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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mel Bridgman PHI · 47 P in 74 GP Rocky Saganiuk TOR · 47 P in 75 GP Lucien DeBlois CLR · 47 P in 76 GP Glen Sharpley MNS · 47 P in 51 GP Rich Leduc QUE · 48 P in 75 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

1979-80 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 7 40 47 -21 6 112 0 0.66 6.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1980 @ WIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1980 @ EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1980 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1980 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1980 vs PIT W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1980 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1980 @ MNS L 1-7 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1980 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1980 vs QUE L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1980 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1980 @ PHI T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1980 @ HFD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1980 @ NYR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1980 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1980 vs VAN T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1980 vs CHI L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1980 @ PHI L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1980 @ DET W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1980 vs PHI T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1980 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1980 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1980 vs LAK L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1980 @ CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1980 vs CHI L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1980 vs DET W 6-4 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1980 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1980 @ EDM L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1980 @ LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1980 @ AFM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1980 @ MTL L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1980 @ NYI L 6-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1980 @ PIT L 4-6 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1980 vs VAN W 6-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1980 vs MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1980 vs PIT W 9-5 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1980 vs QUE L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1980 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1979 vs WIN W 6-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1979 @ BUF L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1979 vs WSH L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1979 @ MTL L 4-8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1979 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1979 @ BOS L 0-10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1979 vs LAK T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1979 @ MNS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1979 vs AFM W 8-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1979 vs NYI L 1-6 0 0 0 -5 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1979 vs MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1979 vs PHI T 4-4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1979 @ WSH W 4-2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1979 @ AFM W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1979 @ NYR W 4-3 0 2 2 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1979 vs CHI L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1979 vs EDM T 4-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1979 @ QUE L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1979 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1979 vs STL W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1979 @ EDM W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1979 @ WIN W 8-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1979 @ STL W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1979 vs BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1979 @ HFD L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1979 vs HFD L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1979 @ LAK L 5-7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1979 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1979 @ WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1979 vs MNS W 6-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1979 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1979 vs CLR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00