1979-80 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 37-30-5 - 79 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Pat Ginnell (37-30-5)
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
1979-80 Medicine Hat Tigers Roster

The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 37 wins and 30 losses and 5 ties for 79 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Tigers scored 344 goals and yielded 315. Ken Solheim netted 54 goals for Medicine Hat, while Brant Kiessig, Stewart Robertson and Kevin Ginnell each tallied 30 or more, too. Steve Tsujiura accounted for 77 assists. Kelly Hrudey earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.17 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Pat Ginnell coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- G/PGA/PGPts/PG
Steve TsujiuraC722577102360.351.071.42
Ken SolheimL72543387500.750.461.21
Stewart RobertsonRW683250822140.470.741.21
Brad KempthorneC49284472680.570.901.47
Kevin GinnellC71353671980.490.511.00
Brant KiessigLW513528631230.690.551.24
Curt BroadheadC71253156460.350.440.79
Rod BuskasD72740472840.100.560.65
Tom McGilliveryR3321194060.640.581.21
Tom AdamsLW711029391530.140.410.55
Peter SteblykD72330331250.040.420.46
Darren HalaszG371018281470.270.490.76
Gord GejdosR58919282070.160.330.48
Mike WintherC21101323620.480.621.10
Derek DavisD38612182640.160.320.47
Mike Lay489817280.190.170.35
Brian ZieglerLW2341014510.170.430.61
Oren KoulesLW336713270.180.210.39
Mark KomonoskiC2937101400.100.240.34
Bruce GordonR541892390.020.150.17
Stu WenaasD40448410.100.100.20
Kelly HrudeyG57066120.110.11
Damien SteiertD723590.290.430.71
Dain Phillips411452030.020.100.12
Ron Dunfield211250.500.501.00
Tim Leier111201.001.002.00
Lorne AndersonD/LW18022790.110.11
Bob FlemingRW20022260.100.10
Kelly CarsonF10101570.100.10
Tom WilliamsG10000
Jeff Marshall10000
Warren Malinowski70000
Ron Kraft10000
Kelly Davis10000
Lloyd McDonald30000
Randy JaycockG280002
Ron PopplestoneC10000
Dean Gordon100024
Dan OlsenL1500014
Tim BaileyR10000
Dave FisherD10000
Totals130034354288528400


Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Kelly Hrudey57304925234012124.1720911879.899
Randy Jaycock281270117100934.39839746.889
Ron Popplestone1651000043.695854.931
Tom Williams11500520.001712.706
Totals87439937305013144.2830052691.896

Postseason - Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- G/PGA/PGPts/PG
Steve TsujiuraC1694131400.560.250.81
Ken SolheimL131671600.080.460.54
Stewart RobertsonRW144482600.290.290.57
Brad KempthorneC16137201400.810.441.25
Kevin GinnellC1648123700.250.500.75
Brant KiessigLW1638111300.190.500.69
Curt BroadheadC162352400.130.190.31
Rod BuskasD161673100.060.380.44
Tom McGilliveryR163473500.190.250.44
Tom AdamsLW163694800.190.380.56
Peter SteblykD162135700.130.060.19
Gord GejdosR151458700.070.270.33
Derek DavisD161899500.060.500.56
Mike Lay133031200.230.23
Oren KoulesLW6000100
Bruce GordonR120113900.080.08
Stu WenaasD300000
Kelly HrudeyG13011600.080.08
Damien SteiertD6011400.170.17
Dain Phillips30111600.330.33
Bob FlemingRW151012000.070.07
Lloyd McDonald102132800.200.100.30
Randy JaycockG7000150
Totals29053741276470

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Kelly Hrudey1363866000484.510
Totals1363866000484.510


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