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1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics

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Record: 23-41-16 (62 points), Finished 5th in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bobby Kromm (23-41-16)

Goals For: 252 (13th of 17), Goals Against: 295 (14th of 17)
SRS: -0.47 (12th of 17), SOS: 0.07 (5th of 17)

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Detroit Red Wings 80 23 41 16 62 .388 252 295 -0.47 0.07 6.84 78 327 23.85 63 279 77.42 10 9
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
4 Thommie Bergman D 31 6-2 200 L/- 4 December 10, 1947 10 G, 17 A, 27 P
19 Danny Bolduc RW 25 5-9 180 L/- R April 6, 1953 16 G, 13 A, 29 P
26 Al Cameron D 23 6-1 205 L/- 3 October 21, 1955 0 G, 3 A, 3 P
25 Greg Carroll C 22 6-0 185 L/- R November 10, 1956 2 G, 9 A, 11 P
19-23 Roland Cloutier C 21 5-8 157 L/- 1 October 6, 1957 6 G, 6 A, 12 P
18 Mal Davis RW 22 5-11 180 L/- R October 10, 1956 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
11 Lorry Gloeckner D 23 6-2 210 L/- R January 25, 1956 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
5 Jean Hamel D 26 5-11 195 L/- 6 June 6, 1952 2 G, 4 A, 6 P
17 Dave Hanson D 24 6-0 190 L/- R April 12, 1954 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
2 Terry Harper D 39 6-1 200 R/- 16 January 27, 1940 0 G, 6 A, 6 P
22 Dennis Hextall C 35 5-11 175 L/- 10 April 17, 1943 4 G, 8 A, 12 P
29 John Hilworth D 21 6-4 205 R/- 1 May 23, 1957 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
22 Bill Hogaboam C 29 5-11 170 R/- 6 September 5, 1949 4 G, 6 A, 10 P
7 Willie Huber D 21 6-5 228 R/- R January 15, 1958 7 G, 24 A, 31 P
24 Greg Joly D 24 6-1 190 L/- 4 May 30, 1954 0 G, 4 A, 4 P
21 Dan Labraaten LW 27 6-0 190 R/- R June 9, 1951 19 G, 19 A, 38 P
28 Reed Larson D 22 6-0 195 R/- 2 July 30, 1956 18 G, 49 A, 67 P
18 Fern LeBlanc RW 23 5-9 170 L/- 2 January 12, 1956 5 G, 6 A, 11 P
18 J.P. LeBlanc C 32 5-10 170 L/- 4 October 20, 1946 2 G, 6 A, 8 P
14 Nick Libett LW 33 6-1 195 L/- 11 December 9, 1945 15 G, 19 A, 34 P
23 Bill Lochead RW 24 6-1 195 R/- 4 October 13, 1954 4 G, 7 A, 11 P
10 Dale McCourt C 22 5-10 180 R/- 1 January 26, 1957 28 G, 43 A, 71 P
3 Perry Miller D 26 6-1 194 L/- 1 June 24, 1952 5 G, 23 A, 28 P
20 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 34 6-2 205 L/- 1 March 14, 1944 38 G, 35 A, 73 P
27 Brent Peterson C 20 6-0 190 R/- R February 15, 1958 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
17 Rob Plumb LW 21 5-8 166 L/- 1 August 29, 1957 1 G, 1 A, 2 P
8 Dennis Polonich RW 25 5-6 166 R/- 4 December 4, 1953 10 G, 12 A, 22 P
1 Jim Rutherford G 29 5-8 168 -/L 8 February 17, 1949 13-14-5, 3.27 GAA
26 Steve Short D 24 6-2 210 L/- 1 April 6, 1954 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25 Bjorn Skaare C 20 6-0 180 L/- R October 29, 1958 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16 Andre St. Laurent C 25 5-10 180 R/- 5 February 16, 1953 18 G, 31 A, 49 P
11 John Taft D 24 6-2 185 L/- R March 8, 1954 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
12 Errol Thompson LW 28 5-9 185 L/- 7 May 28, 1950 23 G, 31 A, 54 P
30-40 Rogie Vachon G 33 5-7 170 -/L 12 September 8, 1945 10-27-11, 3.90 GAA
15 Paul Woods LW 23 5-10 175 L/- 1 April 12, 1955 14 G, 23 A, 37 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Vaclav Nedomansky RW 34 80 38 35 73 31 -13 19 25 13 0 2 16 0 19 212 17.9 5.4 1.0 6.5
