1976-77 New Westminster Bruins Statistics

Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 47-14-11 - 105 points
in the WCHL's West Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Ernie McLean (47-14-11)

1976-77 New Westminster Bruins Roster

The New Westminster Bruins of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 47 wins and 14 losses and 11 ties for 105 points in the WCHL's West Division.

The Bruins topped the league with just 216 goals allowed. New Westminster scored 363 goals. Mark Lofthouse netted 54 goals for the team, while Stan Smyl, John Paul Kelly, Ray Creasy and Randy Betty each tallied 30 or more also. Brad Maxwell and Mark Lofthouse each contributed 58 assists. Blaine Peterson recorded 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Carey Walker added 15 or more wins, too. Carey Walker recorded a 2.61 goals against average, best among regular goalies.

Ernie McLean coached the team. The 1976-77 New Westminster Bruins won the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Mark Lofthouse	R	70	54	58	112	59		0.77	0.83	1.60
Brad Maxwell	D	70	21	58	79	205		0.30	0.83	1.13
Stan Smyl	R	72	35	31	66	200		0.49	0.43	0.92
Ray Creasy	C	48	30	36	66	34		0.63	0.75	1.38
Randy Betty	F	72	35	27	62	51		0.49	0.38	0.86
Barry Beck	D	61	16	46	62	167		0.26	0.75	1.02
Miles Zaharko	D	72	14	48	62	68		0.19	0.67	0.86
Don Hobbins	LW	72	24	36	60	231		0.33	0.50	0.83
Doug Derkson	C	72	20	40	60	35		0.28	0.56	0.83
John Paul Kelly	L	68	35	24	59	62		0.51	0.35	0.87
Bruce Andres	F	72	22	23	45	134		0.31	0.32	0.63
Randy Rudnyk	F	70	17	28	45	119		0.24	0.40	0.64
Brian Young	D	69	7	34	41	75		0.10	0.49	0.59
Carl Van Harrewyn	D/F	72	6	18	24	56		0.08	0.25	0.33
Dave Orleski	L	62	8	14	22	29		0.13	0.23	0.35
Gerry Bell	LW	45	7	8	15	48		0.16	0.18	0.33
Mike Wills	F	20	4	8	12	15		0.20	0.40	0.60
Roy Wheaton	C	22	1	7	8	31		0.05	0.32	0.36
John Ogrodnick	L	14	2	4	6	0		0.14	0.29	0.43
Mike Perovich	D	17	1	2	3	27		0.06	0.12	0.18
Terry Kirkham	C	9	1	2	3	0		0.11	0.22	0.33
Jari Lingren		2	1	1	2	0		0.50	0.50	1.00
Blaine Peterson	G	46	0	2	2	2			0.04	0.04
Don Fraser	L	1	0	2	2	0			2.00	2.00
Randy Irving	D/LW	2	1	0	1	0		0.50		0.50
Carey Walker	G	31	0	1	1	4			0.03	0.03
Jari Viitala	F	2	0	1	1	0			0.50	0.50
Steve McDonald	F	2	0	1	1	0			0.50	0.50
Gerry Galloway	LW	1	0	1	1	0			1.00	1.00
Tero Kapynen	F	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Lozinski	G	3	0	0	0	0
Rick Greenwood	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Evan Williams	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Louis Clarke	D	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Nagy	F	1	0	0	0	2
Bruce Howes	D	4	0	0	0	2
Rick Martens	G	1	0	0	0	0
Gerald Mykituk	F	1	0	0	0	0
Greg Rayson	C	3	0	0	0	2
Totals		1255	362	561	923	1658	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Blaine Peterson	46	2507	26	10	4	2	139	3.33	1358	1219	.898
Larry Lozinski	3	148	2	0	0	0	5	2.03	85	80	.941
Carey Walker	31	1655	19	4	7	2	72	2.61	826	754	.913
Rick Martens	1	20				0	0	0.00	11	11	1.000
Totals	81	4330	47	14	11	4	216	2.99	2280	2064	.905

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Mark Lofthouse	R	14	10	8	18	19	0.71	0.57	1.29
Brad Maxwell	D	14	7	15	22	39	0.50	1.07	1.57
Stan Smyl	R	13	6	7	13	51	0.46	0.54	1.00
Ray Creasy	C	13	6	11	17	16	0.46	0.85	1.31
Randy Betty	F	14	8	7	15	4	0.57	0.50	1.07
Barry Beck	D	12	4	6	10	39	0.33	0.50	0.83
Miles Zaharko	D	14	1	10	11	20	0.07	0.71	0.79
Don Hobbins	LW	12	2	3	5	124	0.17	0.25	0.42
Doug Derkson	C	14	1	3	4	14	0.07	0.21	0.29
John Paul Kelly	L	5	2	2	4	0	0.40	0.40	0.80
Bruce Andres	F	14	2	2	4	19	0.14	0.14	0.29
Randy Rudnyk	F	14	1	2	3	77	0.07	0.14	0.21
Brian Young	D	12	0	5	5	26		0.42	0.42
Carl Van Harrewyn	D/F	14	0	2	2	16		0.14	0.14
Dave Orleski	L	14	3	4	7	8	0.21	0.29	0.50
Gerry Bell	LW	12	0	0	0	33
John Ogrodnick	L	14	3	3	6	2	0.21	0.21	0.43
Terry Kirkham	C	9	1	0	1	26	0.11		0.11
Blaine Peterson	G	11	0	0	0	2
Carey Walker	G	4	0	0	0	0
Larry Lozinski	G	1	0	0	0	0
Rick Greenwood	LW	5	0	1	1	22		0.20	0.20
Totals		249	57	91	148	557

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

1976-77 New Westminster Bruins Statistics

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