1978-79 Rochester Americans Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 26-42-12 - 64 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Coach: Duane Rupp (6-9-2)
Coach: Gary Darling (4-5-1)
Coach: Ron Garwasiuk (0-1)
Coach: Pat Kelly (16-27-9)
Location: Rochester, New York

1978-79 Rochester Americans Roster

The Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 26 wins and 42 losses and 12 ties for 64 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Americans potted 289 goals and gave up 349, most in the league. Bill Bennett scored 33 goals for Rochester, while Barry Smith contributed 43 assists. Gary Carr topped the squad with 14 wins, and Dave Parro recorded a 3.81 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Duane Rupp, Gary Darling, Ron Garwasiuk and Pat Kelly coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Bill Bennett	L	72	33	38	71	89		0.46	0.53	0.99
Barry Smith	C	80	23	43	66	46		0.29	0.54	0.83
Tom Songin	R	59	21	38	59	92		0.36	0.64	1.00
Steve West	C	47	24	31	55	28		0.51	0.66	1.17
Brian McGregor	F	72	25	28	53	21		0.35	0.39	0.74
Chris Nichol	G	80	16	35	51	112		0.20	0.44	0.64
Graeme Nicolson	D	80	16	35	51	112		0.20	0.44	0.64
Steve Langdon	L	80	25	23	48	14		0.31	0.29	0.60
Gary Burns	F	79	16	30	46	99		0.20	0.38	0.58
Tom Cassidy	C	51	11	35	46	55		0.22	0.69	0.90
Daryl Drader	LW	77	20	25	45	36		0.26	0.32	0.58
Greg Vaydik	C	80	16	25	41	10		0.20	0.31	0.51
Dwight Foster	F	22	11	18	29	8		0.50	0.82	1.32
Don Larway	R	37	13	11	24	55		0.35	0.30	0.65
Mike Forbes	D	75	4	20	24	97		0.05	0.27	0.32
Ray Maluta	D	35	4	14	18	58		0.11	0.40	0.51
Jeff Brubaker	L	57	4	10	14	253		0.07	0.18	0.25
Brad Knelson	D	48	4	10	14	72		0.08	0.21	0.29
Ron Garwasiuk	L	20	5	5	10	33		0.25	0.25	0.50
Mark Suzor	D	24	4	6	10	16		0.17	0.25	0.42
Keith Johnson	D	29	1	6	7	137		0.03	0.21	0.24
Al Secord	L	4	4	2	6	40		1.00	0.50	1.50
Stu Younger	LW	24	2	3	5	15		0.08	0.13	0.21
Joe Rando	D	71	0	4	4	99			0.06	0.06
Doug Butler	D	7	1	2	3	0		0.14	0.29	0.43
Mike Walton	C	1	1	2	3	2		1.00	2.00	3.00
Mike Holmes	D	2	1	0	1	2		0.50		0.50
Dave Parro	G	36	0	1	1	10			0.03	0.03
Alain Harvey	RW	5	0	1	1	0			0.20	0.20
Al Sims	D	3	0	1	1	4			0.33	0.33
Gary Carr	G	42	0	1	1	42			0.02	0.02
Bobby Blood	D	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Mierkalns	F	3	0	0	0	2
Rick Dorman	D	1	0	0	0	0
Dennis O'Brien	D	2	0	0	0	2
Ray Tremblay	F	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Coughlin	F	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Barrett	LW	1	0	0	0	2
Jim Pettie	G	9	0	0	0	10
Totals		1419	305	503	808	1673	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Gary Carr	42	2347	14	20	5	2	1	172	4.40
Dave Parro	36	2048	12	15	6	5	2	130	3.81
Jim Pettie	9	452	0	7	1	2		39	5.18
Totals	87	4847	26	42	12	9	3	341	4.22	0

1978-79 Rochester Americans Statistics

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