1978-79 Calgary Wranglers Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 28-38-6 - 62 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Doug Sauter (28-38-6)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1978-79 Calgary Wranglers Roster

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 Rick Greenwood and Sheldon Currie 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
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
Steve Blyth	D	26	0	4	4	40			0.15	0.15
Scott Kolewaski	LW	6	0	4	4	8			0.67	0.67
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
Duane Swanson	F	10	1	0	1	10		0.10		0.10
Richard Young	RW	9	1	0	1	7		0.11		0.11
John Barkwell	D	6	1	0	1	2		0.17		0.17
Perry Harrad	G	8	0	1	1	21			0.13	0.13
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
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
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
Totals		1270	349	539	888	2356	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Warren Skorodenski	66	3595	26	31	5	1	309	5.16
Perry Harrad	8	295	1	2	1	0	35	7.12
Mark Szyda	9	312	1	4	0	0	32	6.15
Dennis Mueller	1	60	0	1	0	0	8	8.00
Jim Balint	5	58				0	8	8.28
Totals	89	4320	28	38	6	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	0.80	1.07	1.87
Ralph Krueger	RW	14	7	5	12	4	0.50	0.36	0.86
Rick Greenwood	LW	14	3	13	16	10	0.21	0.93	1.14
Blake Sullivan	LW	14	5	6	11	7	0.36	0.43	0.79
Sheldon Currie	RW	15	6	4	10	27	0.40	0.27	0.67
Dave Morrison	F	15	8	8	16	2	0.53	0.53	1.07
Gary Slezak	LW	14	4	4	8	10	0.29	0.29	0.57
Bill McLean	C	15	5	6	11	18	0.33	0.40	0.73
Jim Crosson	D	15	0	9	9	36		0.60	0.60
Sid Giroux	RW	14	3	4	7	4	0.21	0.29	0.50
Blair Peebles	D	15	0	3	3	23		0.20	0.20
Brad Purpur	F	12	2	2	4	0	0.17	0.17	0.33
Buzz Gottschalk	D	15	5	5	10	11	0.33	0.33	0.67
Dale Cross	RW	9	1	0	1	12	0.11		0.11
Cal Ellerby	D	15	1	2	3	30	0.07	0.13	0.20
Steve Blyth	D	3	0	1	1	0		0.33	0.33
Ron Head	F	11	1	4	5	2	0.09	0.36	0.45
Ray Cote	C	15	4	8	12	8	0.27	0.53	0.80
Warren Skorodenski	G	15	0	0	0	4
Duane Swanson	F	5	0	0	0	0
Perry Harrad	G	3	0	0	0	0
Greg Stamler	F	2	0	0	0	0
Kerry Ross	D	9	0	1	1	0		0.11	0.11
Totals		274	67	101	168	212

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Warren Skorodenski	15	0	7	8	0	0	0	0			0
Totals	15	0	7	8	0	0	0	0			0

1978-79 Calgary Wranglers Statistics

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