1978-79 Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics

Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 47-22-7 - 101 points
in the CHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Jack Evans (47-22-7)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

1978-79 Salt Lake Golden Eagles Roster

The Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the Central Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 47 wins and 22 losses and 7 ties for 101 points in the CHL.

The Golden Eagles topped the circuit with just 209 goals allowed. Salt Lake scored 314 goals. Floyd Thomson netted 41 goals for the team, while Gord McTavish tallied 30 or more, too. Rick Shinske contributed 66 assists. Terry Richardson recorded 30 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Doug Grant added 15 or more wins, too. Terry Richardson registered a 2.53 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Jack Evans coached the team. The 1978-79 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
Rick Shinske	R	66	22	66	88	31		0.33	1.00	1.33
Floyd Thomson	L	76	41	40	81	96		0.54	0.53	1.07
Gord McTavish	F	68	36	22	58	64		0.53	0.32	0.85
Doug Palazzari	C	35	24	32	56	19		0.69	0.91	1.60
Brian Ogilvie	C	59	26	28	54	72		0.44	0.47	0.92
Rick Bowness	R	48	25	28	53	92		0.52	0.58	1.10
Bob Hess	D	45	19	29	48	22		0.42	0.64	1.07
Len Frig	D	76	12	32	44	137		0.16	0.42	0.58
Bruce Affleck	D	48	8	31	39	30		0.17	0.65	0.81
Rick Bourbonnais	R	74	15	22	37	35		0.20	0.30	0.50
Tony Currie	R	28	22	12	34	6		0.79	0.43	1.21
Gary Holt	L	72	14	17	31	143		0.19	0.24	0.43
Jamie Masters	D	62	2	24	26	98		0.03	0.39	0.42
Gord Gallant	L	63	10	12	22	126		0.16	0.19	0.35
Mike Zuke	C	29	9	13	22	4		0.31	0.45	0.76
Dick Lamby	D	60	4	15	19	122		0.07	0.25	0.32
Ken Richardson	C	58	7	10	17	15		0.12	0.17	0.29
Mike Crombeen	F	30	6	9	15	48		0.20	0.30	0.50
Neil Labatte	D	37	2	13	15	90		0.05	0.35	0.41
John Smrke	L	11	5	7	12	0		0.45	0.64	1.09
Larry Huras	D	32	1	9	10	52		0.03	0.28	0.31
Jack Brownschidle	D	11	0	10	10	0			0.91	0.91
Gary Murphy	C	6	2	3	5	4		0.33	0.50	0.83
Steve Durbano	D	10	1	4	5	41		0.10	0.40	0.50
Terry Richardson	G	40	0	3	3	10			0.08	0.08
Bob Murdoch	R	6	1	1	2	9		0.17	0.17	0.33
Doug Grant	G	31	0	2	2	0			0.06	0.06
Neil Komadoski	D	23	0	2	2	36			0.09	0.09
Steve Harrison	D	2	0	1	1	0			0.50	0.50
Ed Staniowski	G	5	0	0	0	2
Rick Heinz	G	1	0	0	0	0
Harvey Bennett	C	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1213	314	497	811	1404	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Terry Richardson	40	2422	30	7	3	1	5	102	2.53	980	878	.896
Ed Staniowski	5	309	2	2	1	0	2	10	1.94	115	105	.913
Doug Grant	31	1871	15	12	3	2	3	91	2.92	841	750	.892
Rick Heinz	1	59	0	1	0	0	0	3	3.05	24	21	.875
Totals	77	4661	47	22	7	3	10	206	2.65	1960	1754	.895

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Rick Shinske	R	10	3	7	10	6	0.30	0.70	1.00
Floyd Thomson	L	10	5	4	9	11	0.50	0.40	0.90
Gord McTavish	F	10	6	6	12	27	0.60	0.60	1.20
Doug Palazzari	C	10	2	14	16	11	0.20	1.40	1.60
Brian Ogilvie	C	5	0	5	5	8		1.00	1.00
Rick Bowness	R	10	5	4	9	27	0.50	0.40	0.90
Bob Hess	D	9	4	6	10	9	0.44	0.67	1.11
Len Frig	D	10	2	3	5	15	0.20	0.30	0.50
Bruce Affleck	D	10	0	4	4	2		0.40	0.40
Rick Bourbonnais	R	4	0	0	0	2
Gary Holt	L	8	2	1	3	12	0.25	0.13	0.38
Jamie Masters	D	10	0	1	1	13		0.10	0.10
Gord Gallant	L	10	2	1	3	11	0.20	0.10	0.30
Dick Lamby	D	10	2	5	7	21	0.20	0.50	0.70
Ken Richardson	C	10	3	1	4	0	0.30	0.10	0.40
Larry Huras	D	7	0	0	0	15
Gary Murphy	C	3	0	0	0	0
Terry Richardson	G	7	0	0	0	2
Doug Grant	G	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Gustafson	F	3	0	1	1	0		0.33	0.33
Denis Houle	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		161	36	63	99	192

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA
Terry Richardson	7	398	0	0	21	3.17
Doug Grant	4	198	1	2	15	4.55
Totals	11	596	1	2	36	3.62

1978-79 Salt Lake Golden Eagles Statistics

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