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New York Rangers 1978-79 roster and statistics



Head Coach: Fred Shero (40-29-11-0)
Assistant Coach: Mike Nykoluk
Regular Season Playoffs Vitals
# Player Name Pos. GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM Birthplace Age
15 Anders Hedberg R 80 33 46 79 33 19 18 4 5 9 12 Sweden: Ornskoldsvik 27
77 Phil Esposito C 80 42 36 78 37 -1 18 8 12 20 20 ONT: Sault Ste. Marie 36
16 Pat Hickey F 80 34 41 75 56 8 18 1 7 8 6 ONT: Brantford 25
11 Ulf Nilsson C 59 27 39 66 21 17 2 0 0 0 2 Sweden: Nynashamn 28
10 Ron Duguay C 79 27 36 63 35 10 18 5 4 9 11 ONT: Sudbury 21
27 Mike McEwen D 80 20 38 58 35 10 18 2 11 13 8 ONT: Hornepayne 22
4 Ron Greschner D 60 17 36 53 66 50 18 7 5 12 16 SASK: Goodsoil 23
8 Steve Vickers L 66 13 34 47 24 -7 18 5 3 8 13 ONT: Toronto 27
5 Carol Vadnais D 77 8 37 45 86 14 18 2 9 11 13 PQ: Montreal 32
18 Walt Tkaczuk C 77 15 27 42 38 20 18 4 7 11 10 Germany: Emstedetten 30
14 Don Murdoch R 40 15 21 36 6 -6 18 7 5 12 12 BC: Cranbrook 21
Pierre Plante R 70 6 25 31 37 11 18 0 6 6 20 PQ: Valleyfield 27
25 Mario Marois D 71 5 26 31 153 18 18 0 6 6 29 PQ: Ancienne Lorette 20
19 Dean Talafous F 68 13 16 29 29 5 -- -- -- -- -- MN: Duluth 25
23 Lucien DeBlois F 62 11 17 28 26 -10 9 2 0 2 4 PQ: Joliette 21
22 Dave Maloney D 76 11 17 28 151 17 17 3 4 7 45 ONT: Kitchener 22
Don Maloney F 28 9 17 26 39 4 18 7 13 20 19 ONT: Lindsay 19
3 Dave Farrish D 71 1 19 20 61 -3 7 0 2 2 14 ONT: Wingham 22
Ed Johnstone R 30 5 3 8 27 -5 17 5 0 5 10 MAN: Brandon 24
22 Nick Fotiu F 71 3 5 8 190 3 4 0 0 0 6 NY: Staten Island 26
20 Greg Polis 1 L 6 1 1 2 8 1 -- -- -- -- -- ALTA: Westlock 28
Dan Clark D 4 0 1 1 6 1 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Toronto 20
Mike Korney D 18 0 1 1 18 4 -- -- -- -- -- MAN: Dauphin 24
Bobby Sheehan C -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 4 3 7 8 MA: Weymouth 29
Dean Turner D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 -- -- -- -- -- MI: Dearborn 20
Mike McDougall F 1 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- MI: Port Huron 20
Tim Bothwell D 1 0 0 0 2 -1 -- -- -- -- -- BC: Vancouver 23
Andre Dore D 2 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- PQ: Montreal 20
Frank Beaton L 2 0 0 0 0 -1 -- -- -- -- -- NS: Antigonish 25
33 Doug Soetaert G 17 0 0 0 4 0 -- -- -- -- -- ALTA: Edmonton 22
1 Wayne Thomas G 31 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Ottawa 30
30 John Davidson G 39 0 0 0 12 0 18 0 0 0 6 ONT: Ottawa 25
Bench 80 0 0 0 14 0 -- -- -- -- --
Totals 316 539 855 1214

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Goalies
Player NameGPMinGAGAAWLTSvsPctENSO
John Davidson3922321313.522012510
Wayne Thomas3116681013.631510301
Doug Soetaert17900573.8057320

Trade Key
1: To Washington