1978–79 Colorado Rockies season

The was the Rockies's third season and the fifth season of the franchise. Like three of the previous four seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
==Playoffs==
*The Rockies did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	65	24	36	60 	80 	-30	5 	0 	1
 	C 	76	23	34	57 	12 	-42	8 	2 	3
 	C 	64	23	26	49 	32 	-25	14 	0 	0
 	D 	76	9 	34	43 	46 	-26	4 	0 	0
 	D 	63	14	28	42 	91 	-30	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	79	23	18	41 	18 	-28	8 	0 	1
 	RW 	70	19	17	36 	35 	-21	4 	1 	3
 	C 	77	20	8 	28 	68 	-30	2 	0 	3
 	C 	54	6 	17	23 	10 	-17	0 	0 	1
 	C 	64	6 	13	19 	12 	-25	1 	1 	2
 	C 	70	8 	10	18 	16 	-20	1 	2 	0
 	LW 	47	3 	15	18 	31 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	C 	30	5 	12	17 	6 	-19	2 	0 	1
 	D 	50	3 	13	16 	27 	-33	1 	0 	0
 	D 	68	1 	10	11 	88 	-44	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	1 	7 	8 	6 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	27	4 	2 	6 	14 	-15	1 	1 	0
 	D 	52	2 	4 	6 	6 	-16	0 	1 	0
 	C 	12	3 	2 	5 	2 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	12	2 	3 	5 	0 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	2 	3 	5 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	24	2 	3 	5 	69 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	D 	56	1 	4 	5 	18 	-33	0 	0 	0
 	D 	53	1 	4 	5 	28 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	C 	28	2 	2 	4 	2 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	3 	4 	16 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	4 	4 	22 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	2 	0 	2 	4 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	41	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	2 	2 	12 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	1 	1 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	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 
==Awards and Records==
*The Rockies did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1978–79 NHL season
==References==
* 
Colorado Rockies (NHL) season, 1978–79
Colorado Rockies (NHL) season, 1978–79
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