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New York Islanders 1978-79 roster and statistics



Head Coach: Al Arbour (51-15-14-0)
Assistant Coach: Bert Marshall
Regular Season Playoffs Vitals
# Player Name Pos. GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM Birthplace Age
Bryan Trottier F 76 47 87 134 50 76 10 2 4 6 13 SASK: Val Marie 22
Mike Bossy F 80 69 57 126 25 63 10 6 2 8 2 PQ: Montreal 21
Denis Potvin D 73 31 70 101 58 71 10 4 7 11 8 PQ: Hull 24
Clark Gillies F 75 35 56 91 68 57 10 1 2 3 11 SASK: Moose Jaw 24
Stefan Persson D 78 10 56 66 57 38 10 0 4 4 8 Sweden: Umea 23
Bob Bourne C 80 30 31 61 48 34 10 1 3 4 6 SASK: Netherhill 24
John Tonelli C 73 17 39 56 44 29 10 1 6 7 0 ONT: Milton 21
Billy Harris R 80 15 39 54 18 26 10 2 1 3 10 ONT: Toronto 26
Wayne Merrick C 75 20 21 41 24 13 10 2 3 5 2 ONT: Sarnia 26
Bob Nystrom R 78 19 20 39 113 19 10 3 2 5 4 Sweden: Stockholm 25
Mike Kaszycki F 71 16 18 34 37 7 10 1 3 4 4 ONT: Milton 22
Lorne Henning C 73 13 20 33 14 17 10 2 0 2 0 SASK: Melfort 26
Garry Howatt L 75 16 12 28 205 6 9 0 1 1 18 ALTA: Glendon 25
Dave Lewis D 79 5 18 23 43 43 10 0 0 0 4 SASK: Kindersley 25
Bob Lorimer D 67 3 18 21 42 27 10 1 3 4 15 ONT: Toronto 25
Ed Westfall R 55 5 11 16 4 0 6 1 2 3 0 ONT: Belleville 37
Gerry Hart D 50 2 14 16 78 30 9 0 2 2 10 MAN: Flin Flon 30
Pat Price D 55 3 11 14 50 18 7 0 1 1 25 BC: Nelson 23
Bert Marshall D 45 1 8 9 29 9 -- -- -- -- -- BC: Kamloops 34
Richie Hansen C 12 1 6 7 4 9 -- -- -- -- -- NY: Northport 22
Billy Smith G 40 0 2 2 54 0 5 0 0 0 4 ONT: Perth 27
Glenn "Chico" Resch G 43 0 2 2 6 0 -- -- -- -- -- SASK: Moose Jaw 30
Hector Marini F 1 0 0 0 2 -2 1 0 0 0 0 ONT: Timmins 21
Steve Tambellini C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 -- -- -- -- -- BC: Trail 20
Mike Hordy D 2 0 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Thunder Bay 21
Alex McKendry F 4 0 0 0 0 -1 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Midland 21
Bench 80 0 0 0 4 0 -- -- -- -- --
Totals 358 616 974 1077

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Goalies
Player NameGPMinGAGAAWLTSvsPctENSO
Glenn "Chico" Resch4325391062.502671002
Billy Smith4022611082.87258401