1978-79 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 46-25-9 - 101 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Parker MacDonald (46-25-9)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut

1978-79 New Haven Nighthawks Roster

The New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 46 wins and 25 losses and 9 ties for 101 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Nighthawks netted 346 goals and allowed 271. Tom Colley scored 36 goals for New Haven, and Bobby Sheehan tallied 30 or more, too. Dale Lewis contributed 51 assists. Lindsay Middlebrook earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Steve Baker added 15 or more wins, too. Lindsay Middlebrook earned a 3.22 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Parker MacDonald coached the team. The 1978-79 New Haven Nighthawks lost in the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Bobby Sheehan	C	70	33	48	81	26		0.47	0.69	1.16
Dale Lewis	L	76	29	51	80	20		0.38	0.67	1.05
Tom Colley	C	77	36	32	68	24		0.47	0.42	0.88
Greg Hickey	L	76	23	40	63	75		0.30	0.53	0.83
Bud Stefanski	C	51	18	40	58	71		0.35	0.78	1.14
John Bednarski	D	77	13	41	54	146		0.17	0.53	0.70
Claude Larose	L	42	25	25	50	7		0.60	0.60	1.19
Mike McDougal	R	78	24	26	50	60		0.31	0.33	0.64
Jeff McDill	R	71	24	26	50	75		0.34	0.37	0.70
Tim Bothwell	D	66	15	33	48	44		0.23	0.50	0.73
Don Maloney	L	38	18	26	44	62		0.47	0.68	1.16
Dave Hrechkosy	L	61	15	20	35	21		0.25	0.33	0.57
Dean Turner	D	76	9	25	34	275		0.12	0.33	0.45
Ron Andruff	C	33	9	23	32	10		0.27	0.70	0.97
Frank Beaton	L	74	6	23	29	319		0.08	0.31	0.39
Andre Dore	D	71	6	23	29	134		0.08	0.32	0.41
Ray Markham	R	77	13	15	28	151		0.17	0.19	0.36
Dan Clark	D	71	8	20	28	167		0.11	0.28	0.39
Ray Clearwater	D	74	6	17	23	61		0.08	0.23	0.31
Lucien DeBlois	F	7	4	6	10	6		0.57	0.86	1.43
Jim Troy	R	35	3	7	10	57		0.09	0.20	0.29
Greg Polis	L	10	3	3	6	0		0.30	0.30	0.60
Mike Korney	R	5	1	3	4	0		0.20	0.60	0.80
Mike Backman	R	6	2	1	3	0		0.33	0.17	0.50
Don Awrey	D	6	2	1	3	6		0.33	0.17	0.50
Steve Baker	G	24	0	2	2	6			0.08	0.08
Brad Becker	C	5	1	0	1	2		0.20		0.20
Lindsay Middlebrook	G	54	0	1	1	4			0.02	0.02
Mike Keating	L	1	0	0	0	0
Benoit Gosselin	L	3	0	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	3	0	0	0	2
Lance Nethery	C	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1419	346	578	924	1831	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Lindsay Middlebrook	54	3224	29	19	5	4	1	173	3.22	1534	1361	.887
Doug Soetaert	3	180	2	1	0	0	1	11	3.67	80	69	.863
Steve Baker	24	1440	15	5	4	2	1	82	3.42	712	630	.885
Totals	81	4844	46	25	9	6	3	266	3.29	2326	2060	.886

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Dale Lewis	L	10	2	2	4	2	0.20	0.20	0.40
Tom Colley	C	10	3	9	12	2	0.30	0.90	1.20
Greg Hickey	L	10	3	7	10	4	0.30	0.70	1.00
Bud Stefanski	C	10	3	7	10	21	0.30	0.70	1.00
John Bednarski	D	10	2	5	7	28	0.20	0.50	0.70
Claude Larose	L	10	7	5	12	2	0.70	0.50	1.20
Mike McDougal	R	10	1	5	6	8	0.10	0.50	0.60
Jeff McDill	R	10	5	7	12	12	0.50	0.70	1.20
Tim Bothwell	D	10	4	6	10	8	0.40	0.60	1.00
Dave Hrechkosy	L	10	6	7	13	8	0.60	0.70	1.30
Dean Turner	D	6	0	0	0	9
Ron Andruff	C	10	6	11	17	0	0.60	1.10	1.70
Frank Beaton	L	10	2	0	2	40	0.20		0.20
Andre Dore	D	10	0	3	3	12		0.30	0.30
Ray Markham	R	8	2	3	5	10	0.25	0.38	0.63
Dan Clark	D	10	0	3	3	27		0.30	0.30
Ray Clearwater	D	10	0	2	2	6		0.20	0.20
Mike Backman	R	6	3	1	4	15	0.50	0.17	0.67
Steve Baker	G	5	--	--	--	--
Brad Becker	C	1	0	0	0	0
Lindsay Middlebrook	G	5	--	--	--	--
Jim Pettie	G	2
Totals		183	49	83	132	214

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA
Lindsay Middlebrook	5	301	2	3	16	3.19
Steve Baker	5	297	2	3	17	3.43
Jim Pettie	2	120	1	1	11	5.50
Totals	12	718	5	7	44	3.68

1978-79 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

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