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Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
1 Wayne Babych 1979 1987 RW 519 192 246 438 -28 498
2 Frank Beaton 1979 1980 LW 25 1 1 2 -6 43
3 Bill Bennett 1979 1980 LW 31 4 7 11 5 65
4 Danny Bolduc 1979 1984 LW 102 22 19 41 -22 33
5 Tim Bothwell 1979 1989 D 502 28 93 121 36 382
6 Rollie Boutin 1979 1981 G 22 0 1 1 0 6 22 7 10 1 3.96
7 Jack Carlson 1979 1987 LW 236 30 15 45 -2 417
8 Greg Carroll 1979 1980 C 131 20 34 54 -13 44
9 Dan Clark 1979 1979 D 4 0 1 1 1 6
10 Glen Cochrane 1979 1989 D 411 17 72 89 59 1556
11 Cam Connor 1979 1983 RW 89 9 22 31 13 256
12 Mal Davis 1979 1986 LW 100 31 22 53 -4 34
13 Bill Derlago 1979 1987 C 555 189 227 416 -89 247
14 Andre Dore 1979 1985 D 257 14 81 95 36 261
15 Mike Dwyer 1979 1982 LW 31 2 6 8 -10 25
16 Mike Eaves 1979 1985 C 324 83 143 226 25 80
17 Rolf Edberg 1979 1981 C 184 45 58 103 7 24
18 John Paul Evans 1979 1983 C 103 14 25 39 13 34
19 Curt Fraser 1979 1990 LW 704 193 240 433 -34 1306
20 Mike Gillis 1979 1984 LW 246 33 43 76 -55 186
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
21 Lorry Gloeckner 1979 1979 D 13 0 2 2 -7 6
22 Tom Gorence 1979 1984 RW 303 58 53 111 27 89
23 Thomas Gradin 1979 1987 C 677 209 384 593 -34 298
24 Dave Hanson 1979 1980 D 33 1 1 2 -6 65
25 Anders Hedberg 1979 1985 RW 465 172 225 397 50 144
26 Tim Higgins 1979 1989 RW 706 154 198 352 -2 719
27 Mike Hordy 1979 1980 D 11 0 0 0 0 7
28 Willie Huber 1979 1988 D 655 104 217 321 -203 950
29 Lex Hudson 1979 1979 D 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 Randy Ireland 1979 1979 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.00
31 Kevin Krook 1979 1979 D 3 0 0 0 0 2
32 Neil Labatte 1979 1982 C/D 26 0 2 2 -4 19
33 Dan Labraaten 1979 1982 LW 268 71 73 144 -34 47
34 Michel Lachance 1979 1979 D 21 0 4 4 -9 22
35 Dick Lamby 1979 1981 D 22 0 5 5 -3 22
36 Rod Langway* 1979 1993 D 994 51 278 329 277 849
37 Don Laurence 1979 1980 C 79 15 22 37 1 14
38 Doug Lecuyer 1979 1983 LW 126 11 31 42 -39 178
39 Reggie Lemelin 1979 1993 G 507 0 16 16 0 109 507 236 162 63 3.46 .884
40 Mario Lessard 1979 1984 G 240 0 6 6 0 30 240 92 97 39 3.74 .838
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
41 Lars Lindgren 1979 1984 D 394 25 113 138 -22 325
42 Ken Linseman 1979 1992 C 860 256 551 807 224 1727
43 Danny Lucas 1979 1979 RW 6 1 0 1 -2 0
44 Dave Lumley 1979 1987 RW 437 98 160 258 40 680
45 Merlin Malinowski 1979 1983 C 282 54 111 165 -104 121
46 Don Maloney 1979 1991 LW 765 214 350 564 39 815
47 Hector Marini 1979 1984 RW 154 27 46 73 -7 246
48 Brad Marsh 1979 1993 D 1086 23 175 198 57 1241
49 Mike McDougal 1979 1983 RW 61 8 10 18 -32 43
50 Tony McKegney 1979 1991 LW 912 320 319 639 3 517
51 Gord McTavish 1979 1980 C 11 1 3 4 2 2
52 Mike Meeker 1979 1979 RW 4 0 0 0 -1 5
53 Paul Messier 1979 1979 C 9 0 0 0 -6 4
54 Greg Millen 1979 1992 G 604 0 14 14 0 72 604 215 284 89 3.87 .875
55 Robbie Moore 1979 1983 G 6 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 1 1 1.87
56 Paul Mulvey 1979 1982 LW 225 30 51 81 -42 613
57 Mark Napier 1979 1989 RW 767 235 306 541 144 157
58 Graeme Nicolson 1979 1983 D 52 2 7 9 -21 60
59 Ulf Nilsson 1979 1983 C 170 57 112 169 28 85
60 Steve Payne 1979 1988 LW 613 228 238 466 28 435
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
61 Pete Peeters 1979 1991 G 491 0 14 14 0 212 489 246 155 51 3.08 .882
62 Brent Peterson 1979 1989 C 620 72 141 213 -8 484
63 Larry Playfair 1979 1990 D 688 26 94 120 -26 1812
64 Yves Preston 1979 1981 LW 28 7 3 10 -1 4
65 Joel Quenneville 1979 1991 D 803 54 136 190 -89 705
66 Gary Rissling 1979 1985 LW 221 23 30 53 -49 1008
67 Rocky Saganiuk 1979 1984 RW/C 259 57 65 122 -51 201
68 Al Secord 1979 1990 LW 766 273 222 495 1 2093
69 Bjorn Skaare 1979 1979 C 1 0 0 0 0 0
70 Bobby Smith 1979 1993 C 1077 357 679 1036 -10 917
71 Brad Smith 1979 1987 RW 222 28 34 62 -29 591
72 Stan Smyl 1979 1991 RW 896 262 411 673 -77 1556
73 Tom Songin 1979 1981 RW 43 5 5 10 -3 22
74 Leif Svensson 1979 1980 D 121 6 40 46 -13 49
75 John Taft 1979 1979 D 15 0 2 2 2 4
76 Steve Tambellini 1979 1988 C 553 160 150 310 -132 105
77 John Tonelli 1979 1992 LW 1028 325 511 836 222 911
78 Brent Tremblay 1979 1980 D 10 1 0 1 1 6
79 Rob Tudor 1979 1983 RW/C 28 4 4 8 0 19
80 Dean Turner 1979 1983 D 35 1 0 1 -5 59
Scoring Stats Goalie Stats
Rk Player From To Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM GP W L T/OT GAA SV%
81 Ryan Walter 1979 1993 C/LW 1003 264 382 646 -3 946
82 Behn Wilson 1979 1988 D 601 98 260 358 52 1480
83 Lars Zetterstrom 1979 1979 D 14 0 1 1 -10 2
84 Mike Zuke 1979 1986 C 455 86 196 282 -40 220