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1978-79 WHA Expanded Leaders

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Goals

1.	Real Cloutier-QBN	75
2.	Morris Lukowich-WNJ	65
3.	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	46
	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	46
5.	Peter Marsh-CNS	43
6.	Mark Howe-NEW	42
7.	Marc Tardif-QBN	41
8.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	39
	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	39
10.	Serge Bernier-QBN	36
11.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	35
12.	Blair MacDonald-EDO	34
13.	Reg Thomas-CNS	32
	Andre Lacroix-NEW	32
	Ron Chipperfield-EDO	32
16.	Brett Callighen-EDO	31
	Stan Weir-EDO	31
18.	Jamie Hislop-CNS	30
19.	Rich Preston-WNJ	28
	Bill Flett-EDO	28
	Michel Goulet*-BRB	28

Goals Per Game

1.	Real Cloutier-QBN	0.97
2.	Morris Lukowich-WNJ	0.81
3.	Ron Chipperfield-EDO	0.58
4.	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	0.57
	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	0.57
6.	Marc Tardif-QBN	0.55
7.	Serge Bernier-QBN	0.55
8.	Mark Howe-NEW	0.55
9.	Peter Marsh-CNS	0.54
10.	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	0.50
11.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	0.49
12.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	0.47
13.	Stan Weir-EDO	0.46
14.	Brett Callighen-EDO	0.44
15.	Blair MacDonald-EDO	0.42
16.	Louis Sleigher-BRB	0.42
17.	Andre Lacroix-NEW	0.41
18.	Reg Thomas-CNS	0.40
19.	Bill Flett-EDO	0.38
20.	Jamie Hislop-CNS	0.38

Assists

1.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	77
2.	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	68
3.	Terry Ruskowski-WNJ	66
4.	Mark Howe-NEW	65
5.	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	64
6.	Andre Lacroix-NEW	56
7.	Marc Tardif-QBN	55
8.	Real Cloutier-QBN	54
9.	Craig Norwich-CNS	51
10.	Serge Bernier-QBN	46
	Gordie Roberts-NEW	46
12.	Mike Rogers-NEW	45
13.	Dave Keon*-NEW	43
14.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	41
15.	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	40
	Jamie Hislop-CNS	40
	Craig Hartsburg-BRB	40
18.	Reg Thomas-CNS	39
	Brett Callighen-EDO	39
	Paul Shmyr-EDO	39

Assists Per Game

1.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	0.96
2.	Terry Ruskowski-WNJ	0.88
3.	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	0.87
4.	Mark Howe-NEW	0.84
5.	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	0.80
6.	Marc Tardif-QBN	0.74
7.	Andre Lacroix-NEW	0.72
8.	Serge Bernier-QBN	0.71
9.	Real Cloutier-QBN	0.70
10.	J.C. Tremblay-QBN	0.68
11.	Ron Chipperfield-EDO	0.67
12.	Garry Lariviere-QBN	0.66
13.	Craig Norwich-CNS	0.64
14.	Gordie Roberts-NEW	0.58
15.	Mike Rogers-NEW	0.56
16.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	0.55
17.	Brett Callighen-EDO	0.55
18.	Dave Keon*-NEW	0.54
19.	Craig Hartsburg-BRB	0.52
20.	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	0.50
	Dennis Sobchuk-EDO	0.50
	Jamie Hislop-CNS	0.50

Points

1.	Real Cloutier-QBN	129
2.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	116
3.	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	110
4.	Mark Howe-NEW	107
	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	107
6.	Morris Lukowich-WNJ	99
7.	Marc Tardif-QBN	96
8.	Andre Lacroix-NEW	88
9.	Terry Ruskowski-WNJ	86
	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	86
11.	Serge Bernier-QBN	82
12.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	76
13.	Mike Rogers-NEW	72
14.	Reg Thomas-CNS	71
	Blair MacDonald-EDO	71
16.	Jamie Hislop-CNS	70
	Brett Callighen-EDO	70
18.	Ron Chipperfield-EDO	69
19.	Peter Marsh-CNS	66
20.	Dave Keon*-NEW	65

Points Per Game

1.	Real Cloutier-QBN	1.68
2.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	1.45
3.	Mark Howe-NEW	1.39
4.	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	1.38
5.	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	1.37
6.	Marc Tardif-QBN	1.30
7.	Serge Bernier-QBN	1.26
8.	Ron Chipperfield-EDO	1.25
9.	Morris Lukowich-WNJ	1.24
10.	Terry Ruskowski-WNJ	1.15
11.	Andre Lacroix-NEW	1.13
12.	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	1.07
13.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	1.03
14.	Brett Callighen-EDO	0.99
15.	Mike Rogers-NEW	0.90
16.	Stan Weir-EDO	0.90
17.	Reg Thomas-CNS	0.89
	Blair MacDonald-EDO	0.89
19.	Bill Flett-EDO	0.88
20.	Jamie Hislop-CNS	0.88

