
1978-79 Calgary Wranglers Statistics
Team Record: 28-38-6 - 62 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Doug Sauter (28-38-6)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Calgary Wranglers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 28 wins and 38 losses and 6 ties for 62 points in the WHL's Central Division.
The Wranglers potted 349 goals and allowed 392. Kelly Kisio scored 60 goals for Calgary, while Sheldon Currie and Rick Greenwood netted 30 or more, too. Kelly Kisio contributed 61 assists. Warren Skorodenski earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 5.16 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Doug Sauter 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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Kelly Kisio | C | 70 | 60 | 61 | 121 | 73 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 1.73 | |
Ralph Krueger | RW | 62 | 28 | 55 | 83 | 79 | 0.45 | 0.89 | 1.34 | |
Rick Greenwood | LW | 60 | 36 | 31 | 67 | 95 | 0.60 | 0.52 | 1.12 | |
Blake Sullivan | LW | 56 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 47 | 0.43 | 0.77 | 1.20 | |
Sheldon Currie | RW | 59 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 287 | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.98 | |
Dave Morrison | F | 40 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 46 | 0.58 | 0.80 | 1.38 | |
Gary Slezak | LW | 72 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 120 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.71 | |
Bill McLean | C | 62 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 82 | 0.27 | 0.48 | 0.76 | |
Jim Crosson | D | 57 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 214 | 0.16 | 0.58 | 0.74 | |
Sid Giroux | RW | 48 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 42 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.85 | |
Blair Peebles | D | 70 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 200 | 0.09 | 0.50 | 0.59 | |
Brad Purpur | F | 37 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 8 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 0.92 | |
Buzz Gottschalk | D | 70 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 67 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.46 | |
Dale Cross | RW | 60 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 254 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.32 | |
Cal Ellerby | D | 71 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 296 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Ray Mawhinney | C | 24 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0.71 | |
Gerry Wilson | C | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0.25 | 0.44 | 0.69 | |
Pertti Lehvila | F | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 0.61 | |
Chris Kilcher | D | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.75 | 0.92 | |
George Trainor | C | 27 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 116 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.37 | |
Kari Heikkila | D | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 0.10 | 0.29 | 0.38 | |
Eugene O'Sullivan | F | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 | |
Ross Jansen | D | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 0.26 | 0.26 | ||
Scott Dunn | F | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 | |
Scott Kolewaski | LW | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Steve Blyth | D | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||
Ron Head | F | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | 1.50 | ||
Ray Cote | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.43 | |
Warren Skorodenski | G | 66 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
Carey Wilson | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 | |
Dan Bourbonnais | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Richard Young | RW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
John Barkwell | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
Duane Swanson | F | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
Mike Mesic | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
Greg Stamler | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Ryan Walter | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
Perry Harrad | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
Geoff Wilson | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Scott Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mickey Willgress | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dan Krutz | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
Juha Makinen | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Jay Howard | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brad Campeaur | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brian Hermanutz | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dean Postlewaite | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Devone Sandvold | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Dennis Mueller | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Berreth | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Clark Cunningham | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gene Bauck | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Mike Sirant | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Brian Swaby | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kerry Ross | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rick Kreway | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Balint | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mark Szyda | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
Totals | 1270 | 349 | 539 | 888 | 2356 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Warren Skorodenski | 66 | 3595 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 309 | 5.16 | |||
Perry Harrad | 8 | 295 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7.12 | |||
Mark Szyda | 9 | 312 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.15 | |||
Dennis Mueller | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | |||
Jim Balint | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8.28 | ||||||
Totals | 89 | 4320 | 28 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 392 | 5.44 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kelly Kisio | C | 15 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0.80 | 1.07 | 1.87 |
Ralph Krueger | RW | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.36 | 0.86 |
Rick Greenwood | LW | 14 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.93 | 1.14 |
Blake Sullivan | LW | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 0.79 |
Sheldon Currie | RW | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.67 |
Dave Morrison | F | 15 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 1.07 |
Gary Slezak | LW | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.57 |
Bill McLean | C | 15 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.73 |
Jim Crosson | D | 15 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | |
Sid Giroux | RW | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.50 |
Blair Peebles | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
Brad Purpur | F | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
Buzz Gottschalk | D | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
Dale Cross | RW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
Cal Ellerby | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.20 |
Steve Blyth | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
Ron Head | F | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.45 |
Ray Cote | C | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.80 |
Warren Skorodenski | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Duane Swanson | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Greg Stamler | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Perry Harrad | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kerry Ross | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
Totals | 274 | 67 | 101 | 168 | 212 | 0 |