1978–79 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

|11||L||November 2, 1978||0–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1978–79) ||2–8–1

|12||T||November 4, 1978||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||2–8–2

|13||L||November 5, 1978||4–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||2–9–2

|14||L||November 8, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||2–10–2

|15||T||November 10, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||2–10–3

|16||L||November 11, 1978||3–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||2–11–3

|17||T||November 14, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1978–79) ||2–11–4

|18||L||November 15, 1978||1–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||2–12–4

|19||W||November 18, 1978||8–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||3–12–4

|20||L||November 21, 1978||1–7 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1978–79) ||3–13–4

|21||L||November 23, 1978||2–7 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||3–14–4

|22||W||November 25, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||4–14–4

|23||L||November 26, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||4–15–4

|24||T||November 29, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||4–15–5

|25||L||December 2, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1978–79) ||4–16–5

|26||L||December 3, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||4–17–5

|27||L||December 5, 1978||1–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||4–18–5

|28||L||December 8, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||4–19–5

|29||L||December 9, 1978||0–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||4–20–5

|30||W||December 12, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||5–20–5

|31||L||December 14, 1978||3–5 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||5–21–5

|32||W||December 16, 1978||5–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||6–21–5

|33||T||December 19, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||6–21–6

|34||L||December 21, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||6–22–6

|35||L||December 23, 1978||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||6–23–6

|36||L||December 27, 1978||2–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||6–24–6

|37||W||December 30, 1978||7–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||7–24–6

|38||L||January 1, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||7–25–6

|39||W||January 2, 1979||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||8–25–6

|40||L||January 5, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||8–26–6

|41||W||January 6, 1979||4–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||9–26–6

|42||L||January 10, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1978–79) ||9–27–6

|43||L||January 12, 1979||1–8 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||9–28–6

|44||L||January 13, 1979||2–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||9–29–6

|45||L||January 16, 1979||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) ||9–30–6

|46||L||January 17, 1979||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||9–31–6

|47||W||January 19, 1979||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||10–31–6

|48||T||January 20, 1979||3–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||10–31–7

|49||W||January 25, 1979||5–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||11–31–7

|50||T||January 27, 1979||2–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||11–31–8

|51||W||January 31, 1979||5–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1978–79) ||12–31–8

|52||L||February 3, 1979||3–6 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||12–32–8

|53||L||February 4, 1979||1–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||12–33–8

|54||L||February 13, 1979||1–6 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1978–79) ||12–34–8

|55||L||February 15, 1979||3–9 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||12–35–8

|56||L||February 17, 1979||1–5 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||12–36–8

|57||L||February 18, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||12–37–8

|58||L||February 20, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||12–38–8

|59||L||February 22, 1979||0–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||12–39–8

|60||L||February 23, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||12–40–8

|61||L||February 25, 1979||1–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) ||12–41–8

|62||W||February 27, 1979||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||13–41–8

|63||L||February 28, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||13–42–8

|64||L||March 2, 1979||0–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||13–43–8

|65||L||March 4, 1979||2–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) ||13–44–8

|66||L||March 6, 1979||0–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||13–45–8

|67||L||March 7, 1979||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1978–79) ||13–46–8

|68||W||March 10, 1979||3–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||14–46–8

|69||T||March 13, 1979||5–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||14–46–9

|70||L||March 16, 1979||1–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||14–47–9

|71||L||March 18, 1979||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||14–48–9

|72||L||March 21, 1979||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||14–49–9

|73||L||March 24, 1979||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||14–50–9

|74||L||March 25, 1979||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||14–51–9

|75||T||March 27, 1979||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||14–51–10

|76||L||March 31, 1979||0–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||14–52–10

|77||W||April 1, 1979||9–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||15–52–10

|78||L||April 3, 1979||1–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) ||15–53–10

|79||T||April 5, 1979||4–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) ||15–53–11

|80||T||April 8, 1979||5–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||15–53–12

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 65 24 36 60 80-30501 C 76 23 34 57 12-42823 C 64 23 26 49 32-251400 D 76 9 34 43 46-26400 D 63 14 28 42 91-30500 LW 79 23 18 41 18-28801 RW 70 19 17 36 35-21413 C 77 20 8 28 68-30203 C 54 6 17 23 10-17001 C 64 6 13 19 12-25112 C 70 8 10 18 16-20120 LW 47 3 15 18 31-18000 C 30 5 12 17 6-19201 D 50 3 13 16 27-33100 D 68 1 10 11 88-44000 LW 30 1 7 8 6-18000 LW 27 4 2 6 14-15110 D 52 2 4 6 6-16010 C 12 3 2 5 2-5100 C 12 2 3 5 0-3200 LW 12 2 3 5 2-4000 C/LW 24 2 3 5 69-11100 D 56 1 4 5 18-33000 D 53 1 4 5 28-19000 C 28 2 2 4 2-17000 D 11 1 3 4 16-8000 D 21 0 4 4 22-9000 RW 16 2 0 2 4-10000 G 41 0 2 2 40000 D 16 0 2 2 12-13000 G 7 0 1 1 170000 C 3 0 0 0 0-4000 D 3 0 0 0 20000 C 9 0 0 0 4-6000 G 40 0 0 0 100000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA 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)15Mike Gillis Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)227Merlin Malinowski Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)341Paul Messier University of Denver (WCHA)458Dave Watson Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)573Tim Thomlison Billings Bighorns (WCHL)574Rod Guimont Lethbridge Broncos (WCHL)691John Hynes Harvard University (ECAC)7108Andy Clark Lake Superior State University (CCHA)8125John Olver University of Michigan (WCHA)9142Kevin Krook Regina Pats (WCHL)10159Jeff Jensen Lake Superior State University (CCHA)11174Bo Ericson AIK (Sweden)12190Jari Viitala Ilves (Finland)13204Ulf Zetterstrom Kiruna (Sweden)

See also 1978–79 NHL season

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