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1978–79 Atlanta Flames season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1978–79
year	1978
Team	Atlanta Flames
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	4th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	4th
Record	41–31–8
HomeRecord	25–11–4
RoadRecord	16–20–4
GoalsFor	327
GoalsAgainst	280
GeneralManager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Fred Creighton
Captain	Tom Lysiak
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Omni Coliseum
GoalsLeader	Guy Chouinard (50)
AssistsLeader	Bob MacMillan (71)
PointsLeader	Bob MacMillan (108)
PIMLeader	Willi Plett (213)
WinsLeader	Dan Bouchard (32)
GAALeader	Reggie Lemelin (3.32)

The 1978–79 Atlanta Flames season was the seventh season for the franchise.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 11, 1978||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||0–0–1 ||9,107 |- |2||T||October 13, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||0–0–2 ||13,062 |- |3||W||October 14, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||1–0–2 ||9,243 |- |4||W||October 17, 1978||8–2 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||2–0–2 ||6,127 |- |5||W||October 20, 1978||7–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||3–0–2 ||12,611 |- |6||W||October 22, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||4–0–2 ||17,077 |- |7||W||October 24, 1978||7–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||5–0–2 ||8,526 |- |8||W||October 27, 1978||8–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1978–79) ||6–0–2 ||15,061 |- |9||W||October 28, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||7–0–2 ||10,504 |- |10||W||October 31, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||8–0–2 ||9,636

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Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season		Playoffs	Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bob MacMillan	11	79	37	71	108	14	2	0	1	1	0
Guy Chouinard	16	80	50	57	107	14	2	1	2	3	0
Eric Vail	27	80	35	48	83	53	2	0	1	1	2
Jean Pronovost	9	75	28	39	67	30	2	2	0	2	0
Tom Lysiak‡	12	52	23	35	58	36	–	–	–	–	-
Bobby Lalonde	7	78	24	32	56	36	2	1	0	1	0
Ken Houston	6	80	21	31	52	135	1	0	0	0	16
Willi Plett	25	74	23	20	43	213	2	1	0	1	29
Bill Clement	10	65	12	23	35	14	2	0	0	0	0
Red Laurence	17	59	14	20	34	6	–	–	–	–	-
Harold Phillipoff‡	24	51	9	17	26	113	–	–	–	–	-
Dave Shand	8	79	4	22	26	64	2	0	0	0	20
Ed Kea	19	53	6	18	24	40	2	0	0	0	0
Pat Ribble‡	3	66	5	16	21	69	–	–	–	–	-
Brad Marsh	5	80	0	19	19	101	2	0	0	0	17
Bob Murdoch†	20	35	5	11	16	24	2	0	0	0	4
John Gould	21	61	8	7	15	18	2	0	0	0	0
Richard Mulhern‡	4	37	3	12	15	22	–	–	–	–	-
Darcy Rota†	18	13	9	5	14	21	2	0	1	1	26
Ivan Boldirev†	12	13	6	8	14	6	2	0	2	2	2
Greg Fox‡	2	64	0	12	12	70	–	–	–	–	-
Gene Carr	14	30	3	8	11	6	1	0	0	0
Phil Russell†	2	13	1	6	7	28	2	0	0	0	9
Rod Seiling†	15	36	0	4	4	12	2	0	0	0	0
Dan Bouchard	30	64	0	3	3	17	2	0	0	0	4
Gerry O'Flaherty	18	1	1	0	1	2	–	–	–	–	-
Yves Belanger	31	5	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	-
Reggie Lemelin	1	18	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

‡Traded mid-season.

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season		Playoffs	Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI
Reggie Lemelin	1	18	994	8	8	1	55	0	3.32	1	20	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dan Bouchard	30	64	3624	32	21	7	201	3	3.33	2	100	0	2	9	0	5.40
Yves Belanger	31	5	182	1	2	0	21	0	6.92	–	–	–	–	–	–	-.--

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1978–79 season.

Trades

March 13, 1979	To Atlanta Flames Ivan Boldirev
Darcy Rota
Phil Russell	To Chicago Black Hawks Greg Fox
Tom Lysiak
Harold Phillipoff
Pat Ribble
Miles Zaharko

Free agents

G Reggie Lemelin	Philadelphia Flyers

D Ab DeMarco Jr.	Boston Bruins

Draft picks

Bernhardt Engelbrecht was the first German player selected in the NHL Draft. The Flames selected him in the 12th round.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	11.	Brad Marsh (D)	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
3	47.	Tim Bernhardt (G)	Canada	Cornwall Royals (OHA)
4	64.	Jim MacRae (F)	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
5	80.	Gord Wappel (D)	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
6	97.	Greg Meredith (D)	Canada	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)
7	114.	Dave Hindmarch (C)	Canada	University of Alberta (CIAU)
8	131.	Dave Morrison (RW)	Canada	Calgary Wranglers (WCHL)
9	148.	Doug Todd (RW)	Canada	University of Michigan (NCAA)
10	165.	Mark Green (C)	United States	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
11	180.	Bob Sullivan (LW)	Canada	Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL)
12	196.	Bernhard Engelbrecht (G)		Landshut EV (Bundesliga)

References

Flames on Hockey Database

References

"1978-79 Atlanta Flames Schedule".
Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.46, James Duplacey, JG Press, {{ISBN. 978-1-57215-037-9

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