WHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 1978‑1979

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WHL defenseman scoring leaders in the 1978-1979 season.

Rk	Name	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP
1	Brad McCrimmon	19	D	66	24	74	98	139					0.364	1.121	1.485
2	Keith Brown	18	D	70	11	85	96	75					0.157	1.214	1.371
3	Craig Levie	19	D	69	29	63	92	200					0.420	0.913	1.333
4	Kevin Tendler	19	D	71	15	67	82	123					0.211	0.944	1.155
5	Dave Babych	17	D	67	20	59	79	63					0.299	0.881	1.179
6	Mike Perovich	19	D	62	15	58	73	170					0.242	0.935	1.177
7	Pete Steblyk	17	D	69	11	53	64	80					0.159	0.768	0.928
8	Dan Earley	19	D	71	9	55	64	149					0.127	0.775	0.901
9	Dave Falkenberg	19	D	72	11	42	53	234					0.153	0.583	0.736
10	Boris Fistric	18	D	64	15	37	52	460					0.234	0.578	0.813
11	Blake Wesley	19	D	69	10	42	52	292					0.145	0.609	0.754
12	Tim Lockridge	19	D	70	10	42	52	297					0.143	0.600	0.743
13	Wes Coulson	19	D	66	13	38	51	99					0.197	0.576	0.773
14	Ryan Hatfield	19	D	72	15	33	48	94					0.208	0.458	0.667
15	Darren Veitch	18	D	51	11	36	47	80					0.216	0.706	0.922
16	Ron Kolman	19	D	67	16	30	46	41					0.239	0.448	0.687
17	Jay Soleway	18	D	70	14	32	46	209					0.200	0.457	0.657
18	Todd Morton	19	D	65	5	39	44	126					0.077	0.600	0.677
19	Bruce Howes	18	D	65	13	30	43	116					0.200	0.462	0.662
20	Murray Brumwell	18	D	61	11	32	43	62					0.180	0.525	0.705
21	Lorne Anderson	19	D	69	11	32	43	306					0.159	0.464	0.623
22	Don Dietrich	17	D	69	6	37	43	29					0.087	0.536	0.623
23	Jim Crosson	18	D	59	9	33	42	214					0.153	0.559	0.712
24	Blair Peebles	18	D	70	6	35	41	200					0.086	0.500	0.586
25	Tom Marsh	18	D	68	7	33	40	112					0.103	0.485	0.588
26	Larry Melnyk	18	D	71	7	33	40	142					0.099	0.465	0.563
27	Jim McTaggart	18	D	67	7	31	38	179					0.104	0.463	0.567
28	Doug Archibald	18	D	63	5	30	35	73					0.079	0.476	0.556
29	Ralph Andreesen	18	D	69	10	24	34	101					0.145	0.348	0.493
30	Mark Robinson	18	D	45	6	28	34	98					0.133	0.622	0.756
31	Scott Lang	19	D	64	8	24	32	195					0.125	0.375	0.500
32	Gary Plamondon	19	D	62	6	26	32	56					0.097	0.419	0.516
33	Buzz Gottschalk	18	D	70	3	29	32	67					0.043	0.414	0.457
34	Greg Tennant	19	D	68	2	29	31	118					0.029	0.426	0.456
35	Chuck Taylor	17	D	55	12	17	29	114					0.218	0.309	0.527
36	Simon Learmouth	18	D	68	4	25	29	209					0.059	0.368	0.426
37	Ken Goodwin	17	D	72	8	20	28	103					0.111	0.278	0.389
38	Glen Ostir	17	D	72	3	25	28	68					0.042	0.347	0.389
39	Don Stewart	19	D	72	3	24	27	90					0.042	0.333	0.375
40	Ian Tennant	18	D	64	5	21	26	223					0.078	0.328	0.406
41	Lance Davis	18	D	59	3	21	24	105					0.051	0.356	0.407
42	Rick Slawson	19	D	64	2	22	24	98					0.031	0.344	0.375
43	Gord Gejdos	19	D	72	8	14	22	170					0.111	0.194	0.306
44	Greg Lynott	18	D	69	4	16	20	109					0.058	0.232	0.290
45	Mike Bustin	18	D	71	4	16	20	148					0.056	0.225	0.282
46	Bob Kerr	19	D	60	5	14	19	165					0.083	0.233	0.317
47	Doug Buchanan	20	D	36	2	17	19	61					0.056	0.472	0.528
48	Kelly Elcombe	18	D	45	3	15	18	145					0.067	0.333	0.400
49	Roger Wolfe	18	D	34	2	16	18	27					0.059	0.471	0.529
50	Cal Ellerby	19	D	71	0	18	18	296					0.000	0.254	0.254

WHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 1978‑1979

1978-1979 WHL Demographics

WHL nationality split - All defensemen ‑ 1978‑1979 season