1978-79 NHL Debuts

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League Champion: Montreal Canadiens

Vezina Trophy: Ken Dryden (30-10-7, 2.30 GAA), Michel Larocque (22-7-4, 2.84 GAA)

Calder Memorial Trophy: Bobby Smith (30 G, 44 A, 74 P)

Hart Memorial Trophy: Bryan Trottier (47 G, 87 A, 134 P)

Assists Leaders: Bryan Trottier (87)

Points Leaders: Bryan Trottier (134)

Goals Leaders: Mike Bossy (69)

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Debuts

Debuts Table
									Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	Wayne Babych	20-127d	1978-10-11	STL	1958-06-06	1979	1987	RW	519	192	246	438	-24	500
2	Frank Beaton	25-302d	1979-02-24	NYR	1953-04-28	1979	1980	LW	25	1	1	2	-6	43
3	Bill Bennett	25-195d	1978-12-12	BOS	1953-05-31	1979	1980	LW	31	4	7	11	5	65
4	Danny Bolduc	25-244d	1978-12-06	DET	1953-04-06	1979	1984	LW	102	22	19	41	-22	33
5	Tim Bothwell	23-254d	1979-01-15	NYR	1955-05-06	1979	1989	D	501	28	93	121	36	382
6	Rollie Boutin	21-026d	1978-12-02	WSH	1957-11-06	1979	1981	G	22	0	1	1	0	6	22	7	10	1	.871	3.96
7	Jack Carlson	24-164d	1979-02-03	NEW	1954-08-23	1979	1987	LW	236	30	15	45	-2	417
8	Greg Carroll	21-335d	1978-10-11	WSH	1956-11-10	1979	1980	C	131	20	34	54	-13	44
9	Dan Clark	21-047d	1978-12-20	NYR	1957-11-03	1979	1979	D	4	0	1	1	1	6
10	Glen Cochrane	20-299d	1978-11-24	PHI	1958-01-29	1979	1989	D	411	17	72	89	60	1556
11	Cam Connor	24-080d	1978-10-29	MTL	1954-08-10	1979	1983	RW	89	9	22	31	13	256
12	Mal Davis	22-057d	1978-12-06	DET	1956-10-10	1979	1986	LW	100	31	22	53	-5	34
13	Bill Derlago	20-047d	1978-10-11	VAN	1958-08-25	1979	1987	C	555	189	227	416	-93	247
14	André Doré	21-024d	1979-03-07	NYR	1958-02-11	1979	1985	D	257	14	81	95	37	261
15	Mike Dwyer	21-025d	1978-10-11	CLR	1957-09-16	1979	1982	LW	31	2	6	8	-10	25
16	Mike Eaves	22-207d	1979-01-03	MNS	1956-06-10	1979	1985	C	324	83	143	226	24	80
17	Rolf Edberg	28-012d	1978-10-11	WSH	1950-09-29	1979	1981	C	184	45	58	103	10	24
18	Paul Evans	24-163d	1978-10-12	PHI	1954-05-02	1979	1983	C	103	14	25	39	13	34
19	Curt Fraser	20-272d	1978-10-11	VAN	1958-01-12	1979	1990	LW	704	193	239	432	-27	1306
20	Mike Gillis	20-049d	1979-01-19	CLR	1958-12-01	1979	1984	LW	246	33	43	76	-55	186
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Lorry Gloeckner	22-350d	1979-01-10	DET	1956-01-25	1979	1979	D	13	0	2	2	-7	6
22	Tom Gorence	21-299d	1979-01-04	PHI	1957-03-11	1979	1984	RW	303	58	53	111	28	89
23	Thomas Gradin	22-235d	1978-10-11	VAN	1956-02-18	1979	1987	C	677	209	384	593	-33	298
24	Dave Hanson	24-182d	1978-10-11	DET	1954-04-12	1979	1980	D	33	1	1	2	-6	65
25	Anders Hedberg	27-229d	1978-10-12	NYR	1951-02-25	1979	1985	RW	465	172	225	397	53	144
