1978-79 NHL Births

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League Champion: Montreal Canadiens

Vezina Trophy: Ken Dryden (30-10-7, 2.30 GAA), Michel Larocque (22-7-4, 2.84 GAA)

Calder Memorial Trophy: Bobby Smith (30 G, 44 A, 74 P)

Hart Memorial Trophy: Bryan Trottier (47 G, 87 A, 134 P)

Assists Leaders: Bryan Trottier (87)

Points Leaders: Bryan Trottier (134)

Goals Leaders: Mike Bossy (69)

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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	Bobby Allen	1978-11-14		2003	2008	D	51	0	3	3	-3	12
2	Jorge Alves	1979-01-30		2017	2017	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0.00
3	Denis Arkhipov	1979-05-19		2001	2007	C	352	56	82	138	-51	128
4	Tyler Arnason	1979-03-16		2002	2009	C	487	88	157	245	-33	140
5	Keith Aucoin	1978-11-06		2006	2014	C	145	17	32	49	3	22
6	Chris Bala	1978-09-24		2002	2002	LW	6	0	1	1	1	0
7	Maxim Balmochnykh	1979-03-07		2000	2000	LW	6	0	1	1	2	2
8	Scott Barney	1979-03-27		2003	2006	C	27	5	6	11	1	4
9	Rick Berry	1978-11-04		2001	2004	D	197	2	13	15	-6	314
10	Karel Bětík	1978-10-28		1999	1999	D	3	0	2	2	-3	2
11	Jiří Bicek	1978-12-03		2001	2004	RW	62	6	7	13	6	29
12	Mike Bishai	1979-05-30		2004	2004	C	14	0	2	2	0	19
13	Ryan Bonni	1979-02-18		2000	2000	D	3	0	0	0	-1	0
14	Nick Boynton	1979-01-14		2000	2011	D	605	34	110	144	19	862
15	Eric Brewer	1979-04-17		1999	2015	D	1009	77	194	271	-99	792
16	Mike Brown	1979-04-27		2001	2006	LW	34	1	2	3	1	130
17	Yuri Butsayev	1978-10-11		2000	2003	LW	99	10	4	14	-13	28
18	Kyle Calder	1979-01-05		2000	2010	LW	590	114	180	294	-71	309
19	Brian Campbell	1979-05-23		2000	2017	D	1082	87	417	504	63	277
20	Jason Chimera	1979-05-02		2001	2018	LW	1107	186	229	415	-31	892
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Noah Clarke	1979-06-11		2004	2008	LW	21	3	1	4	-5	4
22	Daniel Cleary	1978-12-18		1998	2015	RW	938	165	222	387	6	492
23	Erik Cole	1978-11-06		2002	2015	LW	892	265	267	532	-7	659
24	Kevin Colley	1979-01-04		2006	2006	C	16	0	0	0	-2	52
25	Matt Cooke	1978-09-07		1999	2015	C	1046	167	231	398	61	1135
26	Carl Corazzini	1979-04-21		2004	2007	C	19	2	1	3	2	2
27	Chris Corrinet	1978-10-29		2002	2002	RW	8	0	1	1	-4	6
28	Mark Cullen	1978-10-28		2006	2012	C	38	7	10	17	6	4
29	Jean-François Damphousse	1979-07-21		2002	2002	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	.896	2.45
30	Niko Dimitrakos	1979-05-21		2003	2007	RW	158	24	38	62	-1	95
31	Joe DiPenta	1979-02-25		2003	2008	D	174	6	17	23	15	110
32	Tomáš Divíšek	1979-07-19		2001	2002	C	5	1	0	1	0	0
33	Kevin Doell	1979-07-15		2008	2008	C	8	0	1	1	-2	4
34	Róbert Döme	1979-01-29		1998	2003	RW	53	7	7	14	0	12
35	Harold Druken	1979-01-26		2000	2004	C	146	27	36	63	18	36
36	Wade Dubielewicz	1979-01-30		2004	2010	G	43	0	0	0	0	0	43	18	16	2	.914	2.65
37	Pascal Dupuis	1979-04-07		2001	2016	LW	871	190	219	409	63	387
38	Benoît Dusablon	1979-08-01		2004	2004	C	3	0	0	0	-1	2
39	Jim Fahey	1979-05-11		2003	2007	D	92	1	24	25	-16	67
40	Mike Farrell	1978-10-20		2002	2004	RW	13	0	0	0	0	2
