1978-1979 Detroit Red Wings team stats

1978-1979 Detroit Red Wings: 23-41-16
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Home record: 15-17-8  (148 goals scored, 137 allowed)
Road record: 8-24-8  (104 goals scored, 158 allowed)
Head Coach: Bobby Kromm

Power Play: 78/327 (23.9%)
Penalty Killing: 216/279 (77.4%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 10-9
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 164-223

252 goals scored (13th of 17 teams), 295 goals allowed (14th), 1359 PIM (3rd)

NHL Averages: 3.50 goals/game (279.8 goals/team), 1159.7 PIM/team

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

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage

Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G    1  Jim Rutherford       29   32  1892  103  3.27  13  14   5  884   .883   2   1
G   30  Rogie Vachon         33   50  2908  189  3.90  10  27  11 1381   .863   1   0

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1978 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1    9  D    Willie Huber             655          Hamilton Fincups (OHA)             
  1   12  C    Brent Peterson           620          Portland Winter Hawks (WCHL)         [pick acquired from TOR]
  2   28  LW   Glenn Hicks              108     69   Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)           
  2   31  G    Al Jensen                179          Hamilton Fincups (OHA)               [pick acquired from TOR]
  3   53  C    Doug Derkson                          New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)        [pick acquired from MTL via LA]
  4   62  C    Bjorn Skaare               1          Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
  5   78  C    Ted Nolan                 78          Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)  
  6   95  C    Sylvain Locas                         Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  7  112  LW   Wes George                       12   Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)            
  8  129  D    John Barrett             488          Windsor Spitfires (OHA)            
  9  146  LW   Jim Malazdrewicz                      St. Boniface (MJHL)                
 10  163  RW   Geoff Shaw                            Hamilton Fincups (OHA)             
 11  178  D    Carl Van Harrewyn                     New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
 12  194  LW   Ladislav Svozil                       Vitkovice (Czechoslovakia)         
 13  208  RW   Tom Bailey                            Kingston Canadians (OHA)           
 14  219  G    Larry Lozinski            30          Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)           
 15  224  LW   Randy Betty                           New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
 16  226  D    Brian Crawley                         St. Lawrence University (NCAA)     
 17  228  C    Doug Feasby                           Toronto Marlboros (OHA)            

Traded draft picks:

#3 to WAS (Jay Johnston)

Transactions

06-06-1978	signed Sean Shanahan as a free agent
07-27-1978	traded Jack Carlson to North Stars for future considerations
08-08-1978	signed Rogie Vachon as a free agent
08-08-1978	assigned the rights to Dale McCourt to Kings as compensation for signing Rogie Vachon as a free agent
08-24-1978	signed Dan Bolduc as a free agent
09-08-1978	Dennis Hull retired
09-13-1978	claimed Pierre Plante on waivers from North Stars
10-02-1978	Rangers claimed Pierre Plante on waivers
10-09-1978	Blues claimed Larry Giroux on waivers
10-09-1978	sold Rick Bowness to Blues
10-12-1978	signed Mal Davis as a free agent
10-12-1978	signed Larry Gloeckner as a free agent
10-12-1978	signed Dan Labraaten as a free agent
12-1978	sold Dave Hanson to Bulls
12-06-1978	traded Steve Carlson to Kings for Steve Short
01-06-1979	claimed Greg Carroll on waivers from Capitals
02-09-1979	Rockies claimed Bill Lochead on waivers
02-12-1979	signed Bill Hogaboam as a free agent
06-09-1979	reclaimed the rights to George Lyle prior to expansion draft
06-13-1979	Nordiques selected Roland Cloutier in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Jets selected Al Cameron in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Jets selected Clark Hamilton in expansion draft
06-13-1979	Nordiques selected Ron Low in expansion draft
08-03-1979	traded Nick Libett to Penguins for Pete Mahovlich
08-22-1979	traded Andre St. Laurent and Detroit's #1 picks in the 1980 and 1981 drafts to Kings for the rights to Dale McCourt
09-1979	signed Rick Shinske as a free agent
09-04-1979	traded Detroit's #5 pick in the 1981 draft to Flyers for Dennis Sobchuk
09-15-1979	signed Tom Webster as a free agent


Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
10/11/1978   vs St. Louis Blues           L   4-5     0-1-0
10/14/1978   vs Philadelphia Flyers       L   1-3     0-2-0
10/15/1978   at Buffalo Sabres            W   3-2     1-2-0
10/18/1978   at New York Rangers          T   3-3     1-2-1
10/19/1978   vs New York Rangers          T   2-2     1-2-2
10/21/1978   vs Minnesota North Stars     T   4-4     1-2-3
10/25/1978   vs Colorado Rockies          W   5-4     2-2-3
10/27/1978   at Colorado Rockies          W   5-2     3-2-3
10/28/1978   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   7-2     4-2-3
11/01/1978   vs Montreal Canadiens        L   1-4     4-3-3
11/04/1978   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   3-7     4-4-3
11/05/1978   at Washington Capitals       T   3-3     4-4-4
11/08/1978   vs Vancouver Canucks         L   4-6     4-5-4
11/09/1978   at Montreal Canadiens        L   3-8     4-6-4
11/11/1978   vs Boston Bruins             W   7-1     5-6-4
11/15/1978   at Atlanta Flames            L   3-5     5-7-4
11/18/1978   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   1-3     5-8-4
11/19/1978   at Philadelphia Flyers       L   3-4     5-9-4
11/22/1978   at Los Angeles Kings         T   3-3     5-9-5
11/25/1978   at St. Louis Blues           L   0-4     5-10-5
11/26/1978   vs Los Angeles Kings         W   4-2     6-10-5
11/29/1978   at Colorado Rockies          T   2-2     6-10-6
12/01/1978   at Vancouver Canucks         L   1-2     6-11-6
12/02/1978   at Los Angeles Kings         L   2-5     6-12-6
12/06/1978   vs Montreal Canadiens        T   2-2     6-12-7
12/07/1978   at Boston Bruins             L   5-6     6-13-7
12/09/1978   vs New York Rangers          W   5-4     7-13-7
12/10/1978   at Chicago Black Hawks       T   3-3     7-13-8
12/13/1978   vs Atlanta Flames            T   5-5     7-13-9
12/14/1978   at New York Islanders        L   1-4     7-14-9
12/16/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   2-4     7-15-9
12/17/1978   vs New York Islanders        L   0-3     7-16-9
12/20/1978   vs Vancouver Canucks         W   7-2     8-16-9
12/22/1978   at New York Rangers          L   2-4     8-17-9
12/23/1978   vs Washington Capitals       T   2-2     8-17-10
12/26/1978   vs Philadelphia Flyers       T   2-2     8-17-11
12/27/1978   vs Montreal Canadiens        L   2-5     8-18-11
12/30/1978   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   1-3     8-19-11
12/31/1978   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       L   4-5     8-20-11
01/06/1979   vs Washington Capitals       L   1-4     8-21-11

   Date         Opponent                  Result      Record
01/07/1979   at Buffalo Sabres            L   3-4     8-22-11
01/10/1979   vs New York Islanders        T   5-5     8-22-12
01/11/1979   at Philadelphia Flyers       T   3-3     8-22-13
01/13/1979   vs Los Angeles Kings         L   3-7     8-23-13
01/17/1979   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   4-1     9-23-13
01/19/1979   at Washington Capitals       L   1-5     9-24-13
01/20/1979   vs Atlanta Flames            L   3-4     9-25-13
01/25/1979   at Los Angeles Kings         T   6-6     9-25-14
01/27/1979   vs Buffalo Sabres            L   3-6     9-26-14
01/28/1979   at Atlanta Flames            L   2-7     9-27-14
01/30/1979   vs Washington Capitals       W   7-4     10-27-14
02/01/1979   at Minnesota North Stars     L   1-6     10-28-14
02/03/1979   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   2-4     10-29-14
02/04/1979   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   8-3     11-29-14
02/14/1979   vs Los Angeles Kings         L   2-3     11-30-14
02/18/1979   vs Pittsburgh Penguins       W   6-2     12-30-14
02/19/1979   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       L   2-6     12-31-14
02/21/1979   at Washington Capitals       W   4-3     13-31-14
02/24/1979   at New York Islanders        L   1-3     13-32-14
02/25/1979   vs Colorado Rockies          W   8-1     14-32-14
02/28/1979   vs St. Louis Blues           L   5-6     14-33-14
03/03/1979   at Montreal Canadiens        W   5-3     15-33-14
03/04/1979   vs Boston Bruins             L   4-6     15-34-14
03/07/1979   at Minnesota North Stars     L   1-5     15-35-14
03/11/1979   vs Washington Capitals       T   3-3     15-35-15
03/12/1979   at Montreal Canadiens        T   3-3     15-35-16
03/14/1979   at Washington Capitals       W   4-1     16-35-16
03/17/1979   at St. Louis Blues           W   3-1     17-35-16
03/18/1979   at Chicago Black Hawks       W   4-2     18-35-16
03/20/1979   vs Chicago Black Hawks       W   5-3     19-35-16
03/21/1979   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   4-2     20-35-16
03/24/1979   at Boston Bruins             L   2-5     20-36-16
03/25/1979   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   2-1     21-36-16
03/27/1979   at Vancouver Canucks         L   2-5     21-37-16
03/28/1979   at Los Angeles Kings         L   1-8     21-38-16
03/31/1979   vs Los Angeles Kings         L   4-5     21-39-16
04/01/1979   vs Minnesota North Stars     W   3-1     22-39-16
04/04/1979   at Montreal Canadiens        L   1-4     22-40-16
04/07/1979   at Pittsburgh Penguins       L   3-4     22-41-16
04/08/1979   vs Montreal Canadiens        W   1-0     23-41-16

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