1965-66 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 29-40-3 - 61 points
in the AHL's Western Division
Coach: Phil Watson (29-40-3)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1965-66 Buffalo Bisons RosterTeam Record: 29-40-3 - 61 points
in the AHL's Western Division
Coach: Phil Watson (29-40-3)
Location: Buffalo, New York
The Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League ended the 1965-66 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses and 3 ties for 61 points in the AHL's Western Division.
The Bisons scored 215 goals and surrendered 243. Alain Caron netted 47 goals for Buffalo, and Billy Dea tallied 30 or more as well. Gerry Melnyk contributed 61 assists. Roy Edwards topped the squad with 15 wins, while Ed Chadwick recorded a 3.09 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Phil Watson coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Melnyk | C | 69 | 18 | 61 | 79 | 10 | 0.26 | 0.88 | 1.14 | |
| Alain Caron | R | 72 | 47 | 29 | 76 | 28 | 0.65 | 0.40 | 1.06 | |
| Pat Hannigan | L | 66 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 69 | 0.32 | 0.65 | 0.97 | |
| Billy Carter | C | 71 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 2 | 0.23 | 0.63 | 0.86 | |
| Mel Pearson | C | 72 | 18 | 40 | 58 | 30 | 0.25 | 0.56 | 0.81 | |
| Billy Dea | C | 70 | 32 | 23 | 55 | 17 | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.79 | |
| Ed Van Impe | D | 70 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 153 | 0.13 | 0.40 | 0.53 | |
| Gerry Ouellette | R | 72 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.44 | |
| Larry Wilson | C | 38 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.66 | |
| Dave Richardson | L | 35 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 0.31 | 0.40 | 0.71 | |
| Jack Stanfield | L | 59 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.41 | |
| Roger Lafreniere | D | 72 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 76 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.24 | |
| Wally Chevrier | R | 71 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 0.23 | |
| Ian Cushenan | D | 69 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 66 | 0.19 | 0.19 | ||
| Norm Corcoran | C | 31 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.19 | |
| Paul Jackson | F | 69 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
| Dave Green | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 | ||
| Eric Sutcliffe | D | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Jim Graham | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Hymers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Roy Edwards | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Doug Reid | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Chadwick | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Butler | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1129 | 215 | 379 | 594 | 671 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Edwards | 40 | 2389 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 140 | 3.52 | ||||
| Ed Chadwick | 34 | 1983 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 102 | 3.09 | ||||
| Totals | 74 | 4372 | 29 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 242 | 3.32 | 0 |
