
1978-79 Grand Rapids Owls Statistics
Team Record: 50-21-9 - 109 points
in the IHL's Southern Division
Lost League Championship
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Grand Rapids Owls of the International Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 50 wins and 21 losses and 9 ties for 109 points in the IHL's Southern Division.
The Owls conceded 267 goals, the lowest total in the circuit. Grand Rapids netted 368 goals. Henry Taylor scored 47 goals for the team, while Dean Magee, Archie King, Rick Dorman, Kim Davis, Tom Mullen and Bob Ferriter each tallied 30 or more also. Kim Davis recorded 59 assists, and Gord Laxton recorded a 3.08 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time. The 1978-79 Grand Rapids Owls lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim Davis | C | 80 | 44 | 59 | 103 | 235 | 0.55 | 0.74 | 1.29 | |
Bob Ferriter | LW | 80 | 30 | 55 | 85 | 20 | 0.38 | 0.69 | 1.06 | |
Henry Taylor | F | 80 | 47 | 36 | 83 | 47 | 0.59 | 0.45 | 1.04 | |
John Flesch | L | 67 | 26 | 56 | 82 | 149 | 0.39 | 0.84 | 1.22 | |
Archie King | F | 80 | 30 | 48 | 78 | 108 | 0.38 | 0.60 | 0.98 | |
Tom Mullen | RW | 69 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 14 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 1.10 | |
Dean Magee | L | 68 | 35 | 37 | 72 | 148 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 1.06 | |
Guido Tenesi | G | 80 | 17 | 46 | 63 | 82 | 0.21 | 0.58 | 0.79 | |
Rick Dorman | D | 61 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 259 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 1.00 | |
Mark Izzard | R | 71 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 47 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.80 | |
Mike Holmes | D | 73 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 124 | 0.10 | 0.52 | 0.62 | |
Lex Hudson | D | 69 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 53 | 0.09 | 0.42 | 0.51 | |
Kevin MacDonald | D | 80 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 112 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.40 | |
Peter Luksa | D | 58 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 186 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.41 | |
Keith Crowder | R | 20 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 0.50 | 0.65 | 1.15 | |
Brad Knelson | D | 33 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 117 | 0.06 | 0.48 | 0.55 | |
Bob Mierkalns | F | 28 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.54 | |
Joe Gallant | L | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 77 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 0.42 | |
Gord Laxton | G | 63 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
Peter Sturgeon | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.50 | |
Mark Suzor | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Nelson LeClair | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
Michel Lebeau | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
Gary Carr | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Parro | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bob Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ray Martyniuk | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean Belisle | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kevin McCabe | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Keith Johnson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Totals | 1205 | 380 | 588 | 968 | 1951 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gord Laxton | 63 | 3742 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 3.08 | ||||||
Ray Martyniuk | 5 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.40 | ||||||
Gary Carr | 2 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.02 | ||||||
Dave Parro | 7 | 419 | 0 | 25 | 3.58 | |||||||
Jean Belisle | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||
Kevin McCabe | 4 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.30 | ||||||
Totals | 82 | 4791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 264 | 3.31 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim Davis | C | 22 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 77 | 0 | 0.55 | 0.68 | 1.23 |
Bob Ferriter | LW | 22 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0.32 | 0.55 | 0.86 |
Henry Taylor | F | 22 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.55 | 0.91 |
John Flesch | L | 22 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 1.14 |
Archie King | F | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.59 |
Tom Mullen | RW | 22 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.73 |
Dean Magee | L | 21 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 45 | 0 | 0.71 | 0.52 | 1.24 |
Guido Tenesi | G | 22 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
Mark Izzard | R | 22 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.59 |
Mike Holmes | D | 22 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.68 | 0.86 |
Lex Hudson | D | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.44 |
Kevin MacDonald | D | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.41 |
Peter Luksa | D | 21 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 99 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.52 | 0.57 |
Brad Knelson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Bob Mierkalns | F | 22 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.23 | 0.59 |
Gord Laxton | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |
Ray Martyniuk | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Totals | 326 | 93 | 147 | 240 | 609 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gord Laxton | 19 | 1178 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 4.13 | 0 | ||
Totals | 19 | 1178 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 4.13 | 0 |