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Walt McKechnie

#11 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings

Born Jun 19, 1947 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 6th overall in 1963 by TOR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Don Luce BUF · 61 P in 79 GP Bob Bourne NYI · 61 P in 80 GP Tom Rowe WSH · 61 P in 69 GP Orest Kindrachuk PIT · 60 P in 79 GP Rene Robert BUF · 62 P in 68 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801967-68: 0 points067-681968-69: 14 points141969-70: 4 points469-701970-71: 4 points41971-72: 31 points3171-721972-73: 54 points541973-74: 52 points5273-741974-75: 23 points231975-76: 82 points8275-761976-77: 59 points591977-78: 39 points3977-781978-79: 61 points611979-80: 47 points4779-801980-81: 38 points381981-82: 55 points5581-821982-83: 43 points43

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1967-68 MNS 4 0 0 0 -3 0 9 0 0.00
1968-69 MNS 59 5 9 14 -10 22 81 0 0.24
1969-70 MNS 22 1 3 4 -5 21 16 0 0.18
1970-71 MNS 40 3 1 4 -9 34 39 0 0.10
1971-72 CGS 56 11 20 31 0 40 111 0 0.55
1972-73 CGS 78 16 38 54 -24 58 182 0 0.69
1973-74 CGS 63 23 29 52 -15 14 137 0 0.83
1974-75 BOS 59 3 3 6 -6 8 36 0 0.10
1974-75 DET 23 6 11 17 -3 6 41 0 0.74
1975-76 DET 80 26 56 82 8 85 186 0 1.03
1976-77 DET 80 25 34 59 -24 50 189 0 0.74
1977-78 WSH 16 4 1 5 -14 0 24 0 0.31
1977-78 CLE 53 12 22 34 -6 12 95 0 0.64
1978-79 TOR 79 25 36 61 21 18 123 0 0.77
1979-80 TOR 54 7 36 43 -6 4 77 0 0.80
1979-80 CLR 17 0 4 4 -15 2 35 0 0.24
1980-81 CLR 53 15 23 38 -8 18 92 0 0.72
1981-82 DET 74 18 37 55 -2 35 87 0 0.74
1982-83 DET 64 14 29 43 2 42 73 0 0.67
16 seasons Career 974 214 392 606 -119 469 1633 0 0.62

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1967-68 MNS 9 3 2 5 4 0 12 0 0.56
1978-79 TOR 6 4 3 7 4 9 11 0 1.17
2 seasons Playoffs 15 7 5 12 8 9 23 0 0.80

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 25 36 61 21 18 123 0 0.77 20.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 @ BOS L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1979 vs BUF W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1979 vs BOS T 3-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ BUF W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 vs MNS W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1979 vs DET L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1979 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs MNS W 6-4 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 @ NYI L 2-6 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 vs PIT W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs LAK W 9-4 0 4 4 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs PHI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1979 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 vs AFM L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1979 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ MNS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1979 @ DET W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 vs LAK W 5-2 3 0 3 4 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs PHI T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1979 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 @ MNS L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 vs MTL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 vs STL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1979 @ AFM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1979 @ MNS T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 @ LAK W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1979 @ VAN T 3-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ CLR W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 vs CLR W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 vs MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1979 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs CHI L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 vs AFM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs WSH T 5-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 vs BOS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 @ STL W 6-1 1 3 4 3 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1978 @ AFM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1978 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ WSH L 6-7 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs DET W 4-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1978 @ PIT L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1978 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 @ MNS W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1978 vs PIT W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs CLR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 @ NYR T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1978 @ AFM W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 @ BOS W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 vs BUF T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 @ MTL L 2-3 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1978 @ STL W 5-0 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 @ CLR T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1978 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 @ LAK W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1978 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 vs MTL T 4-4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 @ NYR L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1978 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1978 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 vs NYI W 10-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 @ PIT W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00