1980-81 Erie Blades Statistics

Eastern Hockey League (EHL)
Team Record: 52-14-6 - 110 points
in the EHL
Coach: Nick Polano (52-14-6)

1980-81 Erie Blades Roster

The Erie Blades of the Eastern Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 52 wins and 14 losses and 6 ties for 110 points in the EHL.

The Blades led the circuit with 407 goals. Erie allowed 252 goals. Pierre Aubry scored 66 goals for the squad, while Louis Sleigher, Jim Cowell and Ross Brownridge each tallied 30 or more also. Pierre Aubry contributed 68 assists. Rick Knickle earned 33 wins for the team and a team-best 3.2 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Nick Polano coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Pierre Aubry	C	71	66	68	134	99		0.93	0.96	1.89
Jim Cowell	F	72	41	54	95	69		0.57	0.75	1.32
Scott McGeown	D	55	20	63	83	45		0.36	1.15	1.51
Ron Hansis	R	71	23	59	82	81		0.32	0.83	1.15
Ross Brownridge	C	72	30	42	72	59		0.42	0.58	1.00
Louis Sleigher	R	50	39	29	68	129		0.78	0.58	1.36
Chris Halyk	C	32	28	32	60	10		0.88	1.00	1.88
Greg Tebbutt	D	35	16	37	53	93		0.46	1.06	1.51
Stan Gulutzan	LW	42	23	27	50	63		0.55	0.64	1.19
Brad Rhiness	C	58	25	23	48	62		0.43	0.40	0.83
Ron Carter	R	38	23	21	44	6		0.61	0.55	1.16
Nelson Burton	L	68	20	24	44	385		0.29	0.35	0.65
Richard David	L	32	10	32	42	47		0.31	1.00	1.31
Sylvain Cote	RW	50	20	20	40	343		0.40	0.40	0.80
Mark Pletts	D	61	2	29	31	115		0.03	0.48	0.51
Paul Sheard	LW	63	4	26	30	107		0.06	0.41	0.48
Val James	L	70	3	18	21	179		0.04	0.26	0.30
Michel Champigny	LW	14	9	7	16	42		0.64	0.50	1.14
Steve Stockman	C	15	5	8	13	29		0.33	0.53	0.87
Mark Jackson	D	24	0	8	8	27			0.33	0.33
Francis Couturier	D	12	0	5	5	59			0.42	0.42
Barry Ryan	D	9	0	4	4	12			0.44	0.44
Carey Walker	G	21	0	1	1	2			0.05	0.05
Mark Young	G	4	0	1	1	0			0.25	0.25
Jim Bales	G	10	0	0	0	0
Mike Caron	G	1	0	0	0	0
Bench		72	0	0	0	56
Rick Knickle	G	43	0	0	0	12
Totals		1165	407	638	1045	2131	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jim Bales	10	503	6	2	0	1	0	37	4.41	256	219	.855
Rick Knickle	43	2347	33	6	1	1	1	125	3.20	1294	1169	.903
Carey Walker	21	1203	12	4	4	0	0	64	3.19	614	550	.896
Mark Young	4	238	1	1	1	0	0	19	4.79	125	106	.848
Mike Caron	1	59	0	1	0	0	0	5	5.08	35	30	.857
Totals	79	4350	52	14	6	2	1	250	3.45	2324	2074	.892

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Pierre Aubry	C	8	7	8	15	4	0.88	1.00	1.88
Jim Cowell	F	8	5	8	13	2	0.63	1.00	1.63
Scott McGeown	D	8	6	5	11	6	0.75	0.63	1.38
Ron Hansis	R	8	6	7	13	32	0.75	0.88	1.63
Ross Brownridge	C	8	2	11	13	17	0.25	1.38	1.63
Louis Sleigher	R	8	6	4	10	12	0.75	0.50	1.25
Chris Halyk	C	8	10	8	18	10	1.25	1.00	2.25
Greg Tebbutt	D	8	0	12	12	28		1.50	1.50
Stan Gulutzan	LW	8	4	0	4	31	0.50		0.50
Nelson Burton	L	8	0	0	0	60
Richard David	L	8	5	5	10	6	0.63	0.63	1.25
Sylvain Cote	RW	8	2	1	3	90	0.25	0.13	0.38
Mark Pletts	D	8	1	6	7	17	0.13	0.75	0.88
Paul Sheard	LW	8	2	4	6	6	0.25	0.50	0.75
Val James	L	6	1	3	4	30	0.17	0.50	0.67
Carey Walker	G	2	0	0	0	0
Rick Knickle	G	8	0	0	0	2
Totals		128	57	82	139	353

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Rick Knickle	8	446	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.88		0
Totals	8	446	0	0	0	0	0	14	1.88		0

1980-81 Erie Blades Statistics

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