1978-79 Philadelphia Firebirds Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 23-49-8 - 54 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Coach: Bep Guidolin (23-49-8)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1978-79 Philadelphia Firebirds Roster

The Philadelphia Firebirds of the American Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 23 wins and 49 losses and 8 ties for 54 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Firebirds scored 230 goals, worst in the league and conceded 347. Gord Brooks netted 43 goals for Philadelphia, while Larry Skinner tallied 30 or more, too. Bob Collyard contributed 35 assists. Doug Favell topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.48 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Bep Guidolin coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gord Brooks	R	80	43	31	74	27		0.54	0.39	0.93
Larry Skinner	C	67	34	33	67	34		0.51	0.49	1.00
Bob Collyard	C	69	21	35	56	32		0.30	0.51	0.81
Mike Dwyer	L	60	20	27	47	52		0.33	0.45	0.78
Steve Coates	R	74	15	25	40	107		0.20	0.34	0.54
Ron Andruff	C	35	16	16	32	8		0.46	0.46	0.91
Gary Coalter	C	63	16	10	26	30		0.25	0.16	0.41
Dale Yakiwchuk	C	46	2	18	20	101		0.04	0.39	0.43
Hank Nowak	L	32	7	12	19	16		0.22	0.38	0.59
Mario Giallonardo	D	70	1	18	19	100		0.01	0.26	0.27
Joe Contini	C	36	8	9	17	45		0.22	0.25	0.47
John McCahill	D	77	5	12	17	36		0.06	0.16	0.22
Barry Wilkins	D	46	5	12	17	51		0.11	0.26	0.37
Bill Davis	D	50	1	15	16	34		0.02	0.30	0.32
Kevin Morrison	D	23	1	13	14	15		0.04	0.57	0.61
Merlin Malinowski	C	25	3	9	12	12		0.12	0.36	0.48
Ralph Klassen	C	18	3	9	12	2		0.17	0.50	0.67
Terry West	F	32	5	6	11	8		0.16	0.19	0.34
Mike Haworth		32	1	9	10	111		0.03	0.28	0.31
Mark Bousquet	D	30	0	10	10	38			0.33	0.33
Brian Ellacott	R	30	5	4	9	39		0.17	0.13	0.30
Michel Lachance	D	22	1	5	6	42		0.05	0.23	0.27
Mike Marson	L	6	3	2	5	19		0.50	0.33	0.83
Bill Prentice	D	18	2	3	5	14		0.11	0.17	0.28
Paul Messier	C	16	2	3	5	18		0.13	0.19	0.31
Clayton Pachal	C	26	1	4	5	75		0.04	0.15	0.19
Nelson Pyatt	C	7	3	1	4	0		0.43	0.14	0.57
Jim Troy	R	34	2	2	4	88		0.06	0.06	0.12
Kelly Davis	D	37	1	3	4	65		0.03	0.08	0.11
Doug Favell	G	32	0	4	4	2			0.13	0.13
Peter Jack	L	34	0	3	3	186			0.09	0.09
Paul Stewart	D	16	2	0	2	92		0.13		0.13
Jim Cowell	F	6	1	1	2	0		0.17	0.17	0.33
Jim Dorey	D	5	0	1	1	6			0.20	0.20
Reggie Lemelin	G	13	0	1	1	12			0.08	0.08
Rod Guimont	RW	6	0	1	1	0			0.17	0.17
Mike Gillis	L	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Eruzione	LW	6	0	0	0	0
Yves Belanger	G	22	0	0	0	6
Randy Pierce	R	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Boland	R	3	0	0	0	0
Brian Coates	L	15	0	0	0	26
Ken Murray	D	3	0	0	0	2
Rick St. Croix	G	9	0	0	0	0
Brian O'Connell	G	2	0	0	0	0
Michel Plasse	G	7	0	0	0	2
Totals		1343	230	367	597	1553	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Yves Belanger	22	1235	4	14	1	1	0	108	5.25	722	614	.850
Rick St. Croix	9	484	4	4	1	0		22	2.73	278	256	.921
Reggie Lemelin	13	780	3	9	1	2		36	2.77	358	322	.899
Doug Favell	32	1834	12	15	4	0	1	137	4.48	1017	880	.865
Brian O'Connell	2	80	0	1	0	0	0	9	6.75	55	46	.836
Michel Plasse	7	423	0	6	1	1		31	4.40	212	181	.854
Totals	85	4836	23	49	8	4	1	343	4.26	2642	2299	.870

1978-79 Philadelphia Firebirds Statistics

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