1978-79 Saskatoon Blades Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 26-32-14 - 66 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Jackie McLeod (26-32-14)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

1978-79 Saskatoon Blades Roster

The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 26 wins and 32 losses and 14 ties for 66 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Blades scored 385 goals and conceded 398. Brent Ashton netted 64 goals for Saskatoon, while Bill MacNaught, Ken Federko and Dan Erickson each tallied 30 or more also. Bill MacNaught accounted for 71 assists. Tom Muc topped the squad with 16 wins, and Murray Stephens registered a 5.33 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
Brent Ashton	L	62	64	55	119	80		1.03	0.89	1.92
Bill MacNaught	RW	72	44	71	115	51		0.61	0.99	1.60
Ken Federko	C	42	47	50	97	38		1.12	1.19	2.31
Dan Erickson	RW	69	34	63	97	135		0.49	0.91	1.41
Kevin Tendler	D	71	15	67	82	123		0.21	0.94	1.15
Marc Chartier	C	66	16	35	51	58		0.24	0.53	0.77
Lindsay Carson	C	37	21	29	50	55		0.57	0.78	1.35
Pat Conacher	L	33	15	32	47	37		0.45	0.97	1.42
Terry Paskaruk	G	70	13	34	47	140		0.19	0.49	0.67
Kelly Kuspira	G	69	29	14	43	56		0.42	0.20	0.62
Dan Bent	RW	54	11	32	43	52		0.20	0.59	0.80
Franco Disciglio	LW	38	15	22	37	84		0.39	0.58	0.97
Doug Archibald	D	63	5	30	35	73		0.08	0.48	0.56
Chuck Taylor	D	55	12	17	29	114		0.22	0.31	0.53
Jim McTaggart	D	37	6	19	25	86		0.16	0.51	0.68
Ian Tennant	D	31	4	16	20	131		0.13	0.52	0.65
Blake Stephen	RW	32	9	10	19	104		0.28	0.31	0.59
Rick Carriere	D	58	3	13	16	130		0.05	0.22	0.28
Bob Black	D	30	4	11	15	65		0.13	0.37	0.50
Kevin MacNaught	C	27	3	6	9	11		0.11	0.22	0.33
Glen Ganchar	LW	14	5	3	8	15		0.36	0.21	0.57
Wes Zawertailo		13	1	6	7	53		0.08	0.46	0.54
Rick Brost	D/C	23	1	4	5	54		0.04	0.17	0.22
Randy Shields	D	16	0	5	5	8			0.31	0.31
Lorne Bokshowan	C	10	3	1	4	0		0.30	0.10	0.40
Marc LeClair	LW	8	1	3	4	52		0.13	0.38	0.50
Dick Kortje	D	6	1	3	4	16		0.17	0.50	0.67
Tom Muc	G	48	0	4	4	39			0.08	0.08
Tim Hack	L	2	2	0	2	5		1.00		1.00
Gary Soroka	D	9	0	2	2	0			0.22	0.22
Dean Vogelgesang	LW	9	0	2	2	2			0.22	0.22
George Trainor	C	2	1	0	1	5		0.50		0.50
Clint Gossard	G	3	0	1	1	2			0.33	0.33
Dean Rebeck	F	3	0	1	1	0			0.33	0.33
Ken Morrow		3	0	1	1	0			0.33	0.33
Kevin Lunney	L	2	0	0	0	0
Pat Meldrum		21	0	0	0	10
Cleo Rowein	D	1	0	0	0	0
Darren Leedahl		2	0	0	0	0
Bob Wilson		5	0	0	0	2
Tim Baker		2	0	0	0	0
Darwin Casebeer		3	0	0	0	0
Ken McNabb	G	1	0	0	0	0
Darren Walker		2	0	0	0	0
Murray Stephens	G	28	0	0	0	9
Totals		1252	385	662	1047	1895	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Murray Stephens	28	1385	8	10	6	0	123	5.33
Tom Muc	48	2633	16	20	7	2	244	5.56
Cleo Rowein	1	60	1	0	0	0	4	4.00
Clint Gossard	3	180	1	1	1	0	21	7.00
Ken McNabb	1	60	0	1	0	0	4	4.00
Totals	81	4318	26	32	14	2	396	5.50	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Brent Ashton	L	11	14	4	18	5	1.27	0.36	1.64
Bill MacNaught	RW	11	4	10	14	2	0.36	0.91	1.27
Ken Federko	C	11	7	9	16	10	0.64	0.82	1.45
Dan Erickson	RW	11	0	7	7	4		0.64	0.64
Kevin Tendler	D	11	2	7	9	14	0.18	0.64	0.82
Marc Chartier	C	12	2	7	9	4	0.17	0.58	0.75
Pat Conacher	L	11	1	7	8	4	0.09	0.64	0.73
Terry Paskaruk	G	11	3	3	6	11	0.27	0.27	0.55
Kelly Kuspira	G	11	0	1	1	4		0.09	0.09
Dan Bent	RW	10	0	2	2	4		0.20	0.20
Chuck Taylor	D	10	0	1	1	6		0.10	0.10
Ian Tennant	D	11	0	4	4	13		0.36	0.36
Blake Stephen	RW	9	5	0	5	13	0.56		0.56
Rick Carriere	D	6	0	2	2	7		0.33	0.33
Bob Black	D	6	1	2	3	22	0.17	0.33	0.50
Glen Ganchar	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Wes Zawertailo		8	0	1	1	11		0.13	0.13
Lorne Bokshowan	C	4	0	0	0	0
Marc LeClair	LW	11	0	1	1	9		0.09	0.09
Dick Kortje	D	10	0	0	0	9
Tom Muc	G	9	0	0	0	0
Tim Hack	L	1	1	0	1	0	1.00		1.00
Dean Vogelgesang	LW	2	1	1	2	0	0.50	0.50	1.00
Pat Meldrum		8	0	0	0	2
Cleo Rowein	D	1	0	0	0	0
Darren Walker		4	0	0	0	7
Murray Stephens	G	5	0	0	0	0
Totals		217	41	69	110	161

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0

1978-79 Saskatoon Blades Statistics

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