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1968-69 Portland Buckaroos Statistics
Team Record: 40-18-16 - 96 points
in the WHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Hal Laycoe (40-18-16)
Location: Portland, Oregon
The Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League ended the 1968-69 season with a record of 40 wins and 18 losses and 16 ties for 96 points in the WHL.
The Buckaroos led the league with 291 goals. Portland allowed 201 goals, least in the league. Bill Saunders scored 53 goals for the squad, while Art Jones and Norm Johnson netted 30 or more also. Art Jones recorded 76 assists. Jim McLeod earned 23 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.29 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Hal Laycoe coached the team. The 1968-69 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Jones | C | 74 | 38 | 76 | 114 | 29 | 0.51 | 1.03 | 1.54 | |
Bill Saunders | 74 | 53 | 59 | 112 | 38 | 0.72 | 0.80 | 1.51 | ||
Norm Johnson | C | 71 | 43 | 47 | 90 | 40 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 1.27 | |
Andy Hebenton | R | 74 | 26 | 51 | 77 | 26 | 0.35 | 0.69 | 1.04 | |
Cliff Schmautz | R | 53 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 28 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 1.06 | |
Mel Pearson | C | 74 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 44 | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.61 | |
Dennis Kearns | D | 74 | 2 | 42 | 44 | 81 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.59 | |
Roger Bellerive | L | 73 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 17 | 0.37 | 0.21 | 0.58 | |
Dick Van Impe | R | 62 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 38 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.65 | |
Gerry Goyer | C | 67 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 28 | 0.18 | 0.42 | 0.60 | |
Doug Messier | D | 62 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 66 | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.50 | |
Connie Madigan | D | 71 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 175 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.39 | |
Larry Leach | C | 72 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 50 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.36 | |
Jim Hay | D | 74 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 71 | 0.31 | 0.31 | ||
Ken Campbell | D | 35 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0.20 | 0.37 | 0.57 | |
Mike Donaldson | G | 74 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 77 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
Claude Cardin | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | ||
Dave Kelly | D | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
Jim McLeod | G | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
Doug Ferguson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rick Foley | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Ron Huston | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Sneddon | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1180 | 291 | 511 | 802 | 845 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim McLeod | 42 | 2363 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 2.29 | |||
Dave Kelly | 34 | 1994 | 0 | 3 | 103 | 3.10 | ||||||
Bob Sneddon | 2 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5.25 | ||||||
Totals | 78 | 4437 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 200 | 2.70 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Jones | C | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.82 | 1.27 |
Bill Saunders | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.45 | 0.55 | |
Norm Johnson | C | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.55 | 0.91 |
Andy Hebenton | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.27 |
Cliff Schmautz | R | 11 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0.91 | 0.36 | 1.27 |
Mel Pearson | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
Dennis Kearns | D | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.55 | 0.73 |
Roger Bellerive | L | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.27 |
Dick Van Impe | R | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.45 |
Gerry Goyer | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.27 |
Doug Messier | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
Connie Madigan | D | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.80 | 0.90 |
Larry Leach | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Jim Hay | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
Ken Campbell | D | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.45 |
Mike Donaldson | G | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
Dave Kelly | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim McLeod | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
Paul Shmyr | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Totals | 186 | 32 | 58 | 90 | 150 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim McLeod | 8 | 433 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.74 | 0 | ||
Totals | 8 | 433 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.74 | 0 |