1979-80 Billings Bighorns Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 37-34-1 - 75 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Les Calder (37-34-1)
Location: Billings, Montana

1979-80 Billings Bighorns Roster

The Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 37 wins and 34 losses and 1 ties for 75 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Bighorns netted 326 goals and surrendered 284. Gord Stafford scored 52 goals for Billings, while Jeff Zilkie and Lindsay Carson tallied 30 or more, too. Lindsay Carson accounted for 66 assists. Andy Moog earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.67 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Les Calder coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gord Stafford	C	68	52	58	110	91		0.76	0.85	1.62
Lindsay Carson	C	70	42	66	108	101		0.60	0.94	1.54
Jeff Zilkie	RW	65	36	42	78	66		0.55	0.65	1.20
Murray Brumwell	D	67	18	54	72	50		0.27	0.81	1.07
Pat Rabbitt	LW	64	29	42	71	112		0.45	0.66	1.11
Jim McTaggart	D	65	16	37	53	284		0.25	0.57	0.82
Marcel Frere	LW	72	22	29	51	126		0.31	0.40	0.71
Monty Trottier	C	60	18	32	50	168		0.30	0.53	0.83
John Eger	LW	57	19	21	40	54		0.33	0.37	0.70
Mike Bustin	D	71	3	33	36	193		0.04	0.46	0.51
Marc LeClair	LW	47	19	15	34	162		0.40	0.32	0.72
Rene Lemire	LW	69	5	22	27	81		0.07	0.32	0.39
Dale Cross	RW	55	13	13	26	169		0.24	0.24	0.47
Larry Davidson	C	70	11	12	23	79		0.16	0.17	0.33
Brian Ziegler	LW	32	1	19	20	101		0.03	0.59	0.63
Gary Plamondon	D	48	2	17	19	63		0.04	0.35	0.40
John Strait	RW	39	3	8	11	40		0.08	0.21	0.28
Bruce Holloway	D	49	1	9	10	6		0.02	0.18	0.20
Darren McKay	D	14	6	2	8	23		0.43	0.14	0.57
Tom Cyr	RW	15	3	5	8	24		0.20	0.33	0.53
Ian MacInnis	LW	9	2	6	8	11		0.22	0.67	0.89
Ted Harrison	F	10	1	1	2	0		0.10	0.10	0.20
Dean Renneberg	C	8	1	1	2	28		0.13	0.13	0.25
Tony Wozney		15	0	2	2	10			0.13	0.13
Leigh Verstraete	R	10	1	0	1	47		0.10		0.10
Andy Moog	G	46	0	1	1	17			0.02	0.02
Mike Eagles	L	5	0	1	1	0			0.20	0.20
Bernie Joyal	D	9	0	0	0	0
Randy Moller	D	2	0	0	0	4
John Benns	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Terry Balcom	C	1	0	0	0	0
Neil Girard	G	40	0	0	0	6
Totals		1254	324	548	872	2116	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Andy Moog	46	2435	23	14	1	1	149	3.67	1526	1377	.902
Neil Girard	40	1928	14	20	0	2	132	4.11	1253	1121	.895
Totals	86	4363	37	34	1	3	281	3.86	2779	2498	.899

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gord Stafford	C	7	0	5	5	20		0.71	0.71
Lindsay Carson	C	7	4	5	9	14	0.57	0.71	1.29
Jeff Zilkie	RW	7	3	5	8	14	0.43	0.71	1.14
Murray Brumwell	D	7	2	3	5	12	0.29	0.43	0.71
Pat Rabbitt	LW	7	0	1	1	21		0.14	0.14
Jim McTaggart	D	7	2	5	7	45	0.29	0.71	1.00
Marcel Frere	LW	7	2	3	5	26	0.29	0.43	0.71
Monty Trottier	C	7	2	0	2	31	0.29		0.29
John Eger	LW	5	0	1	1	0		0.20	0.20
Mike Bustin	D	7	1	2	3	5	0.14	0.29	0.43
Marc LeClair	LW	5	1	0	1	8	0.20		0.20
Rene Lemire	LW	7	1	0	1	16	0.14		0.14
Dale Cross	RW	7	0	1	1	37		0.14	0.14
Larry Davidson	C	7	0	2	2	12		0.29	0.29
Brian Ziegler	LW	7	0	0	0	14
Gary Plamondon	D	7	0	1	1	10		0.14	0.14
John Strait	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Andy Moog	G	3	0	1	1	12		0.33	0.33
Mike Eagles	L	4	0	0	0	7
John Benns	LW	4	2	0	2	10	0.50		0.50
Neil Girard	G	4	0	0	0	0
Totals		126	20	35	55	314

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Andy Moog	3	190	2	1	0	0	0	10	3.16		0
Totals	3	190	2	1	0	0	0	10	3.16		0

1979-80 Billings Bighorns Statistics

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