
1978-79 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics
Team Record: 58-5-9 - 125 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Dunc McCallum (58-5-9)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 58 wins and 5 losses and 9 ties for 125 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Wheat Kings led the league with 491 goals. Brandon allowed 230 goals, least in the league. Brian Propp scored 94 goals for the squad, while Ray Allison and Laurie Boschman netted 30 or more, too. Brian Propp contributed 100 assists. Scott Olson earned 32 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Rick Knickle added 15 or more wins, too. Rick Knickle recorded a 3.16 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Dunc McCallum coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Propp | L | 71 | 94 | 100 | 194 | 127 | 1.32 | 1.41 | 2.73 | |
Ray Allison | R | 62 | 60 | 93 | 153 | 191 | 0.97 | 1.50 | 2.47 | |
Laurie Boschman | C | 65 | 66 | 83 | 149 | 215 | 1.02 | 1.28 | 2.29 | |
Brad McCrimmon | D | 66 | 24 | 74 | 98 | 139 | 0.36 | 1.12 | 1.48 | |
Dave Stewart | C | 66 | 24 | 55 | 79 | 90 | 0.36 | 0.83 | 1.20 | |
Mike Perovich | D | 62 | 15 | 58 | 73 | 170 | 0.24 | 0.94 | 1.18 | |
Steve Patrick | R | 52 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 105 | 0.44 | 0.60 | 1.04 | |
Brad Kempthorne | C | 56 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 89 | 0.39 | 0.55 | 0.95 | |
Tim Lockridge | D | 70 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 297 | 0.14 | 0.60 | 0.74 | |
Don Gillen | R | 64 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 212 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.80 | |
Wes Coulson | D | 66 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 99 | 0.20 | 0.58 | 0.77 | |
Brant Kiessig | LW | 69 | 29 | 15 | 44 | 108 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.64 | |
Don Dietrich | D | 69 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 29 | 0.09 | 0.54 | 0.62 | |
Dave McDonald | LW | 43 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 110 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.91 | |
Kelly McCrimmon | RW | 40 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 139 | 0.38 | 0.60 | 0.98 | |
Dave Chartier | C | 48 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 83 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.54 | |
Darren Gusdal | C/LW | 61 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 52 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.39 | |
Walt Poddubny | L | 20 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 1.10 | |
Larry Roberts | C | 55 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.33 | |
Kelly Elcombe | D | 45 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 145 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.40 | |
John McPhee | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.12 | |
Pat Workman | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.50 | |
Rick Knickle | G | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
Laverne Popple | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Scott Olson | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
Greg Mann | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Mike Moskalyk | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Dean Rebeck | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1261 | 491 | 801 | 1292 | 2522 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Olson | 35 | 2080 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 3.23 | |||
Rick Knickle | 38 | 2240 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 3.16 | |||
Totals | 73 | 4320 | 58 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 230 | 3.19 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Propp | L | 22 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 40 | 0 | 0.68 | 1.05 | 1.73 |
Ray Allison | R | 22 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 1.68 |
Laurie Boschman | C | 22 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 56 | 0 | 0.50 | 1.05 | 1.55 |
Brad McCrimmon | D | 22 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 34 | 0 | 0.41 | 0.86 | 1.27 |
Dave Stewart | C | 21 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.67 | 1.10 |
Steve Patrick | R | 22 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 44 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.55 | 0.82 |
Brad Kempthorne | C | 18 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 |
Tim Lockridge | D | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.41 |
Don Gillen | R | 22 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.91 |
Wes Coulson | D | 19 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.95 | 1.11 |
Brant Kiessig | LW | 22 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 48 | 0 | 0.68 | 0.36 | 1.05 |
Don Dietrich | D | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.24 |
Dave McDonald | LW | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.53 |
Kelly McCrimmon | RW | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0.39 | 0.39 | |
Dave Chartier | C | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.30 | |
Darren Gusdal | C/LW | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.50 |
Larry Roberts | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.29 |
Kelly Elcombe | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
Rick Knickle | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |
Laverne Popple | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Scott Olson | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Greg Mann | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.44 |
Totals | 392 | 124 | 191 | 315 | 475 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Knickle | 16 | 886 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 2.78 | 0 | ||
Totals | 16 | 886 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 2.78 | 0 |