1979 WHA Season
10 teams competed during the regular season
Winnipeg Jets defeated Edmonton Oilers for the championship
League Note
During the season, an agreement was reached whereby four of the WHA's teams, the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Winnipeg Jets and New England Whalers would be admitted to the National Hockey League (NHL) as expansion teams for the 1979–80 NHL season, and the WHA would cease operations.
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1979
Underage superstars made their last WHA season one for the ages...
The 1978-79 Birmingham Baby Bulls made hockey history / Underage superstars made their last WHA season one for the ages
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1978
Former Birmingham Bulls Phil Roberto, Jean-Guy Lagace, Brent Hughes, and John C. Stewart sit down...
Birmingham Bulls Legends Roundtable / Former Birmingham Bulls Phil Roberto, Jean-Guy Lagace, Brent Hughes, and John C. Stewart sit down together to discuss their professional hockey careers.
The notorious Steve Durbano and a series of WHA hockey fights, cheap shots and acts...
Steve Durbano WHA Hockey Fights, Cheap Shots and Acts of Violence / The notorious Steve Durbano and a series of WHA hockey fights, cheap shots and acts of violence. In these clips he assaults Bobby Hull, bites Terry Ruskowski and attacks Kevin Morrison.
Durbano was noted for his villainous behaviour on the ice and his larger-than-life persona off it. Nicknamed the "Mental Case", he is the all-time leader in penalty minutes per game in the National Hockey League (NHL), with 1127 career PIMs over a mere 220 games played, for 5.12 PIMs per game.
In the 1977-78 season with the WHA Birmingham Bulls he amassed 284 penalty minutes in 45 games.
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Toronto Toros defenseman Jerry Rollins starting a brawl against the Quebec Nordiques in the WHA. /
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Mar 5, 1975
Rare audio of a Global TV WHA broadcast which featured the Baltimore Blades and the Toronto Toros March of 1975
Partial game audio from Blades vs Toros TV Broadcast / Rare audio of a Global TV WHA broadcast which featured the Baltimore Blades and the Toronto Toros March of 1975 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The announcers are Mike Anscombe and Carl Brewer.
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1975
Team Canada hero eventually jumped to the WHA's Toros from the Leafs due to Harold's...
Henderson vs. Ballard in their Battle of Toronto / Team Canada hero eventually jumped to the WHA's Toros from the Leafs due to Harold's inability to respect him
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1975
October 1975 - Footage of WHA game between the EDMONTON OILERS and the TORONTO TOROS,...
WHA Hockey violence debate / October 1975 - Footage of WHA game between the EDMONTON OILERS and the TORONTO TOROS, Ontario Attorney General Roy McMurtry talks about bringing the criminal code into hockey rinks, Toros coach Bobby Baun says fighting is a part of hockey (CBC-TV reporter Peter Murphy)
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1975
Toronto Toros starter left out to dry after 8-2 lead in 10-9 loss to the...
When former Habs prospect Jim Shaw was fired / Toronto Toros starter left out to dry after 8-2 lead in 10-9 loss to the Crusaders in late 1975 - and he and two other TT skaters were turfed minutes after the game ended
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