New York Rangers 1978 - 79 Season Review

New York Rangers 1978 - 79 Season Review

New York Rangers 1978 - 79 Season

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New York Rangers 1978 - 79 Regular Season

Team	Games	Wins	Loses	Ties	Points	Goals For	Goals Against
New York Rangers	80	40	29	11	91	316	292

Finished third (3rd) in the league of the Campbell Conference

New York Rangers 1978 - 79 Playoffs

Team	Games	Wins	Loses	Ties	Goals For	Goals Against
New York Rangers	18	11	7	0	66	42

Lost League Final

New York Rangers 1978 - 79 Scoring

Name	Position	Games	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG
Anders Hedberg	R	80	33	45	78	33	19	6	0	0
Phil Esposito	C	80	42	36	78	37	-1	14	0	0
Pat Hickey	L	80	34	41	75	56	8	8	0	0
Ulf Nilsson	C	59	27	39	66	21	17	8	0	2
Ron Duguay	C	79	27	36	63	35	10	1	0	2
Mike McEwen	D	80	20	38	58	35	10	7	0	0
Ron Greschner	D	60	17	36	53	66	0	8	0	0
Steve Vickers	L	66	13	34	47	24	-7	4	0	0
Carol Vadnais	D	77	8	37	45	86	14	4	0	1
Walt Tkaczuk	C	77	15	27	42	38	20	4	0	0
Don Murdoch	R	40	15	22	37	6	-6	4	0	0
Pierre Plante	R	70	6	25	31	37	11	0	0	0
Mario Marois	D	71	5	26	31	153	18	1	0	0
Dean Talafous	R	68	13	16	29	29	5	2	0	2
Lucien DeBlois	R	62	11	17	28	26	-10	0	0	0
Dave Maloney	D	76	11	17	28	151	17	1	0	2
Don Maloney	L	28	9	17	26	39	4	3	0	0
Dave Farrish	D	71	1	19	20	61	-3	0	0	0
Eddie Johnstone	R	30	5	3	8	27	-5	0	0	0
Nick Fotiu	L	71	3	5	8	190	3	0	0	0
Greg Polis	L	6	1	1	2	8	1	0	0	0
Mike Korney	R	18	0	1	1	18	4	0	0	0
Dan Clark	D	4	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0
Tim Bothwell	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Dean Turner	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Wayne Thomas	G	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Davidson	G	39	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	17	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Sheehan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Dore	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McDougal	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Beaton	L	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

New York Rangers 1978 - 79 Goaltending

Name	Games	Min	W	L	T	GA	Empty Net	SH
John Davidson	39	2232	20	12	5	131	1	0
Doug Soetaert	17	900	5	7	3	57	2	0
Wayne Thomas	31	1668	15	10	3	101	0	1

Individual Post Season Scoring Statistics

Name	Position	Games	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG
Frank Beaton	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Bothwell	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Clark	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Davidson	G	18	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Lucien DeBlois	R	9	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	0
Andre Dore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Duguay	C	18	5	4	9	11	0	0	0	1
Phil Esposito	C	18	8	12	20	20	0	2	0	0
Dave Farrish	D	7	0	2	2	14	0	0	0	0
Nick Fotiu	L	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Ron Greschner	D	18	7	5	12	16	0	4	0	1
Anders Hedberg	R	18	4	5	9	12	0	0	0	1
Pat Hickey	L	18	1	7	8	6	0	0	0	0
Eddie Johnstone	R	17	5	0	5	10	0	0	0	1
Mike Korney	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Maloney	D	17	3	4	7	45	0	0	0	1
Don Maloney	L	18	7	13	20	19	0	0	0	0
Mario Marois	D	18	0	6	6	29	0	0	0	0
Mike McDougal	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McEwen	D	18	2	11	13	8	0	2	0	0
Don Murdoch	R	18	7	5	12	12	0	3	0	0
Ulf Nilsson	C	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pierre Plante	R	18	0	6	6	20	0	0	0	0
Greg Polis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Sheehan	C	15	4	3	7	8	0	1	0	0
Doug Soetaert	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Talafous	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Thomas	G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Tkaczuk	C	18	4	7	11	10	0	0	0	1
Dean Turner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carol Vadnais	D	18	2	9	11	13	0	0	0	0
Steve Vickers	L	18	5	3	8	13	0	1	0	0

Post Season Goaltending Statistics

Name	Games	Min	W	L	T	GA	Empty Net	SH
John Davidson	18	1106	11	7	0	42	0	1
Doug Soetaert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0