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Toronto Varsity Blues - 1978-79 Season    <<Previous season    Next season>>

Head Coach:John McManus (17th season)
League:OUAA East

Summary of team record for the season

Conference RecordCIAU RecordOverall Record
W-LPctPointsPPGW-LPctPointsPPGW-LPctPointsPPG
7-50.583950-87779.2 - 73.18-140.3641559-157870.9 - 71.78-140.3641559-157870.9 - 71.7

Player roster

NoPlayerPosHtWtEligHometownHigh School (Prior Team)
 Brian Anderson Forward6-7 Toronto, ON 
 Tony Braunstein Guard6-3 Scarborough, ONWinston Churchill Collegiate
 Dave Calnan Forward6-4  
 Randy Cook Forward6-8 Toronto, ONRichview Collegiate
 Matthew Hadwen 6-21Ottawa, ONLisgar Collegiate
 Peter Hadwen 6-21Ottawa, ONLisgar Collegiate
 Brian Hummell Forward6-5  
 John Lam Guard5-7 Toronto, ON 
 Marty McCrone Forward6-4 Barrie, ONEastview Secondary
 Vincent Nycz Guard6-3 Toronto, ON 
 Bill Pangos Guard6-0 Toronto, ON 
 Zvonko Pehar Forward6-6250 (Erindale)
 Bob Phillips Forward6-5 Hamilton, ONSouthmount Secondary
 David Roth Guard6-2  
 Hubert Smith Forward6-3  
 Nabil Tadross   
 Joe Tucci Guard5-10  
 Frank Wenzl Centre6-4  

Awards presented

Randy Cook OUA East Second Team All-Star

Game results for the season

--- Non-Conference Games ---
DateLocationOpponentResult Comment
Date unknownUnknownMcMasterLoss0-2  
Date unknownUnknownWinnipegLoss76-83  
Date unknownUnknownLaurierLoss0-2  
Fri Nov 10, 1978Montreal, QCMcGillLoss69-78 Redmen Invitational
Sat Nov 11, 1978Montreal, QCStFXLoss71-97 Redmen Invitational
Sat Nov 11, 1978Montreal, QCWaterlooLoss73-95StatsRedmen Invitational
Fri Nov 17, 1978Waterloo, ONLaurierLoss70-78 Laurier Invitational Tournament
Sat Nov 18, 1978Waterloo, ONBrockWin95-81 Laurier Invitational Tournament
Sat Dec 2, 1978Toronto, ONConcordiaLoss83-872OT 
--- Regular Season Conference Games ---
DateLocationOpponentResult Comment
Sat Dec 9, 1978Sudbury, ONLaurentianLoss77-79  
Fri Jan 12, 1979Kingston, ONQueen'sWin85-76  
Tue Jan 16, 1979Toronto, ONRyersonWin99-41  
Tue Jan 23, 1979Toronto, ONYorkLoss56-82  
Fri Jan 26, 1979Ottawa, ONCarletonLoss74-82  
Sat Jan 27, 1979Ottawa, ONOttawaWin86-77  
Fri Feb 2, 1979Toronto, ONQueen'sWin80-74  
Sat Feb 3, 1979Toronto, ONOttawaWin101-66  
Sat Feb 10, 1979Toronto, ONLaurentianWin78-53  
Tue Feb 13, 1979Toronto, ONRyersonWin98-71  
Sat Feb 17, 1979Toronto, ONCarletonLoss55-82  
Tue Feb 20, 1979Toronto, ONYorkLoss61-94  
--- Playoff Games ---
DateLocationOpponentResult Comment
Tue Feb 27, 1979Ottawa, ONCarletonLoss72-98 OUAA East Semifinal

Season scoring summary for league games only

PlayerGPMinsMpg3 PtField GoalsFree ThrowsReboundsRPGPFAToBlStPtsPPG
Randy Cook11    71-14449.337-5863.8 15414.031    17916.3
Tony Braunstein12    74-17043.513-2552.0 554.632    16113.4
Frank Wenzl11    39-10238.230-5752.6 918.325    1089.8
Hubert Smith12    48-11143.29-1275.0 504.220    1058.8
Bill Pangos10    34-9635.417-2665.4 404.018    858.5
Zvonko Pehar12    43-11437.714-3145.2 796.635    1008.3
Marty McCrone11    40-9144.05-1145.5 696.317    857.7
John Lam12    24-5444.411-1957.9 242.021    594.9
David Roth1    1-812.52-2100.0 44.02    44.0
Dave Calnan11    17-4438.66-1154.5 363.315    403.6
Brian Hummell7    7-2035.02-2100.0 162.37    162.3
Joe Tucci3    3-560.0   31.05    62.0
Matthew Hadwen1    1-333.3   11.0     22.0
Nabil Tadross1    0-10.0   11.0     00.0
* Team Totals12    402-96341.7146-25457.5 62351.9228    95079.2


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