1959-60 Omaha Knights Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 15-47-5 - 35 points
in the IHL's Western Division
Coach: Metro Prystai (15-47-5)
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
1959-60 Omaha Knights RosterTeam Record: 15-47-5 - 35 points
in the IHL's Western Division
Coach: Metro Prystai (15-47-5)
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
The Omaha Knights of the International Hockey League ended the 1959-60 season with a record of 15 wins and 47 losses and 5 ties for 35 points in the IHL's Western Division.
The Knights netted 198 goals, worst in the circuit and surrendered 303. Cliff Schmautz scored 32 goals for Omaha, and John Goodwin contributed 47 assists, while Carl Wetzel recorded a 4.37 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Metro Prystai coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Goodwin | D | 66 | 25 | 47 | 72 | 22 | 0.38 | 0.71 | 1.09 | |
| Dave Gordichuk | F | 67 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 45 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.94 | |
| Ron Tookey | C | 58 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 16 | 0.40 | 0.69 | 1.09 | |
| Russ McClenaghan | C | 66 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 20 | 0.38 | 0.56 | 0.94 | |
| Charlie Goodwin | L | 64 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 4 | 0.38 | 0.50 | 0.88 | |
| Cliff Schmautz | R | 63 | 32 | 20 | 52 | 91 | 0.51 | 0.32 | 0.83 | |
| Hank Marczak | C | 50 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 43 | 0.28 | 0.58 | 0.86 | |
| Joe Connors | R | 44 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 29 | 0.32 | 0.66 | 0.98 | |
| Rod Fonteyne | D | 55 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 16 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 0.76 | |
| Gus Braumburger | R | 55 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 57 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.60 | |
| George Melnychuk | L | 59 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 0.51 | |
| Joe Lund | D | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.50 | |
| Vern Glazier | L | 41 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.44 | |
| Ed Johnson | R | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 0.25 | 0.42 | 0.67 | |
| Rudy Balon | D | 55 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.25 | |
| Bob Cowan | D | 58 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 73 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.21 | |
| Con Neil | 49 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.18 | ||
| Fred Knippel | D | 25 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 0.04 | 0.32 | 0.36 | |
| Don Busch | F | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.19 | |
| Ray Dupuis | L | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.25 | |
| Bill Rawson | D | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Gary Vena | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |||
| Rejean Frigon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |||
| Laurie Langrell | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cliff Hicks | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul White | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Prystai | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Kreklewetz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Carl Wetzel | G | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||||
| Totals | 1071 | 245 | 425 | 670 | 769 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Hicks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||
| Carl Wetzel | 62 | 3720 | 0 | 1 | 271 | 4.37 | ||||||
| Paul White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Walter Prystai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 3720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 297 | 4.79 | 0 |
