1980-81 Saginaw Gears Statistics
Team Record: 45-29-8 - 98 points
in the IHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Don Perry (45-29-8)
Location: Saginaw, Michigan
The Saginaw Gears of the International Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 45 wins and 29 losses and 8 ties for 98 points in the IHL's East Division.
The Gears scored 392 goals, best in the league. Saginaw gave up 289 goals. Scott Gruhl netted 56 goals for the team, while Mike Brisebois, Mike Hartman, Doug Crawford, Chris Langevin and Marcel Comeau each tallied 30 or more also. Marcel Comeau contributed 82 assists, and Bob Froese recorded a 2.98 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Don Perry coached the team. The 1980-81 Saginaw Gears won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
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Marcel Comeau | C | 81 | 44 | 82 | 126 | 20 | 0.54 | 1.01 | 1.56 | |
Scott Gruhl | L | 77 | 56 | 34 | 90 | 87 | 0.73 | 0.44 | 1.17 | |
Mike Hartman | R | 76 | 51 | 38 | 89 | 121 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 1.17 | |
Chris Langevin | L | 75 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 179 | 0.47 | 0.64 | 1.11 | |
Bob Gladney | D | 78 | 12 | 71 | 83 | 54 | 0.15 | 0.91 | 1.06 | |
Mike Brisebois | 79 | 42 | 25 | 67 | 30 | 0.53 | 0.32 | 0.85 | ||
Doug Crawford | R | 73 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 16 | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.92 | |
Larry Goodenough | D | 54 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 32 | 0.19 | 0.78 | 0.96 | |
Warren Holmes | C | 40 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 27 | 0.53 | 0.65 | 1.18 | |
Claude Larochelle | C | 40 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 4 | 0.33 | 0.83 | 1.15 | |
Brent Jarrett | C | 41 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 18 | 0.29 | 0.76 | 1.05 | |
Gord Brooks | R | 39 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 4 | 0.44 | 0.64 | 1.08 | |
Lindsay Carson | C | 79 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 84 | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.46 | |
Rick Dorman | D | 33 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 137 | 0.15 | 0.55 | 0.70 | |
Don Waddell | D | 40 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 0.55 | |
Dave Robson | L | 26 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 0.27 | 0.54 | 0.81 | |
Bruce Guthrie | C | 38 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 53 | 0.08 | 0.47 | 0.55 | |
Greg Foy | D | 26 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.77 | |
Peter Luksa | D | 68 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 229 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.22 | |
Doug Harvey | RW | 13 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.92 | |
Bruce Gill | 57 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.16 | ||
Dave Stewart | C | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.78 | 0.89 | |
John Gibson | D | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 82 | 0.58 | 0.58 | ||
Daryl Evans | L | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 1.67 | |
Rick Scully | LW | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | |
Brian Carroll | LW | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | |
Ted Tucker | G | 40 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
Jean-Marie Nicol | F | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 2.00 | ||
Bob Froese | G | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
Kevin O'Donoghue | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||
George Kotsopoulos | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
Don Hawkes | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
Grant Eakin | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
Mark Toffolo | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Jay Palladino | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Paul Pageau | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dean Fraser | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Stewart | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dennis Desrosiers | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Totals | 1286 | 403 | 653 | 1056 | 1392 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Tucker | 40 | 2068 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 3.66 | ||||||
Jim Stewart | 3 | 153 | 0 | 16 | 6.27 | |||||||
Bob Froese | 43 | 2298 | 2 | 3 | 114 | 2.98 | ||||||
Jay Palladino | 6 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.04 | ||||||
Paul Pageau | 1 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | |||||||
Totals | 93 | 4906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 282 | 3.45 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcel Comeau | C | 13 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.77 | 0.85 |
Scott Gruhl | L | 13 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0.85 | 0.62 | 1.46 |
Mike Hartman | R | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.08 | 0.75 |
Chris Langevin | L | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.38 | 0.54 |
Bob Gladney | D | 13 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0.23 | 0.69 | 0.92 |
Mike Brisebois | 13 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.85 | 1.23 | |
Doug Crawford | R | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 1.15 |
Larry Goodenough | D | 13 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 1.00 |
Warren Holmes | C | 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 1.31 |
Claude Larochelle | C | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.67 | 0.92 |
Gord Brooks | R | 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 1.31 |
Lindsay Carson | C | 20 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
Don Waddell | D | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.46 |
Peter Luksa | D | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0.31 | 0.31 | |
John Gibson | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
Bob Froese | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
Totals | 210 | 63 | 112 | 175 | 272 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Froese | 13 | 806 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2.16 | 0 | ||
Totals | 13 | 806 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2.16 | 0 |