
1977-78 Saskatoon Blades Statistics
Team Record: 20-50-2 - 42 points
in the WCHL's East Division
Coach: Jackie McLeod (20-50-2)
The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 20 wins and 50 losses and 2 ties for 42 points in the WCHL's East Division.
The Blades scored 340 goals and allowed 460, most in the circuit. Ken Federko netted 47 goals for Saskatoon, while Brent Ashton, Wayne Merkel and Wes George each tallied 30 or more, too. Ken Federko contributed 71 assists. Geoff Brand topped the squad with 7 wins and a team-best 5.9 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Jackie McLeod coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
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Ken Federko | C | 70 | 47 | 71 | 118 | 82 | 0.67 | 1.01 | 1.69 | |
Wayne Merkel | C | 71 | 38 | 57 | 95 | 69 | 0.54 | 0.80 | 1.34 | |
Wes George | L | 70 | 38 | 40 | 78 | 205 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 1.11 | |
Lindsay Carson | C | 62 | 23 | 55 | 78 | 124 | 0.37 | 0.89 | 1.26 | |
Brent Ashton | L | 46 | 38 | 26 | 64 | 47 | 0.83 | 0.57 | 1.39 | |
Dan Erickson | RW | 67 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 72 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 0.85 | |
Bill MacNaught | RW | 51 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 8 | 0.35 | 0.63 | 0.98 | |
Bryan Baron | D | 56 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 87 | 0.18 | 0.70 | 0.88 | |
Franco Disciglio | LW | 48 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 99 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.90 | |
Darryl Erickson | RW | 33 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 126 | 0.42 | 0.79 | 1.21 | |
Dan Bent | RW | 46 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 37 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.74 | |
Doug Archibald | D | 70 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 54 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.41 | |
Jim McTaggart | D | 65 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 221 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.42 | |
Terry Johnson | D | 70 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 195 | 0.03 | 0.29 | 0.31 | |
Kevin Tendler | D | 40 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 49 | 0.05 | 0.50 | 0.55 | |
Rob McFarlane | LW | 45 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.47 | |
Terry Paskaruk | G | 32 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.53 | |
Mel Hewitt | LW | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 96 | 0.23 | 0.62 | 0.85 | |
Marc Chartier | C | 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.42 | |
Randy Kearney | C | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.20 | |
Rick Carriere | D | 53 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
Ken McNabb | G | 29 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 0.21 | 0.21 | ||
Blaine Fennell | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0.31 | 0.31 | ||
Dean Vogelgesang | LW | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.50 | |
Glen Ganchar | LW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
Jim Christian | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Scott Lang | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | |
Kevin MacNaught | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.25 | |
Gord Jeffrey | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 | |
Rick Boehm | F | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 2.00 | ||
Rick Brost | D/C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0.40 | 0.40 | ||
Murray Brumwell | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 2.00 | ||
Gord Kimble | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
Jim Bonar | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Todd Ballantyne | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Geoff Brand | G | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
Brian Law | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
Dean Berger | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
Eric Ponath | RW/C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
Dean Rebeck | F | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
Dick Kortje | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
Chuck Taylor | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
Murray Stephens | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
Phil Decker | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ken Morrow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Don Stephenson | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Randy Penny | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Randy Shields | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brian Harland | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Marc Timmons | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brad Hall | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
John McKerrow | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1233 | 340 | 580 | 920 | 1842 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geoff Brand | 29 | 1485 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 5.90 | 993 | 847 | .853 |
Ken McNabb | 29 | 1410 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 6.21 | 966 | 820 | .849 |
Dean Berger | 6 | 292 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7.19 | 187 | 152 | .813 |
John McKerrow | 10 | 430 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6.42 | 301 | 255 | .847 |
Randy Penny | 3 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.57 | 83 | 70 | .843 |
Brian Harland | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9.00 | 93 | 75 | .806 |
Murray Stephens | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7.40 | 210 | 173 | .824 |
Marc Timmons | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.43 | 16 | 12 | .750 |
Brad Hall | 2 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.00 | 74 | 60 | .811 |
Totals | 87 | 4320 | 20 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 459 | 6.38 | 2923 | 2464 | .843 |