1980-81 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 29-40-3 - 61 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Les Jackson (29-40-3)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
1980-81 Brandon Wheat Kings RosterTeam Record: 29-40-3 - 61 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Les Jackson (29-40-3)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses and 3 ties for 61 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Wheat Kings scored 342 goals and allowed 352. Dave Chartier netted 64 goals for Brandon, while Kelly Glowa tallied 30 or more, too. Don Dietrich contributed 64 assists. Ron Popplestone topped the squad with 17 wins, and Todd Lumbard recorded a 4.52 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Les Jackson coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Chartier | C | 69 | 64 | 60 | 124 | 295 | 0.93 | 0.87 | 1.80 | |
| Kelly Glowa | C | 72 | 45 | 58 | 103 | 59 | 0.63 | 0.81 | 1.43 | |
| Don Dietrich | D | 72 | 16 | 64 | 80 | 84 | 0.22 | 0.89 | 1.11 | |
| Carl Mokosak | L | 70 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 363 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 1.03 | |
| Ken Schneider | 72 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 118 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 0.83 | ||
| Steve Patrick | R | 34 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 56 | 0.85 | 0.88 | 1.74 | |
| Tom McMurchy | R | 46 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 101 | 0.43 | 0.72 | 1.15 | |
| Gary Slezak | LW | 52 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 59 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.90 | |
| Chris Blight | 60 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 85 | 0.12 | 0.60 | 0.72 | ||
| Dean Kennedy | D | 71 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 157 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.45 | |
| Syd Cranston | C | 60 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 49 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.40 | |
| Tony Camazzola | L | 69 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 144 | 0.06 | 0.29 | 0.35 | |
| Jeff Lawson | R | 72 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 128 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.29 | |
| Brad Wells | L | 66 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 216 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.30 | |
| Mark Davis | D | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 167 | 0.29 | 0.21 | 0.50 | |
| Kevin Hedley | D | 36 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.53 | |
| Mike Winther | C | 9 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 1.11 | 0.89 | 2.00 | |
| Cam Plante | D | 70 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.24 | |
| Kelly Carson | F | 26 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 133 | 0.08 | 0.35 | 0.42 | |
| Greg Mann | D | 23 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.48 | |
| Gord Smith | D | 38 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.18 | |
| Mark Budz | RW | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.75 | |
| Len Overbeeke | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 | ||
| Eric Samuelson | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 | ||
| Todd Lumbard | G | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
| Kelly Kleppenstein | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |||
| Kevin Bryksa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Ron Popplestone | C | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| Grant Jensen | D | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
| Pat Boschman | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Bailey | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Murdoch | G | 9 | ||||||||
| Bob Parker | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mark Fenez | L | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | ||||
| Stacy Pratt | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1278 | 340 | 542 | 882 | 2524 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Lumbard | 28 | 1408 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 4.52 | 895 | 789 | .882 |
| Jeff Murdoch | 9 | 421 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 4.70 | 260 | 227 | .873 |
| Ron Popplestone | 48 | 2562 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 4.87 | 1614 | 1406 | .871 |
| Totals | 85 | 4391 | 29 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 347 | 4.74 | 2769 | 2422 | .875 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Glowa | C | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.40 | 1.00 | 1.40 |
| Don Dietrich | D | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 1.20 | 1.60 |
| Carl Mokosak | L | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
| Ken Schneider | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 1.20 | 1.40 | |
| Tom McMurchy | R | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.80 |
| Gary Slezak | LW | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 1.20 |
| Chris Blight | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Dean Kennedy | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Syd Cranston | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.00 |
| Tony Camazzola | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Jeff Lawson | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Brad Wells | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Mark Davis | D | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | |
| Cam Plante | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Kelly Carson | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Eric Samuelson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Todd Lumbard | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Ron Popplestone | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Stewart | C | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 1.60 | 1.00 | 2.60 |
| Lance Jervis | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Farquhar | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 156 | 0 |
