WHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 1979‑1980

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WHL defenseman scoring leaders in the 1979-1980 season.

Rk	Name	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP
1	Darren Veitch	19	D	71	29	93	122	118					0.408	1.310	1.718
2	Kevin Tendler	20	D	62	27	55	82	142					0.435	0.887	1.323
3	Dave Babych	18	D	50	22	60	82	71					0.440	1.200	1.640
4	Jim Crosson	19	D	69	16	60	76	256					0.232	0.870	1.101
5	Murray Brumwell	19	D	67	18	54	72	50					0.269	0.806	1.075
6	Jim Benning	16	D	71	11	60	71	42					0.155	0.845	1.000
7	Mark Robinson	19	D	68	9	55	64	122					0.132	0.809	0.941
8	Don Dietrich	18	D	63	15	45	60	56					0.238	0.714	0.952
9	Jim McTaggart	19	D	65	16	37	53	284					0.246	0.569	0.815
10	Larry Melnyk	19	D	67	13	38	51	236					0.194	0.567	0.761
11	Ralph Andreesen	19	D	61	20	27	47	133					0.328	0.443	0.770
12	Rod Buskas	18	D	72	7	40	47	284					0.097	0.556	0.653
13	Tom Marsh	19	D	63	14	32	46	47					0.222	0.508	0.730
14	Kelly Elcombe	19	D	65	9	35	44	221					0.138	0.538	0.677
15	Buzz Gottschalk	19	D	67	10	32	42	54					0.149	0.478	0.627
16	Jay Soleway	19	D	65	8	33	41	217					0.123	0.508	0.631
17	Chris Blight	18	D	59	10	29	39	105					0.169	0.492	0.661
18	Ian Tennant	19	D	66	3	33	36	199					0.045	0.500	0.545
19	Mike Bustin	19	D	71	3	33	36	193					0.042	0.465	0.507
20	Blair Peebles	19	D	69	7	28	35	189					0.101	0.406	0.507
21	Roger Wolfe	19	D	64	8	25	33	59					0.125	0.391	0.516
22	Pete Steblyk	18	D	72	3	30	33	125					0.042	0.417	0.458
23	Rick Amann	19	D	47	9	23	32	154					0.191	0.489	0.681
24	John Smyth	17	D	70	7	25	32	74					0.100	0.357	0.457
25	Tony Feltrin	18	D	71	6	25	31	138					0.085	0.352	0.437
26	Glen Ostir	18	D	72	3	28	31	130					0.042	0.389	0.431
27	John McMillan	19	D	66	6	24	30	106					0.091	0.364	0.455
28	Bud Langstrom	20	D	66	3	27	30	190					0.045	0.409	0.455
29	Derek Davis	19	D	65	11	18	29	482					0.169	0.277	0.446
30	Randy Turnbull	17	D	72	4	25	29	355					0.056	0.347	0.403
31	Gord Gejdos	20	D	58	9	19	28	207					0.155	0.328	0.483
32	Rene Lemire	17	D	69	5	22	27	81					0.072	0.319	0.391
33	Simon Learmouth	19	D	54	4	23	27	179					0.074	0.426	0.500
34	Greg Mann	18	D	56	4	23	27	40					0.071	0.411	0.482
35	Len Dawes	17	D	67	7	19	26	48					0.104	0.284	0.388
36	Gary Nylund	16	D	72	5	21	26	59					0.069	0.292	0.361
37	Jim Sinclair	19	D	72	5	19	24	241					0.069	0.264	0.333
38	Craig Channell	17	D	70	3	21	24	191					0.043	0.300	0.343
39	Bruce Howes	19	D	34	9	14	23	75					0.265	0.412	0.676
40	Wes Zawertailo	18	D	71	4	19	23	279					0.056	0.268	0.324
41	Chuck Taylor	18	D	68	4	18	22	134					0.059	0.265	0.324
42	Gary Haight	18	D	69	1	21	22	83					0.014	0.304	0.319
43	Bob McGill	17	D	70	3	18	21	230					0.043	0.257	0.300
44	Doug Archibald	19	D	56	3	17	20	77					0.054	0.304	0.357
45	Rob Jacobsen	18	D	70	1	19	20	196					0.014	0.271	0.286
46	Gary Plamondon	20	D	48	2	17	19	63					0.042	0.354	0.396
47	Michael Rainville	19	D	55	2	17	19	141					0.036	0.309	0.345
48	Boris Fistric	19	D	33	4	13	17	263					0.121	0.394	0.515
49	Darren Yankovsky	18	D	44	4	12	16	133					0.091	0.273	0.364
50	Greg Lynott	19	D	50	3	10	13	101					0.060	0.200	0.260

WHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 1979‑1980

1979-1980 WHL Demographics

WHL nationality split - All defensemen ‑ 1979‑1980 season