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1978–79 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season

Field	Value
Season	1978–79
year	1978
Team	Detroit Red Wings
League	NHL
LeagueRank	15th
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	5th
Record	23–41–16
HomeRecord	15–17–8
RoadRecord	8–24–8
GoalsFor	252
GoalsAgainst	295
GeneralManager	Ted Lindsay
Coach	Bobby Kromm
Captain	Dennis Hextall
Nick Libett and
Paul Woods
Arena	Detroit Olympia
GoalsLeader	Václav Nedomanský (38)
AssistsLeader	Reed Larson (49)
PointsLeader	Vaclav Nedomansky (73)
PIMLeader	Dennis Polonich (208)
WinsLeader	Jim Rutherford (13)
GAALeader	Jim Rutherford (3.27)
prev_season	[1977–78](1977-78-detroit-red-wings-season)
next_season	[1979–80](1979-80-detroit-red-wings-season)

Nick Libett and Paul Woods The 1978–79 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 47th season and 53rd overall for the franchise. It is the last full season at the Detroit Olympia for the team. A year later, they would move to the newly built Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings did not qualify for the playoffs despite qualifying the previous year.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 11, 1978||4–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 14, 1978||1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 15, 1978||3–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||1–2–0 |- |4||T||October 18, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1978–79) ||1–2–1 |- |5||T||October 19, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1978–79) ||1–2–2 |- |6||T||October 21, 1978||4–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) ||1–2–3 |- |7||W||October 25, 1978||5–4 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||2–2–3 |- |8||W||October 27, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) ||3–2–3 |- |9||W||October 28, 1978||7–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) ||4–2–3

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	80	38	35	73	19	-13	13	0	2
C	79	28	43	71	14	-27	14	2	3
D	79	18	49	67	169	-20	6	2	0
LW	70	23	31	54	26	-28	8	0	3
C	76	18	31	49	124	-31	4	1	1
LW	78	19	19	38	8	-17	7	0	3
LW	80	14	23	37	59	-26	1	3	1
LW	68	15	19	34	20	4	3	1	0
D	68	7	24	31	114	-25	4	0	2
LW	56	16	13	29	14	-9	3	0	4
D	75	5	23	28	156	-13	3	0	1
D	68	10	17	27	64	-25	3	1	1
C/RW	62	10	12	22	208	-10	1	0	0
C	19	6	6	12	2	0	1	0	1
LW	20	4	8	12	33	3	2	0	0
C	29	5	6	11	0	1	1	0	0
LW	40	4	7	11	20	-4	0	0	0
C	36	2	9	11	8	-6	1	0	0
C	18	4	6	10	4	-5	1	0	1
C	24	2	6	8	4	-7	2	0	0
D	52	2	4	6	72	-9	0	0	0
D	51	0	6	6	58	-3	0	0	0
D	20	0	4	4	6	-8	0	0	0
D	9	0	3	3	8	1	0	0	0
D	37	1	1	2	66	-13	0	0	0
LW	7	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
D	13	0	2	2	6	-7	0	0	0
G	32	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
D	15	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
G	50	0	1	1	21	0	0	0	0
LW	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
D	11	0	0	0	26	-1	0	0	0
C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	1892	32	13	14	5	103	3.27	1
	2908	50	10	27	11	189	3.90	0
Team:	4800	80	23	41	16	292	3.65	1

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;

  MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;

Draft picks

Detroit's draft picks at the 1978 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Ladislav Svozil was the first Czechoslovak player drafted in the history of the NHL Draft. The Red Wings selected Svozil with their 14th pick in the 1978 Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	Willie Huber	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
1	12	Brent Peterson	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WCHL)
2	28	Glenn Hicks	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
2	31	Al Jensen	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
3	53	Doug Derkson	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
4	62	Bjorn Skaare		Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
5	78	Ted Nolan	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
6	95	Sylvain Locas	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
7	112	Wes George	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
8	129	John Barrett	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
9	146	Jim Malazdrewicz	Canada	St. Boniface Saints (MJHL)
10	163	Geoff Shaw	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
11	178	Carl Van Harrewyn	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
12	194	Ladislav Svozil		HC Vitkovice (Czechoslovakia)
13	208	Tom Bailey	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
14	219	Larry Lozinski	Canada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
15	224	Randy Betty	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
16	226	Brian Crawley	Canada	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
17	228	Doug Feasby	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)

References

"1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Schedule".
"1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 46, James Duplacey, JG Press, {{ISBN. 978-1-57215-037-9

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