1978-79 Quebec Nordiques Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 41-34-5 - 87 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA
Postseason: 0-4
Lost AVCO Cup semi-finals
Semi-Finals - Lost to Winnipeg Jets 4-0
Coach: Jacques Demers (41-34-5)
Location: Quebec, Quebec, Canada

1978-79 Quebec Nordiques Roster
1978-79 Quebec Nordiques Results

The Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 41 wins and 34 losses and 5 ties for 87 points, finishing second in the WHA. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.

The Nordiques netted 288 goals and allowed 271. Real Cloutier scored 75 goals for Quebec, while Rich LeDuc, Marc Tardif and Serge Bernier each tallied 30 or more, too. Marc Tardif contributed 55 assists. Richard Brodeur earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Jim Corsi added 15 or more victories as well. Richard Brodeur registered a 3.11 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

Jacques Demers coached the team. The 1978-79 Quebec Nordiques lost in the AVCO Cup semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SOG	SG%
Real Cloutier	R	77	75	54	129	48	23	21	0	363	20.7
Marc Tardif	L	74	41	55	96	98	25	12	0	255	16.1
Serge Bernier	C	65	36	46	82	71	7	9	3	193	18.7
Rich LeDuc	C	61	30	32	62	30	-1	12	1	167	18.0
Paul Baxter	D	76	10	36	46	240	-5	6	0	125	8.0
Bob Fitchner	C	79	10	35	45	69	-3	1	0	115	8.7
J.C. Tremblay	D	56	6	38	44	8	10	0	0	86	7.0
Garry Lariviere	D	50	5	33	38	54	-11	1	0	119	4.2
Paulin Bordeleau	R	77	17	12	29	44	1	2	1	128	13.3
Alain Cote	L	79	14	13	27	23	-7	0	1	109	12.8
Curt Brackenbury	R	70	13	13	26	155	-5	1	0	73	17.8
Danny Geoffrion	R	77	12	14	26	74	-2	0	0	122	9.8
Francois Lacombe	D	78	3	21	24	44	4	0	0	112	2.7
Dale Hoganson	D	69	2	19	21	17	1	1	0	90	2.2
Christian Bordeleau	C	16	5	12	17	0	6	0	0	34	14.7
Norm Dube	L	36	2	13	15	4	6	0	0	37	5.4
Gilles Bilodeau	L	36	3	6	9	141	2	0	0	15	20.0
Wally Weir	D	68	2	7	9	166	9	0	0	84	2.4
Kevin Morrison	D	27	2	5	7	14	-2	1	0	45	4.4
Richard David	L	14	0	4	4	4	3	0	0	11	0.0
Richard Brodeur	G	42	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	D	32	0	2	2	17	-5	0	0	19	0.0
Jim Corsi	G	40	0	2	2	20	0	0	0	0
Pierre Lagace	L	21	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	10	0.0
Rene Leclerc	R	23	0	0	0	8	-2	0	0	6	0.0
Kevin Devine	L	5	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	3	0.0
Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1351	288	476	764	1369	51	67	6	2321	12.4

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Richard Brodeur	42	2433	25	13	3	1	3	126	3.11	1279	1153	.901
Jim Corsi	40	2291	16	20	1	4	3	126	3.30	1242	1116	.899
Jean-Louis Levasseur	3	140	0	1	1	0	0	14	6.00	85	71	.835
Totals	85	4864	41	34	5	5	6	266	3.28	2872	2606	.907

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Real Cloutier	R	4	2	2	4	2	-4
Marc Tardif	L	4	6	2	8	4	1
Serge Bernier	C	1	0	0	0	2	-4
Rich LeDuc	C	4	0	2	2	0	-1
Paul Baxter	D	4	0	2	2	7	-2
Bob Fitchner	C	4	1	3	4	0	-2
Garry Lariviere	D	4	0	1	1	2	-12
Paulin Bordeleau	R	4	1	0	1	0	-7
Alain Cote	L	4	0	0	0	2	-2
Curt Brackenbury	R	4	1	1	2	2	-2
Danny Geoffrion	R	4	1	2	3	2	-6
Francois Lacombe	D	4	0	1	1	7	-4
Dale Hoganson	D	4	0	0	0	2	-2
Gilles Bilodeau	L	3	0	0	0	25	-4
Wally Weir	D	4	0	1	1	4	-8
Richard Brodeur	G	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Dorey	D	3	0	0	0	0	-3
Jim Corsi	G	2	0	0	0	2	0
Pierre Lagace	L	3	0	1	1	2	-6
Rene Leclerc	R	4	0	0	0	0	-2
Jean-Louis Levasseur	G	1	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		72	12	18	30	67	-70

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Richard Brodeur	3	114	2	0	14	7.37	0
Jim Corsi	2	66	1	0	7	6.36	0
Jean-Louis Levasseur	1	59	1	1	8	8.14	0
Totals	6	239	4	1	29	7.28		0