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1978–79 Colorado Rockies
Division4th Smythe
Conference8th Campbell
1978–79 record15–53–12
Home record8–24–8
Road record7–29–4
Goals for210
Goals against331
Team information
General managerRay Miron
CoachPat Kelly
CaptainWilf Paiement
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMcNichols Sports Arena
Team leaders
GoalsWilf Paiement (24)
AssistsWilf Paiement (36)
PointsWilf Paiement (60)
Penalty minutesBarry Beck (91)
WinsMichel Plasse (9)
Goals against averageBill Oleschuk (3.86)

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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Chicago Black Hawks 80 29 36 15 244 277 73
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 42 13 217 291 63
St. Louis Blues 80 18 50 12 249 348 48
Colorado Rockies 80 15 53 12 210 331 42

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Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

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1978–79 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1978 2–8 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 0–1–0
2 L October 14, 1978 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 0–2–0
3 L October 15, 1978 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1978–79) 0–3–0
4 L October 17, 1978 2–8 @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 0–4–0
5 T October 20, 1978 5–5 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 0–4–1
6 W October 21, 1978 4–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 1–4–1
7 L October 25, 1978 4–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 1–5–1
8 L October 27, 1978 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 1–6–1
9 W October 28, 1978 1–0 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 2–6–1
10 L October 31, 1978 5–8 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 2–7–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 L November 2, 1978 0–3 New York Rangers (1978–79) 2–8–1
12 T November 4, 1978 4–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 2–8–2
13 L November 5, 1978 4–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 2–9–2
14 L November 8, 1978 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 2–10–2
15 T November 10, 1978 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 2–10–3
16 L November 11, 1978 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 2–11–3
17 T November 14, 1978 2–2 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 2–11–4
18 L November 15, 1978 1–6 Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 2–12–4
19 W November 18, 1978 8–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 3–12–4
20 L November 21, 1978 1–7 New York Islanders (1978–79) 3–13–4
21 L November 23, 1978 2–7 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 3–14–4
22 W November 25, 1978 6–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 4–14–4
23 L November 26, 1978 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 4–15–4
24 T November 29, 1978 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 4–15–5
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
25 L December 2, 1978 2–5 New York Islanders (1978–79) 4–16–5
26 L December 3, 1978 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 4–17–5
27 L December 5, 1978 1–4 Washington Capitals (1978–79) 4–18–5
28 L December 8, 1978 3–4 Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 4–19–5
29 L December 9, 1978 0–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 4–20–5
30 W December 12, 1978 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 5–20–5
31 L December 14, 1978 3–5 @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 5–21–5
32 W December 16, 1978 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 6–21–5
33 T December 19, 1978 2–2 Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 6–21–6
34 L December 21, 1978 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 6–22–6
35 L December 23, 1978 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 6–23–6
36 L December 27, 1978 2–5 Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 6–24–6
37 W December 30, 1978 7–2 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 7–24–6
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
38 L January 1, 1979 3–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 7–25–6
39 W January 2, 1979 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 8–25–6
40 L January 5, 1979 3–5 Boston Bruins (1978–79) 8–26–6
41 W January 6, 1979 4–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 9–26–6
42 L January 10, 1979 3–5 New York Rangers (1978–79) 9–27–6
43 L January 12, 1979 1–8 @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 9–28–6
44 L January 13, 1979 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 9–29–6
45 L January 16, 1979 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 9–30–6
46 L January 17, 1979 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 9–31–6
47 W January 19, 1979 5–3 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 10–31–6
48 T January 20, 1979 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 10–31–7
49 W January 25, 1979 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 11–31–7
50 T January 27, 1979 2–2 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 11–31–8
51 W January 31, 1979 5–4 New York Rangers (1978–79) 12–31–8
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
52 L February 3, 1979 3–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 12–32–8
53 L February 4, 1979 1–4 Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 12–33–8
54 L February 13, 1979 1–6 @ New York Islanders (1978–79) 12–34–8
55 L February 15, 1979 3–9 Washington Capitals (1978–79) 12–35–8
56 L February 17, 1979 1–5 Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 12–36–8
57 L February 18, 1979 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 12–37–8
58 L February 20, 1979 3–5 Boston Bruins (1978–79) 12–38–8
59 L February 22, 1979 0–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 12–39–8
60 L February 23, 1979 3–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 12–40–8
61 L February 25, 1979 1–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 12–41–8
62 W February 27, 1979 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 13–41–8
63 L February 28, 1979 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 13–42–8
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
64 L March 2, 1979 0–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 13–43–8
65 L March 4, 1979 2–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 13–44–8
66 L March 6, 1979 0–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 13–45–8
67 L March 7, 1979 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1978–79) 13–46–8
68 W March 10, 1979 3–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 14–46–8
69 T March 13, 1979 5–5 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 14–46–9
70 L March 16, 1979 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 14–47–9
71 L March 18, 1979 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 14–48–9
72 L March 21, 1979 2–3 Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 14–49–9
73 L March 24, 1979 1–3 Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 14–50–9
74 L March 25, 1979 0–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 14–51–9
75 T March 27, 1979 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 14–51–10
76 L March 31, 1979 0–2 Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 14–52–10
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
77 W April 1, 1979 9–5 St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 15–52–10
78 L April 3, 1979 1–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 15–53–10
79 T April 5, 1979 4–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 15–53–11
80 T April 8, 1979 5–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 15–53–12

