1988-89 Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 56-22-4 - 116 points
in the IHL's West Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Paul Baxter (56-22, 4 OTL)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
The Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the International Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 56 wins and 22 losses (and 4 overtime losses) for 116 points in the IHL's West Division.
The Golden Eagles potted 369 goals and surrendered 294. Paul Ranheim scored 68 goals for Salt Lake, while Jim Johannson, Rich Chernomaz, Theoren Fleury and Peter Lappin each tallied 30 or more, too. Rich Chernomaz accounted for 68 assists. Steve Guenette earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Doug Dadswell and Wayne Cowley added 15 or more wins, too. Steve Guenette registered a 2.72 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Paul Baxter coached the team. The 1988-89 Salt Lake Golden Eagles lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Chernomaz | R | 81 | 33 | 68 | 101 | 122 | 0.41 | 0.84 | 1.25 | |
| Paul Ranheim | L | 75 | 68 | 29 | 97 | 16 | 0.91 | 0.39 | 1.29 | |
| Peter Lappin | R | 81 | 48 | 42 | 90 | 50 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 1.11 | |
| Randy Bucyk | C | 79 | 28 | 59 | 87 | 24 | 0.35 | 0.75 | 1.10 | |
| Jim Johannson | C | 82 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 87 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.91 | |
| Theoren Fleury | R | 40 | 37 | 37 | 74 | 81 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 1.85 | |
| Marc Bureau | C | 76 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 119 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.84 | |
| Dave Reierson | D | 76 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 70 | 0.09 | 0.61 | 0.70 | |
| Rick Lessard | D | 76 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 239 | 0.13 | 0.55 | 0.68 | |
| Martin Simard | R | 71 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 221 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.39 | |
| Stu Grimson | L | 72 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 397 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 | |
| Rick Hayward | D | 72 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 313 | 0.06 | 0.28 | 0.33 | |
| Jim Leavins | D | 25 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 0.32 | 0.52 | 0.84 | |
| Chris Biotti | D | 57 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.35 | |
| Ken Sabourin | D | 74 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 197 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.27 | |
| Mark Holmes | C | 52 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 46 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.35 | |
| Shane Churla | R | 32 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 278 | 0.09 | 0.41 | 0.50 | |
| Michael Dark | D | 36 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 57 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.42 | |
| Doug Pickell | LW | 57 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 79 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.23 | |
| Brian Glynn | D | 31 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 105 | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.42 | |
| Doug Clarke | D | 35 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.34 | |
| Jeff Wenaas | C | 17 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0.12 | 0.47 | 0.59 | |
| Bench | 82 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |||
| Doug Dadswell | G | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Kevin Grant | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Steve Guenette | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Wayne Cowley | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Bob Bodak | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ron Petronella | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1478 | 369 | 570 | 939 | 2680 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Guenette | 30 | 1810 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 2.72 | |||
| Wayne Cowley | 29 | 1423 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 3.96 | |||
| Doug Dadswell | 32 | 1723 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 110 | 3.83 | |||
| Ron Petronella | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.00 | |||||
| Totals | 92 | 4958 | 56 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 287 | 3.47 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Chernomaz | R | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.36 | 0.86 |
| Paul Ranheim | L | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.71 |
| Peter Lappin | R | 14 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 1.29 |
| Randy Bucyk | C | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.71 |
| Jim Johannson | C | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.38 | 0.54 |
| Marc Bureau | C | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.36 | 0.86 |
| Dave Reierson | D | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.62 | 0.69 |
| Rick Lessard | D | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 0.50 |
| Martin Simard | R | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | |
| Stu Grimson | L | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.36 |
| Rick Hayward | D | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.70 |
| Jim Leavins | D | 14 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.79 | 0.93 |
| Chris Biotti | D | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.58 |
| Ken Sabourin | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
| Mark Holmes | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Doug Pickell | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Glynn | D | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.50 | 0.71 |
| Bench | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Grant | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Steve Guenette | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Cowley | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Stephane Matteau | L | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.44 | 0.44 | |
| Bryan Deasley | LW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.71 |
| Totals | 253 | 58 | 86 | 144 | 471 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Guenette | 13 | 782 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3.38 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Cowley | 2 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.22 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 851 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3.53 | 0 |
