
1968-69 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 41-18-15 - 97 points
in the AHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Fred Shero (41-18-15)
Location: Buffalo, New York
The Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 41 wins and 18 losses and 15 ties for 97 points in the AHL's Western Division.
The Bisons paced the league with just 192 goals allowed. Buffalo scored 282 goals. Guy Trottier netted 45 goals for the squad, while Wayne Rivers and Norm Beaudin tallied 30 or more as well. Dennis Hextall accounted for 44 assists. Gilles Villemure earned 36 wins for the team and a team-best 2.42 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Fred Shero coached the team. The 1968-69 Buffalo Bisons 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guy Trottier | R | 72 | 45 | 37 | 82 | 21 | 0.63 | 0.51 | 1.14 | |
Norm Beaudin | R | 74 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 10 | 0.43 | 0.53 | 0.96 | |
Wayne Rivers | R | 67 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 35 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 1.00 | |
Dennis Hextall | C | 60 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 179 | 0.35 | 0.73 | 1.08 | |
Dennis Kassian | L | 71 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 37 | 0.41 | 0.48 | 0.89 | |
Gerry Ouellette | R | 74 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 12 | 0.34 | 0.50 | 0.84 | |
Ron Attwell | R | 74 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 59 | 0.26 | 0.55 | 0.81 | |
Bob Jones | L | 70 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 92 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.80 | |
Bill Knibbs | C | 68 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 38 | 0.19 | 0.56 | 0.75 | |
Pat Hannigan | L | 31 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 37 | 0.45 | 0.81 | 1.26 | |
Ron Ingram | D | 62 | 4 | 33 | 37 | 97 | 0.06 | 0.53 | 0.60 | |
Larry Hornung | D | 60 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 38 | 0.12 | 0.30 | 0.42 | |
Wayne Hall | L | 54 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.43 | |
Al Hamilton | D | 41 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 61 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 0.44 | |
Bob Blackburn | D | 58 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 73 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.31 | |
Randy Legge | D | 57 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 66 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.28 | |
Brad Park | D | 17 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 0.12 | 0.71 | 0.82 | |
Bob Ash | D | 65 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 74 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.20 | |
Roger Picard | R | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.82 | |
Walt Tkaczuk | C | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0.40 | 1.40 | 1.80 | |
Syl Apps | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | |
Gilles Villemure | G | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
Mike Labadie | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
Dick Paradise | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
Al Johnstone | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Caley | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Simmons | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Terry Pembroke | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Al Osborne | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1185 | 282 | 522 | 804 | 1017 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gilles Villemure | 62 | 3674 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 148 | 2.42 | |||
Don Simmons | 5 | 259 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3.24 | ||||
Don Caley | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | ||||
Al Johnstone | 10 | 442 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2.99 | ||||||
Totals | 78 | 4435 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 189 | 2.56 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guy Trottier | R | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 1.17 |
Norm Beaudin | R | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 |
Wayne Rivers | R | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.83 | 1.33 |
Dennis Hextall | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 |
Dennis Kassian | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
Gerry Ouellette | R | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
Ron Attwell | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
Bob Jones | L | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 |
Bill Knibbs | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.83 |
Ron Ingram | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
Larry Hornung | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Wayne Hall | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Al Hamilton | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | |
Bob Blackburn | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
Randy Legge | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Bob Ash | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
Gilles Villemure | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 100 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 73 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gilles Villemure | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 | ||
Totals | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3.17 | 0 |