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Wilf Paiement RW 65 24 36 60 80 -30 5 0 1
Jack Valiquette C 76 23 34 57 12 -42 8 2 3
Paul Gardner C 64 23 26 49 32 -25 14 0 0
John Van Boxmeer D 76 9 34 43 46 -26 4 0 0
Barry Beck D 63 14 28 42 91 -30 5 0 0
Gary Croteau LW 79 23 18 41 18 -28 8 0 1
Randy Pierce RW 70 19 17 36 35 -21 4 1 3
Ron Delorme C 77 20 8 28 68 -30 2 0 3
Merlin Malinowski C 54 6 17 23 10 -17 0 0 1
Ralph Klassen C 64 6 13 19 12 -25 1 1 2
Rey Comeau C 70 8 10 18 16 -20 1 2 0
Andy Spruce LW 47 3 15 18 31 -18 0 0 0
Joe Contini C 30 5 12 17 6 -19 2 0 1
Dennis Owchar D 50 3 13 16 27 -33 1 0 0
Mike Christie D 68 1 10 11 88 -44 0 0 0
Mike Gillis LW 30 1 7 8 6 -18 0 0 0
Bill Lochead LW 27 4 2 6 14 -15 1 1 0
Nick Beverley D 52 2 4 6 6 -16 0 1 0
Larry Skinner C 12 3 2 5 2 -5 1 0 0
Don Ashby C 12 2 3 5 0 -3 2 0 0
Mike Dwyer LW 12 2 3 5 2 -4 0 0 0
Clayton Pachal C/LW 24 2 3 5 69 -11 1 0 0
Don Awrey D 56 1 4 5 18 -33 0 0 0
Mike Kitchen D 53 1 4 5 28 -19 0 0 0
Nelson Pyatt C 28 2 2 4 2 -17 0 0 0
Trevor Johansen D 11 1 3 4 16 -8 0 0 0
Michel Lachance D 21 0 4 4 22 -9 0 0 0
Don Saleski RW 16 2 0 2 4 -10 0 0 0
Michel Plasse G 41 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Joe Watson D 16 0 2 2 12 -13 0 0 0
Doug Favell G 7 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Ron Andruff C 3 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Kevin Krook D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Messier C 9 0 0 0 4 -6 0 0 0
Bill Oleschuk G 40 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Michel Plasse 2302 41 9 29 2 152 3.96 0
Bill Oleschuk 2118 40 6 19 8 136 3.85 1
Doug Favell 380 7 0 5 2 34 5.37 0
Team: 4800 80 15 53 12 322 4.02 1

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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;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

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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  Finland Ilves (Finland)
13 204 Ulf Zetterstrom  Sweden Kiruna (Sweden)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1978-79 Colorado Rockies Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  4. ^ "1978-79 Colorado Rockies Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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