1979-80 Saginaw Gears Statistics

International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 43-27-10 - 96 points
in the IHL's Northern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Don Perry (43-27-10)
Location: Saginaw, Michigan

1979-80 Saginaw Gears Roster

The Saginaw Gears of the International Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 43 wins and 27 losses and 10 ties for 96 points in the IHL's Northern Division.

The Gears potted 349 goals and yielded 306. Scott Gruhl scored 53 goals for Saginaw, while Marcel Comeau, Claude Larochelle and Warren Holmes each netted 30 or more, too. George Kotsopoulos recorded 59 assists, and Bob Froese recorded a 3.78 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Don Perry coached the team. The 1979-80 Saginaw Gears 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
Scott Gruhl	L	75	53	40	93	100		0.71	0.53	1.24
Warren Holmes	C	72	37	55	92	62		0.51	0.76	1.28
Marcel Comeau	C	74	33	57	90	26		0.45	0.77	1.22
George Kotsopoulos	L	78	29	59	88	79		0.37	0.76	1.13
Claude Larochelle	C	76	34	41	75	38		0.45	0.54	0.99
Dave Westner	C	67	20	41	61	44		0.30	0.61	0.91
Brian Coates	L	58	26	34	60	47		0.45	0.59	1.03
Bruce Guthrie	C	79	14	44	58	114		0.18	0.56	0.73
Mel Hewitt	LW	70	28	26	54	504		0.40	0.37	0.77
John Gibson	D	67	13	36	49	293		0.19	0.54	0.73
Greg Foy	D	46	26	16	42	2		0.57	0.35	0.91
Jim Marsh	D	62	4	37	41	54		0.06	0.60	0.66
Jim Misener	C	24	9	12	21	10		0.38	0.50	0.88
Jim Branton	D	77	1	19	20	313		0.01	0.25	0.26
Jim Snodgrass	C	21	9	7	16	13		0.43	0.33	0.76
Dennis Desrosiers	RW	12	2	8	10	53		0.17	0.67	0.83
Peter Luksa	D	55	0	10	10	175			0.18	0.18
Hank Nowak	L	12	6	3	9	44		0.50	0.25	0.75
Len Dies	RW	19	6	2	8	6		0.32	0.11	0.42
Bob Froese	G	52	0	7	7	45			0.13	0.13
Lynn Jorgenson	F	14	3	3	6	2		0.21	0.21	0.43
Doug Crawford	R	6	1	4	5	32		0.17	0.67	0.83
Bill Prentice	D	11	1	3	4	24		0.09	0.27	0.36
Rod Beilhartz	L	9	0	4	4	13			0.44	0.44
Doug Harvey	RW	7	0	3	3	7			0.43	0.43
Doug Keans	G	22	0	3	3	4			0.14	0.14
Paul McIntosh	D	10	0	3	3	62			0.30	0.30
Steve Salvucci	G	2	1	1	2	0		0.50	0.50	1.00
Jean-Marie Nicol	F	3	0	2	2	0			0.67	0.67
Stu Irving	R	5	1	0	1	9		0.20		0.20
Ted Tucker	G	12	0	1	1	0			0.08	0.08
Dave Hynek	D	1	0	1	1	0			1.00	1.00
Tim Raymond		1	0	0	0	0
Dick Popiel	D	5	0	0	0	7
Dave Stewart	C	2	0	0	0	0
Dick Layo	D	1	0	0	0	0
Burton Martin	D	1	0	0	0	0
Julian Baretta	G	5	0	0	0	2
Totals		1213	357	582	939	2184	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Julian Baretta	5
Bob Froese	52	2827			0		0	178	3.78
Ted Tucker	12	691			0			33	2.87
Doug Keans	22	1070			0		1	67	3.76
Totals	91	4588	0	0	0	0	1	278	3.64	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Scott Gruhl	L	7	2	6	8	16	0.29	0.86	1.14
Warren Holmes	C	7	5	3	8	21	0.71	0.43	1.14
Marcel Comeau	C	7	8	2	10	2	1.14	0.29	1.43
George Kotsopoulos	L	7	5	2	7	35	0.71	0.29	1.00
Claude Larochelle	C	7	2	5	7	2	0.29	0.71	1.00
Dave Westner	C	7	1	4	5	18	0.14	0.57	0.71
Bruce Guthrie	C	7	0	3	3	12		0.43	0.43
Mel Hewitt	LW	7	0	1	1	82		0.14	0.14
John Gibson	D	5	1	2	3	38	0.20	0.40	0.60
Jim Marsh	D	7	0	3	3	22		0.43	0.43
Jim Branton	D	7	0	1	1	17		0.14	0.14
Dennis Desrosiers	RW	7	3	2	5	33	0.43	0.29	0.71
Peter Luksa	D	7	0	1	1	13		0.14	0.14
Bob Froese	G	4	0	1	1	0		0.25	0.25
Lynn Jorgenson	F	7	0	4	4	32		0.57	0.57
Ted Tucker	G	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		104	27	40	67	343

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	GA	GAA
Bob Froese	4	213	13	3.66
Ted Tucker	4	205	11	3.22
Totals	8	418	24	3.44

1979-80 Saginaw Gears Statistics

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