26	Tim Higgins	20-246d	1978-10-11	CBH	1958-02-07	1979	1989	RW	706	154	198	352	1	719
27	Mike Hordy	22-107d	1979-01-25	NYI	1956-10-10	1979	1980	D	11	0	0	0	-1	7
28	Willie Huber	20-269d	1978-10-11	DET	1958-01-15	1979	1988	D	655	104	217	321	-199	950
29	Lex Hudson	23-097d	1979-04-07	PIT	1955-12-31	1979	1979	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	Randy Ireland	21-232d	1978-11-23	BUF	1957-04-05	1979	1979	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.857	6.02
31	Kevin Krook	20-211d	1978-11-02	CLR	1958-04-05	1979	1979	D	3	0	0	0	0	2
32	Neil Labatte	21-262d	1979-01-11	STL	1957-04-24	1979	1982	C/D	26	0	2	2	-4	19
33	Dan Labraaten	27-124d	1978-10-11	DET	1951-06-09	1979	1982	LW	268	71	73	144	-35	47
34	Michel Lachance	23-193d	1978-10-21	CLR	1955-04-11	1979	1979	D	21	0	4	4	-9	22
35	Dick Lamby	23-161d	1978-10-11	STL	1955-05-03	1979	1981	D	22	0	5	5	-3	22
36	Rod Langway	21-161d	1978-10-11	MTL	1957-05-03	1979	1993	D	994	51	278	329	276	851
37	Don Laurence	21-106d	1978-10-11	ATF	1957-06-27	1979	1980	C	79	15	21	36	1	14
38	Doug Lecuyer	20-282d	1978-12-17	CBH	1958-03-10	1979	1983	LW	126	11	31	42	-39	178
39	Réjean Lemelin	24-013d	1978-12-02	ATF	1954-11-19	1979	1993	G	506	0	17	17	0	109	506	236	161	63	.884	3.46
40	Mario Lessard	24-123d	1978-10-26	LAK	1954-06-25	1979	1984	G	240	0	6	6	0	30	240	92	97	39	.874	3.75
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Lars Lindgren	26-008d	1978-10-20	VAN	1952-10-12	1979	1984	D	394	25	113	138	-22	325
42	Ken Linseman	20-062d	1978-10-12	PHI	1958-08-11	1979	1992	C	860	256	551	807	221	1725
43	Danny Lucas	20-226d	1978-10-12	PHI	1958-02-28	1979	1979	RW	6	1	0	1	-2	0
44	Dave Lumley	24-131d	1979-01-10	MTL	1954-09-01	1979	1987	RW	437	98	160	258	39	673
45	Merlin Malinowski	20-039d	1978-11-05	CLR	1958-09-27	1979	1983	C	282	54	111	165	-105	121
46	Don Maloney	20-162d	1979-02-14	NYR	1958-09-05	1979	1991	LW	765	214	350	564	42	815
47	Hector Marini	22-039d	1979-03-07	NYI	1957-01-27	1979	1984	RW	154	27	46	73	-9	248
48	Brad Marsh	20-194d	1978-10-11	ATF	1958-03-31	1979	1993	D	1086	23	175	198	55	1241
49	Mike McDougal	20-234d	1978-12-20	NYR	1958-04-30	1979	1983	RW	61	8	10	18	-30	43
50	Tony McKegney	20-239d	1978-10-12	BUF	1958-02-15	1979	1991	LW	912	320	319	639	5	517
51	Gord McTavish	24-302d	1979-04-01	STL	1954-06-03	1979	1980	C	11	1	3	4	2	2
52	Mike Meeker	20-275d	1978-11-25	PIT	1958-02-23	1979	1979	RW	4	0	0	0	-1	5
53	Paul Messier	20-257d	1978-10-11	CLR	1958-01-27	1979	1979	C	9	0	0	0	-6	4
54	Greg Millen	21-129d	1978-11-01	PIT	1957-06-25	1979	1992	G	604	0	18	18	0	72	604	215	284	89	.873	3.88
55	Robbie Moore	24-307d	1979-03-06	PHI	1954-05-03	1979	1983	G	6	0	1	1	0	0	6	3	1	1	.922	1.87
