1978–79 Colorado Rockies season

1978–79 Colorado Rockies (NHL)
Division	4th Smythe
1978–79 record	15–53–12
Goals for	210
Goals against	331
Team information
General manager	Ray Miron
Coach	Pat Kelly Bep Guidolin
Captain	Wilf Paiement
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Wilf Paiement (24)
Assists	Wilf Paiement (36)
Points	Wilf Paiement (60)
Penalty minutes	Barry Beck (91)
Wins	Michel Plasse (9)
Goals against average	Bill Oleschuk (3.85)

The 1978–79 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies's third season and the fifth season of the franchise. Like three of the previous four seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.

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	L	October 11, 1978	2–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	0–1–0
2	L	October 14, 1978	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	0–2–0
3	L	October 15, 1978	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	0–3–0
4	L	October 17, 1978	2–8	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	0–4–0
5	T	October 20, 1978	5–5	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	0–4–1
6	W	October 21, 1978	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	1–4–1
7	L	October 25, 1978	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	1–5–1
8	L	October 27, 1978	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	1–6–1
9	W	October 28, 1978	1–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	2–6–1
10	L	October 31, 1978	5–8	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	2–7–1
11	L	November 2, 1978	0–3	New York Rangers (1978–79)	2–8–1
12	T	November 4, 1978	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	2–8–2
13	L	November 5, 1978	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	2–9–2
14	L	November 8, 1978	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	2–10–2
15	T	November 10, 1978	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	2–10–3
16	L	November 11, 1978	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	2–11–3
17	T	November 14, 1978	2–2	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	2–11–4
18	L	November 15, 1978	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	2–12–4
19	W	November 18, 1978	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	3–12–4
20	L	November 21, 1978	1–7	New York Islanders (1978–79)	3–13–4
21	L	November 23, 1978	2–7	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	3–14–4
22	W	November 25, 1978	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	4–14–4
23	L	November 26, 1978	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	4–15–4
24	T	November 29, 1978	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	4–15–5
25	L	December 2, 1978	2–5	New York Islanders (1978–79)	4–16–5
26	L	December 3, 1978	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	4–17–5
27	L	December 5, 1978	1–4	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	4–18–5
28	L	December 8, 1978	3–4	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	4–19–5
29	L	December 9, 1978	0–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	4–20–5
30	W	December 12, 1978	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	5–20–5
31	L	December 14, 1978	3–5	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	5–21–5
32	W	December 16, 1978	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	6–21–5
33	T	December 19, 1978	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	6–21–6
34	L	December 21, 1978	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	6–22–6
35	L	December 23, 1978	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	6–23–6
36	L	December 27, 1978	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	6–24–6
37	W	December 30, 1978	7–2	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	7–24–6
38	L	January 1, 1979	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	7–25–6
39	W	January 2, 1979	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	8–25–6
40	L	January 5, 1979	3–5	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	8–26–6
41	W	January 6, 1979	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	9–26–6
42	L	January 10, 1979	3–5	New York Rangers (1978–79)	9–27–6
43	L	January 12, 1979	1–8	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	9–28–6
44	L	January 13, 1979	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	9–29–6
45	L	January 16, 1979	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	9–30–6
46	L	January 17, 1979	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	9–31–6
47	W	January 19, 1979	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	10–31–6
48	T	January 20, 1979	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	10–31–7
49	W	January 25, 1979	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	11–31–7
50	T	January 27, 1979	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	11–31–8
51	W	January 31, 1979	5–4	New York Rangers (1978–79)	12–31–8
52	L	February 3, 1979	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	12–32–8
53	L	February 4, 1979	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	12–33–8
54	L	February 13, 1979	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	12–34–8
55	L	February 15, 1979	3–9	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	12–35–8
56	L	February 17, 1979	1–5	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	12–36–8
57	L	February 18, 1979	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	12–37–8
58	L	February 20, 1979	3–5	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	12–38–8
59	L	February 22, 1979	0–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	12–39–8
60	L	February 23, 1979	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	12–40–8
61	L	February 25, 1979	1–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	12–41–8
62	W	February 27, 1979	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	13–41–8
63	L	February 28, 1979	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	13–42–8
64	L	March 2, 1979	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	13–43–8
65	L	March 4, 1979	2–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	13–44–8
66	L	March 6, 1979	0–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	13–45–8
67	L	March 7, 1979	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	13–46–8
68	W	March 10, 1979	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	14–46–8
69	T	March 13, 1979	5–5	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	14–46–9
70	L	March 16, 1979	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	14–47–9
71	L	March 18, 1979	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)	14–48–9
72	L	March 21, 1979	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	14–49–9
73	L	March 24, 1979	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	14–50–9
74	L	March 25, 1979	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	14–51–9
75	T	March 27, 1979	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	14–51–10
76	L	March 31, 1979	0–2	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	14–52–10
77	W	April 1, 1979	9–5	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	15–52–10
78	L	April 3, 1979	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	15–53–10
79	T	April 5, 1979	4–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	15–53–11
80	T	April 8, 1979	5–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	15–53–12

