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1978–79 Colorado Rockies season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1978–79
year	1978
Team	Colorado Rockies (NHL)Colorado Rockies
Record	15–53–12
HomeRecord	8–24–8
RoadRecord	7–29–4
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Smythe
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	210
GoalsAgainst	331
GeneralManager	Ray Miron
Coach	Pat Kelly
Captain	Wilf Paiement
AltCaptain	None
Arena	McNichols Sports Arena
GoalsLeader	Wilf Paiement (24)
AssistsLeader	Wilf Paiement (36)
PointsLeader	Wilf Paiement (60)
PIMLeader	Barry Beck (91)
WinsLeader	Michel Plasse (9)
GAALeader	Bill Oleschuk (3.86)
prev_season	[1977–78](1977-78-colorado-rockies-season)
next_season	[1979–80](1979-80-colorado-rockies-season)

The 1978–79 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies' 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

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 11, 1978||2–8 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 14, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||0–2–0 |- |3||L||October 15, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1978–79) ||0–3–0 |- |4||L||October 17, 1978||2–8 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||0–4–0 |- |5||T||October 20, 1978||5–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||0–4–1 |- |6||W||October 21, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||1–4–1 |- |7||L||October 25, 1978||4–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||1–5–1 |- |8||L||October 27, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||1–6–1 |- |9||W||October 28, 1978||1–0 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||2–6–1 |- |10||L||October 31, 1978||5–8 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1978–79) ||2–7–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	65	24	36	60	80	-30	5	0	1
C	76	23	34	57	12	-42	8	2	3
C	64	23	26	49	32	-25	14	0	0
D	76	9	34	43	46	-26	4	0	0
D	63	14	28	42	91	-30	5	0	0
LW	79	23	18	41	18	-28	8	0	1
RW	70	19	17	36	35	-21	4	1	3
C	77	20	8	28	68	-30	2	0	3
C	54	6	17	23	10	-17	0	0	1
C	64	6	13	19	12	-25	1	1	2
C	70	8	10	18	16	-20	1	2	0
LW	47	3	15	18	31	-18	0	0	0
C	30	5	12	17	6	-19	2	0	1
D	50	3	13	16	27	-33	1	0	0
D	68	1	10	11	88	-44	0	0	0
LW	30	1	7	8	6	-18	0	0	0
LW	27	4	2	6	14	-15	1	1	0
D	52	2	4	6	6	-16	0	1	0
C	12	3	2	5	2	-5	1	0	0
C	12	2	3	5	0	-3	2	0	0
LW	12	2	3	5	2	-4	0	0	0
C/LW	24	2	3	5	69	-11	1	0	0
D	56	1	4	5	18	-33	0	0	0
D	53	1	4	5	28	-19	0	0	0
C	28	2	2	4	2	-17	0	0	0
D	11	1	3	4	16	-8	0	0	0
D	21	0	4	4	22	-9	0	0	0
RW	16	2	0	2	4	-10	0	0	0
G	41	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
D	16	0	2	2	12	-13	0	0	0
G	7	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0
C	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
C	9	0	0	0	4	-6	0	0	0
G	40	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2302	41	9	29	2	152	3.96	0
	2118	40	6	19	8	136	3.85	1
	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;

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 1978 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Mike Gillis	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
2	27	Merlin Malinowski	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
3	41	Paul Messier	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
4	58	Dave Watson	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
5	73	Tim Thomlison	Canada	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)
5	74	Rod Guimont	Canada	Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)
6	91	John Hynes	United States	Harvard University (ECAC)
7	108	Andy Clark	Canada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
8	125	John Olver	Canada	University of Michigan (WCHA)
9	142	Kevin Krook	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
10	159	Jeff Jensen	United States	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)
11	174	Bo Ericson	Sweden	AIK (Sweden)
12	190	Jari Viitala		Ilves (Finland)
13	204	Ulf Zetterstrom	Sweden	Kiruna (Sweden)

References

"1978-79 Colorado Rockies Schedule".
"1978-79 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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