1977-78 NHL Births

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League Champion: Montreal Canadiens

Vezina Trophy: Ken Dryden (37-7-7, 2.05 GAA), Michel Larocque (22-3-4, 2.67 GAA)

Calder Memorial Trophy: Mike Bossy (53 G, 38 A, 91 P)

Hart Memorial Trophy: Guy Lafleur (60 G, 72 A, 132 P)

Points Leaders: Guy Lafleur (132)

Assists Leaders: Bryan Trottier (77)

Goals Leaders: Guy Lafleur (60)

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Listing births between Sept. 1 before the season began, and Aug. 31 following the season's end.

Births

Births Table
							Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	David Aebischer	1978-02-07		2001	2008	G	214	0	5	5	0	30	214	106	74	17	.912	2.52
2	Johnathan Aitken	1978-05-24		2000	2004	D	44	0	1	1	-12	70
3	Chris Allen	1978-05-08		1998	1999	D	2	0	0	0	1	2
4	Arron Asham	1978-04-13		1999	2014	RW	789	94	114	208	-42	1004
5	Yuri Babenko	1978-01-02		2001	2001	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	Niklas Bäckström	1978-02-13		2007	2016	G	413	0	5	5	0	22	413	196	144	50	.914	2.49
7	Steve Bégin	1978-06-14		1998	2013	C	524	56	52	108	-21	561
8	Éric Bélanger	1977-12-16		2001	2013	C	820	138	220	358	-24	361
9	Francis Bélanger	1978-01-15		2001	2001	LW	10	0	0	0	-3	29
10	Blake Bellefeuille	1977-12-27		2002	2003	C	5	0	1	1	1	0
11	Jesse Boulerice	1978-08-10		2002	2009	RW	172	8	2	10	-17	333
12	Josef Boumedienne	1978-01-12		2002	2004	D	47	4	12	16	-13	36
13	Matt Bradley	1978-06-13		2001	2012	RW	675	59	90	149	-19	562
14	Daniel Brière	1977-10-06		1998	2015	C	973	307	389	696	-24	744
15	Wade Brookbank	1977-09-29		2004	2009	D	127	6	3	9	5	345
16	Jan Bulis	1978-03-18		1998	2007	C	552	96	149	245	-3	268
17	Ryan Christie	1978-07-03		2000	2002	LW	7	0	0	0	-2	0
18	Ivan Čiernik	1977-10-30		1998	2004	RW	89	12	14	26	9	32
19	Marián Cisár	1978-02-25		2000	2002	RW	73	13	17	30	-12	57
20	Dale Clarke	1978-03-23		2001	2001	D	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Ben Clymer	1978-04-11		2000	2007	RW	438	52	77	129	-64	367
22	Rob Collins	1978-03-15		2006	2006	C	8	1	1	2	1	0
23	Daniel Corso	1978-04-03		2001	2004	C	77	14	11	25	0	20
24	Pierre Dagenais	1978-03-04		2001	2006	RW	142	35	23	58	0	58
25	Pavel Datsyuk	1978-07-20		2002	2016	C	953	314	604	918	249	228
26	Brad DeFauw	1977-11-10		2003	2003	LW	9	3	0	3	-2	2
27	Matthieu Descoteaux	1977-09-23		2001	2001	D	5	1	1	2	-2	4
28	Boyd Devereaux	1978-04-16		1998	2009	C	627	67	112	179	5	205
29	J.P. Dumont	1978-04-01		1999	2011	RW	822	214	309	523	-2	364
30	Gordie Dwyer	1978-01-25		2000	2004	LW	108	0	5	5	-20	394
31	Robert Esche	1978-01-22		1999	2007	G	186	0	8	8	0	65	186	78	64	22	.899	2.75
32	Jeff Farkas	1978-01-24		2001	2003	RW	11	0	2	2	-1	6
33	Jesse Fibiger	1978-04-04		2003	2003	D	16	0	0	0	-5	2
34	Dan Focht	1977-12-31		2002	2004	D	82	2	6	8	-32	145
35	Tyrone Garner	1978-07-27		1999	1999	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	.838	5.18
36	Mathieu Garon	1978-01-09		2001	2013	G	341	0	7	7	0	28	341	144	131	31	.903	2.83
37	Lee Goren	1977-12-26		2001	2007	RW	67	5	4	9	-16	44
38	David Gove	1978-05-04	2017-04-05	2006	2007	C/RW	2	0	1	1	2	0
39	Josh Green	1977-11-16		1999	2012	LW	341	36	40	76	-16	206
40	Ben Guite	1978-07-17		2006	2010	RW	175	19	26	45	-4	97
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Chris Hajt	1978-07-05		2001	2004	D	6	0	0	0	-1	2
42	Jeff Hamilton	1977-09-04		2004	2009	C	157	32	45	77	-10	44
43	Mark Hartigan	1977-10-15		2002	2008	C	102	19	11	30	-14	58
44	Pierre Hedin	1978-02-19		2004	2004	D	3	0	1	1	-1	0
45	Jonathan Hedström	1977-12-27		2003	2006	RW	83	13	14	27	1	48
46	Jan Hejda	1978-06-18		2007	2015	D	627	25	110	135	-7	317
47	Matt Higgins	1977-10-29		1998	2001	C	57	1	2	3	-11	6
48	Jeff Hoggan	1978-02-01		2006	2010	RW	107	2	9	11	-26	76
49	Josh Holden	1978-01-18		1999	2004	C	60	5	9	14	-10	16
50	Johan Holmqvist	1978-05-24		2001	2008	G	99	0	4	4	0	6	99	48	34	9	.890	2.99
51	Ric Jackman	1978-06-28		2000	2007	D	231	19	58	77	-54	166
