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1978-79 O-Pee-Chee NHL Hockey Cards

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The 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee NHL set consists of 396 hockey cards featuring players from the 17 teams in the league at the time. The Topps version of the set comes in a bit smaller at just 264 cards. This is the last NHL set before the World Hockey Association merger and the last set before the Wayne Gretzky era.

The most valuable rookie card by far in the set is that of Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders. Other significant RC’s include Dave Taylor, Doug Wilson, Brian Sutter and Randy Carlyle.

The number 300 card in the 1978-79 OPC set commemorates the great National Hockey League career of Bobby Orr, a career that came to a premature end due to knee injuries. Upon his retirement, Orr bypassed the usual waiting period and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. That card is the second most valuable in the set behind the Bossy rookie card.

1978-79 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist

NumberPlayer
1Mike Bossy RC [Highlight (Goals by Rookie)]
2Phil Esposito [Highlight (29th Hat Trick)]
3Guy Lafleur [Highlight (Scores again)]
4Darryl Sittler [Highlight (Goals in 9 straight)]
5Garry Unger [Highlight (803 Consecutive games)]
6Gary Edwards
7Rick Blight
8Larry Patey
9Craig Ramsay
10Bryan Trottier
11Don Murdoch
12Phil Russell
13Doug Jarvis
14Gene Carr
15Bernie Parent
16Perry Miller
17Kent-Erik Andersson RC
18Gregg Sheppard
19Dennis Owchar
20Rogatien Vachon
21Dan Maloney
22Guy Charron
23Dick Redmond
24Checklist
25Anders Hedberg
26Mel Bridgman
27Lee Fogolin
28Gilles Meloche
29Garry Howatt
30Darryl Sittler [Second Team All-Star]
31Curt Bennett
32Andre St. Laurent
33Blair Chapman
34Keith Magnuson
35Pierre Larouche
36Michel Plasse
37Gary Sargent
38Mike Walton
39Robert Picard RC
40Terry O’Reilly [Second Team All-Star]
41Dave Farrish
42Gary McAdam
43Joe Watson
44Yves Belanger
45Steve Jensen
46Bob Stewart
47Darcy Rota
48Dennis Hextall
49Bert Marshall
50Ken Dryden [First Team All-Star]
51Pete Mahovlich
52Dennis Ververgaert
53Inge Hammarstrom
54Doug Favell
55Steve Vickers
56Syl Apps
57Errol Thompson
58Don Luce
59Mike Milbury
60Yvan Cournoyer
61Kirk Bowman
62Billy Smith
63Steve Shutt [Goal Leaders]
64Darryl Sittler [Assist Leaders]
65Darryl Sittler [Scoring Leaders]
66Dennis Polonich [Penalty Minute Leaders]
67Steve Shutt [Power Play Goal Leaders]
68Gilles Gilbert [Goal Against Avg. Leaders]
69Bob Bourne [Game Winning Goal Leaders]
70Mike Palmateer [Shutout Leaders]
71Bob Kelly
72Ron Stackhouse
73Wayne Dillon
74Jim Rutherford
75Stan Mikita
76Bob Gainey
77Gerry Hart
78Lanny McDonald
79Brad Park
80Rick Martin
81Bernie Wolfe
82Bob MacMillan
83Brad Maxwell RC
84Mike Fidler
85Carol Vadnais
86Don Lever
87Phil Myre
88Paul Gardner
89Bob Murray
90Guy Lafleur
91Bob Murdoch
