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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	Petr Adamik			CZC	1952-03-29	1979	1979	D	6	0	2	2		8
2	Rick Adduono	21-065d		BRB	1955-01-25	1979	1979	C	80	20	33	53	-2	67
3	Seppo Ahokainen			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
4	Claire Alexander	29-167d		EDO	1945-06-16	1979	1979	D	54	8	23	31	-5	16
5	Alexander Andrevi			SVT		1979	1979		6	2	4	6		0
6	Ace Bailey	20-143d		EDO	1948-06-13	1979	1979	LW	38	5	4	9	-8	22
7	Doug Berry	22-130d		EDO	1957-06-03	1979	1979	C	29	6	3	9	-9	4
8	Marian Bezak			CZC		1979	1979		4	2	0	2		4
9	Jeff Brubaker	21-298d		NEW	1958-02-24	1979	1979	LW	12	0	0	0	-2	19
10	Bedrick Brunclik			CZC		1979	1979		6	2	3	5		4
11	Gordie Clark	22-223d		CNS	1952-05-31	1979	1979	RW	21	3	3	6	-2	2
12	Jiří Crha	29-309d		CZC	1950-04-13	1979	1979	G	4	0	0	0		0	4					5.70
13	Keith Crowder	21-342d		BRB	1959-01-06	1979	1979	RW	5	1	0	1	-1	17
14	Richard David	21-220d		QBN	1958-04-08	1979	1979	LW	14	0	4	4	3	4
15	Kelly Davis			CNS	1958-09-23	1979	1979	D	18	0	1	1	-2	20
16	Jordy Douglas	21-264d		NEW	1958-01-20	1979	1979	LW	51	6	10	16	-8	15
17	Vladimir Durdin			SVT	1956-04-21	1979	1979	D	3	0	0	0		0
18	Roland Eriksson	22-219d	1978-10-11	VAN	1954-03-01	1979	1979	C	33	5	10	15	-5	2
19	Dave Forbes	24-328d	1978-10-14	WSH	1948-11-16	1979	1979	LW	73	6	5	11	-21	83
20	Mike Gartner	19-347d		CNS	1959-10-29	1979	1979	RW	78	27	25	52	-18	123
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Danny Geoffrion	21-272d		QBN	1958-01-24	1979	1979	RW	77	12	14	26	-2	74
22	Wes George			EDO	1958-09-26	1979	1979	LW	12	4	2	6	-10	34
23	John Gibson	21-229d		WNJ	1959-06-02	1979	1979	D	9	0	1	1	1	5
24	Ed Gilbert	22-211d		CNS	1952-03-12	1979	1979	C	29	3	3	6	-9	6
25	Gaston Gingras	20-249d		BRB	1959-02-13	1979	1979	D	60	13	21	34	1	35
26	Rich Gosselin			WNJ	1956-04-25	1979	1979	C	3	0	0	0	-1	0
27	Michel Goulet	19-172d		BRB	1960-04-21	1979	1979	LW	78	28	30	58	13	65
28	Wayne Gretzky	18-257d		INR	1961-01-26	1979	1979	C	80	46	64	110	20	19
29	Stanislav Hajdusek			CZC		1979	1979		4	0	0	0		16
30	Craig Hartsburg	20-104d		BRB	1959-06-29	1979	1979	D	77	9	40	49	9	73
31	Hannu Helander			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
32	Glenn Hicks	21-043d		WNJ	1958-08-28	1979	1979	LW	69	6	10	16	-2	48
33	Raimo Hirvonen			FNL	1957-07-20	1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
34	Karel Holy			CZC		1979	1979		6	4	2	6		12
35	Milos Horan			CZC		1979	1979		5	1	0	1		0
36	Dave Hunter	21-282d		EDO	1958-01-01	1979	1979	LW	72	7	25	32	7	134
37	Juha Jyrkkio			FNL		1979	1979		1	1	0	1		0
38	Matti Kaario			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
39	Alexander Kabanov			SVT	1957-03-08	1979	1979		6	3	0	3		0
40	Hannu Kamppuri	27-137d		EDO	1957-06-01	1979	1979	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		6.67
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Sergei Kapustin			SVT	1953-02-13	1979	1979	LW	5	2	0	2		0
42	Jukka Koskilahti			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	1	1		0
43	Vladimir Kovin			SVT	1954-06-20	1979	1979		6	2	1	3		14
44	Jari Kurri	20-145d		FNL	1960-05-18	1979	1979	W/C	1	0	0	0		0
45	Vladimir Kyhos			CZC		1979	1979		6	0	3	3		2
46	Reijo Lappanen			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
47	Petti Lehtonen			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
48	Gerry Leroux			INR	1958-06-09	1979	1979	LW	10	0	3	3	-4	2
