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1978-79 Detroit Red Wings

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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)

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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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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 6-2 205 34 80 38 35 73 0.91 30 0.37 106 50 69 0 -13 19 25 13 0 2 212 2.65 17.9
2 Dale McCourt C 5-10 180 22 79 28 43 71 0.90 27 0.34 119 59 123 36 -27 14 12 14 2 3 222 2.81 12.6
3 Reed Larson D 6-0 195 22 79 18 49 67 0.85 24 0.30 124 51 125 32 -20 169 10 6 2 0 271 3.43 6.6
4 Errol Thompson LW 5-9 185 28 70 23 31 54 0.77 21 0.30 84 42 70 0 -28 26 15 8 0 3 163 2.33 14.1
5 Andre St. Laurent C 5-10 180 25 76 18 31 49 0.64 18 0.24 66 22 91 16 -31 124 13 4 1 1 158 2.08 11.4
6 Dan Labraaten LW 6-0 190 27 78 19 19 38 0.49 15 0.20 58 18 57 0 -17 8 12 7 0 3 112 1.44 17.0
7 Paul Woods LW 5-10 175 23 80 14 23 37 0.46 14 0.18 60 12 110 36 -26 59 10 1 3 1 127 1.59 11.0
8 Nick Libett LW 6-1 195 33 68 15 19 34 0.50 13 0.20 60 13 58 15 4 20 11 3 1 0 130 1.91 11.5
9 Willie Huber D 6-5 228 21 68 7 24 31 0.46 11 0.16 87 38 79 5 -25 114 3 4 0 2 153 2.25 4.6
10 Danny Bolduc LW 5-9 180 25 56 16 13 29 0.52 12 0.21 36 7 38 0 -9 14 13 3 0 4 81 1.45 19.8
11 Perry Miller D 6-1 194 26 75 5 23 28 0.37 10 0.13 81 18 110 34 -13 156 2 3 0 1 122 1.63 4.1
12 Thommie Bergman D 6-2 200 31 68 10 17 27 0.40 10 0.15 72 12 114 29 -25 64 6 3 1 1 88 1.29 11.4
13 Dennis Polonich C/RW 5-6 166 25 62 10 12 22 0.35 9 0.14 44 9 45 0 -10 208 9 1 0 0 80 1.29 12.5
14 Roland Cloutier C 5-8 157 21 19 6 6 12 0.63 5 0.25 16 5 11 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 40 2.11 15.0
15 Dennis Hextall LW 5-11 175 35 20 4 8 12 0.60 4 0.22 17 4 14 4 3 33 2 2 0 0 16 0.80 25.0
16 Greg Carroll C 6-0 185 22 36 2 9 11 0.31 4 0.10 19 6 19 0 -6 8 1 1 0 0 16 0.44 12.5
17 Fern LeBlanc C 5-9 170 23 29 5 6 11 0.38 4 0.15 17 4 12 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 27 0.93 18.5
18 Bill Lochead LW 6-1 195 24 40 4 7 11 0.28 4 0.10 16 1 19 0 -4 20 4 0 0 0 33 0.83 12.1
19 Bill Hogaboam C 5-11 170 29 18 4 6 10 0.56 4 0.21 13 3 15 0 -5 4 3 1 0 1 29 1.61 13.8
20 J.P. LeBlanc C 5-10 170 32 24 2 6 8 0.33 3 0.12 10 4 19 6 -7 4 0 2 0 0 27 1.13 7.4
21 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 39 51 0 6 6 0.12 2 0.04 43 2 68 24 -3 58 0 0 0 0 33 0.65 0.0
22 Jean Hamel D 5-11 195 26 52 2 4 6 0.12 2 0.04 28 3 35 1 -9 72 2 0 0 0 41 0.79 4.9
23 Greg Joly D 6-1 190 24 20 0 4 4 0.20 1 0.06 13 0 21 0 -8 6 0 0 0 0 13 0.65 0.0
24 Al Cameron D 6-1 205 23 9 0 3 3 0.33 1 0.10 8 0 7 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 7 0.78 0.0
25 John Taft D 6-2 185 24 15 0 2 2 0.13 1 0.04 14 0 13 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 13 0.87 0.0
26 John Hilworth D 6-4 205 21 37 1 1 2 0.05 1 0.02 5 1 17 0 -13 66 1 0 0 0 25 0.68 4.0
27 Rob Plumb LW 5-8 166 21 7 1 1 2 0.29 1 0.12 4 1 4 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0.57 25.0
28 Lorry Gloeckner D 6-2 210 23 13 0 2 2 0.15 1 0.05 10 0 17 0 -7 6 0 0 0 0 13 1.00 0.0
29 Steve Short LW 6-2 210 24 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
30 Bjorn Skaare C 6-0 180 20 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
31 Brent Peterson C 6-0 190 20 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.40 0.0
32 Mal Davis LW 5-11 180 22 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 3 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.17 0.0
33 Dave Hanson D 6-0 190 24 11 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 3 0 -1 26 0 0 0 0 5 0.45 0.0
Team Total 80 252 413 665 8.31 252 3.15 252 78 295 63 -58 1339 164 78 10 23 2271 28.39 11.1

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Jim Rutherford G 5-8 168 29 32 1892 13 14 5 31 .484 1 103 3.27 0 2 2 4
2 Rogie Vachon G 5-7 170 33 50 2908 10 27 11 31 .323 0 189 3.90 0 1 1 21
Team Total 80 4800 23 41 16 1 292 3.65