1956-57 Edmonton Flyers Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 39-27-4 - 82 points
in the WHL's Prairie Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bud Poile (39-27-4)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1956-57 Edmonton Flyers Roster

The Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1956-57 season with a record of 39 wins and 27 losses and 4 ties for 82 points in the WHL's Prairie Division.

The Flyers potted 239 goals and allowed 212. Bill McCreary scored 33 goals for Edmonton, while Don Poile netted 30 or more as well. Gerry Melnyk contributed 44 assists. Dennis Riggin earned 38 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.94 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Bud Poile coached the team. The 1956-57 Edmonton Flyers 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
Gerry Melnyk	C	66	21	44	65	26		0.32	0.67	0.98
Len Lunde	C	70	20	41	61	22		0.29	0.59	0.87
Bill McCreary	L	69	33	26	59	37		0.48	0.38	0.86
Don Poile	C	69	31	25	56	54		0.45	0.36	0.81
Tony Leswick	L	60	22	31	53	107		0.37	0.52	0.88
Bill MacFarland	LW	70	16	33	49	39		0.23	0.47	0.70
Murray Costello	C	65	19	26	45	37		0.29	0.40	0.69
Chuck Holmes	R	65	18	23	41	35		0.28	0.35	0.63
Tom McCarthy	L	42	18	19	37	108		0.43	0.45	0.88
Cummy Burton	R	57	14	15	29	83		0.25	0.26	0.51
Hugh Coflin	D	57	6	20	26	77		0.11	0.35	0.46
Francis Roggeveen	D	68	7	15	22	59		0.10	0.22	0.32
Art Hart	G	57	11	8	19	87		0.19	0.14	0.33
Jim Hay	D	52	3	13	16	120		0.06	0.25	0.31
Gord Strate	D	64	0	15	15	33			0.23	0.23
Ed Stankiewicz	R	15	2	8	10	26		0.13	0.53	0.67
Larry Hillman	D	46	4	2	6	87		0.09	0.04	0.13
Al Arbour	D	24	2	3	5	24		0.08	0.13	0.21
Billy McNeill	R	4	1	0	1	26		0.25		0.25
John Utendale		2	0	1	1	4			0.50	0.50
Edward Diachuk	L	1	0	1	1	2			1.00	1.00
Gerry Leonard	C	2	0	0	0	0
Lorne Sampson		1	0	0	0	0
Dennis Riggin	G	67	0	0	0	4
Claude Pronovost	G	3	0	0	0	0
Totals		1096	248	369	617	1097	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Dennis Riggin	67	4085	38	25	4	1	200	2.94	2049	1849	.902
Claude Pronovost	3	190	1	2			10	3.16	115	105	.913
Totals	70	4275	39	27	4	1	210	2.95	2164	1954	.903

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gerry Melnyk	C	8	5	3	8	2	0.63	0.38	1.00
Len Lunde	C	8	3	5	8	2	0.38	0.63	1.00
Bill McCreary	L	8	2	7	9	4	0.25	0.88	1.13
Don Poile	C	8	3	2	5	14	0.38	0.25	0.63
Tony Leswick	L	8	2	1	3	6	0.25	0.13	0.38
Bill MacFarland	LW	6	0	0	0	0
Murray Costello	C	7	0	2	2	12		0.29	0.29
Chuck Holmes	R	8	1	3	4	8	0.13	0.38	0.50
Tom McCarthy	L	8	2	2	4	2	0.25	0.25	0.50
Cummy Burton	R	8	3	4	7	16	0.38	0.50	0.88
Hugh Coflin	D	8	1	0	1	8	0.13		0.13
Francis Roggeveen	D	8	0	0	0	2
Gord Strate	D	8	0	0	0	0
Larry Hillman	D	8	0	4	4	2		0.50	0.50
Gerry Leonard	C	2	0	0	0	0
Dennis Riggin	G	8	0	0	0	0
Totals		119	22	33	55	78

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Dennis Riggin	8	480	3	5	0	0	0	21	2.63		0
Totals	8	480	3	5	0	0	0	21	2.63		0

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