1976-77 Saginaw Gears Statistics

International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 40-27-11 - 91 points
in the IHL's North Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Don Perry (40-27-11)
Location: Saginaw, Michigan

1976-77 Saginaw Gears Roster

The Saginaw Gears of the International Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 40 wins and 27 losses and 11 ties for 91 points in the IHL's North Division.

The Gears netted 338 goals and allowed 292. John Paul Evans scored 50 goals for Saginaw, while Rick Chinnick, Dave Westner and Dennis Desrosiers each tallied 30 or more as well. John Paul Evans accounted for 62 assists, and Mario Lessard recorded a 3.47 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Don Perry coached the team. The 1976-77 Saginaw Gears won the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
John Paul Evans	C	78	50	62	112	53		0.64	0.79	1.44
Dennis Desrosiers	RW	75	46	50	96	255		0.61	0.67	1.28
Rick Chinnick	R	78	37	33	70	24		0.47	0.42	0.90
Dave Westner	C	78	35	29	64	81		0.45	0.37	0.82
Wayne Zuk	C	70	24	39	63	29		0.34	0.56	0.90
Stu Irving	R	78	23	37	60	57		0.29	0.47	0.77
Marcel Comeau	C	58	27	32	59	17		0.47	0.55	1.02
D'Arcy Ryan	F	72	24	32	56	57		0.33	0.44	0.78
Mike Ruest	D	75	23	29	52	34		0.31	0.39	0.69
John Gravel	D	66	7	35	42	18		0.11	0.53	0.64
Greg Hotham	D	69	4	33	37	100		0.06	0.48	0.54
Tim Williams	D	55	12	22	34	42		0.22	0.40	0.62
Marc Gaudreault	F	52	11	17	28	73		0.21	0.33	0.54
Dan O'Driscoll	C	32	7	14	21	16		0.22	0.44	0.66
Gord Malinoski	D	57	3	15	18	280		0.05	0.26	0.32
Kevin Kemp	D	50	2	11	13	186		0.04	0.22	0.26
Jean-Marie Nicol	F	20	9	3	12	4		0.45	0.15	0.60
Dave Faulkner	F	17	4	8	12	6		0.24	0.47	0.71
Kirk Fyffe	C	9	1	4	5	27		0.11	0.44	0.56
Don Moores	F	15	0	4	4	18			0.27	0.27
Mario Lessard	G	44	0	2	2	4			0.05	0.05
Brendan Lowe	D	5	1	0	1	5		0.20		0.20
Charlie Skjodt	C	3	0	1	1	4			0.33	0.33
Bob Mears	G	5	0	1	1	0			0.20	0.20
Jim Fraser	G	2	0	0	0	0
Michel Deguise	G	26	0	0	0	0
Dan Djakalovic	F	1	0	0	0	7
Bill Yeo	D	4	0	0	0	0
Rick Lemay	D	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Mohr	G	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		1198	350	513	863	1397	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Rick Lemay	2	120	1	1	0	0	0	7	3.50
Bob Mears	5	237				0	0	20	5.06
Mario Lessard	44	2489				1		144	3.47
Bill Yeo	4	180				0	0	15	5.00
Michel Deguise	26	1406				0	0	80	3.41
Tom Mohr	7	215				0	0	17	4.74
Jim Fraser	2	73				0	0	8	6.58
Totals	90	4720	1	1	0	1	0	291	3.70	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
John Paul Evans	C	19	10	15	25	2	0.53	0.79	1.32
Dennis Desrosiers	RW	19	12	11	23	67	0.63	0.58	1.21
Rick Chinnick	R	19	9	14	23	0	0.47	0.74	1.21
Dave Westner	C	19	10	7	17	13	0.53	0.37	0.89
Wayne Zuk	C	19	7	9	16	12	0.37	0.47	0.84
Stu Irving	R	19	5	7	12	9	0.26	0.37	0.63
Marcel Comeau	C	19	9	14	23	11	0.47	0.74	1.21
D'Arcy Ryan	F	6	0	1	1	0		0.17	0.17
Mike Ruest	D	19	5	5	10	6	0.26	0.26	0.53
John Gravel	D	19	4	12	16	4	0.21	0.63	0.84
Greg Hotham	D	19	1	10	11	16	0.05	0.53	0.58
Marc Gaudreault	F	19	6	5	11	34	0.32	0.26	0.58
Gord Malinoski	D	7	0	1	1	16		0.14	0.14
Kevin Kemp	D	19	1	3	4	99	0.05	0.16	0.21
Mario Lessard	G	18	0	0	0	2
Gary Sittler	D	12	1	16	17	68	0.08	1.33	1.42
Tom Mohr	G	3	0	0	0	0
Totals		274	80	130	210	359

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Mario Lessard	18	1059	12	6	0	0	1	52	2.95		0
Totals	18	1059	12	6	0	0	1	52	2.95		0

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