1961-62 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds Statistics

Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL)
Team Record: 17-42-11 - 45 points
in the EPHL
Coach: Jack Stewart (17-42-11)
Location: Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

1961-62 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds Roster

The Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds of the Eastern Professional Hockey League ended the 1961-62 season with a record of 17 wins and 42 losses and 11 ties for 45 points in the EPHL.

The Thunderbirds netted 207 goals and yielded 285, most in the league. Merv Kuryluk scored 36 goals for Sault Ste. Marie, while Doug Robinson and Milan Marcetta tallied 30 or more, too. Milan Marcetta accounted for 45 assists. Gerry Cheevers topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.55 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.

Jack Stewart coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Milan Marcetta	C	69	32	45	77	11		0.46	0.65	1.12
Merv Kuryluk	L	65	36	26	62	130		0.55	0.40	0.95
Doug Robinson	L	70	33	26	59	32		0.47	0.37	0.84
Ed Kachur	R	70	22	32	54	65		0.31	0.46	0.77
Bob Courcy	F	49	19	26	45	29		0.39	0.53	0.92
Dusty Blair	C	67	9	28	37	8		0.13	0.42	0.55
Dale MacDonald	R	70	12	16	28	22		0.17	0.23	0.40
James Farelli	L	59	10	18	28	76		0.17	0.31	0.47
Rino Robazza	D	67	8	18	26	207		0.12	0.27	0.39
Bob Wilson	D	55	3	15	18	120		0.05	0.27	0.33
John Chasczewski	R	32	2	16	18	30		0.06	0.50	0.56
Cliff Schmautz	R	24	6	9	15	24		0.25	0.38	0.63
Don Grosso		34	5	7	12	12		0.15	0.21	0.35
Norm Guimond	D	19	1	9	10	8		0.05	0.47	0.53
Guy Brassard	L	8	1	3	4	10		0.13	0.38	0.50
Jim Brown	F	7	1	2	3	4		0.14	0.29	0.43
Phil Esposito	C	6	0	3	3	2			0.50	0.50
Bob Robertson	D	14	0	3	3	12			0.21	0.21
Jack Martin	C	10	1	1	2	8		0.10	0.10	0.20
Walter Bradley		12	0	2	2	2			0.17	0.17
Roger Crozier	G	3	0	0	0	0
Roy Edwards	G	36	0	0	0	0
Rick Charron	D	2	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	29	0	0	0	0
Pete Ford	D	2	0	0	0	0
Duke Harris	R	7	0	0	0	0
Bill Speer	D	4	0	0	0	2
Totals		890	201	305	506	814	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Roy Edwards	36	2160	4	26	6		1	157	4.36
Gerry Cheevers	29	1740	13	13	3		1	103	3.55
Roger Crozier	3	180	0	1	2		0	12	4.00
Rick Charron	2
Totals	70	4080	17	40	11	0	2	272	4.00	0

1961-62 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds Statistics

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