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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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1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |