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Edmonton Oilers @ WHA - 1978‑1979 Stats
Rk
Name
Age
Pos
GP
G
A
P
PIM
+/-
PPG
SHG
GWG
G/GP
A/GP
P/GP
1
Wayne Gretzky
17
F
72
43
61
104
19
0.597
0.847
1.444
2
Blair MacDonald
25
F
80
34
37
71
44
0.425
0.463
0.888
3
Brett Callighen
25
F
71
31
39
70
79
0.437
0.549
0.986
4
Ron Chipperfield
24
F
55
32
37
69
47
0.582
0.673
1.255
5
Bill Flett
35
F
73
28
36
64
14
0.384
0.493
0.877
6
Dennis Sobchuk
24
F
74
26
37
63
31
0.351
0.500
0.851
7
Stan Weir
26
F
68
31
30
61
20
0.456
0.441
0.897
8
Joe Micheletti
24
D
72
14
33
47
85
0.194
0.458
0.653
9
Paul Shmyr
32
D
80
8
39
47
119
0.100
0.488
0.588
10
Al Hamilton
32
D
80
6
38
44
38
0.075
0.475
0.550
11
Steve Carlson
23
F
73
18
22
40
50
0.247
0.301
0.548
12
Peter Driscoll
24
F
69
17
23
40
115
0.246
0.333
0.580
13
Dave Hunter
20
F
72
7
25
32
134
0.097
0.347
0.444
14
Claire Alexander
33
D
54
8
23
31
16
0.148
0.426
0.574
15
Dave Langevin
24
D
77
6
21
27
76
0.078
0.273
0.351
16
Dave Semenko
21
F
77
10
14
24
158
0.130
0.182
0.312
17
John Hughes
24
D
41
2
15
17
82
0.049
0.366
0.415
18
Doug Berry
21
F
29
6
3
9
4
0.207
0.103
0.310
19
Garnet Bailey
30
F
38
5
4
9
22
0.132
0.105
0.237
20
Dave Dryden
37
G
63
0
8
8
0
0.000
0.127
0.127
21
Risto Siltanen
20
D
20
3
4
7
4
0.150
0.200
0.350
22
Bill Goldsworthy
34
F
17
4
2
6
14
0.235
0.118
0.353
23
Jim Neilson
38
D
35
0
5
5
18
0.000
0.143
0.143
24
Pierre Guite
26
F
12
1
1
2
8
0.083
0.083
0.167
25
Eddie Mio
24
G
22
0
1
1
2
0.000
0.045
0.045
26
Hannu Kamppuri
21
G
2
0
0
0
0
0.000
0.000
0.000
27
Jim Mayer
24
F
2
0
0
0
0
0.000
0.000
0.000
28
Rudy Tajcnar
30
F
2
0
0
0
0
0.000
0.000
0.000
29
Ed Walsh
27
G
3
0
0
0
0
0.000
0.000
0.000
30
Wes George
20
F
3
0
0
0
11
0.000
0.000
0.000
31
Cal Sandbeck
22
D
6
0
0
0
2
0.000
0.000
0.000
Edmonton Oilers Demographics in 1978-1979 WHA Regular Season
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