Goals Created

1.	Real Cloutier-QBN	53.8
2.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	43.8
3.	Morris Lukowich-WNJ	42.8
4.	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	42.5
5.	Mark Howe-NEW	40.3
6.	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	40.1
7.	Marc Tardif-QBN	37.1
8.	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	35.1
9.	Andre Lacroix-NEW	32.6
10.	Serge Bernier-QBN	31.9
11.	Terry Ruskowski-WNJ	30.0
12.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	29.8
13.	Peter Marsh-CNS	28.8
14.	Reg Thomas-CNS	28.3
15.	Blair MacDonald-EDO	28.3
16.	Jamie Hislop-CNS	27.6
17.	Brett Callighen-EDO	27.4
18.	Ron Chipperfield-EDO	27.3
19.	Mike Rogers-NEW	26.9
20.	Bill Flett-EDO	25.0

Goals Created Per Game

1.	Real Cloutier-QBN	0.70
2.	Robbie Ftorek-CNS	0.55
3.	Morris Lukowich-WNJ	0.53
4.	Wayne Gretzky*-2Tm	0.53
5.	Mark Howe-NEW	0.52
6.	Kent Nilsson-WNJ	0.51
7.	Marc Tardif-QBN	0.50
8.	Ron Chipperfield-EDO	0.50
9.	Serge Bernier-QBN	0.49
10.	Peter Sullivan-WNJ	0.44
11.	Andre Lacroix-NEW	0.42
12.	Rich LeDuc-2Tm	0.40
13.	Terry Ruskowski-WNJ	0.40
14.	Brett Callighen-EDO	0.39
15.	Stan Weir-EDO	0.36
16.	Peter Marsh-CNS	0.36
17.	Reg Thomas-CNS	0.35
18.	Blair MacDonald-EDO	0.35
19.	Jamie Hislop-CNS	0.35
20.	Bill Flett-EDO	0.34

Penalties in Minutes

1.	Rick Vaive-BRB	248
	Scott Campbell-WNJ	248
3.	Paul Baxter-QBN	240
4.	Barry Melrose-CNS	222
5.	Dave Hanson-BRB	212
6.	Terry Ruskowski-WNJ	211
7.	Kim Clackson-WNJ	210
8.	Wally Weir-QBN	166
9.	Rob Ramage-BRB	165
10.	Dave Semenko-EDO	158
11.	Curt Brackenbury-QBN	155
12.	Al Hangsleben-NEW	148
13.	Gilles Bilodeau-QBN	141
14.	Rick Ley-NEW	135
15.	Dave Hunter-EDO	134
16.	Peter Driscoll-2Tm	132
17.	Barry Legge-CNS	131
18.	John Hughes-2Tm	130
19.	Serge Beaudoin-BRB	127
20.	Glen Irwin-INR	124

Games Played (Goalie)

1.	Dave Dryden-EDO	63
2.	Mike Liut-CNS	54
3.	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	52
4.	Pat Riggin-BRB	46
5.	Richard Brodeur-QBN	42
6.	John Garrett-NEW	41
7.	Jim Corsi-QBN	40
	Al Smith-NEW	40
9.	Ernie Wakely-BRB	37
10.	Michel Dion-CNS	30
11.	Eddie Mio-2Tm	27
12.	Joe Daley-WNJ	23
13.	Gary Smith-2Tm	22
14.	Gary Inness-INR	10
15.	Wayne Wood-BRB	6
16.	Vladimir Myshkin-SVT	5
17.	Jiri Crha-CZC	4
18.	Ed Walsh-EDO	3
	Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN	3
	Pavel Svitana-CZC	3

Wins (Goalie)

1.	Dave Dryden-EDO	41
2.	Richard Brodeur-QBN	25
	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	25
4.	Mike Liut-CNS	23
5.	John Garrett-NEW	20
6.	Al Smith-NEW	17
7.	Pat Riggin-BRB	16
	Jim Corsi-QBN	16
9.	Ernie Wakely-BRB	15
10.	Michel Dion-CNS	10
11.	Eddie Mio-2Tm	9
12.	Gary Smith-2Tm	7
	Joe Daley-WNJ	7
14.	Vladimir Myshkin-SVT	3
	Gary Inness-INR	3
16.	Jiri Crha-CZC	1
	Wayne Wood-BRB	1
	Sergei Babariko-SVT	1

