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The 1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 70th season. The franchise won 52 games and had 11 ties for a total of 115 points, but they finished second overall in the league as the New York Islanders finished first overall by one point. [ 1 ]
The following is the 1978–79 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1978 through August 1979. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1977–78 ...
w The season was shortened to 48 games because of the 2012–13 NHL lockout. [106] x The NHL realigned prior to the 2013–14 season. The Canadiens were placed in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. [107] y The season was suspended on March 12, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The top 24 teams in the league qualified for the ...
The 1978–79 NHL season was the 62nd season of the National Hockey League.The Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals four games to one for their fourth consecutive Cup; two "Original Six" teams would not meet again in the Finals for the next 34 years, when Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Boston Bruins in the 2013 Finals.
Stations in the Mountain time zone that started their network schedule at 8:00 AM would follow the Central and Pacific pattern that year. Some network programs, particularly before 7:00 AM and after 10:00/9:00 AM, were subject to preemption by local affiliate stations in favor of syndicated or locally produced programs.
The National Hockey League (NHL) is shown on national television in the United States and Canada. With 25 teams in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, the NHL is the only one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada that maintains separate national broadcasters in each country, each producing separate telecasts of a slate of regular season games, playoff games, and ...
In the 1976–77 season, the Canadiens set three still-standing team records – fewest losses (8) in an 80-game season, [28] the longest home unbeaten streak (34), [29] and best goal differential (+216) [30] – and one record that lasted until the 2022–23 Boston Bruins beat it, for the most points (132) in an 80-game season.
These are the late-night schedules for the three U.S. television networks during the 1978–79 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific. PBS is not included, as member television stations had local flexibility with most of their schedules, and broadcast times for network shows might have varied. ABC and CBS are not included on the weekend ...