1978-79 Chicago Black Hawks Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 29-36-15 - 73 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 4-0
Coach: Bob Pulford (29-36-15)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1978-79 Chicago Black Hawks Roster
1978-79 Chicago Black Hawks Results

The Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 29 wins and 36 losses and 15 ties for 73 points, finishing first in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.

The Black Hawks scored 244 goals and conceded 277. Ivan Boldirev netted 29 goals for Chicago, and Stan Mikita contributed 36 assists. Tony Esposito earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.27 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Bob Pulford coached the team. The 1978-79 Chicago Black Hawks lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Ivan Boldirev	C	66	29	35	64	25	7	10	0	4	2	192	15.1
Stan Mikita	C	65	19	36	55	34	3	4	0	1	0	147	12.9
Bob Murray	D	79	19	32	51	38	4	4	1	0	2	220	8.6
Ted Bulley	L	75	27	23	50	153	18	1	0	8	3	105	25.7
John Marks	L	80	21	24	45	35	2	4	0	2	0	152	13.8
Reg Kerr	L	73	16	24	40	50	-7	2	2	4	2	111	14.4
J.P. Bordeleau	R	63	15	21	36	34	-7	2	1	2	2	101	14.9
Grant Mulvey	R	80	19	15	34	99	-14	5	0	1	0	136	14.0
Cliff Koroll	R	78	12	19	31	20	3	1	2	2	0	109	11.0
Phil Russell	D	66	8	23	31	122	-7	1	1	1	1	147	5.4
Darcy Rota	L	63	13	17	30	77	-10	1	0	1	0	116	11.2
Doug Wilson	D	56	5	21	26	37	4	2	1	0	0	136	3.7
Mike O'Connell	D	48	4	22	26	20	-1	1	0	0	2	83	4.8
Alain Daigle	R	74	11	14	25	55	2	0	0	0	0	80	13.8
Tim Higgins	R	36	7	16	23	30	6	0	0	1	0	64	10.9
Dave Logan	D	76	1	14	15	176	-9	0	0	0	0	77	1.3
Tom Lysiak	C	14	0	10	10	14	3	0	0	0	0	27	0.0
Mike Walton	C	26	6	3	9	4	-4	3	0	1	0	37	16.2
Jim Harrison	C	21	4	5	9	22	-6	0	0	0	0	28	14.3
Doug Hicks	D	44	1	8	9	15	-12	0	0	0	0	32	3.1
Bob Kelly	L	63	2	5	7	85	-10	0	0	0	0	59	3.4
Keith Magnuson	D	26	1	4	5	41	-4	0	0	0	0	8	12.5
Greg Fox	D	14	0	5	5	16	9	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
Bobby Orr	D	6	2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	18	11.1
Pat Ribble	D	12	1	3	4	8	7	0	0	1	0	12	8.3
Harold Phillipoff	L	14	0	4	4	6	-4	0	0	0	0	13	0.0
Bob Hoffmeyer	D	6	0	2	2	5	-4	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Doug Lecuyer	L	2	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	1	9	11.1
Tony Esposito	G	63	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean Savard	C	11	0	1	1	9	-2	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Mike Veisor	G	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miles Zaharko	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1418	244	410	654	1236	-32	41	8	29	15	2247	10.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Tony Esposito	63	3780	24	28	11	9	4	206	3.27	0
Mike Veisor	17	1020	5	8	4	2	0	60	3.53	0
Totals	80	4800	29	36	15	11	4	266	3.33		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bob Murray	D	4	1	0	1	6
Ted Bulley	L	2	0	0	0	0
John Marks	L	4	0	0	0	2
Reg Kerr	L	4	1	0	1	5
J.P. Bordeleau	R	4	0	1	1	2
Grant Mulvey	R	1	0	0	0	2
Cliff Koroll	R	4	0	0	0	0
Mike O'Connell	D	4	0	0	0	4
Alain Daigle	R	4	0	0	0	0
Tim Higgins	R	4	0	0	0	0
Dave Logan	D	4	0	0	0	2
Tom Lysiak	C	4	0	0	0	2
Mike Walton	C	4	1	0	1	0
Bob Kelly	L	4	0	0	0	9
Greg Fox	D	4	0	1	1	0
Pat Ribble	D	4	0	0	0	4
Harold Phillipoff	L	4	0	1	1	7
Tony Esposito	G	4	0	0	0	0
Kirk Bowman	L	2	0	0	0	0
Rick Paterson	C	1	0	1	1	0
Totals		70	3	4	7	45

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tony Esposito	4	243	0	4	0	0	0	14	3.46	0
Totals	4	243	0	4	0	0	0	14	3.46		0