
1971-72 Denver Spurs Statistics
Team Record: 44-20-8 - 96 points
in the WHL
Won League Championship
Coach: Jean-Guy Talbot (36-18-8)
Coach: Bill McCreary (8-2)
Coach: Bill Dineen (44-20-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado
The Denver Spurs of the Western Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 44 wins and 20 losses and 8 ties for 96 points in the WHL.
The Spurs topped the circuit with just 209 goals allowed. Denver scored 293 goals. Gary Veneruzzo netted 41 goals for the team, while Ron Buchanan tallied 30 or more, too. Fran Huck recorded 63 assists. Bob Johnson paced the squad with 19 wins, and Jacques Caron added 15 or more wins, too. Bob Johnson recorded a 2.84 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Jean-Guy Talbot, Bill McCreary and Bill Dineen coached the team. The 1971-72 Denver Spurs won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
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Fran Huck | C | 72 | 28 | 63 | 91 | 83 | 0.39 | 0.88 | 1.26 | |
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 72 | 41 | 45 | 86 | 41 | 0.57 | 0.63 | 1.19 | |
Ron Buchanan | C | 69 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 10 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 1.16 | |
Milan Marcetta | C | 72 | 22 | 45 | 67 | 19 | 0.31 | 0.63 | 0.93 | |
Claude Laforge | L | 56 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 0.27 | 0.55 | 0.82 | |
Jim Shires | L | 42 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 82 | 0.43 | 0.64 | 1.07 | |
Brian Glenwright | L | 65 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 28 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.63 | |
Don Borgeson | L | 72 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 50 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.51 | |
Ray Larose | D | 65 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 63 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 0.54 | |
Roger Lafreniere | D | 71 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 87 | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0.48 | |
Gord Kannegiesser | D | 70 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 57 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 0.47 | |
Bob McCord | D | 69 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 0.06 | 0.42 | 0.48 | |
Chuck Hamilton | R | 70 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 29 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.46 | |
Curt Bennett | L | 32 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 52 | 0.41 | 0.59 | 1.00 | |
Brian Lavender | L | 27 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 73 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 1.11 | |
John Arbour | D | 20 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 73 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 | |
Doug Smith | C | 16 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.81 | |
Floyd Thomson | L | 17 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.71 | |
Hal Willis | D | 24 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 79 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Bill Plager | D | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 0.63 | 0.63 | ||
Bob Johnson | G | 37 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
Jack Kell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |||
Mickey Oja | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Glenn Patrick | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
Michel Cormier | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
Jacques Caron | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
Ron Climie | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Proceviat | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Peter McDuffe | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Jim Graham | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Totals | 1114 | 293 | 489 | 782 | 979 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Johnson | 37 | 2030 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 2.84 | |||
Jacques Caron | 20 | 1160 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.33 | ||||
Peter McDuffe | 21 | 1126 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 3.46 | |||
Totals | 78 | 4316 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 206 | 2.86 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fran Huck | C | 9 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.44 | 1.44 |
Gary Veneruzzo | L | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.67 | 0.89 |
Ron Buchanan | C | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0.56 | 0.67 | 1.22 |
Milan Marcetta | C | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.44 |
Claude Laforge | L | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.56 | 0.67 |
Jim Shires | L | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.56 |
Brian Glenwright | L | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
Don Borgeson | L | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.56 |
Roger Lafreniere | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
Gord Kannegiesser | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
Bob McCord | D | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
Chuck Hamilton | R | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.44 |
Floyd Thomson | L | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.44 |
Hal Willis | D | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.86 |
Bob Johnson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Glenn Patrick | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.22 | |
Peter McDuffe | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 142 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 166 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Johnson | 5 | 299 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
Peter McDuffe | 4 | 240 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | ||
Totals | 9 | 539 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1.22 | 0 |