49	Alexander Lobanov			SVT	1953-01-31	1979	1979		6	2	6	8		1
50	Josef Lukac			CZC		1979	1979		3	0	1	1		0
51	Charlie Luksa	25-234d		CNS	1954-02-19	1979	1979	D	78	8	12	20	0	116
52	Paul MacKinnon	20-339d		WNJ	1958-11-06	1979	1979	D	73	2	15	17	-3	70
53	Dean Magee	22-328d		INR	1955-04-29	1979	1979	LW	5	0	1	1	-2	10
54	Gerry Meehan	22-089d	1978-10-11	WSH	1946-09-03	1979	1979	C	2	0	0	0	-1	0
55	Mark Messier	18-265d		INR	1961-01-18	1979	1979	LW/C	52	1	10	11	-10	58
56	Jindrich Micka			CZC		1979	1979		5	0	1	1		4
57	Jarmo Mikatolo			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
58	Angelo Moretto	23-190d		INR	1953-09-18	1979	1979	C	18	3	1	4	-6	2
59	Dave Morrow			INR	1957-04-04	1979	1979	D/LW	10	2	10	12	-13	29
60	Zdenek Muller			CZC		1979	1979		6	0	1	1		0
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Vladimir Myshkin			SVT	1955-06-19	1979	1979	G	5	0	0	0		0	5					3.32
62	Jim Neilson	21-317d		EDO	1940-11-28	1979	1979	D	35	0	5	5	5	18
63	Jan Neliba			CZC		1979	1979		6	0	1	1		22
64	Kevin Nugent			INR	1955-06-07	1979	1979	RW	25	2	8	10	-2	20
65	Paul O'Neil	20-109d		BRB	1953-08-24	1979	1979	C/RW	1	0	0	0	-1	0
66	Vasily Pausov			SVT		1979	1979		5	1	2	3		4
67	Jouni Peltonen			FNL		1979	1979		1	1	0	1		0
68	Rob Ramage	20-273d		BRB	1959-01-11	1979	1979	D	80	12	36	48	10	165
69	Pat Riggin	20-140d		BRB	1959-05-26	1979	1979	G	46	0	3	3	0	22	46	16	22	5		3.78
70	Jouni Rinne			FNL		1979	1979		1	1	1	2		0
71	Lubomir Rohacik			CZC		1979	1979		5	0	1	1		6
72	Olli Saarinen			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		2
73	Larry Sacharuk	20-084d		INR	1952-09-16	1979	1979	D	15	2	9	11	-11	25
74	Bohumil Salajka			CZC		1979	1979		6	2	0	2		2
75	Sean Shanahan	24-274d		CNS	1951-02-08	1979	1979	C/RW	4	0	0	0	0	7
76	Byron Shutt			CNS	1955-10-26	1979	1979	LW	65	10	7	17	1	115
77	Risto Siltanen	20-344d		EDO	1958-10-31	1979	1979	D	20	3	4	7	4	4
78	Alexander Skvortsov			SVT	1954-08-28	1979	1979		6	4	3	7		5
79	Louis Sleigher	21-118d		BRB	1958-10-23	1979	1979	RW	62	26	12	38	-9	46
80	Mikhail Slitchenko			SVT		1979	1979		6	0	0	0		4
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Gary Smith	22-015d		INR	1944-02-04	1979	1979	G	22	0	3	3	0	10	22	7	13	1		4.28
82	Jan Sterbak			CZC		1979	1979		6	0	0	0		4
83	Vladimir Stransky			CZC		1979	1979		5	1	4	5		5
84	Seppo Suoraniemi			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
85	Pavel Svitana			CZC		1979	1979	G	3	0	0	0		2	3					5.25
86	Tomi Taimio			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	0	0		0
87	Rudy Tajcnar			EDO	1948-04-17	1979	1979	D	2	0	0	0	-4	0
88	Greg Tebbutt	22-195d		BRB	1957-05-11	1979	1979	D	38	2	5	7	0	83
89	Harri Tuhoimaa			FNL		1979	1979		1	0	2	2		0
90	Sergei Tyznyk			SVT		1979	1979		6	0	2	2		8
91	Vladimir Urban			CZC		1979	1979		2	0	0	0		4
92	Rick Vaive	20-148d		BRB	1959-05-14	1979	1979	RW	75	26	33	59	14	248
93	Ismo Villa			FNL		1979	1979		1	1	0	1		0
94	Jorma Virtanen			FNL		1979	1979	G	1	0	0	0		0	1					8.00
95	Jaroslav Vlk			CZC		1979	1979		4	0	0	0		0
96	Ed Walsh			EDO	1951-08-18	1979	1979	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0		3.75
97	Jim Warner	25-199d		NEW	1954-03-26	1979	1979	RW	41	6	9	15	-10	20
98	Bryan Watson	20-361d	1978-10-11	WSH	1942-11-14	1979	1979	D	21	0	2	2	-15	56
99	Stan Weir	20-204d		EDO	1952-03-17	1979	1979	C	68	31	30	61	24	20
100	Dale Yakiwchuk			WNJ	1958-10-17	1979	1979	C	4	0	0	0	1	0

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