1965-66 Portland Buckaroos Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 43-24-5 - 91 points
in the WHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Hal Laycoe (43-24-5)
Location: Portland, Oregon

1965-66 Portland Buckaroos Roster

The Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League ended the 1965-66 season with a record of 43 wins and 24 losses and 5 ties for 91 points in the WHL.

The Buckaroos scored 271 goals, best in the league. Portland conceded 218 goals, the lowest total in the circuit. Cliff Schmautz netted 46 goals for the team, while Art Jones and Gerry Goyer tallied 30 or more also. Art Jones recorded 67 assists. Don Head topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.79 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Hal Laycoe coached the team. The 1965-66 Portland Buckaroos lost in the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Cliff Schmautz	R	72	46	58	104	47		0.64	0.81	1.44
Art Jones	C	70	35	67	102	40		0.50	0.96	1.46
Gerry Goyer	C	72	31	45	76	16		0.43	0.63	1.06
Bill Saunders		71	26	41	67	42		0.37	0.58	0.94
Fred Hilts	LW	44	21	24	45	16		0.48	0.55	1.02
Connie Madigan	D	72	13	31	44	159		0.18	0.43	0.61
Larry Leach	C	72	18	23	41	57		0.25	0.32	0.57
Arnie Schmautz	RW	72	16	16	32	69		0.22	0.22	0.44
Len Ronson	L	68	18	13	31	6		0.26	0.19	0.46
Chuck Holmes	R	71	10	20	30	20		0.14	0.28	0.42
Doug Messier	D	71	8	21	29	102		0.11	0.30	0.41
Jack Bionda	D	72	3	24	27	109		0.04	0.33	0.38
Tom McVie	L	35	13	10	23	21		0.37	0.29	0.66
Jim Hay	D	72	3	20	23	115		0.04	0.28	0.32
Dick Van Impe	R	24	5	11	16	12		0.21	0.46	0.67
Arlo Goodwin	C	56	3	9	12	12		0.05	0.16	0.21
Mike Donaldson	G	62	2	9	11	66		0.03	0.15	0.18
Dave Kelly	D	37	0	1	1	6			0.03	0.03
Murray Owens	F	2	0	0	0	0
Don Head	G	35	0	0	0	24
Ray Winterstein	D	4	0	0	0	4
Totals		1154	271	443	714	943	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Don Head	36	2154	20	12	3		4	100	2.79
Dave Kelly	37
Totals	73	2154	20	12	3	0	4	100	2.79	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Cliff Schmautz	R	14	9	7	16	17	0.64	0.50	1.14
Art Jones	C	14	10	9	19	16	0.71	0.64	1.36
Gerry Goyer	C	14	8	9	17	4	0.57	0.64	1.21
Bill Saunders		12	1	7	8	14	0.08	0.58	0.67
Fred Hilts	LW	12	2	3	5	2	0.17	0.25	0.42
Connie Madigan	D	14	1	6	7	15	0.07	0.43	0.50
Larry Leach	C	3	0	0	0	6
Arnie Schmautz	RW	14	2	6	8	11	0.14	0.43	0.57
Len Ronson	L	14	5	2	7	6	0.36	0.14	0.50
Chuck Holmes	R	8	0	1	1	2		0.13	0.13
Doug Messier	D	14	0	6	6	30		0.43	0.43
Jack Bionda	D	14	1	6	7	14	0.07	0.43	0.50
Tom McVie	L	13	2	4	6	4	0.15	0.31	0.46
Jim Hay	D	14	0	1	1	8		0.07	0.07
Dick Van Impe	R	14	3	5	8	10	0.21	0.36	0.57
Arlo Goodwin	C	14	4	3	7	4	0.29	0.21	0.50
Mike Donaldson	G	14	0	3	3	16		0.21	0.21
Dave Kelly	D	6	0	0	0	2
Murray Owens	F	6	0	0	0	2
Gene Achtymichuk	C	2	0	0	0	0
Rick Charron	D	9	0	0	0	0
Totals		239	48	78	126	183

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Rick Charron	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
Dave Kelly	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
Totals	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0

1965-66 Portland Buckaroos Statistics

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