1978-79 Kalamazoo Wings Statistics

International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 40-28-12 - 92 points
in the IHL's Northern Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Bill Purcell (40-28-12)
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan

1978-79 Kalamazoo Wings Roster

The Kalamazoo Wings of the International Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 40 wins and 28 losses and 12 ties for 92 points in the IHL's Northern Division.

The Wings netted 368 goals and conceded 327. Tom Milani scored 52 goals for Kalamazoo, while Benoit Gosselin, Kevin Schamehorn, Grant Morin and Tom Ross each tallied 30 or more as well. Tom Ross recorded 69 assists, and Al Jensen earned a 3.61 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.

Bill Purcell coached the team. The 1978-79 Kalamazoo Wings won the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Tom Ross	C	72	47	69	116	23		0.65	0.96	1.61
Tom Milani	R	78	52	54	106	42		0.67	0.69	1.36
Kevin Schamehorn	R	80	45	57	102	245		0.56	0.71	1.28
Doug Derkson	C	66	26	48	74	20		0.39	0.73	1.12
Glen Wylie	RW	73	28	41	69	118		0.38	0.56	0.95
Grant Morin	RW	74	34	32	66	280		0.46	0.43	0.89
Benoit Gosselin	L	65	35	24	59	81		0.54	0.37	0.91
Mike Wanchuk	RW	77	24	35	59	11		0.31	0.45	0.77
Randy Mohns	C	62	16	40	56	48		0.26	0.65	0.90
Pete Crawford	D	61	12	41	53	82		0.20	0.67	0.87
Dwight Schofield	D	47	8	29	37	199		0.17	0.62	0.79
Brian McDavid	D	71	4	31	35	100		0.06	0.44	0.49
Len Ircandia	R	55	5	27	32	221		0.09	0.49	0.58
Ron Wilson	D	36	8	22	30	68		0.22	0.61	0.83
Alan Stoneman	D	60	10	13	23	63		0.17	0.22	0.38
Fred Berry	C	19	7	11	18	43		0.37	0.58	0.95
Kip Churchill	F	32	5	12	17	2		0.16	0.38	0.53
John Barrett	D	31	1	12	13	54		0.03	0.39	0.42
Sterling Loga	D	17	0	9	9	9			0.53	0.53
Dean Willers	F	12	3	4	7	20		0.25	0.33	0.58
Greg Neeld	D	7	1	5	6	44		0.14	0.71	0.86
Jack Rankin		11	0	6	6	13			0.55	0.55
Brian Shmyr	F	5	2	2	4	7		0.40	0.40	0.80
Mike Wong	C	6	2	2	4	21		0.33	0.33	0.67
Bernie Saunders	L	3	1	3	4	0		0.33	1.00	1.33
Jean-Francois Boutin	LW	4	1	2	3	2		0.25	0.50	0.75
John Hilworth	D	2	1	2	3	7		0.50	1.00	1.50
Al Jensen	G	47	0	3	3	6			0.06	0.06
John Kibyuk	LW	2	0	2	2	0			1.00	1.00
Dan Eastman	F	5	1	0	1	2		0.20		0.20
Greg Steel	D	3	0	1	1	12			0.33	0.33
Jim Baxter	G	9	0	1	1	11			0.11	0.11
Neil Smith	D	5	0	1	1	7			0.20	0.20
Scott Grady		1	0	0	0	0
Claude Legris	G	15	0	0	0	0
Bob MacGuigan	C	4	0	0	0	0
Mike Crawford	C	3	0	0	0	14
Bob Phillips	L	1	0	0	0	2
Yves Guillemette	G	20	0	0	0	8
Totals		1241	379	641	1020	1885	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Claude Legris	16	730					55	4.52
Al Jensen	47	2596				2	156	3.61
Yves Guillemette	20	1006				0	78	4.65
Totals	83	4332	0	0	0	2	289	4.00	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Tom Ross	C	6	6	11	17	0	1.00	1.83	2.83
Tom Milani	R	14	9	10	19	51	0.64	0.71	1.36
Kevin Schamehorn	R	15	15	9	24	60	1.00	0.60	1.60
Doug Derkson	C	15	6	10	16	6	0.40	0.67	1.07
Glen Wylie	RW	15	5	5	10	46	0.33	0.33	0.67
Grant Morin	RW	15	2	6	8	65	0.13	0.40	0.53
Benoit Gosselin	L	15	8	6	14	60	0.53	0.40	0.93
Mike Wanchuk	RW	15	13	10	23	2	0.87	0.67	1.53
Randy Mohns	C	15	2	17	19	20	0.13	1.13	1.27
Pete Crawford	D	15	4	12	16	52	0.27	0.80	1.07
Brian McDavid	D	15	2	6	8	69	0.13	0.40	0.53
Len Ircandia	R	9	1	7	8	27	0.11	0.78	0.89
John Barrett	D	15	2	11	13	48	0.13	0.73	0.87
Sterling Loga	D	10	1	1	2	19	0.10	0.10	0.20
Al Jensen	G	12	0	3	3	2		0.25	0.25
Claude Legris	G	3	0	0	0	0
Jean Chouinard	LW	9	3	5	8	4	0.33	0.56	0.89
Totals		213	79	129	208	531

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA
Claude Legris	3	0	2	1	0
Al Jensen	12	718	0	0	34	2.84
Totals	15	718	2	1	34	2.84

1978-79 Kalamazoo Wings Statistics

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