1977-78 NHL Debuts

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League Champion: Montreal Canadiens

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

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

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

Assists Leaders: Bryan Trottier (77)

Points Leaders: Guy Lafleur (132)

Goals Leaders: Guy Lafleur (60)

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Debuts

Debuts Table
									Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	Jeff Allan	20-319d	1978-04-01	CLE	1957-05-17	1978	1978	D	4	0	0	0	0	2
2	John Anderson	20-251d	1977-12-04	TOR	1957-03-28	1978	1989	RW	814	282	349	631	3	261
3	Kent-Erik Andersson	26-141d	1977-10-12	MNS	1951-05-24	1978	1984	RW	456	72	103	175	-10	78
4	Hardy Åström	26-333d	1978-02-25	NYR	1951-03-29	1978	1981	G	83	0	1	1	0	8	83	17	44	12	.871	3.75
5	John Baby	20-150d	1977-10-15	CLE	1957-05-18	1978	1979	D	26	2	8	10	-12	26
6	Murray Bannerman	20-283d	1978-02-04	VAN	1957-04-27	1978	1987	G	289	0	10	10	0	37	289	116	125	33	.880	3.84
7	Barry Beck	20-133d	1977-10-14	CLR	1957-06-03	1978	1990	D	615	104	251	355	31	1016
8	Jim Bedard	21-018d	1977-12-02	WSH	1956-11-14	1978	1979	G	73	0	2	2	0	10	73	17	40	13	.872	3.95
9	Alain Belanger	22-014d	1978-02-01	TOR	1956-01-18	1978	1978	RW	9	0	1	1	0	6
10	Jim Boo	23-124d	1978-03-16	MNS	1954-11-12	1978	1978	D	6	0	0	0	-6	22
11	Mike Bossy	20-264d	1977-10-13	NYI	1957-01-22	1978	1987	RW	752	573	553	1126	380	210
12	Per-Olov Brasar	27-012d	1977-10-12	MNS	1950-09-30	1978	1982	LW	348	64	142	206	-10	33
13	Jack Brownschidle	22-010d	1977-10-12	STL	1955-10-02	1978	1986	D	494	39	162	201	-37	151
14	Nelson Burton	19-361d	1977-11-02	WSH	1957-11-06	1978	1979	LW	8	1	0	1	-5	21
15	Bill Butters	27-043d	1978-02-22	NEW	1951-01-10	1978	1979	D	72	1	4	5	-16	77
16	Tom Cassidy	25-211d	1977-10-12	PIT	1952-03-15	1978	1978	C	26	3	4	7	-4	15
17	Dan Chicoine	19-340d	1977-11-05	CLE	1957-11-30	1978	1980	RW	31	1	2	3	-12	12
18	Roland Cloutier	20-145d	1978-02-28	DET	1957-10-06	1978	1980	C	34	8	9	17	-1	2
19	Joe Contini	20-332d	1977-12-27	CLR	1957-01-29	1978	1981	C	68	17	21	38	-21	34
20	Mike Crombeen	20-179d	1977-10-12	CLE	1957-04-16	1978	1985	RW	475	55	68	123	-78	218
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Jim Cunningham	21-197d	1978-02-28	PHI	1956-08-15	1978	1978	LW	1	0	0	0	1	4
22	Tony Currie	20-101d	1978-02-21	STL	1957-11-12	1978	1985	RW	290	92	119	211	4	73
23	Kim Davis	20-092d	1978-01-31	PIT	1957-10-31	1978	1981	C	36	5	7	12	-10	51
24	Lucien DeBlois	20-113d	1977-10-12	NYR	1957-06-21	1978	1992	C	993	249	276	525	-170	814
25	Ron Duguay	20-098d	1977-10-12	NYR	1957-07-06	1978	1989	C/RW	864	274	346	620	-103	582
26	Richie Dunn	20-223d	1977-12-21	BUF	1957-05-12	1978	1989	D	483	36	140	176	10	314
27	Brian Engblom	22-079d	1977-10-24	MTL	1955-01-27	1978	1987	D	659	29	177	206	155	599
28	Mike Forbes	20-023d	1977-10-13	BOS	1957-09-20	1978	1982	D	50	1	11	12	5	41
29	Dwight Foster	20-194d	1977-10-13	BOS	1957-04-02	1978	1987	RW	541	111	163	274	-42	420
