1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 23-41-16 - 62 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Bobby Kromm (23-41-16)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1978-79 Detroit Red Wings RosterTeam Record: 23-41-16 - 62 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Bobby Kromm (23-41-16)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Results
The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 23 wins and 41 losses and 16 ties for 62 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Norris Division.
The Red Wings scored 252 goals and yielded 295. Vaclav Nedomansky netted 38 goals for Detroit, and Reed Larson contributed 49 assists. Jim Rutherford topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.27 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Bobby Kromm coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaclav Nedomansky | R | 80 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 19 | -13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 212 | 17.9 |
| Dale McCourt | C | 79 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 14 | -27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 222 | 12.6 |
| Reed Larson | D | 79 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 169 | -20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 271 | 6.6 |
| Errol Thompson | L | 70 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 26 | -28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 163 | 14.1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | C | 76 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 124 | -31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 11.4 |
| Dan Labraaten | L | 78 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 8 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 17.0 |
| Paul Woods | L | 80 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 59 | -26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 11.0 |
| Nick Libett | L | 68 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 11.5 |
| Willie Huber | D | 68 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 114 | -25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 4.6 |
| Danny Bolduc | R | 56 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 14 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 19.8 |
| Perry Miller | D | 75 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 156 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 4.1 |
| Thommie Bergman | D | 68 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 64 | -25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 11.4 |
| Dennis Polonich | R | 62 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 208 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 12.5 |
| Roland Cloutier | C | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Dennis Hextall | C | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 25.0 |
| Fern LeBlanc | C | 29 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Bill Lochead | F | 40 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 36 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Bill Hogaboam | C | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| J.P. LeBlanc | C | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Jean Hamel | D | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 72 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Terry Harper | D | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 58 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Greg Joly | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Al Cameron | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| John Hilworth | D | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 66 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Rob Plumb | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| John Taft | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Jim Rutherford | G | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorry Gloeckner | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Peterson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Mal Davis | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Short | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bjorn Skaare | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dave Hanson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1435 | 252 | 413 | 665 | 1339 | -299 | 78 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 2271 | 11.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | 32 | 1892 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 3.27 | 0 | ||
| Rogie Vachon | 50 | 2908 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 3.90 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 23 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 292 | 3.65 | 0 |