52	Tomáš Kaberle	1978-03-02		1999	2013	D	984	87	476	563	17	260
53	Boyd Kane	1978-04-18		2004	2010	LW	31	0	3	3	-8	39
54	Niko Kapanen	1978-04-29		2002	2008	C	397	36	90	126	-25	160
55	Steve Kariya	1977-12-22		2000	2002	LW	65	9	18	27	6	32
56	Zenith Komarniski	1978-08-13		2000	2004	D	21	1	1	2	-1	10
57	Evgeny Korolev	1978-07-24		2000	2002	D	42	1	4	5	-10	20
58	Greg Kuznik	1978-06-12		2001	2001	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
59	Oleg Kvasha	1978-07-26		1999	2006	LW/C	493	81	136	217	0	335
60	Mario Larocque	1978-04-24		1999	1999	D	5	0	0	0	-4	16
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Mikko Lehtonen	1978-06-12		2007	2007	D	15	1	2	3	0	8
62	Richard Lintner	1977-11-15		2000	2003	D	112	8	12	20	-18	54
63	Toni Lydman	1977-09-25		2001	2013	D	847	36	206	242	45	551
64	Jay McKee	1977-09-08		1996	2010	D	802	21	104	125	55	622
65	Brett McLean	1978-08-14		2003	2009	C	385	56	106	162	-28	204
66	Derek Morris	1978-08-24		1998	2014	D	1107	92	332	424	-44	1004
67	Mike Mottau	1978-03-19		2001	2014	D	321	7	51	58	-16	164
68	Cory Murphy	1978-02-13		2008	2010	D	91	9	27	36	-6	38
69	Antti-Jussi Niemi	1977-09-22		2001	2002	D	29	1	1	2	-7	22
70	Marcus Nilson	1978-03-01		1999	2008	LW	521	67	101	168	5	270
71	Samuel Påhlsson	1977-12-17		2001	2012	C	798	68	131	199	-70	356
72	Scott Parker	1978-01-29		1999	2008	RW	308	7	14	21	4	699
73	Jeff Paul	1978-03-01		2003	2003	D	2	0	0	0	0	7
74	Jean-Marc Pelletier	1978-03-04		1999	2004	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	4	0	.857	3.90
75	Chris Phillips	1978-03-09		1998	2015	D	1179	71	217	288	68	756
76	Karel Pilař	1977-12-23		2002	2004	D	90	6	24	30	-2	42
77	Andrej Podkonický	1978-05-09		2001	2004	C	8	1	0	1	-1	2
78	Peter Ratchuk	1977-09-10		1999	2001	D	32	1	1	2	-2	10
79	Travis Roche	1978-06-17		2001	2007	D	60	6	14	20	-2	24
80	Rémi Royer	1978-02-12		1999	1999	D	18	0	0	0	-10	67
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Cody Rudkowsky	1978-07-21		2003	2003	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
82	Mark Rycroft	1978-07-12		2002	2007	RW	226	21	25	46	-9	113
83	Cory Sarich	1978-08-16		1999	2014	D	969	21	137	158	-9	1089
84	Richard Scott	1978-08-01		2002	2004	LW	10	0	0	0	0	28
85	Cam Severson	1978-01-15		2003	2006	LW	37	3	0	3	-3	63
86	Jon Sim	1977-09-29		1999	2011	LW	469	75	64	139	-43	314
87	Ben Simon	1978-06-14		2002	2006	LW	81	3	1	4	-13	47
88	Pavel Skrbek	1978-08-09		1999	2002	D	12	0	0	0	1	8
89	Mark Smith	1977-10-24		2001	2008	C	377	23	47	70	-10	457
90	Dan Snyder	1978-02-23	2003-10-05	2001	2003	C	49	11	5	16	-7	64
91	Martin Sonnenberg	1978-01-23		1999	2004	LW	63	2	3	5	-4	21
92	Mark Streit	1977-12-11		2006	2018	D	786	96	338	434	-73	374
93	Brad Tapper	1978-04-28		2001	2003	RW	71	14	11	25	0	72
94	Joey Tetarenko	1978-03-03		2001	2004	RW	73	4	1	5	-7	176
95	Alexei Tezikov	1978-06-22	2020-07-16	1999	2002	D	30	1	1	2	-1	2
96	Sergei Varlamov	1978-07-21		1998	2003	LW	63	8	7	15	5	26
97	Alexei Vasiliev	1977-09-01		2000	2000	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2
98	Alexandre Volchkov	1977-09-25		2000	2000	C	3	0	0	0	-2	0
99	Jesse Wallin	1978-03-10		2000	2003	D	49	0	2	2	-5	34
100	Derrick Walser	1978-05-12		2002	2007	D	91	8	21	29	-18	56
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
101	Lance Ward	1978-06-02		2001	2004	D	209	4	12	16	-30	391
102	Mike Weaver	1978-05-02		2002	2015	D	633	8	89	97	-9	227
103	Duvie Westcott	1977-10-30		2002	2008	D	201	11	45	56	-42	299
104	Colin White	1977-12-12		2000	2012	D	797	21	108	129	74	869
105	Brian Willsie	1978-03-16		2000	2011	RW	381	52	57	109	-57	217
106	Dmitri Yakushin	1978-01-21		2000	2000	D	2	0	0	0	0	2
107	Mike York	1978-01-03		2000	2009	LW	579	127	195	322	-34	135
108	Thomas Ziegler	1978-06-09		2001	2001	RW	5	0	0	0	-2	0
109	Dainius Zubrus	1978-06-16		1997	2016	RW/C	1293	228	363	591	1	791
110	Andrei Zyuzin	1978-01-21		1998	2008	D	496	38	82	120	-40	446

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