Robbie Moore	G	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Stephenson	G	40	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Murray	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pete Peeters	G	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Cochrane	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Rick St. Croix	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1446	281	456	737	1526	209	59	16	40	15	2539	11.1

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Wayne Stephenson	40	2187	20	10	5	4	2	122	3.35	0
Bernie Parent	36	1979	16	12	7	2	4	89	2.70	0
Robbie Moore	5	237	3	0	1	0	2	7	1.77	0
Pete Peeters	5	280	1	2	1	2	0	16	3.43	0
Rick St. Croix	2	117	0	1	1	0	0	6	3.08	0
Totals	88	4800	40	25	15	8	8	240	3.00		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Bill Barber	L	8	3	4	7	10	0	0
Bobby Clarke	C	8	2	4	6	8	1	0
Mel Bridgman	C	8	1	2	3	17	0	0
Rick MacLeish	L	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
Reggie Leach	R	8	5	1	6	0	3	2
Behn Wilson	D	5	1	0	1	8	0	0
Blake Dunlop	C	8	1	1	2	4	0	0
Bob Dailey	D	8	1	2	3	14	0	0
Bob Kelly	L	8	1	1	2	10	1	0
Paul Holmgren	R	8	1	5	6	22	0	0
Ken Linseman	C	8	2	6	8	22	0	1
Jimmy Watson	D	8	0	2	2	2	0	0
Rick Lapointe	D	7	0	1	1	14	0	0
Tom Gorence	R	7	3	1	4	0	1	0
Dennis Ververgaert	R	3	0	2	2	2	0	0
Al Hill	L	7	1	0	1	2	0	0
Dave Hoyda	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Dupont	D	8	0	0	0	17	0	0
Frank Bathe	D	6	1	0	1	12	0	0
Robbie Moore	G	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Wayne Stephenson	G	4	0	0	0	5	0	0
Norm Barnes	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		144	23	34	57	171	6	3

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Wayne Stephenson	4	213	0	3	3	16	4.51	0
Robbie Moore	5	268	3	2	0	18	4.03	0
Totals	9	481	3	5	3	34	4.24		0