
1979-80 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics
Team Record: 46-25-9 - 101 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Parker MacDonald (46-25-9)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
The New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 46 wins and 25 losses and 9 ties for 101 points in the AHL's Southern Division.
The Nighthawks led the league with 350 goals. New Haven yielded 305 goals. Bill Lochead scored 46 goals for the team, while Jim Mayer and Dave Snopek tallied 30 or more also. Larry Skinner contributed 53 assists. Doug Soetaert topped the squad with 17 wins, plus Jim Pettie added 15 or more wins, too. Doug Soetaert recorded a 3.58 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Parker MacDonald coached the team. The 1979-80 New Haven Nighthawks lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Lochead | F | 68 | 46 | 43 | 89 | 90 | 0.68 | 0.63 | 1.31 | |
Larry Skinner | C | 63 | 18 | 53 | 71 | 38 | 0.29 | 0.84 | 1.13 | |
Jim Mayer | D | 62 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 91 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 1.08 | |
Tom Colley | C | 79 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 43 | 0.29 | 0.54 | 0.84 | |
Jeff McDill | R | 75 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 61 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.84 | |
Lance Nethery | C | 74 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 20 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 0.84 | |
Dave Snopek | LW | 79 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 95 | 0.44 | 0.27 | 0.71 | |
Mike Backman | R | 74 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 156 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.62 | |
Claude Larose | L | 31 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 4 | 0.52 | 0.87 | 1.39 | |
Mike McDougal | R | 68 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 43 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.62 | |
Jocelyn Guevremont | D | 36 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 18 | 0.19 | 0.75 | 0.94 | |
Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 75 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 149 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.45 | |
Dennis Owchar | D | 40 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 26 | 0.15 | 0.68 | 0.83 | |
Andre Dore | D | 63 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 99 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.48 | |
Ray Markham | R | 57 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 198 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.51 | |
Pat Conacher | L | 53 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 43 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.47 | |
Frank Beaton | L | 40 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 106 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.60 | |
Dan Clark | D | 75 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 247 | 0.32 | 0.32 | ||
Doug Sulliman | R | 31 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.52 | |
Bobby Sheehan | C | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 1.15 | |
Tim Bothwell | D | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.59 | |
Ed Hospodar | D | 25 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 131 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.48 | |
Dave Silk | R | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.82 | 0.91 | |
Dan McCarthy | C | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.35 | |
Joe Augustine | D | 44 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 0.18 | 0.18 | ||
Bob Grant | D | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.25 | |
Dean Turner | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 | |
Ray Clearwater | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.14 | |
Doug Soetaert | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
Kent Reardon | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
Dan Makuch | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
Jim Pettie | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
Tom Laidlaw | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rick Slawson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Dave Hrechkosy | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wayne Thomas | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Tom Semenchuk | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Davidson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
John Corriveau | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Steve Baker | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Totals | 1422 | 350 | 585 | 935 | 1848 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Baker | 9 | 491 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 3.54 | 265 | 236 | .891 |
Wayne Thomas | 5 | 280 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.36 | 150 | 139 | .927 | |
Doug Soetaert | 32 | 1808 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 108 | 3.58 | 933 | 825 | .884 |
Jim Pettie | 33 | 1975 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 3.98 | 965 | 834 | .864 |
Tom Semenchuk | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 34 | 30 | .882 |
John Davidson | 4 | 239 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4.02 | 114 | 98 | .860 |
Totals | 84 | 4853 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 299 | 3.70 | 2461 | 2162 | .879 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Lochead | F | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 1.10 |
Larry Skinner | C | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 |
Jim Mayer | D | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0.70 | 0.20 | 0.90 |
Tom Colley | C | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.57 | 0.57 | |
Jeff McDill | R | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
Lance Nethery | C | 10 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.30 | 1.20 | 1.50 |
Dave Snopek | LW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.10 | 0.60 |
Mike Backman | R | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 1.40 |
Claude Larose | L | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.70 |
Mike McDougal | R | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Jocelyn Guevremont | D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.90 |
Andre Dore | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.22 |
Pat Conacher | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.29 |
Frank Beaton | L | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.50 |
Dan Clark | D | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
Ed Hospodar | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
Dave Silk | R | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.33 |
Doug Soetaert | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Jim Pettie | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
Tom Laidlaw | D | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.60 | 0.70 |
Totals | 180 | 49 | 84 | 133 | 308 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Soetaert | 8 | 478 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.01 | 0 | ||
Jim Pettie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 10 | 478 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.01 | 0 |