30	Greg Fox	24-157d	1978-01-16	ATF	1953-08-12	1978	1985	D	494	14	92	106	-27	637
31	Jamie Gallimore	20-080d	1978-02-16	MNS	1957-11-28	1978	1978	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	Jere Gillis	20-269d	1977-10-14	VAN	1957-01-18	1978	1987	LW	386	78	95	173	-61	230
33	Eddy Godin	20-240d	1977-11-24	WSH	1957-03-29	1978	1979	RW	27	3	6	9	-16	12
34	Benoit Gosselin	20-108d	1977-11-04	NYR	1957-07-19	1978	1978	LW	7	0	0	0	-3	33
35	Ron Grahame	27-130d	1977-10-15	BOS	1950-06-07	1978	1981	G	114	0	3	3	0	10	114	50	43	15	.866	3.80
36	Jim Hamilton	20-267d	1977-10-12	PIT	1957-01-18	1978	1985	RW	95	14	18	32	-10	28
37	Glen Hanlon	21-039d	1978-03-31	VAN	1957-02-20	1978	1991	G	476	0	11	11	0	210	476	167	202	61	.884	3.61
38	Greg Hickey	23-031d	1978-04-08	NYR	1955-03-08	1978	1978	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0
39	John Hilworth	20-143d	1977-10-13	DET	1957-05-23	1978	1980	D	57	1	1	2	-14	89
40	Bob Hoffmeyer	22-207d	1978-02-19	CBH	1955-07-27	1978	1985	D	198	14	52	66	-23	325
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Göran Högosta	23-200d	1977-11-01	NYI	1954-04-15	1978	1980	G	22	0	0	0	0	0	22	5	12	3	.870	4.15
42	Larry Hopkins	24-022d	1978-04-08	TOR	1954-03-17	1978	1983	LW	60	13	16	29	9	26
43	Dave Hoyda	20-148d	1977-10-15	PHI	1957-05-20	1978	1981	LW	132	6	17	23	-7	299
44	Pat Hughes	22-264d	1977-12-14	MTL	1955-03-25	1978	1987	RW	573	130	128	258	-24	646
45	Don Jackson	21-204d	1978-03-25	MNS	1956-09-02	1978	1987	D	315	16	52	68	78	640
46	Rick Jodzio	23-133d	1977-10-14	CLR	1954-06-03	1978	1978	LW	70	2	8	10	-14	71
47	Trevor Johansen	20-197d	1977-10-13	TOR	1957-03-30	1978	1982	D	286	11	46	57	-73	282
48	Jimmy Jones	24-284d	1977-10-13	TOR	1953-01-02	1978	1980	RW	148	13	18	31	3	68
49	Mike Kaszycki	21-228d	1977-10-13	NYI	1956-02-27	1978	1983	C	226	42	80	122	16	108
50	Mike Keating	21-008d	1978-01-29	NYR	1957-01-21	1978	1978	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0
51	Reg Kerr	19-361d	1977-10-12	CLE	1957-10-16	1978	1984	LW	263	66	94	160	-18	169
52	Peter Lee	21-331d	1977-11-29	PIT	1956-01-02	1978	1983	RW	431	114	131	245	-55	257
53	Mark Lofthouse	20-204d	1977-11-11	WSH	1957-04-21	1978	1983	RW/C	181	42	38	80	-25	73
54	Gilles Lupien	23-207d	1977-11-13	MTL	1954-04-20	1978	1982	D	226	5	25	30	42	416
55	Dean Magee	22-328d	1978-03-23	MNS	1955-04-29	1978	1978	LW	7	0	0	0	-3	4
56	Kris Manery	23-018d	1977-10-12	CLE	1954-09-24	1978	1981	C/RW	250	63	64	127	-61	91
57	Mario Marois	19-336d	1977-11-16	NYR	1957-12-15	1978	1992	D	956	76	357	433	6	1746
58	Brad Maxwell	20-096d	1977-10-12	MNS	1957-07-08	1978	1987	D	613	98	270	368	-83	1292
59	Bryan Maxwell	22-162d	1978-02-16	NEW	1955-09-07	1978	1985	D	330	18	77	95	-44	745
60	John McCahill	22-116d	1978-03-28	CLR	1955-12-02	1978	1978	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Kevin McCarthy	20-091d	1977-10-13	PHI	1957-07-14	1978	1987	D	537	67	191	258	-37	527
62	Dale McCourt	20-260d	1977-10-13	DET	1957-01-26	1978	1984	C	532	194	284	478	-67	124
63	Alex McKendry	21-131d	1978-04-01	NYI	1956-11-21	1978	1981	W	46	3	6	9	-7	21
