1978-79 Erie Blades Statistics

North Eastern Hockey League (NEHL)
Team Record: 47-19-3 - 97 points
in the NEHL
Coach: Nick Polano (47-19-3)

1978-79 Erie Blades Roster

The Erie Blades of the North Eastern Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 47 wins and 19 losses and 3 ties for 97 points in the NEHL.

The Blades led the league with 344 goals. Erie allowed 260 goals, least in the league. Stan Gulutzan scored 53 goals for the squad, while Dennis Abgrall, Brad Rhiness, Paul Mancini and Daniel Poulin each netted 30 or more, too. Brad Rhiness contributed 68 assists. Carey Walker earned 23 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Dave Johns added 15 or more wins, too. Carey Walker recorded a 2.58 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Nick Polano coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Brad Rhiness	C	69	52	68	120	12		0.75	0.99	1.74
Stan Gulutzan	LW	67	53	55	108	100		0.79	0.82	1.61
Daniel Poulin	D	68	35	53	88	79		0.51	0.78	1.29
Dennis Abgrall	R	56	30	49	79	8		0.54	0.88	1.41
Paul Mancini	LW	62	43	31	74	14		0.69	0.50	1.19
Paul Pacific	C	59	20	38	58	25		0.34	0.64	0.98
Dave Dornseif	D	63	14	42	56	86		0.22	0.67	0.89
Paul Devlin	RW	66	15	35	50	200		0.23	0.53	0.76
Dick Layo	D	60	10	40	50	70		0.17	0.67	0.83
Paul Sheard	LW	69	12	36	48	90		0.17	0.52	0.70
Ron Hansis	R	53	18	26	44	62		0.34	0.49	0.83
Val James	L	67	14	26	40	112		0.21	0.39	0.60
Pierre Lagace	L	39	13	22	35	46		0.33	0.56	0.90
Dave Fortier	D	44	1	22	23	145		0.02	0.50	0.52
Randy Wyrozub	C	19	6	10	16	6		0.32	0.53	0.84
Floyd Lahache	D	30	1	11	12	75		0.03	0.37	0.40
Bob Beatty		13	1	5	6	36		0.08	0.38	0.46
Dennis Gazzola	F	5	1	1	2	2		0.20	0.20	0.40
Dave Annecchiarico	D	4	1	1	2	0		0.25	0.25	0.50
Dave Johns	G	33	0	2	2	13			0.06	0.06
Frank Anzalone	C	4	1	0	1	4		0.25		0.25
Terry Ballingall	D	3	1	0	1	6		0.33		0.33
Todd Livingstone		2	1	0	1	6		0.50		0.50
Paul Skjodt	RW	9	1	0	1	6		0.11		0.11
Carey Walker	G	32	0	1	1	4			0.03	0.03
Bernie Kaminski	G	3	0	1	1	2			0.33	0.33
Paul Joswiak	G	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Sekula	G	1	0	0	0	0
Fred Bahana		3	0	0	0	12
Doug Minervina		3	0	0	0	15
Others		18
Mike O'Brien	C	2	0	0	0	2
Tim Cuppage	G	13	0	0	0	0
Totals		1043	344	575	919	1238	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Others	18	591	4	5	0	0	0	48	4.87
Carey Walker	32	1861	23	6	2	3	2	80	2.58
Dave Johns	33	1731	20	8	1	2	0	127	4.40
Joe Sekula	1
Paul Joswiak	4
Tim Cuppage	13
Totals	101	4183	47	19	3	5	2	255	3.66	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Brad Rhiness	C	12	8	8	16	2	0.67	0.67	1.33
Stan Gulutzan	LW	12	5	10	15	24	0.42	0.83	1.25
Daniel Poulin	D	12	2	9	11	6	0.17	0.75	0.92
Dennis Abgrall	R	12	8	12	20	12	0.67	1.00	1.67
Paul Mancini	LW	12	7	3	10	6	0.58	0.25	0.83
Paul Pacific	C	12	0	1	1	0		0.08	0.08
Dave Dornseif	D	12	3	8	11	9	0.25	0.67	0.92
Paul Devlin	RW	12	2	5	7	22	0.17	0.42	0.58
Dick Layo	D	12	1	4	5	13	0.08	0.33	0.42
Paul Sheard	LW	12	4	4	8	8	0.33	0.33	0.67
Ron Hansis	R	12	5	7	12	27	0.42	0.58	1.00
Val James	L	12	4	1	5	21	0.33	0.08	0.42
Pierre Lagace	L	3	2	2	4	12	0.67	0.67	1.33
Randy Wyrozub	C	12	1	3	4	2	0.08	0.25	0.33
Floyd Lahache	D	12	0	3	3	20		0.25	0.25
Carey Walker	G	12	0	2	2	2		0.17	0.17
Totals		183	52	82	134	186

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0

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