1978–79 New York Rangers season

1978–79 New York Rangers
Division 3rd Patrick
Conference 3rd Campbell
1978–79 record 40–29–11
Goals for 316
Goals against 292
Team information
General Manager Fred Shero
Coach Fred Shero
Captain Dave Maloney
Alternate captains None
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Phil Esposito (42)
Assists Anders Hedberg (46)
Points Anders Hedberg (79)
Penalties in minutes Nick Fotiu (190)
Wins John Davidson (20)
Goals against average John Davidson (3.52)
<1977–78 1979–80>

The 1978–79 New York Rangers season was the 53rd season for the franchise. The highlight of the season was participating in the Stanley Cup Finals, as the Rangers played 12 consecutive playoff games without losing in regulation.

Offseason

The Rangers fired their general manager John Ferguson and head coach Jean-Guy Talbot, replacing them with former Philadelphia Flyers and two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach Fred Shero.

The Rangers chose Don Maloney with their first pick, in the second-round, 26th over-all. Maloney was the younger brother of Dave Maloney, a defenceman with the Rangers. Don Maloney would get into 28 games for the Rangers that season.

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Islanders 80 51 15 14 358 214 116
Philadelphia Flyers 80 40 25 15 281 248 95
New York Rangers 80 40 29 11 316 292 91
Atlanta Flames 80 41 31 8 327 280 90

Schedule and results

1978-79 Game Log

Season Summary

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

The Rangers faced the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, who were making their fourth straight Stanley Cup Finals appearance. It was the Rangers' first appearance in the finals since the 1972 Stanley Cup Finals. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.

Key:      Win      Loss

1979 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg 80 33 46 79 33
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito 80 42 36 78 37
Hickey, PatPat Hickey 80 34 41 75 56
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson 59 27 39 66 21
Duguay, RonRon Duguay 79 27 36 63 35
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen 80 20 38 58 35
Greschner, RonRon Greschner 60 17 36 53 66
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers 66 13 34 47 24
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais 77 8 37 45 86
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk 77 15 27 42 38
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch 40 15 21 36 6
Plante, PierrePierre Plante 70 6 25 31 37
Marois, MarioMario Marois 71 5 26 31 153
Talafous, DeanDean Talafous 68 13 16 29 29
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois 62 11 17 28 26
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney 76 11 17 28 151
Maloney, DonDon Maloney 28 9 17 26 39
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish 71 1 19 20 61
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone 30 5 3 8 27
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu 71 3 5 8 190
Polis, GregGreg Polis 6 1 1 2 8
Clark, DanDan Clark 4 0 1 1 6
Korney, MikeMike Korney 18 0 1 1 18
Bothwell, TimTim Bothwell 1 0 0 0 2
McDougall, MikeMike McDougall 1 0 0 0 0
Turner, DeanDean Turner 1 0 0 0 0
Beaton, FrankFrank Beaton 2 0 0 0 0
Dore, AndreAndre Dore 2 0 0 0 0

Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Maloney, DonDon Maloney 18 7 13 20 19
Esposito, PhilPhil Esposito 18 8 12 20 20
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen 18 2 11 13 8
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch 18 7 5 12 12
Greschner, RonRon Greschner 18 7 5 12 16
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk 18 4 7 11 10
Vadnais, CarolCarol Vadnais 18 2 9 11 13
Duguay, RonRon Duguay 18 5 4 9 11
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg 18 4 5 9 12
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers 18 5 3 8 13
Hickey, PatPat Hickey 18 1 7 8 6
Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan 15 4 3 7 8
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney 17 3 4 7 45
Marois, MarioMario Marois 18 0 6 6 29
Plante, PierrePierre Plante 18 0 6 6 20
Johnstone, EdEd Johnstone 17 5 0 5 10
Farrish, DaveDave Farrish 7 0 2 2 14
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois 9 2 0 2 4
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu 4 0 0 0 6
Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson 2 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson 39 2232 20 12 5 131 3.52 0
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas 31 1668 15 10 3 101 3.63 1
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert 17 900 5 7 3 57 3.80 0
Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SO
Davidson, JohnJohn Davidson 18 1106 11 7 42 2.28 1

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 26 Don Maloney LW  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
3 43 Ray Markham C  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
3 44 Dean Turner D  United States University of Michigan (NCAA)
4 59 Dave Silk RW  United States Boston University (NCAA)
4 60 Andre Dore D  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5 76 Mike McDougall RW  United States Port Huron Flags (IHL)
6 93 Tom Laidlaw D  Canada Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
7 110 Dan Clark D  Canada Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
8 127 Greg Kostenko D  Canada Ohio State University (NCAA)
9 144 Brian McDavid D  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
10 161 Mark Rodrigues G  United States Yale University (NCAA)
11 176 Steve Weeks G  Canada Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
12 192 Pierre Daigneault LW  Canada Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
13 206 Chris McLaughlin D  United States Dartmouth College (NCAA)
14 217 Todd Johnson C  United States Boston University (NCAA)
15 223 Dan McCarthy C  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHA)

References

  1. "1978-79 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
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