1955-56 New Westminster Royals Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 31-37-2 - 64 points
in the WHL's Coast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Max McNab (31-37-2)
Location: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

1955-56 New Westminster Royals Roster

The New Westminster Royals of the Western Hockey League ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 31 wins and 37 losses and 2 ties for 64 points in the WHL's Coast Division.

The Royals netted 238 goals and conceded 258, most in the league. Gordie Fashoway scored 47 goals for New Westminster, and Nelson Boyce tallied 30 or more, too. Robert Love contributed 64 assists. Bev Bentley earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.26 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.

Max McNab coached the team. The 1955-56 New Westminster Royals 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
Robert Love	C	69	23	64	87	4		0.33	0.93	1.26
Nelson Boyce	RW	70	35	50	85	22		0.50	0.71	1.21
Gordie Fashoway	L	69	47	32	79	16		0.68	0.46	1.14
Max McNab	C	70	29	32	61	19		0.41	0.46	0.87
Emmanuel McLean	R	67	24	22	46	81		0.36	0.33	0.69
Ron Matthews	D	69	9	32	41	38		0.13	0.46	0.59
Douglas Adam	L	55	16	20	36	36		0.29	0.36	0.65
Bob Dawes	D	56	8	25	33	47		0.14	0.45	0.59
Jim Zarie	D	52	10	17	27	18		0.19	0.33	0.52
Bob Bergeron	D	68	7	17	24	14		0.10	0.25	0.35
Arnie Schmautz	RW	69	13	10	23	68		0.19	0.14	0.33
Arlo Goodwin	C	68	10	9	19	41		0.15	0.13	0.28
Fred Creighton		59	4	9	13	86		0.07	0.15	0.22
Francis Roggeveen	D	68	3	9	12	38		0.04	0.13	0.18
Hal Tarala		24	1	8	9	29		0.04	0.33	0.38
Ed Zeniuk	D	14	1	3	4	31		0.07	0.21	0.29
Lorrain Thibeault	L	8	1	2	3	14		0.13	0.25	0.38
Jim Middleton		1	0	2	2	0			2.00	2.00
Allan Lloyd		3	0	0	0	0
Ray Mikulan	G	71	0	0	0	8
Lorne Hesketh		1	0	0	0	0
Bev Bentley	R	61	0	0	0	8
Greg Jablonski	L	14	0	0	0	7
Dave Gatherum	G	7	0	0	0	0
Totals		1113	241	363	604	625	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Bev Bentley	61	3700	29	30	2		6	201	3.26
Dave Gatherum	7	420	1	6	0		0	32	4.57
Ray Mikulan	71
Totals	139	4120	30	36	2	0	6	233	3.39	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Robert Love	C	4	0	1	1	0		0.25	0.25
Nelson Boyce	RW	4	0	1	1	0		0.25	0.25
Gordie Fashoway	L	4	0	1	1	0		0.25	0.25
Max McNab	C	4	1	1	2	0	0.25	0.25	0.50
Emmanuel McLean	R	4	0	1	1	4		0.25	0.25
Ron Matthews	D	4	1	0	1	4	0.25		0.25
Douglas Adam	L	4	1	0	1	5	0.25		0.25
Bob Dawes	D	4	2	1	3	0	0.50	0.25	0.75
Bob Bergeron	D	4	0	0	0	0
Arnie Schmautz	RW	4	0	2	2	4		0.50	0.50
Fred Creighton		3	0	0	0	2
Francis Roggeveen	D	4	0	0	0	0
Hal Tarala		4	2	0	2	0	0.50		0.50
Jim Middleton		1	0	0	0	0
Bev Bentley	R	4	0	0	0	0
Dave Gatherum	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		57	7	8	15	19

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Bev Bentley	4	240	1	3	0	0	0	14	3.50		0
Totals	4	240	1	3	0	0	0	14	3.50		0

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