1977-78 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-37-13 - 73 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (30-37-13)
1977-78 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 30-37-13 - 73 points
in the NHL's Patrick Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (30-37-13)
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 30 wins and 37 losses and 13 ties for 73 points in the NHL's Patrick Division.
The club potted 279 goals and allowed 280. Pat Hickey scored 40 goals for the squad, while Phil Esposito netted 30 or more, too. Ron Greschner contributed 48 assists. John Davidson topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.18 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jean-Guy Talbot coached the team. The 1977-78 New York Rangers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 79 | 38 | 43 | 81 | 53 | -22 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 259 | 14.7 |
| Pat Hickey | L | 80 | 40 | 33 | 73 | 47 | -19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 215 | 18.6 |
| Ron Greschner | D | 78 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 100 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 180 | 13.3 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 80 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 144 | 18.1 |
| Steve Vickers | L | 79 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 113 | 16.8 |
| Don Murdoch | R | 66 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 41 | -5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 14.4 |
| Carol Vadnais | D | 80 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 115 | -25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 3.7 |
| Ron Duguay | C | 71 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 43 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 15.5 |
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 71 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 27 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 111 | 19.8 |
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 53 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 14.0 |
| Greg Polis | L | 37 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Dave Maloney | D | 56 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 63 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2.8 |
| Dan Newman | L | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 6.2 |
| Wayne Dillon | C | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 15 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 57 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 52 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7.7 |
| Mark Heaslip | R | 29 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 15.6 |
| Don Awrey | D | 78 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 38 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 59 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 105 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Rod Gilbert | R | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Dave Farrish | D | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 62 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 3.0 |
| Ken Hodge | R | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Dallas Smith | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Jerry Byers | F | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Mario Marois | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Wayne Thomas | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Goldsworthy | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Greg Holst | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Keating | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Hardy Astrom | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Davidson | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Hickey | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Benoit Gosselin | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bud Stefanski | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Doug Soetaert | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1504 | 279 | 440 | 719 | 1057 | -164 | 78 | 10 | 30 | 13 | 2252 | 12.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardy Astrom | 4 | 240 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.50 | |||
| Doug Soetaert | 6 | 360 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.33 | |||
| John Davidson | 34 | 1848 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 3.18 | |||
| Wayne Thomas | 41 | 2352 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 141 | 3.60 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 4800 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 273 | 3.41 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Esposito | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hickey | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Greschner | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Vickers | L | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Murdoch | R | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carol Vadnais | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Duguay | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lucien DeBlois | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Maloney | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Newman | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Dillon | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Heaslip | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Awrey | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fotiu | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Farrish | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mario Marois | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Thomas | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Davidson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 53 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davidson | 2 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.44 | 78 | 71 | .910 |
| Wayne Thomas | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 31 | 27 | .871 |
| Totals | 3 | 182 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.63 | 109 | 98 | .899 |
