1969-70 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 40-17-15 - 95 points
in the AHL's Western Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Fred Shero (40-17-15)
Location: Buffalo, New York
The Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League ended the 1969-70 season with a record of 40 wins and 17 losses and 15 ties for 95 points in the AHL's Western Division.
The Bisons topped the league with just 193 goals allowed. Buffalo scored 280 goals. Guy Trottier netted 55 goals for the squad, and Gerry Ouellette accounted for 46 assists, while Gilles Villemure registered a 2.52 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Fred Shero coached the team. The 1969-70 Buffalo Bisons won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Trottier | R | 71 | 55 | 33 | 88 | 8 | 0.77 | 0.46 | 1.24 | |
| Gerry Ouellette | R | 67 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 10 | 0.39 | 0.69 | 1.07 | |
| Don Blackburn | L | 68 | 27 | 44 | 71 | 40 | 0.40 | 0.65 | 1.04 | |
| Bob Jones | L | 71 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 40 | 0.35 | 0.52 | 0.87 | |
| Wayne Rivers | R | 68 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 58 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.90 | |
| Dennis Kassian | L | 72 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 48 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.83 | |
| Bill Knibbs | C | 69 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 18 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 0.87 | |
| Terry Crisp | C | 51 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 14 | 0.29 | 0.67 | 0.96 | |
| Ron Attwell | R | 71 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 28 | 0.13 | 0.55 | 0.68 | |
| Wayne Maki | L | 39 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 72 | 0.33 | 0.51 | 0.85 | |
| Larry Hornung | D | 54 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 24 | 0.11 | 0.48 | 0.59 | |
| Bill Plager | D | 48 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 91 | 0.04 | 0.58 | 0.63 | |
| Bob Ash | D | 71 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 43 | 0.30 | 0.30 | ||
| Gary Veneruzzo | L | 21 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.90 | |
| Randy Legge | D | 72 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 161 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Roger Cote | D | 56 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 54 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.29 | |
| Ron Anderson | R | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0.89 | 0.33 | 1.22 | |
| Larry Brown | D | 41 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.24 | |
| John Barber | L | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.32 | |
| Orland Kurtenbach | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0.17 | 0.83 | 1.00 | |
| Dick Paradise | D | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.23 | |
| Don Giesebrecht | L | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.38 | ||
| Forbes Kennedy | C | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.16 | |
| Sheldon Kannegiesser | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.18 | |
| Gilles Villemure | G | 65 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Al Johnstone | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Hoekstra | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1189 | 286 | 503 | 789 | 880 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Johnstone | 13 | 602 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3.49 | |||||
| Gilles Villemure | 65 | 3714 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 156 | 2.52 | |||||
| Totals | 78 | 4316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 191 | 2.66 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Trottier | R | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.22 | 0.89 |
| Gerry Ouellette | R | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.64 | 0.82 |
| Don Blackburn | L | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.54 | 0.92 |
| Bob Jones | L | 14 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.71 | 1.07 |
| Wayne Rivers | R | 14 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Dennis Kassian | L | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.71 |
| Bill Knibbs | C | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.63 |
| Ron Attwell | R | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | |
| Wayne Maki | L | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.57 |
| Larry Hornung | D | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 |
| Bob Ash | D | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.57 | 0.64 |
| Gary Veneruzzo | L | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.79 |
| Randy Legge | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.21 | |
| Roger Cote | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| John Barber | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Dick Paradise | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Don Giesebrecht | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Forbes Kennedy | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gilles Villemure | G | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.07 | |
| Doug Brindley | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Mike Robitaille | D | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.80 | |
| Syl Apps | C | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.71 |
| Ron Buchanan | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Acomb | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Krulicki | R | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.71 |
| Bert Wilson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry McIntyre | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 232 | 49 | 81 | 130 | 232 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Villemure | 14 | 875 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2.13 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 875 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2.13 | 0 |
