1979-80 Fort Worth Texans Statistics

Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 37-34-9 - 83 points
in the CHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Ron Ullyot (37-34-9)
Location: Fort Worth, Texas

1979-80 Fort Worth Texans Roster

The Fort Worth Texans of the Central Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 37 wins and 34 losses and 9 ties for 83 points in the CHL.

The Texans scored 312 goals and conceded 298. Merlin Malinowski netted 34 goals for Fort Worth, while Andy Spruce and Gary Dillon tallied 30 or more also. Merlin Malinowski recorded 42 assists. Bill Oleschuk earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.24 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Ron Ullyot coached the team. The 1979-80 Fort Worth Texans lost in the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Merlin Malinowski	C	66	34	42	76	58		0.52	0.64	1.15
Andy Spruce	L	77	31	41	72	97		0.40	0.53	0.94
Bob Attwell	R	74	26	35	61	18		0.35	0.47	0.82
Gary Dillon	C	77	30	26	56	34		0.39	0.34	0.73
Don Ashby	C	45	27	27	54	18		0.60	0.60	1.20
Rey Comeau	C	57	14	35	49	16		0.25	0.61	0.86
Dave Watson	L	68	19	22	41	124		0.28	0.32	0.60
Bobby Sheehan	C	31	18	20	38	14		0.58	0.65	1.23
Nelson Pyatt	C	45	20	17	37	11		0.44	0.38	0.82
Michel Lachance	D	76	12	25	37	95		0.16	0.33	0.49
Mario Giallonardo	D	70	8	25	33	105		0.11	0.36	0.47
Les Auge	D	50	6	24	30	26		0.12	0.48	0.60
Dean Turner	D	39	5	23	28	81		0.13	0.59	0.72
Mike Gillis	L	29	9	13	22	43		0.31	0.45	0.76
Kevin Morrison	D	33	5	16	21	45		0.15	0.48	0.64
Peter Sturgeon	L	22	8	12	20	10		0.36	0.55	0.91
John McCahill	D	31	4	14	18	10		0.13	0.45	0.58
Archie Henderson	R	49	8	9	17	199		0.16	0.18	0.35
Don Saleski	R	19	9	6	15	18		0.47	0.32	0.79
Peter McNamee	D	39	2	11	13	126		0.05	0.28	0.33
Larry Skinner	C	10	5	7	12	8		0.50	0.70	1.20
Willie Trognitz	L	55	4	8	12	203		0.07	0.15	0.22
Mike Kitchen	D	30	0	9	9	22			0.30	0.30
Bob Lekun	LW	21	2	6	8	12		0.10	0.29	0.38
Jack Hughes	D	29	1	7	8	70		0.03	0.24	0.28
Mike Dwyer	L	13	3	4	7	22		0.23	0.31	0.54
Nick Beverley	D	12	0	6	6	4			0.50	0.50
Joe Contini	C	8	1	2	3	13		0.13	0.25	0.38
Stan Gulutzan	LW	6	1	1	2	2		0.17	0.17	0.33
Bill Oleschuk	G	43	0	2	2	2			0.05	0.05
Paul Messier	C	7	0	1	1	2			0.14	0.14
Bill McKenzie	G	9	0	0	0	6
Carey Walker	G	3	0	0	0	0
Tim Thomlinson		2	0	0	0	0
Michel Plasse	G	32	0	0	0	26
Totals		1277	312	496	808	1540	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Michel Plasse	32	1632	9	13	3	1		113	4.15	769	656	.853
Bill Oleschuk	43	2478	24	14	5	2	1	134	3.24	1161	1027	.885
Bill McKenzie	9	521	2	5	1	1	1	29	3.34	223	194	.870
Tim Thomlinson	2	89	1	0	0	1	0	5	3.37	48	43	.896
Carey Walker	3	189	1	2	0	0	0	12	3.81	74	62	.838
Totals	89	4909	37	34	9	5	2	293	3.58	2275	1982	.871

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Merlin Malinowski	C	15	8	16	24	34	0.53	1.07	1.60
Andy Spruce	L	15	8	6	14	10	0.53	0.40	0.93
Bob Attwell	R	15	4	5	9	4	0.27	0.33	0.60
Gary Dillon	C	15	8	9	17	2	0.53	0.60	1.13
Dave Watson	L	14	4	6	10	14	0.29	0.43	0.71
Nelson Pyatt	C	15	5	1	6	2	0.33	0.07	0.40
Mario Giallonardo	D	15	2	4	6	47	0.13	0.27	0.40
Les Auge	D	15	1	3	4	2	0.07	0.20	0.27
Dean Turner	D	15	0	5	5	39		0.33	0.33
Peter Sturgeon	L	15	2	6	8	6	0.13	0.40	0.53
Archie Henderson	R	12	2	1	3	58	0.17	0.08	0.25
Don Saleski	R	14	5	6	11	20	0.36	0.43	0.79
Willie Trognitz	L	3	1	1	2	0	0.33	0.33	0.67
Mike Kitchen	D	15	0	1	1	16		0.07	0.07
Jack Hughes	D	15	1	11	12	40	0.07	0.73	0.80
Bill Oleschuk	G	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Peters	C	2	0	0	0	0
Bobby Crawford	R	15	8	6	14	6	0.53	0.40	0.93
Michel Plasse	G	14	0	0	0	2
Totals		241	59	87	146	302

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA
Michel Plasse	14	827	8	5	1	41	2.97
Bill Oleschuk	2	72	1	1	0	8	6.67
Totals	16	899	9	6	1	49	3.27

1979-80 Fort Worth Texans Statistics

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