56	Paul Mulvey	20-014d	1978-10-11	WSH	1958-09-27	1979	1982	LW	225	30	51	81	-40	613
57	Mark Napier	21-259d	1978-10-14	MTL	1957-01-28	1979	1989	RW	767	235	306	541	140	157
58	Graeme Nicolson	21-009d	1979-01-22	BOS	1958-01-13	1979	1983	D	52	2	7	9	-21	60
59	Ulf Nilsson	28-154d	1978-10-12	NYR	1950-05-11	1979	1983	C	170	57	112	169	30	85
60	Steve Payne	20-056d	1978-10-11	MNS	1958-08-16	1979	1988	LW	613	228	238	466	31	435
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Pete Peeters	21-122d	1978-12-17	PHI	1957-08-17	1979	1991	G	489	0	14	14	0	177	489	246	156	51	.886	3.09
62	Brent Peterson	20-238d	1978-10-11	DET	1958-02-15	1979	1989	C	620	72	141	213	-4	484
63	Larry Playfair	20-153d	1978-11-23	BUF	1958-06-23	1979	1990	D	688	26	94	120	-22	1814
64	Yves Preston	22-183d	1978-12-14	PHI	1956-06-14	1979	1981	LW	28	7	3	10	-1	4
65	Joel Quenneville	20-037d	1978-10-22	TOR	1958-09-15	1979	1991	D	803	54	136	190	-85	705
66	Gary Rissling	22-148d	1979-01-03	WSH	1956-08-08	1979	1985	LW	221	23	30	53	-47	1006
67	Rocky Saganiuk	21-059d	1978-12-13	TOR	1957-10-15	1979	1984	RW/C	259	57	65	122	-50	201
68	Al Secord	20-223d	1978-10-12	BOS	1958-03-03	1979	1990	LW	766	273	223	496	7	2093
69	Bjørn Skaare	20-031d	1978-11-29	DET	1958-10-29	1979	1979	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
70	Bobby Smith	20-241d	1978-10-11	MNS	1958-02-12	1979	1993	C	1077	357	679	1036	-8	919
71	Brad Smith	20-213d	1978-11-12	VAN	1958-04-13	1979	1987	RW	222	28	34	62	-31	593
72	Stan Smyl	20-256d	1978-10-11	VAN	1958-01-28	1979	1991	RW	896	262	411	673	-87	1556
73	Tom Songin	24-338d	1978-11-23	BOS	1953-12-20	1979	1981	RW	43	5	5	10	-2	22
74	Leif Svensson	27-095d	1978-10-11	WSH	1951-07-08	1979	1980	D	121	6	40	46	-12	49
75	John Taft	24-266d	1978-11-29	DET	1954-03-08	1979	1979	D	15	0	2	2	2	4
76	Steve Tambellini	20-297d	1979-03-07	NYI	1958-05-14	1979	1988	C	553	160	150	310	-130	105
77	John Tonelli	21-203d	1978-10-12	NYI	1957-03-23	1979	1992	LW	1028	325	511	836	221	911
78	Brent Tremblay	21-124d	1979-03-05	WSH	1957-11-01	1979	1980	D	10	1	0	1	1	6
79	Rob Tudor	22-151d	1978-11-28	VAN	1956-06-30	1979	1983	RW/C	28	4	4	8	0	19
80	Dean Turner	20-247d	1979-02-24	NYR	1958-06-22	1979	1983	D	35	1	0	1	-5	59
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Ryan Walter	20-185d	1978-10-25	WSH	1958-04-23	1979	1993	C/LW	1003	264	382	646	-1	946
82	Behn Wilson	19-297d	1978-10-12	PHI	1958-12-19	1979	1988	D	601	98	261	359	57	1480
83	Lars Zetterström	24-346d	1978-10-18	VAN	1953-11-06	1979	1979	D	14	0	1	1	-10	2
84	Mike Zuke	24-277d	1979-01-18	STL	1954-04-16	1979	1986	C	455	86	196	282	-42	220

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