1977-78 Flint Generals Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 36-34-10 - 82 points
in the IHL's Northern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug Carpenter (36-34-10)
Location: Flint, Michigan
1977-78 Flint Generals RosterTeam Record: 36-34-10 - 82 points
in the IHL's Northern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug Carpenter (36-34-10)
Location: Flint, Michigan
The Flint Generals of the International Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 36 wins and 34 losses and 10 ties for 82 points in the IHL's Northern Division.
The Generals led the league with 364 goals. Flint allowed 381 goals, most in the circuit. Rick Cabalka scored 43 goals for the squad, while Mike Clarke, Jim Johnston, Cliff Cox and Terry Smith each netted 30 or more, too. Jim Johnston contributed 77 assists, and Randy Ireland recorded a 4.7 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Doug Carpenter coached the team. The 1977-78 Flint Generals lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Johnston | C | 79 | 41 | 77 | 118 | 105 | 0.52 | 0.97 | 1.49 | |
| Terry Smith | RW | 74 | 35 | 55 | 90 | 24 | 0.47 | 0.74 | 1.22 | |
| Rick Cabalka | C | 80 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 174 | 0.54 | 0.51 | 1.05 | |
| Mike Clarke | C | 79 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 44 | 0.42 | 0.57 | 0.99 | |
| John Bellio | D | 78 | 16 | 54 | 70 | 54 | 0.21 | 0.69 | 0.90 | |
| Dave Hatheway | LW | 79 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 129 | 0.35 | 0.51 | 0.86 | |
| Cliff Cox | F | 67 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 67 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.85 | |
| Denny McLean | F | 69 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 36 | 0.25 | 0.55 | 0.80 | |
| Terry McDonald | D | 42 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 29 | 0.45 | 0.76 | 1.21 | |
| Pierre Giroux | L | 40 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 121 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 1.20 | |
| Mike Powers | RW | 45 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 18 | 0.44 | 0.60 | 1.04 | |
| Joe Contini | C | 31 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 25 | 0.55 | 0.90 | 1.45 | |
| Brian Ellacott | R | 32 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 71 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.97 | |
| Dave Robinson | L | 79 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 115 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0.39 | |
| Mike Breen | R | 75 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 338 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.31 | |
| Gary Platt | D | 21 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0.67 | |
| Ron Heaslip | F | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 0.13 | 0.38 | 0.50 | |
| Mike Rusin | D | 57 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 344 | 0.14 | 0.14 | ||
| Bob Stephenson | R | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0.33 | 0.83 | 1.17 | |
| Randy Ireland | G | 46 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
| Clyde Simon | F | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 1.25 | |
| Mike Fedorko | C | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.38 | |
| Scott Jessee | RW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Doug Taylor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.67 | 0.67 | |||
| George Klasons | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Jeff Geiger | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Rick Szabo | R | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
| Al Sarachman | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Sanche | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Williams | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Oleschuk | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terry Agnew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Jean Belisle | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Redquest | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Hamilton | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Totals | 1173 | 361 | 595 | 956 | 1851 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Redquest | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | ||||||
| Al Sarachman | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jean Belisle | 4 | |||||||||||
| Rick Szabo | 24 | |||||||||||
| Randy Ireland | 45 | 2617 | 0 | 205 | 4.70 | |||||||
| Bill Oleschuk | 13 | 702 | 0 | 57 | 4.87 | |||||||
| Totals | 88 | 3379 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 4.71 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Johnston | C | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.80 | |
| Terry Smith | RW | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.20 | 1.00 |
| Rick Cabalka | C | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.80 | |
| Mike Clarke | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 |
| John Bellio | D | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 1.00 |
| Dave Hatheway | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Cliff Cox | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Denny McLean | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Terry McDonald | D | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | |
| Pierre Giroux | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Dave Robinson | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Mike Breen | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Mike Rusin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Ireland | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Bill Abercrombie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Oleschuk | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Barry Edgar | F | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1.25 |
| Totals | 72 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 253 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Ireland | 3 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.03 | 0 | ||
| Bill Oleschuk | 4 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.94 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.34 | 0 |
