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1979-80 Saginaw Gears Statistics
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
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 Warren Holmes, Marcel Comeau and Claude Larochelle 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 | ||
Paul McIntosh | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 0.30 | 0.30 | ||
Doug Harvey | RW | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 0.43 | ||
Doug Keans | G | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.14 | 0.14 | ||
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 | ||
Burton Martin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Julian Baretta | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
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 | ||||
Totals | 1213 | 357 | 582 | 939 | 2184 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julian Baretta | 5 | |||||||||||
Doug Keans | 22 | 1070 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 3.76 | ||||||
Bob Froese | 52 | 2827 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 3.78 | ||||||
Ted Tucker | 12 | 691 | 0 | 33 | 2.87 | |||||||
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 | 0.29 | 0.86 | 1.14 |
Warren Holmes | C | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0.71 | 0.43 | 1.14 |
Marcel Comeau | C | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.14 | 0.29 | 1.43 |
George Kotsopoulos | L | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 1.00 |
Claude Larochelle | C | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.71 | 1.00 |
Dave Westner | C | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.57 | 0.71 |
Bruce Guthrie | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.43 | |
Mel Hewitt | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
John Gibson | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
Jim Marsh | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.43 | |
Jim Branton | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
Dennis Desrosiers | RW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.71 |
Peter Luksa | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
Bob Froese | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
Lynn Jorgenson | F | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0.57 | 0.57 | |
Ted Tucker | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 104 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 343 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Froese | 4 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.66 | 0 | ||
Ted Tucker | 4 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.22 | 0 | ||
Totals | 8 | 418 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.44 | 0 |