1977-78 Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics

Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 42-31-3 - 87 points
in the CHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Barclay Plager (0-0)
Coach: Bob Plager (0-0)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

1977-78 Salt Lake Golden Eagles Roster

The Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the Central Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 42 wins and 31 losses and 3 ties for 87 points in the CHL.

The Golden Eagles scored 283 goals and conceded 238. Doug Palazzari netted 45 goals for Salt Lake, and Tony Currie tallied 30 or more, too. Doug Palazzari accounted for 56 assists. Ed Staniowski topped the squad with 18 wins, while Doug Grant added 15 or more wins, too. Doug Grant recorded a 3.1 goals against average, leading regular goalies.

Barclay Plager and Bob Plager coached the team. The 1977-78 Salt Lake Golden Eagles lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Doug Palazzari	C	70	45	56	101	82		0.64	0.80	1.44
John Smrke	L	60	25	45	70	21		0.42	0.75	1.17
Lyle Bradley	C	62	16	41	57	50		0.26	0.66	0.92
Floyd Thomson	L	69	26	26	52	45		0.38	0.38	0.75
Tony Currie	R	53	33	17	50	17		0.62	0.32	0.94
Rick Bourbonnais	R	40	18	21	39	12		0.45	0.53	0.98
Ken Richardson	C	59	16	23	39	26		0.27	0.39	0.66
Neil Labatte	D	75	11	25	36	116		0.15	0.33	0.48
Joe Zanussi	D	71	10	24	34	74		0.14	0.34	0.48
Denis Meloche	C	51	8	20	28	40		0.16	0.39	0.55
Jamie Masters	D	76	4	20	24	73		0.05	0.26	0.32
Barclay Plager	D	46	2	19	21	80		0.04	0.41	0.46
Mike Korney	R	54	12	8	20	75		0.22	0.15	0.37
Dave Hrechkosy	L	55	5	12	17	11		0.09	0.22	0.31
Jack Brownschidle	D	25	4	12	16	0		0.16	0.48	0.64
Gary Holt	L	24	8	7	15	89		0.33	0.29	0.63
Brian Ogilvie	C	15	7	7	14	22		0.47	0.47	0.93
Larry Huras	D	52	5	7	12	55		0.10	0.13	0.23
Ken Kuzyk	R	14	4	8	12	0		0.29	0.57	0.86
Jerry Holland	L	11	5	6	11	11		0.45	0.55	1.00
Len Frig	D	29	3	7	10	104		0.10	0.24	0.34
Gord Buynak	D	65	1	9	10	76		0.02	0.14	0.15
Mike Crombeen	F	12	4	4	8	4		0.33	0.33	0.67
Don Tannahill	D	7	3	3	6	0		0.43	0.43	0.86
Mitch Babin	C	17	2	4	6	6		0.12	0.24	0.35
Tom Sundberg	LW	48	3	2	5	156		0.06	0.04	0.10
Bob Hess	D	7	1	3	4	4		0.14	0.43	0.57
Tom Roulston	R	21	2	1	3	2		0.10	0.05	0.14
Bob Plager	D	11	0	3	3	52			0.27	0.27
Ed Staniowski	G	31	0	1	1	4			0.03	0.03
Mark Lofthouse	R	13	0	1	1	4			0.08	0.08
Doug Grant	G	35	0	1	1	14			0.03	0.03
Bench		76	0	0	0	14
Yves Belanger	G	9	0	0	0	4
Jim Warden		8	0	0	0	0
Totals		1371	283	443	726	1343	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Yves Belanger	9	492	5	3	0	0	1	20	2.44	194	174	.897
Jim Warden	8	232	2	2	0	0	0	11	2.84	103	92	.893
Ed Staniowski	31	1805	18	13	0	3		96	3.19	783	687	.877
Doug Grant	35	2068	17	13	3	1	1	107	3.10	903	796	.882
Totals	83	4597	42	31	3	4	2	234	3.05	1983	1749	.882

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Doug Palazzari	C	6	2	3	5	18	0.33	0.50	0.83
John Smrke	L	6	4	2	6	2	0.67	0.33	1.00
Lyle Bradley	C	6	1	2	3	2	0.17	0.33	0.50
Floyd Thomson	L	6	2	1	3	2	0.33	0.17	0.50
Rick Bourbonnais	R	6	3	2	5	2	0.50	0.33	0.83
Ken Richardson	C	6	3	0	3	2	0.50		0.50
Neil Labatte	D	6	0	2	2	8		0.33	0.33
Joe Zanussi	D	6	1	4	5	2	0.17	0.67	0.83
Denis Meloche	C	4	0	0	0	0
Jamie Masters	D	6	0	3	3	0		0.50	0.50
Mike Korney	R	6	2	4	6	6	0.33	0.67	1.00
Larry Huras	D	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Kuzyk	R	6	1	0	1	0	0.17		0.17
Len Frig	D	6	1	0	1	33	0.17		0.17
Gord Buynak	D	6	0	0	0	8
Tom Sundberg	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Plager	D	6	0	3	3	6		0.50	0.50
Ed Staniowski	G	6	0	0	0	0
Mark Lofthouse	R	5	0	1	1	6		0.20	0.20
Bench		6	0	0	0	2
Totals		110	20	27	47	99

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ed Staniowski	6	402	2	4	0	0	0	22	3.28		0
Totals	6	402	2	4	0	0	0	22	3.28		0

1977-78 Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics

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