1979-80 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 33-37-2 - 68 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Dunc McCallum (33-37-2)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
1979-80 Brandon Wheat Kings Roster

The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 33 wins and 37 losses and 2 ties for 68 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Wheat Kings potted 319 goals and surrendered 343. Dave Chartier scored 39 goals for Brandon, while Dave McDonald and Don Gillen tallied 30 or more as well. Don Gillen contributed 56 assists. Ron Popplestone topped the squad with 12 wins, and Rick Knickle recorded a 4.68 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/PGA/PGPts/PG
Don GillenR693156873720.450.811.26
Dave ChartierC693929682850.570.420.99
Mike WintherC482641671870.540.851.40
Steve PatrickR712838661850.390.540.93
Don DietrichD63154560560.240.710.95
Dave McDonaldLW673221531510.480.310.79
Kelly ElcombeD65935442210.140.540.68
Darren HalaszG31202343550.650.741.39
Chris Blight591029391050.170.490.66
Carl MokosakL611221332260.200.340.54
Darren GusdalC/LW71151631830.210.230.44
Dave StewartC27111829260.410.671.07
Greg MannD5642327400.070.410.48
Kelly McCrimmonRW55131225890.240.220.45
Brad KempthorneC1811819130.610.441.06
Ian Ramsey3041317600.130.430.57
Brad OwenF337613280.210.180.39
Chuck TaylorD422911930.050.210.26
Kevin HedleyD286410230.210.140.36
Brant KiessigLW184610320.220.330.56
Norm Chabot363710320.080.190.28
Boris FistricD231891640.040.350.39
Vaughn KarpanLW2652740.190.080.27
Ken Schneider833600.380.380.75
John StraitRW1032520.300.200.50
Brad WellsL5235260.400.601.00
Mark FenezL12224280.170.170.33
Larry RobertsC1704440.240.24
Doug Buxton10213210.200.100.30
Rick KnickleG3303380.090.09
Larry Bumstead19022650.110.11
Laverne PoppleF1302220.150.15
Doug Stevens11022160.180.18
Tony CamazzolaL7022210.290.29
Ron PopplestoneC34022210.060.06
Matthieu CloutierD12101130.080.08
Jeff LawsonR101101.001.00
Dean KennedyD10000
Scott OlsonG2200010
Laurie Anderson130004
Dean RebeckF30000
Doug Yarish10000
Totals129832149982027710


Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Ron Popplestone34153812141001345.231119985.880
Rick Knickle3316041114101254.681086961.885
Scott Olson221231109000834.05828745.900
Totals89437333372003424.6930332691.887

Postseason - Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- G/PGA/PGPts/PG
Don GillenR105384300.500.300.80
Dave ChartierC1185136500.730.451.18
Mike WintherC10235900.200.300.50
Steve PatrickR1166121900.550.551.09
Don DietrichD114591500.360.450.82
Dave McDonaldLW1314603.001.004.00
Kelly ElcombeD1137104500.270.640.91
Darren HalaszG113710200.270.640.91
Chris Blight200000
Carl MokosakL10446604.004.00
Darren GusdalC/LW10167200.100.600.70
Dave StewartC1068141100.600.801.40
Greg MannD400020
Kelly McCrimmonRW9336600.330.330.67
Ian Ramsey91231400.110.220.33
Brad OwenF92681700.220.670.89
Chuck TaylorD11451901.004.005.00
Boris FistricD110555700.450.45
Ken Schneider8224200.250.250.50
Tony CamazzolaL700020
Ron PopplestoneC800000
Scott OlsonG6011000.170.17
Totals17150781284020

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Totals000000000


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