1978-79 New Westminster Bruins Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 34-32-6 - 74 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Ernie McLean (34-32-6)
Location: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

1978-79 New Westminster Bruins Roster

The New Westminster Bruins of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 34 wins and 32 losses and 6 ties for 74 points in the WHL's West Division.

The Bruins scored 310 goals and allowed 301. John Ogrodnick netted 48 goals for New Westminster, while Scott MacLeod and Neil Meadmore tallied 30 or more, too. Scott MacLeod contributed 70 assists. Tom Semenchuk topped the squad with 18 wins, plus Rick Martens added 15 or more wins, too. Rick Martens recorded a 4.02 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.

Ernie McLean coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Scott MacLeod	C	72	39	70	109	92		0.54	0.97	1.51
John Ogrodnick	L	72	48	36	84	38		0.67	0.50	1.17
Neil Meadmore	RW	71	30	36	66	128		0.42	0.51	0.93
Dave Orleski	L	71	27	39	66	101		0.38	0.55	0.93
Kent Reardon	RW	71	22	34	56	107		0.31	0.48	0.79
Boris Fistric	D	64	15	37	52	460		0.23	0.58	0.81
Terry Kirkham	C	67	15	34	49	61		0.22	0.51	0.73
John Paul Kelly	L	70	25	22	47	207		0.36	0.31	0.67
Bill Hobbins	C	68	13	30	43	134		0.19	0.44	0.63
Bruce Howes	D	65	13	30	43	116		0.20	0.46	0.66
Larry Melnyk	D	71	7	33	40	142		0.10	0.46	0.56
Randy Irving	D/LW	33	9	20	29	65		0.27	0.61	0.88
Rick Slawson	D	64	2	22	24	98		0.03	0.34	0.38
Doug Hall	C	54	8	14	22	46		0.15	0.26	0.41
Pat McGill	LW	66	10	9	19	54		0.15	0.14	0.29
Mickey Willgress	LW	35	6	10	16	41		0.17	0.29	0.46
Rick Amann	D	67	1	15	16	115		0.01	0.22	0.24
Anthony McMurchy	C	14	6	3	9	0		0.43	0.21	0.64
Bill Stewart	F	8	2	4	6	4		0.25	0.50	0.75
Rob Clavette	RW	13	2	2	4	49		0.15	0.15	0.31
Randy Wickware	LW	6	1	2	3	0		0.17	0.33	0.50
George Crookshank	D	2	0	3	3	2			1.50	1.50
Ralph Krueger	RW	3	2	0	2	10		0.67		0.67
Rick Brost	D/C	3	0	1	1	0			0.33	0.33
Andy Ristau	RW	17	0	1	1	30			0.06	0.06
Stewart Robertson	RW	4	0	1	1	2			0.25	0.25
Todd Semeniuk	D	3	0	1	1	2			0.33	0.33
Barry Hill		1	0	0	0	0
Brian Inkster	F	3	0	0	0	0
Rick Martens	G	37	0	0	0	14
Jeff Kirton	RW	1	0	0	0	5
Mark Didcott	D	1	0	0	0	0
Duane Swanson	F	1	0	0	0	0
Dan Sylvestor		2	0	0	0	7
Don Werbeniuk	RW	8	0	0	0	0
Brad Mammel		1	0	0	0	0
John Dobson	F	2	0	0	0	0
Rob Roflik		5	0	0	0	15
Ian Ramsey		1	0	0	0	0
Curt Issel	D	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Crosson	D	2	0	0	0	0
Pat Masiuk		3	0	0	0	0
Tom Semenchuk	G	38	0	0	0	0
Mike Schambers	G	1	0	0	0	2
Ron Dunville	F	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1263	303	509	812	2147	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Tom Semenchuk	38	2160	18	14	4	0	146	4.06
Rick Martens	37	2089	16	17	2	1	140	4.02
John Dobson	2	35	0	1	0	0	7	12.00
Mike Schambers	1	34				0	6	10.59
Totals	78	4318	34	32	6	1	299	4.15	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Scott MacLeod	C	8	4	5	9	10	0.50	0.63	1.13
John Ogrodnick	L	6	2	0	2	4	0.33		0.33
Neil Meadmore	RW	8	2	5	7	21	0.25	0.63	0.88
Dave Orleski	L	8	3	4	7	2	0.38	0.50	0.88
Kent Reardon	RW	8	4	2	6	2	0.50	0.25	0.75
Boris Fistric	D	6	0	1	1	29		0.17	0.17
Terry Kirkham	C	6	0	1	1	0		0.17	0.17
John Paul Kelly	L	5	0	1	1	15		0.20	0.20
Bill Hobbins	C	7	1	5	6	2	0.14	0.71	0.86
Bruce Howes	D	7	1	2	3	0	0.14	0.29	0.43
Larry Melnyk	D	8	1	4	5	14	0.13	0.50	0.63
Rick Slawson	D	8	0	1	1	0		0.13	0.13
Doug Hall	C	7	2	2	4	4	0.29	0.29	0.57
Pat McGill	LW	8	1	1	2	2	0.13	0.13	0.25
Mickey Willgress	LW	8	3	3	6	2	0.38	0.38	0.75
Rick Amann	D	7	1	3	4	0	0.14	0.43	0.57
Anthony McMurchy	C	3	0	1	1	0		0.33	0.33
Bill Stewart	F	3	0	0	0	2
Rob Clavette	RW	8	1	5	6	20	0.13	0.63	0.75
Randy Wickware	LW	2	0	0	0	0
George Crookshank	D	1	0	0	0	0
Todd Semeniuk	D	1	0	0	0	0
Rick Martens	G	6	0	0	0	0
Dan Sylvestor		2	1	0	1	0	0.50		0.50
Rob Roflik		1	0	0	0	0
Tom Semenchuk	G	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		146	27	46	73	129

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 New Westminster Bruins Statistics

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