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Todd Fedoruk	1979-02-13		2001	2010	LW	545	32	65	97	-27	1050
42	Ruslan Fedotenko	1979-01-18		2001	2013	LW	863	173	193	366	25	472
43	Andrew Ference	1979-03-17		2000	2016	D	907	43	182	225	-33	753
44	Brad Ference	1979-04-02		2000	2007	D	250	4	30	34	-44	565
45	Jean-François Fortin	1979-03-15		2002	2004	D	71	1	4	5	-4	42
46	Kyle Freadrich	1978-12-28		2000	2001	LW	23	0	1	1	-2	75
47	Steve Gainey	1979-01-26		2001	2006	LW	33	0	2	2	-3	34
48	Trevor Gillies	1979-01-30		2006	2012	LW	57	2	1	3	-6	261
49	Brian Gionta	1979-01-18		2002	2018	RW	1026	291	304	595	35	377
50	Jeff Giuliano	1979-06-20		2006	2008	LW	101	3	10	13	-9	40
51	Sascha Goc	1979-04-14		2001	2002	D	22	0	0	0	5	4
52	Mike Green	1979-08-23		2004	2004	C	24	1	3	4	0	4
53	Stanislav Gron	1978-10-28		2001	2001	RW	1	0	0	0	1	0
54	Derek Gustafson	1979-06-21		2001	2002	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	.904	2.27
55	Scott Hannan	1979-01-23		1999	2015	D	1055	38	179	217	2	625
56	Jay Henderson	1978-09-17		1999	2001	LW	33	1	3	4	-1	37
57	Burke Henry	1979-01-21		2003	2004	D	39	2	6	8	-13	33
58	Michael Holmqvist	1979-06-08		2004	2007	C	156	18	17	35	-25	72
59	Shawn Horcoff	1978-09-17		2001	2016	C	1008	186	325	511	-27	624
60	Marián Hossa	1979-01-12		1998	2017	RW	1309	525	609	1134	245	628
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Kristian Huselius	1978-11-10		2002	2012	LW	662	190	261	451	-16	256
62	Kent Huskins	1979-05-04		2007	2013	D	318	13	55	68	46	173
63	Matt Hussey	1979-05-28		2004	2007	C	21	2	2	4	-6	2
64	Raitis Ivanāns	1979-01-03		2006	2012	LW	282	12	6	18	-41	569
65	Olli Jokinen	1978-12-05		1998	2015	C	1231	321	429	750	-132	1071
66	Ty Jones	1979-02-22		1999	2004	RW	14	0	0	0	-1	19
67	Pat Kavanagh	1979-03-14		2003	2006	RW	14	2	0	2	0	4
68	Vitali Kolesnik	1979-08-20		2006	2006	G	8	0	1	1	0	2	8	3	3	0	.888	3.24
69	Tom Kostopoulos	1979-01-24		2002	2013	RW	630	61	96	157	-48	723
70	Aleš Kotalík	1978-12-23		2002	2011	RW	542	136	148	284	-46	348
71	Quintin Laing	1979-06-08		2004	2010	LW	79	3	8	11	8	31
72	Ján Lašák	1979-04-10		2002	2003	G	6	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	4	0	.874	4.04
73	Patrick Leahy	1979-06-09		2004	2007	RW	50	4	4	8	-1	19
74	Per Ledin	1978-09-14		2009	2009	LW	3	0	0	0	-1	2
75	Brad Leeb	1979-08-27		2000	2004	RW	5	0	0	0	-2	2
76	Francis Lessard	1979-05-30		2002	2011	RW	115	1	3	4	-6	346
77	Roberto Luongo	1979-04-04		2000	2019	G	1044	0	23	23	0	46	1044	489	392	124	.919	2.52
78	Roman Lyashenko	1979-05-02	2003-07-06	2000	2003	C	139	14	9	23	-7	55
79	Jeff MacMillan	1979-03-30		2004	2004	D	4	0	0	0	-2	0
80	Adam Mair	1979-02-15		2000	2011	C	615	38	76	114	-26	829
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Paul Manning	1979-04-15		2003	2003	D	8	0	0	0	0	2
82	Andrei Markov	1978-12-20		2001	2017	D	990	119	453	572	64	505
83	Kent McDonell	1979-03-01		2003	2004	RW	32	1	2	3	-8	36
84	Josef Melichar	1979-01-20		2001	2009	D	349	7	42	49	-26	300
85	Petr Míka	1979-02-12		2000	2000	LW	3	0	0	0	-1	0
86	Graham Mink	1979-05-21		2004	2009	RW	7	0	0	0	-1	2
87	Steve Moore	1978-09-22		2002	2004	C	69	5	7	12	-9	41
