1979-80 Saskatoon Blades Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 27-40-5 - 59 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Jerry Engele (27-40-5)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1979-80 Saskatoon Blades Roster

The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 27 wins and 40 losses and 5 ties for 59 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Blades scored 331 goals and allowed 382. Glen Ganchar netted 41 goals for Saskatoon, while Terry Paskaruk and Kevin MacNaught tallied 30 or more also. Kevin MacNaught accounted for 59 assists. Ron Loustel topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.93 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.

Jerry Engele coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- G/PGA/PGPts/PG
Kevin MacNaughtC71405999860.560.831.39
Kevin TendlerD622755821420.440.891.32
Terry PaskarukG70314980870.440.701.14
Lorne BokshowanC71275077590.380.701.08
Glen GancharLW704124651160.590.340.93
Tim HackL67204060280.300.600.90
Blake StephenRW592335581450.390.590.98
Dan BentRW50292352630.580.461.04
Kelly KuspiraG72191938730.260.260.53
Ian TennantD66333361990.050.500.55
Brent SapergiaRW50171835720.340.360.70
Perry GancharR2791423600.330.520.85
Wes Zawertailo71419232790.060.270.32
Doug ArchibaldD5631720770.050.300.36
Rich ChernomazR2591019330.360.400.76
Marc LeClairLW147916330.500.641.14
Dean RennebergC3651116400.140.310.44
Bill LangenD182111320.110.610.72
Chuck TaylorD262911410.080.350.42
Darren Leedahl3011011920.030.330.37
Marc ChartierC827920.250.881.13
Bob BlackD10347150.300.400.70
Dick KortjeD630771600.110.11
Tony SmithD26066280.230.23
Marc HabscheidF1523520.130.200.33
Randy GilhenC9224200.220.220.44
Dean VogelgesangLW19134140.050.160.21
Ron LoustelG40044670.100.10
Ryan SwitzerRW1021370.200.100.30
John O'SullivanD8123250.130.250.38
Murray StephensG3702260.050.05
Brent HamiltonD502270.400.40
Gene BauckD202201.001.00
Luc St. Mars201100.500.50
Pat Meldrum200017
Arron Armstrong10000
Cleo RoweinD6
Blaine SwitzerD10002
Arliss PreussW1200012
Dan Neuman10005
Dennis LeclairD50000
Totals129333256189321160


Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Cleo Rowein625632000163.75129113.876
Ron Loustel4122031320301814.9314121231.872
Murray Stephens37193811182001825.6311961014.848
Totals84439727405003795.1727372358.862


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