92Ron Ellis
93Jude Drouin
94Jocelyn Guevremont
95Gilles Gilbert
96Bob Sirois
97Tom Lysiak
98Andre Dupont
99Per-Olov Brasar RC
100Phil Esposito
101J.P. Bordeleau
102Pierre Mondou RC
103Wayne Bianchin
104Dennis O’Brien
105Glenn “Chico” Resch
106Dennis Polonich
107Kris Manery RC
108Bill Hajt
109Jere Gillis RC
110Garry Unger
111Nick Beverley
112Pat Hickey
113Rick Middleton
114Orest Kindrachuk
115Mike Bossy RC
116Pierre Bouchard
117Alain Daigle
118Terry Martin
119Tom Edur
120Marcel Dionne
121Barry Beck RC
122Bill Lochead
123Paul Harrison RC
124Wayne Cashman
125Rick MacLeish
126Bob Bourne
127Ian Turnbull
128Gerry Meehan
129Eric Vail
130Gilbert Perreault
131Bob Dailey
132Dale McCourt RC
133John Wensink RC
134Bill Nyrop
135Ivan Boldirev
136Lucien DeBlois RC
137Brian Spencer
138Tim Young
139Ron Sedlbauer
140Gerry Cheevers
141Dennis Maruk
142Barry Dean
143Bernie Federko RC
144Stefan Persson RC
145Wilf Paiement
146Dale Tallon
147Yvon Lambert
148Greg Joly
149Dean Talafous
150Don Edwards [Second Team All-Star]
151Butch Goring
152Tom Bladon
153Bob Nystrom
154Ron Greschner
155Jean Ratelle
156Russ Anderson RC
157John Marks
158Michel “Bunny” Larocque
159Paul Woods RC
160Mike Palmateer
161Jim Lorentz
162Dave Lewis
163Harvey Bennett
164Rick Smith
165Reggie Leach
166Wayne Thomas
167Dave Forbes
168Doug Wilson RC
169Dan Bouchard
170Steve Shutt
171Mike Kaszycki RC
172Denis Herron
173Rick Bowness
174Rick Hampton
175Glen Sharpley
176Bill Barber
177Ron Duguay RC
178Jim Schoenfeld
179Pierre Plante
180Jacques Lemaire
181Stan Jonathan
182Billy Harris
183Chris Oddleifson
184Jean Pronovost
185Fred Barrett
186Ross Lonsberry
187Mike McEwen
188Rene Robert
189J.-Bob Kelly
190Serge Savard
191Dennis Kearns
192Atlanta Flames [Team Card]
193Boston Bruins [Team Card]
194Buffalo Sabres [Team Card]
195Chicago Blackhawks [Team Card]
196Colorado Rockies [Team Card]
197Detroit Red Wings [Team Card]
198Los Angeles Kings [Team Card]
199Minnesotta North Stars [Team Card]
200Montreal Canadiens [Team Card]
201New York Islanders [Team Card]
202New York Rangers [Team Card]
203Philadelphia Flyers [Team Card]
204Pittsburgh Penguins [Team Card]
205St. Louis Blues [Team Card]
206Toronto Maple Leafs [Team Card]
207Vancouver Canucks [Team Card]
208Washington Capitals [Team Card]
209Danny Gare
210Larry Robinson
211John Davidson
212Peter McNab
213Rick Kehoe
214Terry Harper
215Bobby Clarke
216Bryan Maxwell
217Ted Bulley RC
218Gordon “Red” Berenson
219Ron Grahame
220Clark Gillies [First Team All-Star]
221Dave Maloney
222Derek Smith RC
223Wayne Stephenson
224John Van Boxmeer
225Dave Schultz
226Reed Larson RC
227Rejean Houle
228Doug Hicks
229Mike Murphy
230Pete LoPresti
231Jerry Korab
232Ed Westfall
233Greg Malone RC
234Paul Holmgren
235Walt Tkaczuk
236Don Marcotte
237Ron Low
238Rick Chartraw
239Cliff Koroll
240Borje Salming [First Team All-Star]
241Roland Eriksson
242Ric Seiling RC
243Jim Bedard RC
244Peter Lee RC
245Denis Potvin [Second Team All-Star]
