1958-59 Edmonton Flyers Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 33-28-3 - 69 points
in the WHL's Prairie Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Tony Leswick (33-28-3)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1958-59 Edmonton Flyers Roster

The Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1958-59 season with a record of 33 wins and 28 losses and 3 ties for 69 points in the WHL's Prairie Division.

The Flyers scored 205 goals, worst in the league and yielded 206. Murray Oliver netted 33 goals for Edmonton, while Gerry Melnyk tallied 30 or more, too. Gerry Melnyk contributed 37 assists. Eddie Johnston earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.3 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Tony Leswick coached the team. The 1958-59 Edmonton Flyers 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
Murray Oliver	C	64	33	34	67	35		0.52	0.53	1.05
Gerry Melnyk	C	64	30	37	67	8		0.47	0.58	1.05
Don Poile	C	51	18	29	47	19		0.35	0.57	0.92
Ray Kinasewich		63	15	32	47	40		0.24	0.51	0.75
Chuck Holmes	R	43	13	22	35	44		0.30	0.51	0.81
Hugh Coflin	D	61	9	25	34	61		0.15	0.41	0.56
Gene Achtymichuk	C	39	16	17	33	30		0.41	0.44	0.85
Billy McNeill	R	12	12	12	24	15		1.00	1.00	2.00
Francis Roggeveen	D	45	10	12	22	9		0.22	0.27	0.49
Roger DeJordy	LW	24	9	12	21	38		0.38	0.50	0.88
Edward Diachuk	L	37	8	13	21	60		0.22	0.35	0.57
Bud MacPherson	D	63	3	13	16	54		0.05	0.21	0.25
Tony Leswick	L	36	3	13	16	27		0.08	0.36	0.44
John Hendrickson	D	35	5	10	15	39		0.14	0.29	0.43
Myron Stankiewicz	L	35	4	11	15	19		0.11	0.31	0.43
Dave Amadio	D	58	7	7	14	110		0.12	0.12	0.24
Brian Smith	L	20	4	4	8	12		0.20	0.20	0.40
Lou Marcon	D	47	1	6	7	66		0.02	0.13	0.15
Lloyd Haddon	D	9	1	1	2	0		0.11	0.11	0.22
Metro Prystai	C	4	1	0	1	4		0.25		0.25
Albert LaPlante		1	0	1	1	0			1.00	1.00
Carl Wetzel	G	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Johnston	G	49	0	0	0	11
Dennis Riggin	G	13	0	0	0	0
Eric Patterson	G	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Rawson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		876	202	311	513	701	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Dennis Riggin	13	800	7	5	1	2	3	27	2.03	330	303	.918
Eddie Johnston	49	2960	26	21	2	2	1	163	3.30	1368	1205	.881
Carl Wetzel	1	60	0	1	0	0	0	7	7.00	33	26	.788
Eric Patterson	1		0	1	0	0	0	5		33	28	.848
Totals	64	3820	33	28	3	4	4	202	3.17	1764	1562	.885

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Murray Oliver	C	3	1	1	2	0	0.33	0.33	0.67
Gerry Melnyk	C	3	0	1	1	2		0.33	0.33
Don Poile	C	3	1	0	1	4	0.33		0.33
Ray Kinasewich		3	0	0	0	2
Chuck Holmes	R	3	0	0	0	0
Hugh Coflin	D	3	0	1	1	0		0.33	0.33
Gene Achtymichuk	C	3	0	1	1	6		0.33	0.33
Billy McNeill	R	3	1	1	2	0	0.33	0.33	0.67
Francis Roggeveen	D	1	0	0	0	0
Roger DeJordy	LW	3	0	0	0	2
Edward Diachuk	L	1	0	0	0	2
Bud MacPherson	D	3	1	1	2	12	0.33	0.33	0.67
John Hendrickson	D	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Amadio	D	3	0	1	1	2		0.33	0.33
Lloyd Haddon	D	2	0	0	0	0
Eddie Johnston	G	3	--	--	--	--
Totals		42	4	7	11	32

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Eddie Johnston	3	180	0	3	0	0	0	12	4.00		0
Totals	3	180	0	3	0	0	0	12	4.00		0

1958-59 Edmonton Flyers Statistics

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