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The 1978–79 NHL season was the 62nd season of the National Hockey League. The 17 teams of the league played an 80 game season. The Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals four games to one for their fourth Cup in a row. This is the last time to date that two of the "Original Six" teams met in the finals.
[edit] League businessThis season saw the first reduction in the total number of teams since the Brooklyn Americans folded following the 1941–42 season. Fearing that two teams were on the verge of folding, the league approved the merger of the financially unstable Cleveland Barons and Minnesota North Stars franchises, reducing the number of teams to seventeen, with the North Stars assuming the Barons' place in the Adams Division. This reduction would only be temporary, however, as the World Hockey Association would fold following this season, with four of its teams, the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Winnipeg Jets and Hartford Whalers, joining the NHL as expansion franchises for the 1979–80 season. For the first time since the NHL All-Star Game became an annual tradition, it was not played. In its stead was the 1979 Challenge Cup, which saw Soviet Union players come over to North America to play against NHL players. The Soviets won the series two games to one. This was the last season until the 2004-05 lockout that the St. Louis Blues missed the playoffs. [edit] Regular seasonFor the past three seasons, the Montreal Canadiens had dominated the regular season, but times were changing. The New York Islanders had been steadily improving over the past few seasons and this season saw them beat out the Canadiens by one point for the best record in the league. [edit] Final standingsGP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties In Minutes [edit] Prince of Wales Conference
[edit] Clarence Campbell Conference
[edit] Scoring leadersGP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes
[edit] PlayoffsAll dates in 1979 [edit] Playoff bracket
[edit] Preliminary roundVancouver Canucks vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1. Los Angeles Kings vs. New York Rangers
NY Rangers win best-of-three series 2 games to 0. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Atlanta Flames
Toronto wins best-of-three series 2 games to 0. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh wins best-of-three series 2 games to 1. [edit] Quarter-finalsChicago Black Hawks vs. New York Islanders
NY Islanders win best-of-seven series 4 games to 0. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston Bruins
Boston wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 0. New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers
NY Rangers win best-of-seven series 4 games to 1. [edit] Semi-finalsNew York Rangers vs. New York Islanders
NY Rangers win best-of-seven series 4 games to 2. Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens Game seven of the Montreal-Boston semifinal is perhaps one of the most memorable in the history of the NHL. About a minute and a half after Boston's Rick Middleton scored with four minutes remaining in the third period to give the Bruins a 4–3 lead, linesman John D'Amico called a bench minor for too many men on the ice against the Bruins. Montreal's Guy Lafleur scored on the ensuing power play, sending the game to overtime where Yvon Lambert gave the Canadiens the win and a trip to their fourth straight Stanley Cup final.
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 3. [edit] FinalMain article: 1979 Stanley Cup Final New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens As of 2009, it is the last time two Pre-war clubs met in the finals.
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4 games to 1. It was the last time until their next championship year in 1994 that the Rangers reached the Stanley Cup Finals. [edit] NHL awards
[edit] All-Star teams[edit] DebutsThe following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1978–79 (listed with their first team, asterisk (*) marks debut in playoffs):
[edit] Last gamesThe following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1978–79 (listed with their last team):
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