88	Brad Moran	1979-03-20		2002	2007	C	8	1	2	3	-1	4
89	Mike Morrison	1979-07-11		2006	2007	G	29	0	1	1	0	2	29	11	7	3	.871	3.28
90	Brenden Morrow	1979-01-16		2000	2015	LW	991	265	310	575	107	1362
91	Ladislav Nagy	1979-06-01		2000	2008	LW	435	115	196	311	35	358
92	Chris Neil	1979-06-18		2002	2017	RW	1026	112	138	250	-19	2522
93	Niklas Nordgren	1979-06-28		2006	2006	LW	58	4	2	6	-8	34
94	Mika Noronen	1979-06-17		2001	2006	G	71	1	0	1	0	4	71	23	32	6	.901	2.68
95	Ivan Novoseltsev	1979-01-23		2000	2004	RW	234	31	44	75	-47	112
96	Lawrence Nycholat	1979-05-07		2004	2009	D	50	2	7	9	-3	24
97	Jed Ortmeyer	1978-09-03		2004	2012	C	345	22	31	53	-14	161
98	Serge Payer	1979-05-07		2001	2007	C	124	7	6	13	-7	49
99	Toby Petersen	1978-10-27		2001	2013	C	398	33	48	81	-40	50
100	Kamil Piroš	1978-11-20		2002	2004	C	28	4	4	8	-2	10
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
101	Václav Pletka	1979-06-08		2002	2002	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
102	John Pohl	1979-06-29		2004	2008	C	115	17	21	38	-8	24
103	Jame Pollock	1979-06-16		2004	2004	D	9	0	0	0	-1	6
104	Marek Posmyk	1978-09-15		2000	2001	D	19	1	2	3	0	20
105	Tom Preissing	1978-12-03		2004	2010	D	326	31	101	132	46	78
106	Karel Rachůnek	1979-08-27	2011-09-07	2000	2008	D	371	22	118	140	49	227
107	Ryan Ready	1978-11-07		2006	2006	LW	7	0	1	1	0	0
108	Jeremy Reich	1979-02-11		2004	2008	LW	99	2	4	6	-18	161
109	Michel Riesen	1979-04-11		2001	2001	RW	12	0	1	1	2	4
110	Patrick Rissmiller	1978-10-26		2004	2011	LW	192	18	28	46	-9	60
111	Michal Rozsíval	1978-09-03		2000	2017	D	963	68	241	309	83	704
112	Sergei Samsonov	1978-10-27		1998	2011	LW	888	235	336	571	11	209
113	Tommi Santala	1979-06-27		2004	2007	C	63	2	7	9	-7	46
114	Peter Sarno	1979-07-26		2004	2006	C	7	1	0	1	2	2
115	Petr Schastlivy	1979-04-18		2000	2004	LW	129	18	22	40	3	30
116	Robert Schnabel	1978-11-10		2002	2004	D	22	0	3	3	6	34
117	Rob Scuderi	1978-12-30		2004	2016	D	783	8	102	110	25	198
118	Nick Smith	1979-03-23		2002	2002	C	15	0	0	0	-1	0
119	Jerred Smithson	1979-02-04		2003	2014	C	606	39	57	96	-43	363
120	Peter Smrek	1979-02-16		2001	2002	D	28	2	4	6	-5	18
Rk	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
121	Marco Sturm	1978-09-08		1998	2012	LW	938	242	245	487	59	446
122	Mike Stutzel	1979-02-28		2004	2004	LW	9	0	0	0	-4	0
123	Petr Sýkora	1978-12-21		1999	2006	C	12	2	2	4	-1	6
124	Henrik Tallinder	1979-01-10		2002	2014	D	678	28	114	142	8	378
125	Joe Thornton	1979-07-02		1998	2022	C	1714	430	1109	1539	182	1272
126	Mathias Tjärnqvist	1979-04-15		2004	2008	RW	173	13	19	32	-8	60
127	Daniel Tkaczuk	1979-06-10		2001	2001	C	19	4	7	11	1	14
128	Nikos Tselios	1979-01-20		2002	2002	D	2	0	0	0	-2	6
129	Mike Van Ryn	1979-05-14		2001	2009	D	353	30	99	129	5	260
130	Jason Ward	1979-01-16		2000	2009	RW	336	36	45	81	-29	171
131	Erik Westrum	1979-07-26		2004	2007	C	27	1	2	3	-4	22
132	Matthew Yeats	1979-04-06		2004	2004	G	5	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	3	0	.908	3.03
133	Jeff Zehr	1978-12-10		2000	2000	LW	4	0	0	0	-1	2

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