1945-46 Omaha Knights Statistics
Team Record: 31-22-3 - 65 points
in the USHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Joe Jones (0-0)
Coach: Tommy Ivan (0-0)
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
The Omaha Knights of the United States Hockey League ended the 1945-46 season with a record of 31 wins and 22 losses and 3 ties for 65 points in the USHL.
The Knights scored 210 goals and allowed 190. Don Morrison netted 32 goals for Omaha, and Carl Smith contributed 38 assists, while Harvey Jessiman registered a 3.36 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Joe Jones and Tommy Ivan coached the team. The 1945-46 Omaha Knights 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Smith | R | 54 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 33 | 0.54 | 0.70 | 1.24 | |
Don Morrison | C | 46 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 8 | 0.70 | 0.52 | 1.22 | |
Gordie Howe | R | 51 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 53 | 0.43 | 0.51 | 0.94 | |
John Holota | C | 17 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.71 | 1.71 | |
Connie Poitras | D | 45 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 47 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.64 | |
Fred Gibbon | L | 34 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.74 | |
Barry Sullivan | R | 40 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.63 | |
Jake Forbes | D | 56 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 57 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 | |
Larry Kennedy | R | 14 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0.93 | 0.71 | 1.64 | |
Ed Reigle | D | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 100 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.50 | |
Nels Podolsky | L | 44 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 64 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.50 | |
George Homenuke | D | 42 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.48 | |
Gordon Petrie | L | 27 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0.19 | 0.56 | 0.74 | |
Rod Morrison | R | 36 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.42 | |
Steve Wojciechowski | R | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0.24 | 0.59 | 0.82 | |
Al Dewsbury | D | 41 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.29 | |
Jimmy Skinner | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.21 | ||
Frank Melong | D | 45 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.18 | |
George DeFelice | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Eric Prentice | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Roy Sawyer | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Alex Ritson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Lefty Wilson | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Harvey Jessiman | D | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ross Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Raymond McCarthy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Lloyd Schnarr | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 781 | 214 | 261 | 475 | 513 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lefty Wilson | 3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.00 | ||||||
Harvey Jessiman | 53 | 3180 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 3.36 | ||||||
Ross Wilson | 3 | 180 | 0 | 15 | 5.00 | |||||||
Totals | 59 | 3540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 3.53 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Smith | R | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 0.57 |
Don Morrison | C | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | |
Gordie Howe | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.50 |
John Holota | C | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.71 |
Connie Poitras | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 |
Jake Forbes | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
Larry Kennedy | R | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.43 |
Ed Reigle | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.57 | 0.57 | |
Nels Podolsky | L | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.71 |
George Homenuke | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.29 |
Rod Morrison | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.29 |
Steve Wojciechowski | R | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 |
Al Dewsbury | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 |
Jimmy Skinner | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | ||
Frank Melong | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
Harvey Jessiman | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 111 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 90 | 0 |