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Bill Lochead's 1978-1979 season

Points
17
NHL#256
Goals
8
NHL#198
Assists
9
NHL#269
Plus/minus
-19
NHL#401
Games
67
82%
82% of 81

Left winger Bill Lochead was 23 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings och Colorado Rockies. He played 67 of a possible 81 games and scored 8 goals and 9 assists for 17 points, 0.25 points per game. He moved from Detroit Red Wings to Colorado Rockies in February. Colorado Rockies did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979
  1. Season opener

    Bill Lochead opens the 1978-1979 season with Detroit Red Wings

    Bill was 24 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Bill Lochead's season starts in game 7 of 80

    Detroit Red Wings have played 6 games6 of 80 without him
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2CLR
      W
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–7DET
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • November 1978
    • The game
      MTL4–1DET
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–7PIT
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3WSH
      game 12/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–4DET
      L
      game 13/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–8MTL
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–7DET
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–5AFM
      L
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1DET
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4PHI
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8012 of 20 played
      6
      points
      NHL#194
      2
      goals
      NHL#179
      4
      assists
      NHL#182
      DET
      5-10-0W-L-OT15Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • December 1978
    • The game
      DET1–2VAN
      L
      game 23/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5LAK
      L
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2DET
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–6BOS
      L
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5DET
      W
      game 27/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–3CHI
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–5DET
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–4NYI
      L
      game 30/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4TOR
      L
      game 31/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–0DET
      L
      game 32/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–7DET
      W
      game 33/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4NYR
      L
      game 34/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2DET
      game 35/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2DET
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2DET
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3PIT
      L
      game 38/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–4DET
      L
      game 39/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–1DET
      L
      game 40/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8030 of 40 played
      10
      points
      NHL#226
      4
      goals
      NHL#184
      6
      assists
      NHL#221
      DET
      8-21-0W-L-OT27Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET3–4BUF
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–5DET
      game 42/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–3PHI
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK7–3DET
      L
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4DET
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET1–5WSH
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–3DET
      L
      game 47/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET6–6LAK
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–3DET
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–7AFM
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • February 1979
    • The game
      CLR1–6NYI
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH9–3CLR
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM5–1CLR
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–5CHI
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLR0–3VAN
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–3CLR
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8047 of 60 played
      15
      points
      NHL#225
      6
      goals
      NHL#191
      9
      assists
      NHL#233
      CLR
      12-40-0W-L-OT32Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CLR1–8DET
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–2BOS
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5PIT
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1979
    • The game
      CHI4–0CLR
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–2CLR
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR0–5PHI
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5NYR
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–1VAN
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL5–5CLR
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–1CLR
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1CLR
      L
      game 71/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2CLR
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS3–1CLR
      L
      game 73/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR0–3CHI
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–1CLR
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–0CLR
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1979
    • The game
      STL5–9CLR
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–2VAN
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–4LAK
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR5–5BUF
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Bill Lochead closes the 1978-1979 season with 17 points

    Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    17
    NHL#256
    Games
    67of 80
    84%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#198
    Assists
    9
    NHL#269
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#282
    +/-
    -19
    NHL#401