1978-79 Vancouver Canucks Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 25-42-13 - 63 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 2-1
Coach: Harry Neale (25-42-13)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1978-79 Vancouver Canucks Roster
1978-79 Vancouver Canucks Results

The Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 25 wins and 42 losses and 13 ties for 63 points, finishing second in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Canucks netted 217 goals and allowed 291. Ron Sedlbauer scored 40 goals for Vancouver, while Dennis Kearns and Thomas Gradin each contributed 31 assists. Glen Hanlon topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.10 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Harry Neale coached the team. The 1978-79 Vancouver Canucks lost in the NHL preliminary round.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Ron Sedlbauer	L	79	40	16	56	26	-34	15	0	5	2	225	17.8
Thomas Gradin	C	76	20	31	51	22	-12	4	0	4	2	105	19.0
Don Lever	L	71	23	21	44	17	-41	8	0	2	0	170	13.5
Stan Smyl	R	62	14	24	38	89	-6	4	0	0	1	122	11.5
Chris Oddleifson	C	67	11	26	37	51	-15	4	0	1	0	83	13.3
Curt Fraser	L	78	16	19	35	116	-7	2	0	2	0	184	8.7
Dennis Kearns	D	78	3	31	34	28	-23	0	0	0	0	102	2.9
Harold Snepsts	D	76	7	24	31	130	-27	4	0	0	0	115	6.1
Pit Martin	C	64	12	14	26	24	-3	1	0	1	1	80	15.0
Hilliard Graves	R	62	11	15	26	14	-15	2	0	2	0	112	9.8
Dennis Ververgaert	R	35	9	17	26	13	3	2	1	3	0	57	15.8
Jere Gillis	L	78	13	12	25	33	-31	4	0	3	2	143	9.1
Bob Manno	D	52	5	16	21	42	-17	0	0	1	2	71	7.0
Lars Lindgren	D	64	2	19	21	68	-32	1	0	0	0	109	1.8
Rick Blight	R	56	5	10	15	16	-28	1	0	1	0	91	5.5
Roland Eriksson	C	35	2	12	14	4	-12	0	0	0	0	69	2.9
Larry Goodenough	D	36	4	9	13	18	-14	2	0	0	1	75	5.3
Brad Gassoff	L	34	4	7	11	53	-11	0	0	0	0	44	9.1
Rob Tudor	R	24	4	4	8	19	0	0	0	0	0	51	7.8
Bill Derlago	C	9	4	4	8	2	-2	1	0	0	0	28	14.3
Don Kozak	R	28	2	5	7	30	-15	1	0	0	0	29	6.9
Jack McIlhargey	D	53	2	4	6	129	-16	0	0	0	0	26	7.7
Randy Holt	D	22	1	3	4	80	-1	0	0	0	1	17	5.9
John Grisdale	D	41	0	3	3	54	-23	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
Drew Callander	C	17	2	0	2	2	-9	0	0	0	1	19	10.5
Rob Flockhart	R	14	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0	0	0	10	10.0
Dunc Wilson	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lars Zetterstrom	D	14	0	1	1	2	-10	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
Gary Bromley	G	38	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Hanlon	G	31	0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin McCarthy	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Smith	R	2	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1414	217	351	568	1120	-409	56	1	25	13	2168	10.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Glen Hanlon	31	1821	12	13	5	1	3	94	3.10	0
Gary Bromley	38	2144	11	19	6	1	2	136	3.81	0
Dunc Wilson	17	835	2	10	2	1	0	58	4.17	0
Totals	86	4800	25	42	13	3	5	288	3.60		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Ron Sedlbauer	L	3	0	1	1	9	0	0
Thomas Gradin	C	3	4	1	5	4	0	0
Don Lever	L	3	2	1	3	2	1	1
Stan Smyl	R	2	1	1	2	0	0	0
Chris Oddleifson	C	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Curt Fraser	L	3	0	2	2	6	0	0
Dennis Kearns	D	3	1	1	2	2	1	0
Harold Snepsts	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pit Martin	C	3	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jere Gillis	L	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Manno	D	3	0	1	1	4	0	0
Lars Lindgren	D	3	0	0	0	6	0	0
Rick Blight	R	3	0	4	4	2	0	0
Larry Goodenough	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brad Gassoff	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Tudor	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Kozak	R	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jack McIlhargey	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Grisdale	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Gary Bromley	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals		54	9	15	24	47	2	1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gary Bromley	3	180	1	2	0	1	0	14	4.67	0
Totals	3	180	1	2	0	1	0	14	4.67		0