Playoffs

• The Rockies did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Paiement, WilfWilf Paiement	RW	65	24	36	60	80	-30	5	0	1
Valiquette, JackJack Valiquette	C	76	23	34	57	12	-42	8	2	3
Gardner, PaulPaul Gardner	C	64	23	26	49	32	-25	14	0	0
Van Boxmeer, JohnJohn Van Boxmeer	D	76	9	34	43	46	-26	4	0	0
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	D	63	14	28	42	91	-30	5	0	0
Croteau, GaryGary Croteau	LW	79	23	18	41	18	-28	8	0	1
Pierce, RandyRandy Pierce	RW	70	19	17	36	35	-21	4	1	3
Delorme, RonRon Delorme	C	77	20	8	28	68	-30	2	0	3
Malinowski, MerlinMerlin Malinowski	C	54	6	17	23	10	-17	0	0	1
Klassen, RalphRalph Klassen	C	64	6	13	19	12	-25	1	1	2
Comeau, ReyRey Comeau	C	70	8	10	18	16	-20	1	2	0
Spruce, AndyAndy Spruce	LW	47	3	15	18	31	-18	0	0	0
Contini, JoeJoe Contini	C	30	5	12	17	6	-19	2	0	1
Owchar, DennisDennis Owchar	D	50	3	13	16	27	-33	1	0	0
Christie, MikeMike Christie	D	68	1	10	11	88	-44	0	0	0
Gillis, MikeMike Gillis	LW	30	1	7	8	6	-18	0	0	0
Lochead, BillBill Lochead	LW	27	4	2	6	14	-15	1	1	0
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	52	2	4	6	6	-16	0	1	0
Skinner, LarryLarry Skinner	C	12	3	2	5	2	-5	1	0	0
Ashby, DonDon Ashby	C	12	2	3	5	0	-3	2	0	0
Dwyer, MikeMike Dwyer	LW	12	2	3	5	2	-4	0	0	0
Pachal, ClaytonClayton Pachal	C/LW	24	2	3	5	69	-11	1	0	0
Awrey, DonDon Awrey	D	56	1	4	5	18	-33	0	0	0
Kitchen, MikeMike Kitchen	D	53	1	4	5	28	-19	0	0	0
Pyatt, NelsonNelson Pyatt	C	28	2	2	4	2	-17	0	0	0
Johansen, TrevorTrevor Johansen	D	11	1	3	4	16	-8	0	0	0
Lachance, MichelMichel Lachance	D	21	0	4	4	22	-9	0	0	0
Saleski, DonDon Saleski	RW	16	2	0	2	4	-10	0	0	0
Plasse, MichelMichel Plasse	G	41	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Watson, JoeJoe Watson	D	16	0	2	2	12	-13	0	0	0
Favell, DougDoug Favell	G	7	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
Andruff, RonRon Andruff	C	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Krook, KevinKevin Krook	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Messier, PaulPaul Messier	C	9	0	0	0	4	-6	0	0	0
Oleschuk, BillBill Oleschuk	G	40	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Plasse, MichelMichel Plasse	2302	41	9	29	2	152	3.96	0
Oleschuk, BillBill Oleschuk	2118	40	6	19	8	136	3.85	1
Favell, DougDoug Favell	380	7	0	5	2	34	5.37	0
Team:	4800	80	15	53	12	322	4.02	1

Note: 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 Rockies did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1978–79 NHL season

References

• 1978–79 Colorado Rockies Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.