Losses (Goalie)

1.	Mike Liut-CNS	27
2.	Pat Riggin-BRB	22
3.	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	21
4.	Jim Corsi-QBN	20
5.	Al Smith-NEW	17
	Ernie Wakely-BRB	17
	John Garrett-NEW	17
	Dave Dryden-EDO	17
9.	Michel Dion-CNS	14
10.	Richard Brodeur-QBN	13
	Gary Smith-2Tm	13
12.	Eddie Mio-2Tm	12
13.	Joe Daley-WNJ	11
14.	Gary Inness-INR	6
15.	Wayne Wood-BRB	3
16.	Ed Walsh-EDO	2
	Jiri Crha-CZC	2
	Pavel Svitana-CZC	2
19.	Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN	1
	Jorma Virtanen-FNL	1
	Vladimir Myshkin-SVT	1
	Hannu Kamppuri-EDO	1

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.	Al Smith-NEW	5
	Pat Riggin-BRB	5
3.	Mike Liut-CNS	4
	John Garrett-NEW	4
5.	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	3
	Joe Daley-WNJ	3
	Richard Brodeur-QBN	3
8.	Michel Dion-CNS	2
	Dave Dryden-EDO	2
10.	Ernie Wakely-BRB	1
	Gary Smith-2Tm	1
	Jim Corsi-QBN	1
	Vladimir Myshkin-SVT	1
	Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN	1
	Pavel Svitana-CZC	1
	Gary Inness-INR	1

Points (Goalie)

1.	Dave Dryden-EDO	84
2.	Richard Brodeur-QBN	53
	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	53
4.	Mike Liut-CNS	50
5.	John Garrett-NEW	44
6.	Al Smith-NEW	39
7.	Pat Riggin-BRB	37
8.	Jim Corsi-QBN	33
9.	Ernie Wakely-BRB	31
10.	Michel Dion-CNS	22
11.	Eddie Mio-2Tm	18
12.	Joe Daley-WNJ	17
13.	Gary Smith-2Tm	15
14.	Vladimir Myshkin-SVT	7
	Gary Inness-INR	7
16.	Jiri Crha-CZC	2
	Wayne Wood-BRB	2
	Sergei Babariko-SVT	2
19.	Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN	1
	Pavel Svitana-CZC	1

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.	Dave Dryden-EDO	.700
2.	Richard Brodeur-QBN	.646
3.	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	.541
4.	John Garrett-NEW	.537
5.	Al Smith-NEW	.500
6.	Ernie Wakely-BRB	.470
7.	Mike Liut-CNS	.463
8.	Jim Corsi-QBN	.446
9.	Pat Riggin-BRB	.430
10.	Eddie Mio-2Tm	.429
11.	Michel Dion-CNS	.423

Shutouts

1.	Richard Brodeur-QBN	3
	Jim Corsi-QBN	3
	Mike Liut-CNS	3
	Dave Dryden-EDO	3
5.	John Garrett-NEW	2
	Eddie Mio-2Tm	2
7.	Pat Riggin-BRB	1
	Al Smith-NEW	1

Goals Against

1.	Mike Liut-CNS	184
2.	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	181
3.	Dave Dryden-EDO	170
4.	Pat Riggin-BRB	158
5.	John Garrett-NEW	149
6.	Al Smith-NEW	132
7.	Ernie Wakely-BRB	129
8.	Jim Corsi-QBN	126
	Richard Brodeur-QBN	126
10.	Michel Dion-CNS	93
11.	Gary Smith-2Tm	92
12.	Joe Daley-WNJ	90
13.	Eddie Mio-2Tm	84
14.	Gary Inness-INR	51
15.	Wayne Wood-BRB	21
16.	Jiri Crha-CZC	19
17.	Vladimir Myshkin-SVT	17
18.	Pavel Svitana-CZC	14
	Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN	14
20.	Hannu Kamppuri-EDO	10

Goals Against Average

1.	Dave Dryden-EDO	2.89
2.	Richard Brodeur-QBN	3.11
3.	Jim Corsi-QBN	3.30
4.	Al Smith-NEW	3.31
5.	Michel Dion-CNS	3.32
6.	Mike Liut-CNS	3.47
7.	John Garrett-NEW	3.58
8.	Markus Mattsson-WNJ	3.63
9.	Ernie Wakely-BRB	3.76
10.	Pat Riggin-BRB	3.78
11.	Eddie Mio-2Tm	3.85

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