NHL Defensemen Totals by Birth State, 1977‑78 Stats

Rk	State	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Minnesota	7	312	31	101	132	382	10	1	6
2	Massachusetts	3	145	10	35	45	236	0	0	0
3	District of Columbia	1	72	5	21	26	37	1	2	1
4	Illinois	2	82	1	24	25	100	0	0	0
5	Texas	1	69	3	14	17	77	0	0	0
6	New York	1	40	2	15	17	23	1	0	0
7	Missouri	1	6	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
8	California	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Percentage of Defenseman Birth States in 1977‑78 NHL

Rk	State	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Minnesota	41.2%	42.9%	59.6%	48.1%	50.4%	43.6%	83.3%	33.3%	85.7%
2	Massachusetts	17.6%	19.9%	19.2%	16.7%	17.2%	26.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
3	District of Columbia	5.9%	9.9%	9.6%	10.0%	9.9%	4.2%	8.3%	66.7%	14.3%
4	Illinois	11.8%	11.3%	1.9%	11.4%	9.5%	11.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
5	Texas	5.9%	9.5%	5.8%	6.7%	6.5%	8.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
6	New York	5.9%	5.5%	3.8%	7.1%	6.5%	2.6%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%
7	Missouri	5.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
8	California	5.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Current season NHL stats last updated: May 19, 2013