1978-79 Saginaw Gears Statistics

International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 35-35-10 - 80 points
in the IHL's Northern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Don Perry (35-35-10)
Location: Saginaw, Michigan

1978-79 Saginaw Gears Roster

The Saginaw Gears of the International Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses and 10 ties for 80 points in the IHL's Northern Division.

The Gears netted 326 goals and allowed 322. Marcel Comeau scored 45 goals for Saginaw, while Lynn Jorgenson, Dave Westner, Claude Larochelle, Larry Hopkins and Jon Fontas each tallied 30 or more also. Marcel Comeau contributed 65 assists, and Doug Keans recorded a 4.06 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Don Perry coached the team. The 1978-79 Saginaw Gears 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
Marcel Comeau	C	80	45	65	110	23		0.56	0.81	1.38
Jon Fontas	C	79	36	45	81	32		0.46	0.57	1.03
Dave Westner	C	78	31	48	79	58		0.40	0.62	1.01
Larry Hopkins	L	80	36	41	77	67		0.45	0.51	0.96
Lynn Jorgenson	F	78	30	46	76	108		0.38	0.59	0.97
Claude Larochelle	C	78	38	29	67	37		0.49	0.37	0.86
Bob Gladney	D	67	16	42	58	51		0.24	0.63	0.87
Stu Irving	R	71	20	25	45	48		0.28	0.35	0.63
Paul McIntosh	D	78	11	34	45	147		0.14	0.44	0.58
Warren Holmes	C	38	11	18	29	30		0.29	0.47	0.76
Dennis Desrosiers	RW	36	14	13	27	170		0.39	0.36	0.75
Mark Suzor	D	29	12	12	24	43		0.41	0.41	0.83
Greg Steel	D	62	0	22	22	117			0.35	0.35
Jean-Marie Nicol	F	28	7	12	19	0		0.25	0.43	0.68
Scott Jessee	RW	32	5	12	17	8		0.16	0.38	0.53
Mark Toffolo	D	78	2	11	13	557		0.03	0.14	0.17
Keith Johnson	D	29	4	8	12	93		0.14	0.28	0.41
Paul Evans	R	11	0	11	11	24			1.00	1.00
Randy Rudnyk	F	17	3	4	7	21		0.18	0.24	0.41
Doug Towler	D	6	0	4	4	2			0.67	0.67
Kevin Kemp	D	13	0	4	4	28			0.31	0.31
Dave Hatheway	LW	8	0	4	4	11			0.50	0.50
Mel Hewitt	LW	2	1	2	3	10		0.50	1.00	1.50
Lou Franceschetti	R	2	1	1	2	0		0.50	0.50	1.00
Neil Smith	D	4	1	1	2	2		0.25	0.25	0.50
George Klasons	R	5	0	2	2	19			0.40	0.40
Dave Hrechkosy	L	2	0	2	2	0			1.00	1.00
Doug Keans	G	59	0	1	1	11			0.02	0.02
Gary McFadyen	R	2	0	0	0	7
Bob Froese	G	21	0	0	0	26
Bill Reber	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Thomson	D	11	0	0	0	2
Dan Eastman	F	1	0	0	0	0
Tim Thomlinson		9	0	0	0	2
Tim Raymond		1	0	0	0	0
Bob Parent	G	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		1199	324	519	843	1754	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Bob Parent	2	52					8	9.23
Tim Thomlinson	0	2437				0	224	5.51
Doug Keans	59	3207					217	4.06
Bob Froese	21	1050				0	58	3.31
Totals	82	6746	0	0	0	0	507	4.51	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Marcel Comeau	C	3	0	0	0	4
Jon Fontas	C	4	2	2	4	0	0.50	0.50	1.00
Dave Westner	C	4	2	1	3	0	0.50	0.25	0.75
Larry Hopkins	L	4	1	0	1	0	0.25		0.25
Lynn Jorgenson	F	4	0	1	1	16		0.25	0.25
Claude Larochelle	C	4	1	1	2	0	0.25	0.25	0.50
Bob Gladney	D	4	2	3	5	2	0.50	0.75	1.25
Stu Irving	R	4	0	1	1	16		0.25	0.25
Paul McIntosh	D	4	0	1	1	6		0.25	0.25
Warren Holmes	C	4	1	3	4	8	0.25	0.75	1.00
Jean-Marie Nicol	F	1	0	0	0	0
Scott Jessee	RW	4	0	0	0	2
Mark Toffolo	D	4	0	0	0	37
Keith Johnson	D	3	0	0	0	4
Kevin Kemp	D	4	1	1	2	6	0.25	0.25	0.50
Doug Keans	G	2	0	0	0	2
Tim Thomlinson		2	0	0	0	0
Totals		59	10	14	24	103

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Doug Keans	2	120	0	0	0	0	0	10	5.00		0
Totals	2	120	0	0	0	0	0	10	5.00		0

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