1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks season

1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	1st Smythe
Conference	5th Campbell
1978–79 record	29–36–15
Goals for	244
Goals against	277
Team information
General manager	Bob Pulford
Coach	Bob Pulford
Captain	Keith Magnuson
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Ivan Boldirev (29)
Assists	Stan Mikita (36)
Points	Ivan Boldirev (64)
Penalty minutes	Dave Logan (176)
Plus/minus	Ted Bulley (+18)
Wins	Tony Esposito (24)
Goals against average	Tony Esposito (3.27)

The 1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 53rd season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 1st in the Smythe Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	80	29	36	15	244	277	73
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	42	13	217	291	63
St. Louis Blues	80	18	50	12	249	348	48
Colorado Rockies	80	15	53	12	210	331	42

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 11, 1978	4–4	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	0–0–1
2	T	October 15, 1978	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	0–0–2
3	W	October 18, 1978	4–2	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	1–0–2
4	W	October 19, 1978	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	2–0–2
5	W	October 22, 1978	6–5	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	3–0–2
6	T	October 25, 1978	2–2	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	3–0–3
7	L	October 28, 1978	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	3–1–3
8	W	October 29, 1978	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	4–1–3
9	L	November 1, 1978	0–1	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	4–2–3
10	T	November 4, 1978	5–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	4–2–4
11	W	November 5, 1978	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	5–2–4
12	W	November 8, 1978	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	6–2–4
13	L	November 10, 1978	3–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	6–3–4
14	L	November 12, 1978	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	6–4–4
15	L	November 15, 1978	1–8	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	6–5–4
16	W	November 16, 1978	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	7–5–4
17	L	November 18, 1978	3–8	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	7–6–4
18	L	November 20, 1978	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	7–7–4
19	L	November 21, 1978	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	7–8–4
20	W	November 25, 1978	8–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	8–8–4
21	T	November 29, 1978	1–1	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	8–8–5
22	L	December 2, 1978	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	8–9–5
23	W	December 3, 1978	4–3	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	9–9–5
24	L	December 7, 1978	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	9–10–5
25	W	December 9, 1978	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	10–10–5
26	T	December 10, 1978	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	10–10–6
27	L	December 13, 1978	2–6	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	10–11–6
28	L	December 14, 1978	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	10–12–6
29	L	December 16, 1978	1–5	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	10–13–6
30	T	December 17, 1978	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	10–13–7
31	L	December 20, 1978	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	10–14–7
32	L	December 21, 1978	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	10–15–7
33	W	December 23, 1978	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	11–15–7
34	W	December 27, 1978	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	12–15–7
35	L	December 30, 1978	4–5	New York Rangers (1978–79)	12–16–7
36	L	January 3, 1979	3–6	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	12–17–7
37	T	January 4, 1979	3–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	12–17–8
38	W	January 6, 1979	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	13–17–8
39	W	January 7, 1979	5–3	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	14–17–8
40	W	January 10, 1979	3–0	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	15–17–8
41	L	January 13, 1979	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	15–18–8
42	W	January 17, 1979	2–1	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	16–18–8
43	L	January 19, 1979	1–6	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	16–19–8
44	L	January 20, 1979	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	16–20–8
45	L	January 22, 1979	1–2	New York Islanders (1978–79)	16–21–8
46	W	January 24, 1979	5–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	17–21–8
47	L	January 27, 1979	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	17–22–8
48	L	January 28, 1979	2–7	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	17–23–8
49	T	January 31, 1979	2–2	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	17–23–9
50	L	February 1, 1979	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	17–24–9
51	W	February 3, 1979	4–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	18–24–9
52	W	February 4, 1979	5–4	New York Islanders (1978–79)	19–24–9
53	L	February 12, 1979	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	19–25–9
54	T	February 14, 1979	4–4	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	19–25–10
55	W	February 17, 1979	5–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	20–25–10
56	W	February 18, 1979	5–3	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	21–25–10
57	W	February 21, 1979	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	22–25–10
58	W	February 22, 1979	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	23–25–10
59	L	February 24, 1979	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	23–26–10
60	T	February 25, 1979	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	23–26–11
61	T	February 28, 1979	4–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	23–26–12
62	W	March 2, 1979	4–0	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	24–26–12
63	L	March 3, 1979	5–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	24–27–12
64	W	March 8, 1979	5–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	25–27–12
65	L	March 10, 1979	1–7	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	25–28–12
66	L	March 11, 1979	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	25–29–12
67	L	March 14, 1979	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	25–30–12
68	L	March 17, 1979	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	25–31–12
69	L	March 18, 1979	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	25–32–12
70	L	March 20, 1979	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	25–33–12
71	L	March 21, 1979	6–7	New York Rangers (1978–79)	25–34–12
72	T	March 24, 1979	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	25–34–13
73	W	March 25, 1979	3–0	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	26–34–13
74	T	March 27, 1979	1–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	26–34–14
75	W	March 29, 1979	6–1	New York Islanders (1978–79)	27–34–14
76	T	April 1, 1979	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	27–34–15
77	L	April 3, 1979	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	27–35–15
78	W	April 4, 1979	7–1	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	28–35–15
79	L	April 7, 1979	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	28–36–15
80	W	April 8, 1979	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	29–36–15

