1979-80 Detroit Red Wings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 26-43-11 - 63 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Bobby Kromm (24-36-11)
Coach: Ted Lindsay (2-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1979-80 Detroit Red Wings RosterTeam Record: 26-43-11 - 63 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Norris Division
Coach: Bobby Kromm (24-36-11)
Coach: Ted Lindsay (2-7)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1979-80 Detroit Red Wings Results
The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 26 wins and 43 losses and 11 ties for 63 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Norris Division.
The Red Wings netted 268 goals and yielded 306. Mike Foligno scored 36 goals for Detroit, while Vaclav Nedomansky, Dale McCourt, Dan Labraaten and Errol Thompson each tallied 30 or more also. Dale McCourt contributed 51 assists. Rogie Vachon topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.61 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bobby Kromm and Ted Lindsay coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale McCourt | C | 80 | 30 | 51 | 81 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 200 | 15.0 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | R | 79 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 13 | -5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 235 | 14.9 |
| Mike Foligno | R | 80 | 36 | 35 | 71 | 109 | -2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 196 | 18.4 |
| Reed Larson | D | 80 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 101 | -7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 293 | 7.5 |
| Pete Mahovlich | C | 80 | 16 | 50 | 66 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 143 | 11.2 |
| Dan Labraaten | L | 76 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 152 | 19.7 |
| Errol Thompson | L | 77 | 34 | 14 | 48 | 22 | -10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 164 | 20.7 |
| Willie Huber | D | 76 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 164 | -26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 197 | 8.6 |
| John Ogrodnick | L | 41 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 8 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 6.6 |
| Paul Woods | L | 79 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 24 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 5.3 |
| Jim Korn | D | 63 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 108 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 8.6 |
| Barry Long | D | 80 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 38 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0.0 |
| Bill Hogaboam | C | 42 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Greg Joly | D | 59 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 45 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 6.0 |
| George Lyle | L | 27 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 17.1 |
| Danny Bolduc | R | 44 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11.5 |
| Dennis Sobchuk | C | 33 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Dennis Polonich | R | 66 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 127 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3.3 |
| Thommie Bergman | D | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Jean Hamel | D | 49 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 43 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Glenn Hicks | L | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 43 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Perry Miller | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 41 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Alex Pirus | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rejean Cloutier | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Schamehorn | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hilworth | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Rick Vasko | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Tom Webster | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jim Rutherford | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1438 | 268 | 424 | 692 | 1096 | -185 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 2389 | 11.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | 59 | 3474 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 209 | 3.61 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rutherford | 23 | 1326 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 4.16 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 301 | 3.76 | 0 |
