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World Hockey Association team season

1978–79 Birmingham Bulls
Division6th WHA
1978–79 record32–42–6
Goals against311
Team information
CoachJohn Brophy
CaptainBrent Hughes
Alternate captainsPaul Henderson
Serge Beaudoin
Team leaders
GoalsMichel Goulet 28
AssistsCraig Hartsburg 40
PointsRick Vaive 59
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The 1978–79 Birmingham Bulls season was the Bulls' final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). They finished in 6th and last place and were not invited to join the NHL in the NHL-WHA merger.

Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

WHA Team GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Edmonton Oilers 80 48 30 2 98 340 266 1220
Quebec Nordiques 80 41 34 5 87 288 271 1399
Winnipeg Jets 80 39 35 6 84 307 306 1342
New England Whalers 80 37 34 9 83 298 287 1090
Cincinnati Stingers 80 33 41 6 72 274 284 1651
Birmingham Bulls 80 32 42 6 70 286 311 1661
xIndianapolis Racers 25 5 18 2 12 78 130 557
#Soviet All-Stars 6 4 1 1 9 27 20 77
#Czechoslovakia 6 1 4 1 3 14 33 107
#Finland 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 2

x-team folded during season #-played limited schedule


Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 13, 1978 4–5 OT Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 0–1–0
2 W October 15, 1978 9–3 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 1–1–0
3 L October 20, 1978 2–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 1–2–0
4 W October 22, 1978 8–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 2–2–0
5 W October 24, 1978 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 3–2–0
6 L October 25, 1978 2–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 3–3–0
7 W October 27, 1978 4–2 Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 4–3–0
8 W November 1, 1978 4–3 OT @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 5–3–0
9 L November 3, 1978 2–3 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 5–4–0
10 L November 4, 1978 1–4 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 5–5–0
11 W November 9, 1978 6–5 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 6–5–0
12 L November 11, 1978 3–5 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 6–6–0
13 T November 14, 1978 5–5 New England Whalers (1978–79) 6–6–1
14 W November 17, 1978 7–1 New England Whalers (1978–79) 7–6–1
15 W November 18, 1978 3–2 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 8–6–1
16 L November 22, 1978 5–6 OT @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 8–7–1
17 L November 23, 1978 3–4 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 8–8–1
18 L November 25, 1978 2–5 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 8–9–1
19 L November 26, 1978 3–9 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 8–10–1
20 L November 29, 1978 4–7 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 8–11–1
21 L December 1, 1978 3–6 @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 8–12–1
22 W December 2, 1978 4–2 Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) 9–12–1
23 W December 7, 1978 4–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 10–12–1
24 W December 9, 1978 6–2 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 11–12–1
25 W December 10, 1978 1–0 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 12–12–1
26 L December 14, 1978 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 12–13–1
27 T December 16, 1978 2–2 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 12–13–2
28 T December 17, 1978 2–2 Soviet All-Stars (1978–79) 12–13–3
29 L December 19, 1978 2–5 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 12–14–3
30 L December 22, 1978 1–5 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 12–15–3
31 L December 23, 1978 3–4 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 12–16–3
32 W December 26, 1978 4–2 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 13–16–3
33 W December 28, 1978 6–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 14–16–3
34 L December 29, 1978 0–5 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 14–17–3
35 L December 30, 1978 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 14–18–3
36 W January 7, 1979 10–2 Czechoslovakia (1978–79) 15–18–3
37 L January 12, 1979 1–3 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 15–19–3
38 L January 13, 1979 1–3 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 15–20–3
39 L January 14, 1979 2–4 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 15–21–3
40 L January 17, 1979 5–8 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 15–22–3
41 L January 19, 1979 3–11 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 15–23–3
42 W January 21, 1979 4–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 16–23–3
43 L January 23, 1979 5–7 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 16–24–3
44 W January 26, 1979 5–4 New England Whalers (1978–79) 17–24–3
45 W January 30, 1979 2–1 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 18–24–3
46 W February 1, 1979 7–5 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 19–24–3
47 T February 3, 1979 2–2 New England Whalers (1978–79) 19–24–4
48 L February 6, 1979 2–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 19–25–4
49 L February 7, 1979 2–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 19–26–4
50 L February 11, 1979 3–4 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 19–27–4
51 W February 14, 1979 7–4 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 20–27–4
52 W February 16, 1979 2–1 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 21–27–4
53 L February 18, 1979 3–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 21–28–4
54 L February 20, 1979 3–7 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 21–29–4
55 W February 23, 1979 9–1 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 22–29–4
56 L February 25, 1979 4–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 22–30–4
57 W February 27, 1979 5–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 23–30–4
58 L March 3, 1979 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 23–31–4
59 L March 4, 1979 4–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 23–32–4
60 W March 6, 1979 5–4 Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 24–32–4
61 T March 9, 1979 4–4 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 24–32–5
62 L March 11, 1979 0–4 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 24–33–5
63 L March 13, 1979 3–4 New England Whalers (1978–79) 24–34–5
64 W March 15, 1979 4–3 OT @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 25–34–5
65 T March 16, 1979 5–5 New England Whalers (1978–79) 25–34–6
66 L March 18, 1979 2–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 25–35–6
67 L March 20, 1979 2–5 @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 25–36–6
68 W March 23, 1979 2–1 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 26–36–6
69 W March 24, 1979 4–3 @ New England Whalers (1978–79) 27–36–6
70 L March 25, 1979 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 27–37–6
71 W March 27, 1979 3–1 New England Whalers (1978–79) 28–37–6
72 L March 30, 1979 2–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 28–38–6
73 W March 31, 1979 6–3 Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) 29–38–6
74 W April 3, 1979 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) 30–38–6
75 W April 6, 1979 2–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 31–38–6
76 L April 8, 1979 4–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 31–39–6
77 L April 11, 1979 1–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 31–40–6
78 L April 13, 1979 4–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 31–41–6
79 W April 14, 1979 7–6 Edmonton Oilers (1978–79) 32–41–6
80 L April 15, 1979 4–5 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) 32–42–6

Player stats

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Awards and records

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Transactions

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Farm teams

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See also

References

  1. "1978–79 Birmingham Bulls Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

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