1978-79 Billings Bighorns Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 38-23-11 - 87 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Dave King (38-23-11)
Location: Billings, Montana

1978-79 Billings Bighorns Roster

The Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 38 wins and 23 losses and 11 ties for 87 points in the WHL's Central Division.

The Bighorns netted 378 goals and allowed 302. Cal Roadhouse scored 50 goals for Billings, while Don Nachbaur, Gord Stafford and Harvie Pocza each tallied 30 or more also. Gord Stafford contributed 66 assists. Neil Girard earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.11 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave King coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gord Stafford	C	72	37	66	103	70		0.51	0.92	1.43
Cal Roadhouse	RW	69	50	48	98	138		0.72	0.70	1.42
Harvie Pocza	L	72	42	55	97	151		0.58	0.76	1.35
Don Nachbaur	C	69	44	52	96	175		0.64	0.75	1.39
Mike Kouwenhoven	RW	71	28	48	76	161		0.39	0.68	1.07
Dan Earley	D	71	9	55	64	149		0.13	0.77	0.90
Pat Conacher	L	39	25	37	62	50		0.64	0.95	1.59
Jeff Zilkie	RW	60	27	31	58	76		0.45	0.52	0.97
Pat Rabbitt	LW	72	23	25	48	137		0.32	0.35	0.67
Murray Brumwell	D	61	11	32	43	62		0.18	0.52	0.70
John Eger	LW	60	17	25	42	40		0.28	0.42	0.70
Lindsay Carson	C	30	13	22	35	50		0.43	0.73	1.17
Gary Plamondon	D	62	6	26	32	56		0.10	0.42	0.52
Mike Bustin	D	71	4	16	20	148		0.06	0.23	0.28
Tom Cyr	RW	38	7	12	19	61		0.18	0.32	0.50
Doug Buchanan	D	36	2	17	19	61		0.06	0.47	0.53
Blake Stephen	RW	23	8	9	17	40		0.35	0.39	0.74
Ian MacInnis	LW	29	7	8	15	0		0.24	0.28	0.52
Jim McTaggart	D	30	1	12	13	93		0.03	0.40	0.43
Doug Robb	RW	12	4	7	11	33		0.33	0.58	0.92
Dean Renneberg	C	35	6	3	9	36		0.17	0.09	0.26
Leigh Verstraete	R	32	4	4	8	58		0.13	0.13	0.25
Ian Tennant	D	33	1	5	6	92		0.03	0.15	0.18
Bud Langstrom	D	5	0	3	3	9			0.60	0.60
Neil Girard	G	49	0	2	2	10			0.04	0.04
Greg Lynott	D	15	1	0	1	25		0.07		0.07
Marcel Frere	LW	1	1	0	1	0		1.00		1.00
Brent Gogol	F	2	0	1	1	45			0.50	0.50
Bruce Holloway	D	9	0	1	1	0			0.11	0.11
Norm Meyer	F	2	0	1	1	0			0.50	0.50
Gary Soroka	D	2	0	1	1	0			0.50	0.50
Mark Davidner	G	1	0	0	0	0
Glenn Johannesen	L	2	0	0	0	5
Larry Davidson	C	2	0	0	0	2
Andy Moog	G	26	0	0	0	6
Darren McKay	D	2	0	0	0	0
Randy Jaycock	G	5	0	0	0	2
Rod Buskas	D	1	0	0	0	0
Greg Bohmer		3	0	0	0	8
Totals		1274	378	624	1002	2049	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Neil Girard	49	2830	24	17	7	1	194	4.11
Andy Moog	26	1306	13	5	4	3	90	4.13
Randy Jaycock	5	173	1	1	0	0	14	4.86
Mark Davidner	1	7				0	0	0.00
Totals	81	4316	38	23	11	4	298	4.14	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gord Stafford	C	8	7	6	13	2	0.88	0.75	1.63
Cal Roadhouse	RW	8	5	7	12	10	0.63	0.88	1.50
Harvie Pocza	L	8	1	4	5	8	0.13	0.50	0.63
Don Nachbaur	C	8	2	3	5	10	0.25	0.38	0.63
Mike Kouwenhoven	RW	8	3	5	8	0	0.38	0.63	1.00
Dan Earley	D	8	0	3	3	8		0.38	0.38
Jeff Zilkie	RW	8	4	3	7	4	0.50	0.38	0.88
Pat Rabbitt	LW	5	1	0	1	0	0.20		0.20
Murray Brumwell	D	8	0	4	4	9		0.50	0.50
John Eger	LW	8	2	4	6	22	0.25	0.50	0.75
Lindsay Carson	C	8	4	7	11	2	0.50	0.88	1.38
Gary Plamondon	D	8	0	5	5	4		0.63	0.63
Mike Bustin	D	8	0	0	0	11
Ian MacInnis	LW	6	3	2	5	4	0.50	0.33	0.83
Jim McTaggart	D	8	1	4	5	23	0.13	0.50	0.63
Doug Robb	RW	8	4	1	5	29	0.50	0.13	0.63
Dean Renneberg	C	7	0	1	1	2		0.14	0.14
Leigh Verstraete	R	2	0	0	0	5
Neil Girard	G	5	0	0	0	2
Bruce Holloway	D	4	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	5	0	0	0	4
Totals		146	37	59	96	159

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Andy Moog	5	229	1	3	0	0	0	21	5.50		0
Totals	5	229	1	3	0	0	0	21	5.50		0

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