1978-79 Chicago Black Hawks Roster and Statistics

Record: 29-36-15 (73 points), Finished 1st in NHL Smythe Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bob Pulford (29-36-15)

Goals For: 244 (15th of 17), Goals Against: 277 (7th of 17)
SRS: -0.54 (13th of 17), SOS: -0.13 (16th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-0) to New York Islanders

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Chicago Black Hawks	80	29	36	15	73	.456	244	277	-0.54	-0.13	3.05	3.46	41	247	16.60	70	297	76.43	8	4	2247	10.9	2735	.899		4
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Chicago Black Hawks
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
12	Ivan Boldirev	yu	C	29	6-0	190	L/-	8	August 15, 1949	29 G, 35 A, 64 P
23	J.P. Bordeleau	ca	RW	29	6-1	175	R/-	7	June 13, 1949	15 G, 21 A, 36 P
28	Kirk Bowman	ca	LW	26	5-9	178	L/-	2	September 30, 1952	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
29	Ted Bulley	ca	LW	23	6-1	192	L/-	2	March 25, 1955	27 G, 23 A, 50 P
17	Alain Daigle	ca	RW	24	5-10	180	R/-	4	August 24, 1954	11 G, 14 A, 25 P
35	Tony Esposito	ca	G	35	5-11	185	-/R	10	April 23, 1943	24-28-11, 3.28 GAA
18	Greg Fox	ca	D	25	6-2	190	L/-	1	August 12, 1953	0 G, 5 A, 5 P
8	Jim Harrison	ca	C	31	5-11	185	R/-	6	July 9, 1947	4 G, 5 A, 9 P
28	Doug Hicks	ca	D	23	6-0	185	L/-	4	May 28, 1955	1 G, 8 A, 9 P
15	Tim Higgins	ca	RW	20	6-0	185	R/-	R	February 7, 1958	7 G, 16 A, 23 P
26	Bob Hoffmeyer	ca	D	23	6-0	182	L/-	1	July 27, 1955	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
25	Bob Kelly	ca	LW	32	6-2	195	L/-	5	June 6, 1946	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
10	Reg Kerr	ca	LW	21	5-10	180	L/-	1	October 16, 1957	16 G, 24 A, 40 P
20	Cliff Koroll	ca	RW	32	6-1	195	R/-	9	October 1, 1946	12 G, 19 A, 31 P
7	Doug Lecuyer	ca	LW	20	5-9	180	L/-	R	March 10, 1958	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
2	Dave Logan	ca	D	24	5-10	190	L/-	3	July 2, 1954	1 G, 14 A, 15 P
12	Tom Lysiak	ca	C	25	6-1	185	L/-	5	April 22, 1953	0 G, 10 A, 10 P
3	Keith Magnuson (C)	ca	D	31	6-0	185	R/-	9	April 27, 1947	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
11	John Marks	ca	LW	30	6-2	200	L/-	6	March 22, 1948	21 G, 24 A, 45 P
21	Stan Mikita	cs	C	38	5-9	169	R/-	20	May 20, 1940	19 G, 36 A, 55 P
22	Grant Mulvey	ca	RW	22	6-4	200	R/-	4	September 17, 1956	19 G, 15 A, 34 P
6	Bob Murray	ca	D	24	5-10	183	R/-	3	November 26, 1954	19 G, 32 A, 51 P
14	Mike O'Connell	us	D	23	5-9	180	R/-	1	November 25, 1955	4 G, 22 A, 26 P
4	Bobby Orr	ca	D	30	6-0	197	L/-	11	March 20, 1948	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
27	Rick Paterson	ca	C	20	5-9	187	R/-	R	February 10, 1958	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
19	Harold Phillipoff	ca	LW	22	6-3	220	L/-	1	July 14, 1956	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
5	Pat Ribble	ca	D	24	6-4	210	L/-	3	April 26, 1954	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
18	Darcy Rota	ca	LW	25	5-11	180	L/-	5	February 16, 1953	13 G, 17 A, 30 P
5	Phil Russell	ca	D	26	6-2	205	L/-	6	July 21, 1952	8 G, 23 A, 31 P
27	Jean Savard	ca	C	21	5-11	172	R/-	1	April 26, 1957	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
1	Mike Veisor	ca	G	26	5-9	160	-/L	4	August 25, 1952	5-8-4, 3.54 GAA
16	Mike Walton	ca	C	34	5-10	175	L/-	11	January 3, 1945	6 G, 3 A, 9 P
24	Doug Wilson	ca	D	21	6-1	187	L/-	1	July 5, 1957	5 G, 21 A, 26 P
