1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers season

The 1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers' last season of operation in the World Hockey Association. They finished 5th and lost in the first round to the New England Whalers. They were the only team from this season's playoffs not brought into the NHL as part of the NHL–WHA merger; however, this had been decided ahead of the playoffs.

1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers
Division5th WHA
1978–79 record33–41–6
Goals for274
Goals against284
Team information
CoachFloyd Smith
CaptainRick Dudley
Alternate captainsRobbie Ftorek
Peter Marsh
ArenaRiverfront Coliseum

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, 19782-3@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)0–1–0
2WOctober 15, 19784–3@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)1–1–0
3TOctober 17, 19785–5@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)1–1–1
4WOctober 20, 19785–2Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)2–1–1
5WOctober 21, 19784–3Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)3–1–1
6LOctober 24, 19781–2New England Whalers (1978–79)3–2–1
7LOctober 25, 19783–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)3–3–1
8WOctober 28, 19784–3Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)4–3–1
9WOctober 29, 19787–4@ New England Whalers (1978–79)5–3–1
10LNovember 1, 19783–4 OTBirmingham Bulls (1978–79)5–4–1
11WNovember 5, 19785–4New England Whalers (1978–79)6–4–1
12WNovember 8, 19784–0Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)7–4–1
13WNovember 10, 19783–2Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)8–4–1
14LNovember 11, 19781–2@ New England Whalers (1978–79)8–5–1
15WNovember 12, 19785–3Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)9–5–1
16TNovember 15, 19784–4New England Whalers (1978–79)9–5–2
17LNovember 17, 19786–10@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)9–6–2
18LNovember 19, 19783–6@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)9–7–2
19WNovember 22, 19786–5 OTBirmingham Bulls (1978–79)10–7–2
20WNovember 23, 19784–3@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)11–7–2
21WNovember 24, 19788–5Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)12–7–2
22LNovember 25, 19783–6@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)12–8–2
23WDecember 1, 19786–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)13–8–2
24LDecember 2, 19780–2@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)13–9–2
25WDecember 3, 19784–2@ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79)14–9–2
26TDecember 5, 19782–2New England Whalers (1978–79)14–9–3
27LDecember 7, 19782–4@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)14–10–3
28LDecember 9, 19783–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)14–11–3
29LDecember 10, 19780–1@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)14–12–3
30LDecember 12, 19782–5Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)14–13–3
31TDecember 16, 19782–2Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)14–13–4
32LDecember 17, 19783–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)14–14–4
33LDecember 20, 19783–5Soviet All-Stars (1978–79)14–15–4
34WDecember 23, 19786–2Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)15–15–4
35LDecember 26, 19782–4@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)15–16–4
36LDecember 28, 19785–6Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)15–17–4
37WDecember 30, 19782–1New England Whalers (1978–79)16–17–4
38LJanuary 6, 19791–4Czechoslovakia (1978–79)16–18–4
39LJanuary 7, 19794–5@ New England Whalers (1978–79)16–19–4
40LJanuary 9, 19793–4Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)16–20–4
41LJanuary 12, 19791–2Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)16–21–4
42WJanuary 14, 19794–2Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)17–21–4
43WJanuary 17, 19798–5Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)18–21–4
44WJanuary 19, 19797–2@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)19–21–4
45LJanuary 20, 19791–3@ New England Whalers (1978–79)19–22–4
46TJanuary 24, 19795–5Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)19–22–5
47WJanuary 26, 19795–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)20–22–5
48LJanuary 28, 19790–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)20–23–5
49LFebruary 4, 19791–8@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)20–24–5
50LFebruary 7, 19795–8@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)20–25–5
51WFebruary 9, 19794–0Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)21–25–5
52WFebruary 11, 19795–2New England Whalers (1978–79)22–25–5
53LFebruary 14, 19791–5Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)22–26–5
54WFebruary 17, 19796–4Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)23–26–5
55LFebruary 18, 19792–4Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)23–27–5
56WFebruary 20, 19795–2Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)24–27–5
57LFebruary 23, 19791–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)24–28–5
58TFebruary 25, 19791–1@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)24–28–6
59LMarch 2, 19792–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)24–29–6
60LMarch 3, 19794–6Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)24–30–6
61WMarch 4, 19794–3 OT@ New England Whalers (1978–79)25–30–6
62LMarch 7, 19793–5Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)25–31–6
63WMarch 10, 19795–2Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)26–31–6
64LMarch 11, 19791–2New England Whalers (1978–79)26–32–6
65WMarch 13, 19795–1Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)27–32–6
66LMarch 16, 19793–5@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)27–33–6
67WMarch 18, 19794–1@ New England Whalers (1978–79)28–33–6
68WMarch 20, 19795–2Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)29–33–6
69LMarch 23, 19791–2@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)29–34–6
70LMarch 24, 19792–5Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)29–35–6
71LMarch 25, 19795–6Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)29–36–6
72LMarch 28, 19793–6@ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79)29–37–6
73WMarch 30, 19793–2@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)30–37–6
74LMarch 31, 19793–6@ Birmingham Bulls (1978–79)30–38–6
75LApril 3, 19791–5Edmonton Oilers (1978–79)30–39–6
76WApril 7, 19796–2Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)31–39–6
77WApril 11, 19796–2@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)32–39–6
78LApril 12, 19790–4@ New England Whalers (1978–79)32–40–6
79WApril 14, 19794–0@ New England Whalers (1978–79)33–40–6
80LApril 15, 19792–4@ Quebec Nordiques (1978–79)33–41–6

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Playoffs
#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1April 21Cincinnati Stingers3–5New England Whalers1–0
2April 22New England Whalers3–6Cincinnati Stingers1–1
3April 24New England Whalers2–1Cincinnati Stingers2–1

See also

References
  1. "1978–79 Cincinnati Stingers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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