64	Bob Miller	21-015d	1977-10-13	BOS	1956-09-28	1978	1985	C	404	75	119	194	-16	220
65	Perry Miller	25-111d	1977-10-13	DET	1952-06-24	1978	1981	D	217	10	51	61	-42	387
66	Pierre Mondou	21-159d	1977-10-12	MTL	1955-11-27	1978	1985	C	548	194	262	456	213	179
67	Václav Nedomanský	33-249d	1977-11-18	BRB	1944-03-14	1978	1983	RW	421	122	156	278	-94	88
68	Lou Nistico	24-287d	1977-11-08	CLR	1953-01-25	1978	1978	C	3	0	0	0	0	6
69	Mike O'Connell	22-093d	1978-02-26	CBH	1955-11-25	1978	1990	D	860	105	335	440	41	605
70	Robert Palmer	21-032d	1977-10-12	LAK	1956-09-10	1978	1984	D	320	9	101	110	-6	115
71	Stefan Persson	22-295d	1977-10-13	NYI	1954-12-22	1978	1986	D	622	52	317	369	176	574
72	Harold Phillipoff	21-091d	1977-10-13	ATF	1956-07-14	1978	1980	LW	141	26	57	83	25	267
73	Robert Picard	20-152d	1977-10-24	WSH	1957-05-25	1978	1990	D	899	104	319	423	-41	1025
74	Randy Pierce	19-364d	1977-11-22	CLR	1957-11-23	1978	1985	RW	277	62	76	138	-60	223
75	Rob Plumb	20-045d	1977-10-13	DET	1957-08-29	1978	1979	LW	14	3	2	5	-5	2
76	Mike Polich	24-130d	1977-12-17	MTL	1952-12-19	1978	1981	C/LW	226	24	29	53	-16	57
77	Wayne Ramsey	21-004d	1978-02-04	BUF	1957-01-31	1978	1978	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
78	Greg Redquest	21-232d	1978-03-19	PIT	1956-07-30	1978	1978	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.700	14.08
79	Darcy Regier	20-337d	1977-10-30	CLE	1956-11-27	1978	1984	D	26	0	2	2	-3	35
80	Jean Savard	20-170d	1977-10-13	CBH	1957-04-26	1978	1980	C	43	7	12	19	4	29
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Rod Schutt	21-062d	1977-12-14	MTL	1956-10-13	1978	1986	LW	286	77	92	169	-31	177
82	Ric Seiling	19-302d	1977-10-13	BUF	1957-12-15	1978	1987	RW/C	738	179	208	387	111	573
83	Tim Sheehy	29-076d	1977-11-18	BRB	1948-09-03	1978	1980	RW	27	2	1	3	-7	0
84	Steve Short	23-276d	1978-01-07	LAK	1954-04-06	1978	1979	LW	6	0	0	0	-5	2
85	John Smrke	21-229d	1977-10-12	STL	1956-02-25	1978	1980	LW	103	11	17	28	-28	33
86	Rick St. Croix	23-044d	1978-02-16	PHI	1955-01-03	1978	1985	G	131	0	2	2	0	2	131	49	54	18	.875	3.74
87	Bud Stefanski	22-346d	1978-04-09	NYR	1955-04-28	1978	1978	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0
88	Bill Stewart	20-023d	1977-10-29	BUF	1957-10-06	1978	1986	D	261	7	64	71	13	424
89	Dave Taylor	21-312d	1977-10-12	LAK	1955-12-04	1978	1994	RW	1111	431	638	1069	186	1589
90	Rick Vasko	20-337d	1977-12-15	DET	1957-01-12	1978	1981	D	31	3	7	10	-14	29
91	Sid Veysey	22-076d	1977-10-14	VAN	1955-07-30	1978	1978	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0
92	Doug Wilson	20-100d	1977-10-13	CBH	1957-07-05	1978	1993	D	1024	237	590	827	55	830
93	Ron Wilson	22-280d	1978-03-04	TOR	1955-05-28	1978	1988	D	177	26	67	93	-32	68
94	Paul Woods	22-184d	1977-10-13	DET	1955-04-12	1978	1984	LW	501	72	124	196	-60	276
95	Miles Zaharko	20-166d	1977-10-13	ATF	1957-04-30	1978	1982	D	129	5	32	37	8	84
96	Ron Zanussi	21-056d	1977-10-26	MNS	1956-08-31	1978	1982	RW	299	52	83	135	-21	373

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