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Boldirev, IvanIvan Boldirev	C	66	29	35	64	25	7	10	0	4
Mikita, StanStan Mikita	C/RW	65	19	36	55	34	3	4	0	1
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	79	19	32	51	38	4	4	1	0
Bulley, TedTed Bulley	LW	75	27	23	50	153	18	1	0	8
Marks, JohnJohn Marks	LW	80	21	24	45	35	2	4	0	2
Kerr, RegReg Kerr	LW	73	16	24	40	50	-7	2	2	4
Bordeleau, J.P.J.P. Bordeleau	RW	63	15	21	36	34	-7	2	1	2
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	RW	80	19	15	34	99	-14	5	0	1
Koroll, CliffCliff Koroll	RW	78	12	19	31	20	3	1	2	2
Russell, PhilPhil Russell	D	66	8	23	31	122	-7	1	1	1
Rota, DarcyDarcy Rota	LW	63	13	17	30	77	-10	1	0	1
Wilson, DougDoug Wilson	D	56	5	21	26	37	4	2	1	0
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	48	4	22	26	20	-1	1	0	0
Daigle, AlainAlain Daigle	RW	74	11	14	25	55	2	0	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	36	7	16	23	30	6	0	0	1
Logan, DaveDave Logan	D	76	1	14	15	176	-9	0	0	0
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	14	0	10	10	14	3	0	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	26	6	3	9	4	-4	3	0	1
Harrison, JimJim Harrison	C	21	4	5	9	22	-6	0	0	0
Hicks, DougDoug Hicks	D	44	1	8	9	15	-12	0	0	0
Kelly, BobBob Kelly	LW	63	2	5	7	85	-10	0	0	0
Magnuson, KeithKeith Magnuson	D	26	1	4	5	41	-4	0	0	0
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	14	0	5	5	16	9	0	0	0
Orr, BobbyBobby Orr	D	6	2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0
Ribble, PatPat Ribble	D	12	1	3	4	8	7	0	0	1
Phillipoff, HaroldHarold Phillipoff	LW	14	0	4	4	6	-4	0	0	0
Hoffmeyer, BobBob Hoffmeyer	D	6	0	2	2	5	-4	0	0	0
Lecuyer, DougDoug Lecuyer	LW	2	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Savard, JeanJean Savard	C	11	0	1	1	9	-2	0	0	0
Veisor, MikeMike Veisor	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	63	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Zaharko, MilesMiles Zaharko	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	3780	63	24	28	11	206	3.27	4
Veisor, MikeMike Veisor	1020	17	5	8	4	60	3.53	0
Team:	4800	80	29	36	15	266	3.32	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Kerr, RegReg Kerr	LW	4	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Murray, BobBob Murray	D	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
Walton, MikeMike Walton	C	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Paterson, RickRick Paterson	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bordeleau, J.P.J.P. Bordeleau	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Fox, GregGreg Fox	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Phillipoff, HaroldHarold Phillipoff	LW	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	RW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Bowman, KirkKirk Bowman	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulley, TedTed Bulley	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daigle, AlainAlain Daigle	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly, BobBob Kelly	LW	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Koroll, CliffCliff Koroll	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Logan, DaveDave Logan	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Lysiak, TomTom Lysiak	C	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Marks, JohnJohn Marks	LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Ribble, PatPat Ribble	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Esposito, TonyTony Esposito	243	4	0	4	14	3.46	0
Team:	243	4	0	4	14	3.46	0

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• The Black Hawks did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1978–79 NHL season

External Links

• 1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.