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1978-79 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #18 RICK LAPOINTE Philadelphia Flyers · Defense
EX-MT Season grade
6
Card #1979-08448695
Rick Lapointe in action
18 D Defense
70 OVR
Rick Lapointe Philadelphia Flyers
1978-79 · 77 GP · 3 G · 18 A · 21 PTS
1979-80
1977-78

Season Report

6 Excellent–Mint 6

Game Score 0.23 a game, 50th percentile of the league's defense that season.

GP
77
G
3
A
18
P
21
+/-
+15
PIM
53
PPP
3
SHP
2
GWG
0
S
75

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 1978-79. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 61

Goals / GP
0.04

36th percentile of defense

Shots / GP
0.97

32nd percentile of defense

Playmaking 68

Points / GP
0.27

41st percentile of defense

Assists / GP
0.23

42nd percentile of defense

PP Points / GP
0.04

51st percentile of defense

Physicality 63

PIM / GP
0.69

38th percentile of defense

Connections

Every 1978-79 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

R 78OVR Tom Gorence Flyers 1 of his goals RC C 82OVR Rick MacLeish Flyers 1 of his goals L 90OVR Bill Barber Flyers 1 of his goals C 86OVR Mel Bridgman Flyers 1 of his goals

Set up most

C 86OVR Mel Bridgman Flyers Set up 4 goals D 90OVR Bob Dailey Flyers Set up 2 goals L 59OVR Bob Kelly Flyers Set up 2 goals R 68OVR Dennis Ververgaert Flyers Set up 2 goals
Scored on most
John Davidson 1 goal Ken Dryden 1 goal Mario Lessard 1 goal
Best game
December 03, 1978 vs TOR: 2A

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 1978-79, from the play-by-play.

Dropped the gloves with

L 87OVR Ted Bulley Blackhawks 1 fight R 46OVR Blair Chapman Penguins 1 fight C 52OVR Dennis Polonich Red Wings 1 fight R 42OVR Bill Riley Capitals 1 fight

1978-79 Philadelphia Flyers

40-25-15 · 95 points · 4th of 17

Top teammates

D 90OVR Bob Dailey Flyers 70 GP · 9 G · 30 A · 39 PTS L 90OVR Bill Barber Flyers 79 GP · 34 G · 46 A · 80 PTS D 88OVR Behn Wilson Flyers 80 GP · 13 G · 36 A · 49 PTS RC C 86OVR Blake Dunlop Flyers 66 GP · 20 G · 28 A · 48 PTS C 86OVR Mel Bridgman Flyers 76 GP · 24 G · 35 A · 59 PTS C 85OVR Ken Linseman Flyers 30 GP · 5 G · 20 A · 25 PTS