246Greg Polis
247Jim Watson
248Bobby Schmautz
249Doug Risebrough
250Tony Esposito
251Nick Libett
252Ron Zanussi RC
253Andre Savard
254Dave Burrows
255Ulf Nilsson
256Richard Mulhern
257Don Saleski
258Wayne Merrick
259Checklist
260Guy Lapointe
261Grant Mulvey
262Canadiens sweep Maple Leafs [Stanley Cup Semi-Final]
263Bruins skate past Flyers [Stanley Cup Semi-Final]
264Canadiens over Bruins [Stanley Cup]
265Bob Sauve
266Randy Manery
267Bill Fairbairn
268Garry Monahan
269Colin Campbell
270Dan Newman
271Dwight Foster RC
272Larry Carriere
273Michel Bergeron
274Scott Garland
275Bill McKenzie
276Garnet “Ace” Bailey
277Ed Kea
278Dave Gardner
279Bruce Affleck
280Bruce Boudreau RC
281Jean Hamel
282Kurt Walker RC
283Denis Dupere
284Gord Lane
285Bobby Lalonde
286Hubert “Pit” Martin
287Jean Potvin
288Jimmy Jones RC
289Dave Hutchison
290Pete Stemkowski
291Mike Christie
292Bill Riley
293Rey Comeau
294Jack McIlhargey RC
295Tom Younghans RC
296Mario Faubert RC
297Checklist
298Rob Palmer RC
299Dave Hudson
300Bobby Orr [Special Collector’s Card]
301Lorne Stamler RC
302Curt Ridley
303Greg Smith
304Jerry Butler
305Gary Doak
306Danny Grant
307Mark Suzor RC
308Rick Bragnalo
309John Gould
310Sheldon Kannegiesser
311Bobby Sheehan
312Randy Carlyle RC
313Lorne Henning
314Tom Williams
315Ron Andruff
316Bryan Watson
317Willi Plett
318John Grisdale
319Brian Sutter RC
320Trevor Johansen RC
321Vic Venasky
322Rick Lapointe
323Ron Delorme RC
324Yvon Labre
325Bryan Trottier [First Team All-Star]
326Guy Lafleur [First Team All-Star]
327Clark Gillies [First Team All-Star]
328Borje Salming [First Team All-Star]
329Larry Robinson [First Team All-Star]
330Ken Dryden [First Team All-Star]
331Darryl Sittler [Second Team All-Star]
332Terry O’Reilly [Second Team All-Star]
333Steve Shutt [Second Team All-Star]
334Denis Potvin [Second Team All-Star]
335Serge Savard [Second Team All-Star]
336Don Edwards [Second Team All-Star]
337Glenn Goldup
338Mike Kitchen
339Bob Girard
340Guy Chouinard
341Randy Holt
342Jim Roberts
343Dave Logan RC
344Walt McKechnie
345Brian Glennie
346Ralph Klassen
347Gord Smith
348Ken Houston
349Bob Manno RC
350Jean-Paul Parise
351Don Ashby
352Fred Stanfield
353Dave Taylor RC
354Nelson Pyatt
355Blair Stewart RC
356David Shand
357Hilliard Graves
358Bob Hess
359Dave “Tiger” Williams
360Larry Wright RC
361Larry Brown
362Gary Croteau
363Rick Green
364Bill Clement
365Gerry O’Flaherty
366John Baby RC
367Nick Fotiu
368Pat Price
369Bert Wilson
370Bryan Lefley
371Ron Lalonde
372Bobby Simpson
373Doug Grant
374Pat Boutette
375Bob Paradise
376Mario Tremblay
377Darryl Edestrand
378Andy Spruce RC
379Jack Brownschidle RC
380Harold Snepsts
381Al MacAdam
382Neil Komadoski
383Don Awrey
384Ron Schock
385Gary Simmons
386Fred Ahern
387Larry Bolonchuk
388Brad Gassoff RC
389Chuck Arnason
390Barry Gibbs
391Jack Valiquette
392Doug Halward
393Hartland Monahan
394Rod Seiling
395George Ferguson
396Al Cameron

