1979-80 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 46-25-9 - 101 points
in the AHL's Southern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Parker MacDonald (46-25-9)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut

1979-80 New Haven Nighthawks Roster

The New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 46 wins and 25 losses and 9 ties for 101 points in the AHL's Southern Division.

The Nighthawks led the league with 350 goals. New Haven yielded 305 goals. Bill Lochead scored 46 goals for the team, while Jim Mayer and Dave Snopek tallied 30 or more also. Larry Skinner contributed 53 assists. Doug Soetaert topped the squad with 17 wins, plus Jim Pettie added 15 or more wins, too. Doug Soetaert recorded a 3.58 goals against average, best among regular goalies.

Parker MacDonald coached the team. The 1979-80 New Haven Nighthawks lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Bill Lochead	F	68	46	43	89	90		0.68	0.63	1.31
Larry Skinner	C	63	18	53	71	38		0.29	0.84	1.13
Jim Mayer	D	62	32	35	67	91		0.52	0.56	1.08
Tom Colley	C	79	23	43	66	43		0.29	0.54	0.84
Jeff McDill	R	75	27	36	63	61		0.36	0.48	0.84
Lance Nethery	C	74	23	39	62	20		0.31	0.53	0.84
Dave Snopek	LW	79	35	21	56	95		0.44	0.27	0.71
Mike Backman	R	74	18	28	46	156		0.24	0.38	0.62
Claude Larose	L	31	16	27	43	4		0.52	0.87	1.39
Mike McDougal	R	68	17	25	42	43		0.25	0.37	0.62
Chris Kotsopoulos	D	75	7	27	34	149		0.09	0.36	0.45
Jocelyn Guevremont	D	36	7	27	34	18		0.19	0.75	0.94
Dennis Owchar	D	40	6	27	33	26		0.15	0.68	0.83
Andre Dore	D	63	9	21	30	99		0.14	0.33	0.48
Ray Markham	R	57	9	20	29	198		0.16	0.35	0.51
Pat Conacher	L	53	11	14	25	43		0.21	0.26	0.47
Frank Beaton	L	40	10	14	24	106		0.25	0.35	0.60
Dan Clark	D	75	0	24	24	247			0.32	0.32
Doug Sulliman	R	31	9	7	16	9		0.29	0.23	0.52
Bobby Sheehan	C	13	8	7	15	2		0.62	0.54	1.15
Tim Bothwell	D	22	6	7	13	25		0.27	0.32	0.59
Ed Hospodar	D	25	3	9	12	131		0.12	0.36	0.48
Dave Silk	R	11	1	9	10	0		0.09	0.82	0.91
Dan McCarthy	C	26	6	3	9	8		0.23	0.12	0.35
Joe Augustine	D	44	0	8	8	41			0.18	0.18
Bob Grant	D	16	1	3	4	8		0.06	0.19	0.25
Dean Turner	D	6	1	3	4	10		0.17	0.50	0.67
Ray Clearwater	D	14	1	1	2	6		0.07	0.07	0.14
Dan Makuch	RW	3	0	1	1	0			0.33	0.33
Jim Pettie	G	33	0	1	1	47			0.03	0.03
Doug Soetaert	G	32	0	1	1	16			0.03	0.03
Kent Reardon	RW	5	0	1	1	2			0.20	0.20
Tom Semenchuk	G	1	0	0	0	0
John Davidson	G	4	0	0	0	6
John Corriveau	F	3	0	0	0	2
Steve Baker	G	9	0	0	0	2
Tom Laidlaw	D	1	0	0	0	0
Rick Slawson	D	5	0	0	0	4
Dave Hrechkosy	L	1	0	0	0	0
Wayne Thomas	G	5	0	0	0	2
Totals		1422	350	585	935	1848	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Steve Baker	9	491	6	1	1	0	2	29	3.54	265	236	.891
Wayne Thomas	5	280	5	0	0	0		11	2.36	150	139	.927
Doug Soetaert	32	1808	17	8	5	3	3	108	3.58	933	825	.884
Jim Pettie	33	1975	16	13	3	2	2	131	3.98	965	834	.864
Tom Semenchuk	1	60	1	0	0	0	0	4	4.00	34	30	.882
John Davidson	4	239	1	3	0	1	0	16	4.02	114	98	.860
Totals	84	4853	46	25	9	6	7	299	3.70	2461	2162	.879

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Bill Lochead	F	10	6	5	11	8	0.60	0.50	1.10
Larry Skinner	C	10	5	10	15	0	0.50	1.00	1.50
Jim Mayer	D	10	7	2	9	25	0.70	0.20	0.90
Tom Colley	C	7	0	4	4	4		0.57	0.57
Jeff McDill	R	10	5	0	5	20	0.50		0.50
Lance Nethery	C	10	3	12	15	2	0.30	1.20	1.50
Dave Snopek	LW	10	5	1	6	8	0.50	0.10	0.60
Mike Backman	R	10	6	8	14	14	0.60	0.80	1.40
Claude Larose	L	10	2	5	7	0	0.20	0.50	0.70
Mike McDougal	R	4	0	3	3	0		0.75	0.75
Chris Kotsopoulos	D	10	4	5	9	28	0.40	0.50	0.90
Jocelyn Guevremont	D	10	0	10	10	10		1.00	1.00
Andre Dore	D	9	1	1	2	20	0.11	0.11	0.22
Pat Conacher	L	7	1	1	2	4	0.14	0.14	0.29
Frank Beaton	L	10	1	4	5	52	0.10	0.40	0.50
Dan Clark	D	9	1	4	5	21	0.11	0.44	0.56
Ed Hospodar	D	5	0	1	1	39		0.20	0.20
Dave Silk	R	9	1	2	3	12	0.11	0.22	0.33
Jim Pettie	G	2	0	0	0	12
Doug Soetaert	G	8	0	0	0	2
Tom Laidlaw	D	10	1	6	7	27	0.10	0.60	0.70
Totals		180	49	84	133	308

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA
Doug Soetaert	8	478	5	3	24	3.01
Jim Pettie	2	0	1	1	0
Totals	10	478	6	4	24	3.01

1979-80 New Haven Nighthawks Statistics

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