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Detroit Red Wings, 1978-79

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Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
15 80 23-41-16 62 0.388 252 295 -43 15-17-8 8-24-8

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Vaclav Nedomansky C 80 38 35 73 -13 19 212 0
Dale McCourt C 79 28 43 71 -28 14 222 0
Reed Larson D 79 18 49 67 -22 169 271 0
Errol Thompson L 70 23 31 54 -27 26 163 0
Andre St. Laurent C 76 18 31 49 -30 124 158 0
Dan Labraaten L 78 19 19 38 -18 8 112 0
Paul Woods C 80 14 23 37 -26 59 127 0
Nick Libett L 68 15 19 34 4 20 130 0
Willie Huber D 69 7 24 31 -24 114 153 0
Dan Bolduc R 56 16 13 29 -9 14 81 0
Perry Miller D 75 5 23 28 -13 156 122 0
Thommie Bergman D 69 10 17 27 -25 64 88 0
Dennis Polonich C 62 10 12 22 -10 208 80 0
Dennis Hextall C 20 4 8 12 3 33 16 0
Roland Cloutier C 19 6 6 12 0 2 40 0
Bill Lochead L 40 4 7 11 -4 20 33 0
Fern LeBlanc C 29 5 6 11 1 0 27 0
Greg Carroll C 37 2 9 11 -6 8 16 0
Bill Hogaboam C 18 4 6 10 -5 4 29 0
J.P. Leblanc C 24 2 6 8 -7 4 27 0
Jean Hamel D 52 2 4 6 -8 72 41 0
Terry Harper D 51 0 6 6 -4 58 33 0
Greg Joly D 20 0 4 4 -8 6 13 0
Al Cameron D 9 0 3 3 1 8 7 0
John Hilworth D 37 1 1 2 -12 66 25 0
John Taft D 15 0 2 2 2 4 13 0
Larry Gloekner D 13 0 2 2 -7 6 13 0
Robert Plumb L 7 1 1 2 -1 2 4 0
Bjorn Skaare C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brent Peterson C 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
David Hanson D 11 0 0 0 -1 26 5 0
Mal Davis L 6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0
Steven Short L 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Rogie Vachon 50 10271100 1378 1189 189 3.91 0.863
Jim Rutherford 32 1314501 885 782 103 3.27 0.884

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 vs MTL W 1-0 24 22
Apr 7, 1979 @ PIT L 3-4 35 24
Apr 4, 1979 @ MTL L 1-4 21 37
Apr 1, 1979 vs MNS W 3-1 29 20
Mar 31, 1979 vs LAK L 4-5 27 28
Mar 28, 1979 @ LAK L 1-8 15 32
Mar 27, 1979 @ VAN L 2-5 25 31
Mar 25, 1979 vs TOR W 2-1 25 29
Mar 24, 1979 @ BOS L 2-5 15 27
Mar 21, 1979 @ TOR W 4-2 36 34
Mar 20, 1979 vs CHI W 5-3 41 29
Mar 18, 1979 @ CHI W 4-2 35 26
Mar 17, 1979 @ STL W 3-1 29 31
Mar 14, 1979 @ WSH W 4-1 33 33
Mar 12, 1979 @ MTL T 3-3 25 41
Mar 11, 1979 vs WSH T 3-3 33 20
Mar 7, 1979 @ MNS L 1-5 35 31
Mar 4, 1979 vs BOS L 4-6 28 35
Mar 3, 1979 @ MTL W 5-3 29 32
Feb 28, 1979 vs STL L 5-6 28 27
Feb 25, 1979 vs CLR W 8-1 40 20
Feb 24, 1979 @ NYI L 1-3 28 22
Feb 21, 1979 @ WSH W 4-3 25 45
Feb 19, 1979 vs TOR L 2-6 31 34
Feb 18, 1979 vs PIT W 6-2 28 28
Feb 14, 1979 vs LAK L 2-3 26 23
Feb 4, 1979 vs PIT W 8-3 27 21
Feb 3, 1979 @ PIT L 2-4 30 28
Feb 1, 1979 @ MNS L 1-6 29 36
Jan 30, 1979 vs WSH W 7-4 32 24
Jan 28, 1979 @ AFM L 2-7 29 31
Jan 27, 1979 vs BUF L 3-6 24 34
Jan 25, 1979 @ LAK T 6-6 26 32
Jan 20, 1979 vs AFM L 3-4 32 20
Jan 19, 1979 @ WSH L 1-5 35 28
Jan 17, 1979 vs PIT W 4-1 33 30
Jan 13, 1979 vs LAK L 3-7 32 33
Jan 11, 1979 @ PHI T 3-3 22 40
Jan 10, 1979 vs NYI T 5-5 34 28
Jan 7, 1979 @ BUF L 3-4 28 25
Jan 6, 1979 vs WSH L 1-4 26 28
Dec 31, 1978 vs PIT L 4-5 23 32
Dec 30, 1978 @ PIT L 1-3 28 34
Dec 27, 1978 vs MTL L 2-5 20 32
Dec 26, 1978 vs PHI T 2-2 21 30
Dec 23, 1978 vs WSH T 2-2 32 18
Dec 22, 1978 @ NYR L 2-4 19 33
Dec 20, 1978 vs VAN W 7-2 31 22
Dec 17, 1978 vs NYI L 0-3 21 27
Dec 16, 1978 @ TOR L 2-4 36 46
Dec 14, 1978 @ NYI L 1-4 37 32
Dec 13, 1978 vs AFM T 5-5 32 24
Dec 10, 1978 @ CHI T 3-3 30 35
Dec 9, 1978 vs NYR W 5-4 35 30
Dec 7, 1978 @ BOS L 5-6 24 24
Dec 6, 1978 vs MTL T 2-2 23 16
Dec 2, 1978 @ LAK L 2-5 26 28
Dec 1, 1978 @ VAN L 1-2 25 16
Nov 29, 1978 @ CLR T 2-2 23 20
Nov 26, 1978 vs LAK W 4-2 30 17
Nov 25, 1978 @ STL L 0-4 21 28
Nov 22, 1978 @ LAK T 3-3 25 23
Nov 19, 1978 @ PHI L 3-4 22 31
Nov 18, 1978 vs BUF L 1-3 39 22
Nov 15, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 19 29
Nov 11, 1978 vs BOS W 7-1 36 17
Nov 9, 1978 @ MTL L 3-8 22 36
Nov 8, 1978 vs VAN L 4-6 27 17
Nov 5, 1978 @ WSH T 3-3 23 36
Nov 4, 1978 @ PIT L 3-7 31 45
Nov 1, 1978 vs MTL L 1-4 21 34
Oct 28, 1978 vs CHI W 7-2 39 26
Oct 27, 1978 @ CLR W 5-2 28 39
Oct 25, 1978 vs CLR W 5-4 31 30
Oct 21, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 27 24
Oct 19, 1978 vs NYR T 2-2 31 17
Oct 18, 1978 @ NYR T 3-3 24 33
Oct 15, 1978 @ BUF W 3-2 34 27
Oct 14, 1978 vs PHI L 1-3 28 23
Oct 11, 1978 vs STL L 4-5 42 14