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1978-79 NHL Season

The 1978-79 National Hockey League season was the end of an era with the Cleveland Barons merging with the Minnesota North Stars. This essentially marked the end of the Oakland Seals franchise that joined the NHL in 1967-68, along with the North Stars. This reduced the number of teams in the league to 17.

1978-79 was also the end of an era as it would be the last year that the World Hockey Association would exist. This was significant in that the NHL would swallow up four WHA teams for the 1979-80 season, the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers. This would increase the league to 21 teams and eliminate the NHL’s only direct competition.

Again, it was an end of an era and a dynasty. The Montreal Canadiens would win their fourth of four consecutive Stanley Cup championships in 1978-79. The Habs would sweep the Toronto Maple Leafs before going the full seven with the Boston Bruins in the semi-final. The win paved the way to a Stanley Cup final series against the New York Rangers, a series that Montreal would win in five games.

During the regular season, it was the New York Islanders finishing first overall with 116 points, one more point than Montreal. The Islanders lost to the Rangers in the semi-final but it was a sign of things to come with the Islanders winning the Stanley Cup for the following four seasons.

Bryan Trottier of the Islanders won the Art Ross Trophy with 134 points, four more than Marcel Dionne of the Los Angeles Kings. Trottier’s linemate Mike Bossy led the league with 69 goals. It was Trottier who would be honoured with the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player.

1978-79 would be the last time we’d see superstars Bobby Orr, Ken Dryden, Yvan Cournoyer, Bernie Parent and Jacques Lemaire play in the NHL. newcomers included Bobby Smith, Joel Quenneville, Brad Marsh, Stan Smyl and Ryan Walter.

The High Scoring Habs

The Montreal Canadiens did not lead the NHL in goals in 1978-79. However, their 337 over 80 games was second to the 358 put up by the New York Islanders. But, when it came to blowouts, the Habs were definitely number one.

In the last quarter of the season, Montreal had three wins where they scored 10 or more goals. On February 22, 1979, Montreal shutout the Pittsburgh Penguins 12-0 at the Forum. Denis Herron played the first two periods for the Pens, allowing seven goals. Greg Millen came in for the third and let in five.

The scoring was spread out with nine different players scoring in the game. Yvon Lambert, Doug Risebrough and Mario Tremblay led the way with two goals each. Guy Lapointe had four assists from the blue line. Michel Larocque faced a respectable 25 shots in the shutout.

On March 8, 1979, the Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 11-1, again at home. Gary Bromley took the brunt of the abuse, allowing nine goals while Dunc Wilson came in late in the game to let in the final two goals.

Jacques Lemaire led the way with five points on a hat trick and two assists. Both Steve Shutt and Mario Tremblay had two goals each. Ken Dryden was in the Montreal nets, stopping 25 of 26 shots. The only Vancouver goals was scored by Brad Gassoff in the second period.

The final blowout came on April 7, 1979 at the Forum against the Washington Capitals. The Canadiens came out ahead 10-3 for the win. Guy Lafleur led the way with two goals and four assists for six points. Pierre Mondou had a four point night with a hat trick and an assist. Larry Robinson and Mark Napier had three point nights.

That night, Jim Bedard was between the pipes for the Capitals for the duration. Bedard faced 41 shots, turning away 31. Michel Larocque was less than stellar, allowing three goals on just 18 shots.

1978-79 NHL Standings

Adams Division
TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
Boston Bruins80432314100316270
Buffalo Sabres8036281688280263
Toronto Maple Leafs8034331381267252
Minnesota North Stars8028401268257289
        
Norris Division
TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
Montreal Canadiens80521711115337204
Pittsburgh Penguins8036311385281279
Los Angeles Kings8034341280292286
Washington Capitals8024411563273338
Detroit Red Wings8023411662252295
        
Patrick Division
TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
New York Islanders80511514116358214
Philadelphia Flyers8040251595281248
New York Rangers8040291191316292
Atlanta Flames804131890327280
        
Smythe Division
TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
Chicago Blackhawks8029361573244277
Vancouver Canucks8025421363217291
St. Louis Blues8018501248249348
Colorado Rockies8015531242210331

1978-79 NHL Scoring Leaders

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Bryan TrottierNew York Islanders76478713450
Marcel DionneLos Angeles Kings80597113030
Guy LafleurMontreal Canadiens80527712928
Mike BossyNew York Islanders80695712625
Bob MacMillanAtlanta Flames79377110814
Guy ChouinardAtlanta Flames80505710714
Denis PotvinNew York Islanders73317010158
Bernie FederkoSt. Louis Blues7431649514
Dave TaylorLos Angeles Kings78434891124
Clark GilliesNew York Islanders7535569168

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