1971-72 Hershey Bears Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 33-30-13 - 79 points
in the AHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Frank Mathers (33-30-13)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania

1971-72 Hershey Bears Roster

The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 33 wins and 30 losses and 13 ties for 79 points in the AHL's Western Division.

The Bears netted 266 goals and surrendered 253. Jean-Guy Gratton scored 30 goals for Hershey.

Frank Mathers coached the team. The 1971-72 Hershey Bears lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Jeannot Gilbert	C	74	29	42	71	24		0.39	0.57	0.96
Jean-Guy Gratton	R	74	30	34	64	42		0.41	0.46	0.86
Ron Snell	R	76	22	31	53	29		0.29	0.41	0.70
Wally Boyer	C	64	18	30	48	43		0.28	0.47	0.75
Rick Kessell	C	54	24	19	43	12		0.44	0.35	0.80
Steve Cardwell	L	46	17	26	43	32		0.37	0.57	0.93
Mike Nykoluk	C	62	13	30	43	20		0.21	0.48	0.69
Jean-Guy Lagace	D	61	11	30	41	117		0.18	0.49	0.67
Ralph Keller	D	67	8	26	34	100		0.12	0.39	0.51
Robin Burns	L	65	18	15	33	58		0.28	0.23	0.51
Ted Snell	R	68	12	18	30	4		0.18	0.26	0.44
Brian McKenzie	L	66	15	13	28	92		0.23	0.20	0.42
John Stewart	L	46	10	17	27	32		0.22	0.37	0.59
Joe Noris	C	42	8	15	23	37		0.19	0.36	0.55
Duane Rupp	D	38	2	21	23	36		0.05	0.55	0.61
Bob Birdsell	RW	62	9	13	22	18		0.15	0.21	0.35
Bob Barber	D	71	2	19	21	87		0.03	0.27	0.30
Connie Forey	L	39	11	5	16	20		0.28	0.13	0.41
Larry Bignell	D	58	4	10	14	59		0.07	0.17	0.24
Yvon Labre	D	59	3	9	12	134		0.05	0.15	0.20
Andre Gill	G	40	0	1	1	11			0.03	0.03
Jim Rutherford	G	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Fitchner	C	3	0	0	0	0
Cam Newton	G	35	0	0	0	2
Totals		1273	266	424	690	1009	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Jim Rutherford	3	180	3	0	0	0		7	2.33
Andre Gill	40	2310	17	13	9	1	2	114	2.96
Cam Newton	35	2065	13	17	4	0		131	3.81
Totals	78	4555	33	30	13	1	2	252	3.32	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Jeannot Gilbert	C	4	0	1	1	0		0.25	0.25
Jean-Guy Gratton	R	4	3	0	3	0	0.75		0.75
Ron Snell	R	4	0	1	1	12		0.25	0.25
Wally Boyer	C	3	1	0	1	2	0.33		0.33
Mike Nykoluk	C	4	0	2	2	4		0.50	0.50
Jean-Guy Lagace	D	4	0	0	0	8
Ralph Keller	D	4	0	1	1	2		0.25	0.25
Robin Burns	L	4	1	1	2	10	0.25	0.25	0.50
Ted Snell	R	4	0	0	0	2
Brian McKenzie	L	4	0	0	0	0
John Stewart	L	4	1	2	3	4	0.25	0.50	0.75
Joe Noris	C	4	1	1	2	8	0.25	0.25	0.50
Bob Birdsell	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Barber	D	4	0	1	1	7		0.25	0.25
Connie Forey	L	4	0	0	0	0
Larry Bignell	D	3	0	0	0	4
Yvon Labre	D	4	2	1	3	20	0.50	0.25	0.75
Andre Gill	G	3	0	0	0	0
Cam Newton	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		70	9	11	20	83

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	L	GA	GAA
Andre Gill	3	194	3	13	4.02
Cam Newton	1	60	1	7	7.00
Totals	4	254	4	20	4.72

1971-72 Hershey Bears Statistics

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