1955-56 Edmonton Flyers Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 33-34-3 - 56 points
in the WHL's Prairie Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bud Poile (33-34-3)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

1955-56 Edmonton Flyers Roster

The Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 33 wins and 34 losses and 3 ties for 56 points in the WHL's Prairie Division.

The Flyers netted 236 goals and yielded 256. Gerry Melnyk scored 37 goals for Edmonton, and Ed Stankiewicz tallied 30 or more also. Gerry Melnyk contributed 50 assists. Gilles Boisvert earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.5 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.

Bud Poile coached the team. The 1955-56 Edmonton Flyers 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
Gerry Melnyk	C	70	37	50	87	37		0.53	0.71	1.24
Billy Dea	C	70	29	42	71	14		0.41	0.60	1.01
Ed Stankiewicz	R	54	33	30	63	54		0.61	0.56	1.17
Don Poile	C	70	22	29	51	63		0.31	0.41	0.73
Billy McNeill	R	68	19	31	50	69		0.28	0.46	0.74
Chuck Holmes	R	69	16	22	38	54		0.23	0.32	0.55
Ray Kinasewich		68	16	17	33	41		0.24	0.25	0.49
Norm Corcoran	C	35	12	15	27	48		0.34	0.43	0.77
Earl Johnson	C	42	15	10	25	44		0.36	0.24	0.60
Steve Hrymnak	D	69	8	17	25	26		0.12	0.25	0.36
Hugh Coflin	D	67	9	14	23	109		0.13	0.21	0.34
Al Arbour	D	70	5	14	19	109		0.07	0.20	0.27
Pete Wright		68	5	14	19	93		0.07	0.21	0.28
Lionel Repka	D	68	5	12	17	54		0.07	0.18	0.25
John McCormack	C	37	6	9	15	6		0.16	0.24	0.41
Gordon Pennell	LW	23	1	11	12	12		0.04	0.48	0.52
Max Szturm	F	9	1	4	5	8		0.11	0.44	0.56
Joe Malo	L	9	2	1	3	4		0.22	0.11	0.33
Gerry Leonard	C	4	0	3	3	0			0.75	0.75
Len Lunde	C	4	0	2	2	2			0.50	0.50
George Ranieri	L	2	0	1	1	8			0.50	0.50
Edward Diachuk	L	1	0	0	0	0
John Bucyk	L	6	0	0	0	9
John Utendale		3	0	0	0	0
Gilles Boisvert	G	60	0	0	0	4
George Kirkwood	G	1	0	0	0	0
Doug Stevenson	G	16	0	0	0	2
John Hart		1	0	0	0	0
Dennis Riggin	G	8	0	0	0	0
Totals		1072	241	348	589	870	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Gilles Boisvert	60	3669	30	28	2		2	214	3.50
Dennis Riggin	8	480	3	5	0			29	3.63
George Kirkwood	1
Doug Stevenson	2	130		1	1			9	4.15
Totals	71	4279	33	34	3	0	2	252	3.53	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Gerry Melnyk	C	3	1	3	4	2	0.33	1.00	1.33
Billy Dea	C	3	2	1	3	4	0.67	0.33	1.00
Ed Stankiewicz	R	3	2	0	2	4	0.67		0.67
Don Poile	C	3	2	0	2	2	0.67		0.67
Billy McNeill	R	1	0	0	0	0
Chuck Holmes	R	3	1	0	1	0	0.33		0.33
Ray Kinasewich		3	0	0	0	4
Earl Johnson	C	3	0	1	1	2		0.33	0.33
Steve Hrymnak	D	3	0	0	0	0
Hugh Coflin	D	3	0	0	0	2
Al Arbour	D	3	0	0	0	4
Pete Wright		3	0	1	1	14		0.33	0.33
Lionel Repka	D	3	0	0	0	0
Max Szturm	F	3	0	1	1	2		0.33	0.33
Len Lunde	C	2	0	1	1	0		0.50	0.50
Dennis Riggin	G	3	0	0	0	0
Totals		45	8	8	16	40

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Dennis Riggin	3	188	0	3	0	0	0	13	4.15		0
Totals	3	188	0	3	0	0	0	13	4.15		0

1955-56 Edmonton Flyers Statistics

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