26	Miles Zaharko	ca	D	21	6-0	197	L/-	1	April 30, 1957	0 G, 0 A, 0 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Ivan Boldirev	29	C	66	29	35	64	7	25	19	10	0	4	30	5	0	192	15.1			4.5	1.2	5.7
2	Stan Mikita*	38	C	65	19	36	55	3	34	15	4	0	1	24	12	0	147	12.9			3.1	1.0	4.1
3	Bob Murray	24	D	79	19	32	51	4	38	14	4	1	0	27	5	0	220	8.6			3.7	4.7	8.4
4	Ted Bulley	23	LW	75	27	23	50	17	153	26	1	0	8	18	5	0	105	25.7			2.9	1.6	4.5
5	John Marks	30	LW	80	21	24	45	2	35	17	4	0	2	18	3	3	154	13.6			1.8	1.2	3.1
6	Reg Kerr	21	LW	73	16	24	40	-7	50	12	2	2	4	23	1	0	109	14.7			1.4	0.8	2.2
7	J.P. Bordeleau	29	RW	63	15	21	36	-7	34	12	2	1	2	15	5	1	101	14.9			1.4	0.7	2.1
8	Grant Mulvey	22	RW	80	19	15	34	-14	99	14	5	0	1	14	1	0	136	14.0			0.8	0.7	1.6
9	Cliff Koroll	32	RW	78	12	19	31	3	20	9	1	2	2	12	6	1	109	11.0			0.1	1.2	1.3
10	Phil Russell	26	D	66	8	23	31	-6	122	6	1	1	1	16	7	0	147	5.4			1.6	3.3	4.9
11	Darcy Rota	25	LW	63	13	17	30	-10	77	12	1	0	1	16	1	0	116	11.2			0.8	0.6	1.4
12	Doug Wilson*	21	D	56	5	21	26	4	37	2	2	1	0	12	9	0	136	3.7			1.2	3.4	4.6
13	Mike O'Connell	23	D	48	4	22	26	-1	20	3	1	0	0	15	6	1	83	4.8			1.3	2.6	3.9
14	Alain Daigle	24	RW	74	11	14	25	2	55	11	0	0	0	14	0	0	80	13.8			-0.2	1.1	0.9
15	Tim Higgins	20	RW	36	7	16	23	6	30	7	0	0	1	13	3	0	64	10.9			0.9	0.7	1.5
16	Dave Logan	24	D	76	1	14	15	-10	176	1	0	0	0	13	0	1	77	1.3			-0.4	3.7	3.3
17	Tom Lysiak	25	C	14	0	10	10	3	14	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	27	0.0			0.2	0.3	0.5
18	Mike Walton	34	C	26	6	3	9	-4	4	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	37	16.2			0.1	0.3	0.4
19	Jim Harrison	31	C	21	4	5	9	-6	22	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	28	14.3			0.1	0.1	0.3
20	Doug Hicks	23	D	44	1	8	9	-12	15	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	32	3.1			-0.2	1.8	1.6
21	Bob Kelly	32	LW	63	2	5	7	-10	85	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	59	3.4			-1.9	0.6	-1.3
22	Keith Magnuson	31	D	26	1	4	5	-3	41	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	12.5			-0.1	1.3	1.2
23	Greg Fox	25	D	14	0	5	5	9	16	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	0.0			0.1	1.3	1.4
24	Bobby Orr*	30	D	6	2	2	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	18	11.1			0.3	0.5	0.8
25	Pat Ribble	24	D	12	1	3	4	7	8	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	12	8.3			0.1	1.1	1.2
26	Harold Phillipoff	22	LW	14	0	4	4	-4	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	13	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
27	Bob Hoffmeyer	23	D	6	0	2	2	-4	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
28	Doug Lecuyer	20	LW	2	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1			0.1	0.0	0.1
29	Tony Esposito*	35	G	63	0	1	1	0	2				0	1			0		3773	59:53	0.0	0.0	11.2
30	Jean Savard	21	C	11	0	1	1	-2	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.0			-0.4	0.1	-0.3
31	Mike Veisor	26	G	17	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		1016	59:48	0.0	0.0	2.7
32	Miles Zaharko	21	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.0
	Team Total			80	244	410	654	-32	1236	195	41	8	29	329	74	7	2247	10.9			23.1	36.1	73.1

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Tony Esposito*	35	63		24	28	11	206	2099	1893	.902	3.28	4	3773				84	40.5	2.85	11.2
2	Mike Veisor	26	17		5	8	4	60	625	565	.904	3.54	0	1016				82	13.4	3.07	2.7
	Team Total				29	36	15	266	2724	2458	.902	3.33	4	4789				83	53.9	2.89	13.9