1980-81 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 40-29-3 - 83 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Pat Ginnell (40-29-3)
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

1980-81 Medicine Hat Tigers Roster

The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 40 wins and 29 losses and 3 ties for 83 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Tigers netted 358 goals and allowed 302. Ken Solheim scored 68 goals for Medicine Hat, while Steve Tsujiura and Mike Lay tallied 30 or more also. Steve Tsujiura accounted for 84 assists. Kelly Hrudey earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.97 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/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Steve Tsujiura	C	72	55	84	139	60		0.76	1.17	1.93
Ken Solheim	L	64	68	43	111	87		1.06	0.67	1.73
Mike Lay		72	34	55	89	136		0.47	0.76	1.24
Brian Ziegler	LW	62	21	44	65	161		0.34	0.71	1.05
Rod Buskas	D	72	14	46	60	164		0.19	0.64	0.83
Damien Steiert	D	63	21	29	50	112		0.33	0.46	0.79
Kevin Ginnell	C	71	18	32	50	89		0.25	0.45	0.70
Bob Fleming	RW	68	22	23	45	132		0.32	0.34	0.66
Derek Davis	D	69	9	33	42	496		0.13	0.48	0.61
Peter Steblyk	D	72	3	34	37	230		0.04	0.47	0.51
Randy Wickware	LW	30	16	14	30	6		0.53	0.47	1.00
Tom Adams	LW	40	12	18	30	87		0.30	0.45	0.75
Dan Olsen	L	72	4	24	28	111		0.06	0.33	0.39
George Walter	F	35	10	15	25	35		0.29	0.43	0.71
Mike Winther	C	21	12	11	23	78		0.57	0.52	1.10
Murray Craven	L	69	5	10	15	18		0.07	0.14	0.22
Stu Wenaas	D	72	2	13	15	111		0.03	0.18	0.21
Curt Broadhead	C	30	6	8	14	25		0.20	0.27	0.47
Rod Edmunds	C	46	6	5	11	25		0.13	0.11	0.24
Kelly Carson	F	38	4	7	11	115		0.11	0.18	0.29
Chris St. Cyr	D	66	2	9	11	31		0.03	0.14	0.17
Bruce Gordon	R	17	4	4	8	27		0.24	0.24	0.47
Brent Sapergia	RW	19	4	4	8	45		0.21	0.21	0.42
Tom McMurchy	R	14	5	0	5	46		0.36		0.36
Dennis Salamandyk	C	27	0	2	2	2			0.07	0.07
Tony Pontarollo	F	2	1	0	1	0		0.50		0.50
Gary Leach	D	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Malchuk	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	55	0	0	0	21
Totals		1340	358	567	925	2450	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Dennis Salamandyk	27	1346	8	10	2	0	98	4.37	911	813	.892
Kelly Hrudey	55	3023	32	19	1	4	200	3.97	1898	1698	.895
Totals	82	4369	40	29	3	4	298	4.09	2809	2511	.894

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Steve Tsujiura	C	5	4	4	8	0	0.80	0.80	1.60
Ken Solheim	L	5	5	4	9	2	1.00	0.80	1.80
Mike Lay		5	3	4	7	9	0.60	0.80	1.40
Brian Ziegler	LW	5	1	3	4	11	0.20	0.60	0.80
Rod Buskas	D	5	1	1	2	8	0.20	0.20	0.40
Damien Steiert	D	5	1	1	2	6	0.20	0.20	0.40
Kevin Ginnell	C	5	1	1	2	15	0.20	0.20	0.40
Bob Fleming	RW	5	1	1	2	29	0.20	0.20	0.40
Derek Davis	D	5	0	4	4	37		0.80	0.80
Peter Steblyk	D	4	0	1	1	6		0.25	0.25
Randy Wickware	LW	5	0	2	2	0		0.40	0.40
Tom Adams	LW	1	0	0	0	2
Dan Olsen	L	5	0	2	2	37		0.40	0.40
George Walter	F	5	1	0	1	4	0.20		0.20
Murray Craven	L	5	0	0	0	2
Stu Wenaas	D	5	0	0	0	0
Rod Edmunds	C	4	0	0	0	5
Chris St. Cyr	D	5	0	0	0	2
Dennis Salamandyk	C	1	0	0	0	0
Tony Pontarollo	F	1	0	0	0	0
Colin Solheim	W	1	0	1	1	0		1.00	1.00
Roger Krchnak		1	0	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		92	18	29	47	175

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Kelly Hrudey	4	244	1	3	0	0	0	17	4.18		0
Totals	4	244	1	3	0	0	0	17	4.18		0

1980-81 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics

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