1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 23-41-16 - 62 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Bobby Kromm (23-41-16)
1978-79 Detroit Red Wings RosterTeam Record: 23-41-16 - 62 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Bobby Kromm (23-41-16)
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 in the NHL's Norris Division.
The team scored 252 goals and yielded 295. Vaclav Nedomansky netted 38 goals for the team, 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 | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaclav Nedomansky | R | 80 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 19 | -13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 212 | 17.9 |
| Dale McCourt | C | 79 | 28 | 43 | 71 | 14 | -27 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 222 | 12.6 |
| Reed Larson | D | 79 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 169 | -20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 271 | 6.6 |
| Errol Thompson | L | 70 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 26 | -28 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 163 | 14.1 |
| Andre St. Laurent | C | 76 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 124 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 11.4 |
| Dan Labraaten | L | 78 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 8 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 17.0 |
| Paul Woods | L | 80 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 59 | -26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 11.0 |
| Nick Libett | L | 68 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 11.5 |
| Willie Huber | D | 68 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 114 | -25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 4.6 |
| Danny Bolduc | R | 56 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 14 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 81 | 19.8 |
| Perry Miller | D | 75 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 156 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 4.1 |
| Thommie Bergman | D | 68 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 64 | -25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 11.4 |
| Dennis Polonich | R | 62 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 208 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 12.5 |
| Roland Cloutier | C | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Dennis Hextall | C | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 25.0 |
| Fern LeBlanc | C | 29 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Bill Lochead | F | 40 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 36 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Bill Hogaboam | C | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| J.P. LeBlanc | C | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Jean Hamel | D | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 72 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Terry Harper | D | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 58 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Greg Joly | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Al Cameron | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| John Hilworth | D | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 66 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Rob Plumb | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Lorry Gloeckner | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Jim Rutherford | G | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Taft | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Short | D | 1 | 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 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mal Davis | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Bjorn Skaare | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1435 | 252 | 413 | 665 | 1339 | -271 | 78 | 10 | 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 | |||
| Rogie Vachon | 50 | 2908 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 3.90 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 23 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 292 | 3.65 | 0 |
