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1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Statistics

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23-41-16 (62 points), Finished 5th in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 252 goals, Allowed 295 goals, SRS: -0.47 (12th of 17)
Coached by Bobby Kromm (23-41-16)

1978-79 Detroit Red Wings:

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Detroit Red Wings 80 23 41 16 62 .388 252 295 -0.47 6.84 78 327 23.85 63 279 77.42 10 9
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 6-2 205 34 80 38 35 73 -13 19 25 13 0 2 212 17.9 106 50 69 0
2 Dale McCourt C 5-10 180 22 79 28 43 71 -27 14 12 14 2 3 222 12.6 119 59 123 36
3 Reed Larson D 6-0 195 22 79 18 49 67 -20 169 10 6 2 0 271 6.6 124 51 125 32
4 Errol Thompson LW 5-9 185 28 70 23 31 54 -28 26 15 8 0 3 163 14.1 84 42 70 0
5 Andre St. Laurent C 5-10 180 25 76 18 31 49 -31 124 13 4 1 1 158 11.4 66 22 91 16
6 Dan Labraaten LW 6-0 190 27 78 19 19 38 -17 8 12 7 0 3 112 17.0 58 18 57 0
7 Paul Woods LW 5-10 175 23 80 14 23 37 -26 59 10 1 3 1 127 11.0 60 12 110 36
8 Nick Libett LW 6-1 195 33 68 15 19 34 4 20 11 3 1 0 130 11.5 60 13 58 15
9 Willie Huber D 6-5 228 21 68 7 24 31 -25 114 3 4 0 2 153 4.6 87 38 79 5
10 Danny Bolduc LW 5-9 180 25 56 16 13 29 -9 14 13 3 0 4 81 19.8 36 7 38 0
11 Perry Miller D 6-1 194 26 75 5 23 28 -13 156 2 3 0 1 122 4.1 81 18 110 34
12 Thommie Bergman D 6-2 200 31 68 10 17 27 -25 64 6 3 1 1 88 11.4 72 12 114 29
13 Dennis Polonich C/RW 5-6 166 25 62 10 12 22 -10 208 9 1 0 0 80 12.5 44 9 45 0
14 Roland Cloutier C 5-8 157 21 19 6 6 12 0 2 5 1 0 1 40 15.0 16 5 11 0
15 Dennis Hextall LW 5-11 175 35 20 4 8 12 3 33 2 2 0 0 16 25.0 17 4 14 4
16 Fern LeBlanc C 5-9 170 23 29 5 6 11 1 0 4 1 0 0 27 18.5 17 4 12 0
17 Bill Lochead LW 6-1 195 24 40 4 7 11 -4 20 4 0 0 0 33 12.1 16 1 19 0
18 Greg Carroll C 6-0 185 22 36 2 9 11 -6 8 1 1 0 0 16 12.5 19 6 19 0
19 Bill Hogaboam C 5-11 170 29 18 4 6 10 -5 4 3 1 0 1 29 13.8 13 3 15 0
20 J.P. LeBlanc C 5-10 170 32 24 2 6 8 -7 4 0 2 0 0 27 7.4 10 4 19 6
21 Jean Hamel D 5-11 195 26 52 2 4 6 -9 72 2 0 0 0 41 4.9 28 3 35 1
22 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 39 51 0 6 6 -3 58 0 0 0 0 33 0.0 43 2 68 24
23 Greg Joly D 6-1 190 24 20 0 4 4 -8 6 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 13 0 21 0
24 Al Cameron D 6-1 205 23 9 0 3 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 8 0 7 0
25 John Hilworth D 6-4 205 21 37 1 1 2 -13 66 1 0 0 0 25 4.0 5 1 17 0
26 Rob Plumb LW 5-8 166 21 7 1 1 2 -1 2 1 0 0 0 4 25.0 4 1 4 0
27 Lorry Gloeckner D 6-2 210 23 13 0 2 2 -7 6 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 10 0 17 0
28 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 29 32 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
29 John Taft D 6-2 185 24 15 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 14 0 13 1
30 Rogie Vachon G 5-7 170 33 50 0 1 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
31 Mal Davis LW 5-11 180 22 6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 0 3 0
32 Dave Hanson D 6-0 190 24 11 0 0 0 -1 26 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 2 0 3 0
33 Brent Peterson C 6-0 190 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 1 0 1 0
34 Steve Short LW 6-2 210 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
35 Bjorn Skaare C 6-0 180 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 252 413 665 -299 1339 164 78 10 23 2271 11.1 1234 385 1387 239

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 29 32 1892 13 14 5 103 3.27 1
2 Rogie Vachon G 5-7 170 33 50 2908 10 27 11 189 3.90 0
Team Total 80 4800 23 41 16 292 3.65 1