NHL Defensemen Totals by Birth State, 1976‑77 Stats

Rk	State	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	GWG
1	Minnesota	5	237	23	80	103	205	9	4
2	Texas	1	79	6	27	33	79	0	2
3	Massachusetts	3	106	9	21	30	192	0	2
4	District of Columbia	1	74	3	19	22	21	0	1
5	New York	3	133	3	16	19	196	0	0
6	Illinois	1	71	3	15	18	100	1	2
7	Ohio	1	33	3	3	6	6	0	0
8	California	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	0

Percentage of Defenseman Birth States in 1976‑77 NHL

Rk	State	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Minnesota	31.3%	32.2%	46.0%	44.2%	44.6%	25.5%	90.0%	0.0%	36.4%
2	Texas	6.3%	10.7%	12.0%	14.9%	14.3%	9.8%	0.0%	0.0%	18.2%
3	Massachusetts	18.8%	14.4%	18.0%	11.6%	13.0%	23.9%	0.0%	0.0%	18.2%
4	District of Columbia	6.3%	10.1%	6.0%	10.5%	9.5%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%
5	New York	18.8%	18.1%	6.0%	8.8%	8.2%	24.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
6	Illinois	6.3%	9.7%	6.0%	8.3%	7.8%	12.4%	10.0%	0.0%	18.2%
7	Ohio	6.3%	4.5%	6.0%	1.7%	2.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
8	California	6.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Current season NHL stats last updated: May 23, 2013