2 Dale McCourt C 22 79 28 43 71 27 -27 14 12 14 2 3 19 2 22 222 12.6 4.5 0.6 5.2
3 Reed Larson D 22 79 18 49 67 23 -20 169 10 6 2 0 25 1 23 271 6.6 5.0 3.6 8.6
4 Errol Thompson LW 28 70 23 31 54 21 -28 26 15 8 0 3 14 0 17 163 14.1 3.2 0.4 3.6
5 Andre St. Laurent C 25 76 18 31 49 18 -31 124 13 4 1 1 19 2 10 158 11.4 2.1 0.4 2.6
6 Dan Labraaten LW 27 78 19 19 38 16 -17 8 12 7 0 3 17 0 2 112 17.0 1.3 0.9 2.2
7 Paul Woods LW 23 80 14 23 37 14 -26 59 10 1 3 1 15 3 5 127 11.0 0.7 0.7 1.4
8 Nick Libett LW 33 68 15 19 34 13 4 20 11 3 1 0 15 1 3 130 11.5 1.1 1.3 2.4
9 Willie Huber D 21 68 7 24 31 10 -25 114 3 4 0 2 13 0 11 153 4.6 1.5 2.7 4.2
10 Danny Bolduc RW 25 56 16 13 29 12 -9 14 13 3 0 4 11 0 2 81 19.8 1.2 0.7 2.0
11 Perry Miller D 26 75 5 23 28 9 -13 156 2 3 0 1 15 0 8 122 4.1 1.0 3.8 4.8
12 Thommie Bergman D 31 68 10 17 27 10 -25 64 6 3 1 1 12 0 5 88 11.4 1.4 2.7 4.1
13 Dennis Polonich RW 25 62 10 12 22 9 -10 208 9 1 0 0 10 0 2 80 12.5 0.0 0.8 0.8
14 Roland Cloutier C 21 19 6 6 12 5 0 2 5 1 0 1 6 0 0 40 15.0 0.6 0.3 1.0
15 Dennis Hextall C 35 20 4 8 12 4 3 33 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 16 25.0 0.4 0.4 0.9
16 Fern LeBlanc RW 23 29 5 6 11 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 2 27 18.5 0.1 0.5 0.6
17 Bill Lochead RW 24 40 4 7 11 4 -4 20 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 33 12.1 -0.5 0.6 0.1
18 Greg Carroll C 22 36 2 9 11 4 -6 8 1 1 0 0 7 0 2 16 12.5 -0.5 0.5 0.0
19 Bill Hogaboam C 29 18 4 6 10 4 -5 4 3 1 0 1 5 0 1 29 13.8 0.4 0.2 0.5
20 J.P. LeBlanc C 32 24 2 6 8 3 -7 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 27 7.4 -0.2 0.2 0.0
21 Jean Hamel D 26 52 2 4 6 2 -9 72 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 41 4.9 -0.5 2.6 2.1
22 Terry Harper D 39 51 0 6 6 2 -3 58 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 33 0.0 -0.6 2.9 2.3
23 Greg Joly D 24 20 0 4 4 1 -8 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 0.0 -0.1 0.7 0.6
24 Al Cameron D 23 9 0 3 3 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6
25 John Hilworth D 21 37 1 1 2 1 -13 66 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 4.0 -0.6 1.5 0.9
26 Rob Plumb LW 21 7 1 1 2 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 25.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0
27 Lorry Gloeckner D 23 13 0 2 2 1 -7 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0.0 -0.1 0.4 0.3
28 Jim Rutherford G 29 32 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5.6
29 John Taft D 24 15 0 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0.0 -0.2 1.0 0.9
30 Rogie Vachon G 33 50 0 1 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6.2
31 Mal Davis RW 22 6 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
32 Dave Hanson D 24 11 0 0 0 0 -1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 -0.2 0.6 0.4
33 Brent Peterson C 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
34 Steve Short D 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
35 Bjorn Skaare C 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 80 252 413 665 -299 1339 164 78 10 23 2271 11.1 25.9 33.2 71.0

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Jim Rutherford G 29 32 13 14 5 103 3.27 1 1892 5.6
2 Rogie Vachon G 33 50 10 27 11 189 3.90 0 2908 6.2
Team Total 80 23 41 16 292 3.65 1 4800 11.8