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

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

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 Oilers8048302983402661220
Quebec Nordiques8041345872882711399
Winnipeg Jets8039356843073061342
New England Whalers8037349832982871090
Cincinnati Stingers8033416722742841651
Birmingham Bulls8032426702863111661
xIndianapolis Racers2551821278130557
#Soviet All-Stars64119272077
#Czechoslovakia614131433107
#Finland10100482

x-team folded during season #-played limited schedule

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 13, 19784–5 OTWinnipeg Jets (1978–79)0–1–0
2WOctober 15, 19789–3@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)1–1–0
3LOctober 20, 19782–5@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)1–2–0
4WOctober 22, 19788–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)2–2–0
5WOctober 24, 19783–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)3–2–0
6LOctober 25, 19782–7@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)3–3–0
7WOctober 27, 19784–2Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)4–3–0
8WNovember 1, 19784–3 OT@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)5–3–0
9LNovember 3, 19782–3Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)5–4–0
10LNovember 4, 19781–4Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)5–5–0
11WNovember 9, 19786–5Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)6–5–0
12LNovember 11, 19783–5Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)6–6–0
13TNovember 14, 19785–5New England Whalers (1978–79)6–6–1
14WNovember 17, 19787–1New England Whalers (1978–79)7–6–1
15WNovember 18, 19783–2@ New England Whalers (1978–79)8–6–1
16LNovember 22, 19785–6 OT@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)8–7–1
17LNovember 23, 19783–4Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)8–8–1
18LNovember 25, 19782–5@ New England Whalers (1978–79)8–9–1
19LNovember 26, 19783–9@ New England Whalers (1978–79)8–10–1
20LNovember 29, 19784–7@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)8–11–1
21LDecember 1, 19783–6@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)8–12–1
22WDecember 2, 19784–2Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)9–12–1
23WDecember 7, 19784–2Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)10–12–1
24WDecember 9, 19786–2Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)11–12–1
25WDecember 10, 19781–0Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)12–12–1
26LDecember 14, 19782–3@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)12–13–1
27TDecember 16, 19782–2@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)12–13–2
28TDecember 17, 19782–2Soviet All-Stars (1978–79)12–13–3
29LDecember 19, 19782–5Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)12–14–3
30LDecember 22, 19781–5Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)12–15–3
31LDecember 23, 19783–4@ New England Whalers (1978–79)12–16–3
32WDecember 26, 19784–2Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)13–16–3
33WDecember 28, 19786–5@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)14–16–3
34LDecember 29, 19780–5@ New England Whalers (1978–79)14–17–3
35LDecember 30, 19782–3@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)14–18–3
36WJanuary 7, 197910–2Czechoslovakia (1978–79)15–18–3
37LJanuary 12, 19791–3Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)15–19–3
38LJanuary 13, 19791–3Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)15–20–3
39LJanuary 14, 19792–4@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)15–21–3
40LJanuary 17, 19795–8@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)15–22–3
41LJanuary 19, 19793–11@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)15–23–3
42WJanuary 21, 19794–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)16–23–3
43LJanuary 23, 19795–7Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)16–24–3
44WJanuary 26, 19795–4New England Whalers (1978–79)17–24–3
45WJanuary 30, 19792–1Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)18–24–3
46WFebruary 1, 19797–5Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)19–24–3
47TFebruary 3, 19792–2New England Whalers (1978–79)19–24–4
48LFebruary 6, 19792–6@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)19–25–4
49LFebruary 7, 19792–3@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)19–26–4
50LFebruary 11, 19793–4 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)19–27–4
51WFebruary 14, 19797–4@ New England Whalers (1978–79)20–27–4
52WFebruary 16, 19792–1Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)21–27–4
53LFebruary 18, 19793–6Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)21–28–4
54LFebruary 20, 19793–7Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)21–29–4
55WFebruary 23, 19799–1Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)22–29–4
56LFebruary 25, 19794–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)22–30–4
57WFebruary 27, 19795–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)23–30–4
58LMarch 3, 19792–3@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)23–31–4
59LMarch 4, 19794–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)23–32–4
60WMarch 6, 19795–4Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)24–32–4
61TMarch 9, 19794–4Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)24–32–5
62LMarch 11, 19790–4Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)24–33–5
63LMarch 13, 19793–4New England Whalers (1978–79)24–34–5
64WMarch 15, 19794–3 OT@ New England Whalers (1978–79)25–34–5
65TMarch 16, 19795–5New England Whalers (1978–79)25–34–6
66LMarch 18, 19792–4@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)25–35–6
67LMarch 20, 19792–5@ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)25–36–6
68WMarch 23, 19792–1Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)26–36–6
69WMarch 24, 19794–3@ New England Whalers (1978–79)27–36–6
70LMarch 25, 19792–3@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)27–37–6
71WMarch 27, 19793–1New England Whalers (1978–79)28–37–6
72LMarch 30, 19792–3Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)28–38–6
73WMarch 31, 19796–3Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79)29–38–6
74WApril 3, 19795–3Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)30–38–6
75WApril 6, 19792–1@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)31–38–6
76LApril 8, 19794–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)31–39–6
77LApril 11, 19791–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)31–40–6
78LApril 13, 19794–6Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)31–41–6
79WApril 14, 19797–6Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)32–41–6
80LApril 15, 19794–5 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)32–42–6

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Player stats

Awards and records

Transactions

Farm teams

See also

References

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