1960-61 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds Statistics

Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL)
Team Record: 32-29-9 - 73 points
in the EPHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Billy Reay (32-29-9)
Location: Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada

1960-61 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds Roster

The Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds of the Eastern Professional Hockey League ended the 1960-61 season with a record of 32 wins and 29 losses and 9 ties for 73 points in the EPHL.

The Thunderbirds netted 236 goals and surrendered 234. Fred Hilts scored 45 goals for Sault Ste. Marie, while Cliff Schmautz and Ed Kachur tallied 30 or more as well. Ed Kachur and Pat Stapleton each recorded 43 assists. Denis DeJordy and Roy Edwards topped the squad with 16 wins each, and Roy Edwards recorded a 3.22 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Billy Reay coached the team. The 1960-61 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds lost in the League Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Fred Hilts	LW	68	45	38	83	43		0.66	0.56	1.22
Ed Kachur	R	70	38	43	81	71		0.54	0.61	1.16
Cliff Schmautz	R	70	32	20	52	91		0.46	0.29	0.74
John Offidani	G	48	13	35	48	13		0.27	0.73	1.00
Pat Stapleton	D	59	5	43	48	22		0.08	0.73	0.81
Norm Guimond	D	68	11	32	43	72		0.16	0.47	0.63
Merv Kuryluk	L	69	22	20	42	84		0.32	0.29	0.61
James Farelli	L	57	14	26	40	72		0.25	0.46	0.70
Dusty Blair	C	66	11	23	34	20		0.17	0.35	0.52
Norman Waslawski	R	38	10	20	30	22		0.26	0.53	0.79
Matt Ravlich	D	55	5	25	30	104		0.09	0.45	0.55
Milan Marcetta	C	50	8	18	26	59		0.16	0.36	0.52
Don Grosso		54	5	14	19	26		0.09	0.26	0.35
Alain Caron	R	35	11	6	17	16		0.31	0.17	0.49
Bob Wilson	D	33	3	9	12	131		0.09	0.27	0.36
Guy Brassard	L	62	0	12	12	75			0.19	0.19
Rino Robazza	D	32	2	7	9	35		0.06	0.22	0.28
Jerry Esch	D	9	1	1	2	6		0.11	0.11	0.22
Georges Roy	D	13	0	2	2	25			0.15	0.15
Terry McGuire	R	5	0	1	1	4			0.20	0.20
Jacques Begin	D	2	0	0	0	0
Roy Edwards	G	37	0	0	0	0
Denis DeJordy	G	33	0	0	0	0
Ron Quenville	D	6	0	0	0	21
Carlo Longarini	D	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		1041	236	395	631	1012	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Denis DeJordy	33	1980	16	14	3		2	115	3.48
Roy Edwards	37	2220	16	15	6		3	119	3.22
Totals	70	4200	32	29	9	0	5	234	3.34	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Fred Hilts	LW	12	7	5	12	10	0.58	0.42	1.00
Ed Kachur	R	12	3	6	9	16	0.25	0.50	0.75
Cliff Schmautz	R	12	7	6	13	4	0.58	0.50	1.08
John Offidani	G	12	1	3	4	18	0.08	0.25	0.33
Pat Stapleton	D	12	1	8	9	2	0.08	0.67	0.75
Norm Guimond	D	12	2	3	5	16	0.17	0.25	0.42
Merv Kuryluk	L	12	4	7	11	13	0.33	0.58	0.92
James Farelli	L	12	1	0	1	6	0.08		0.08
Dusty Blair	C	10	1	1	2	0	0.10	0.10	0.20
Norman Waslawski	R	12	3	6	9	0	0.25	0.50	0.75
Matt Ravlich	D	12	0	2	2	0		0.17	0.17
Milan Marcetta	C	6	0	0	0	0
Don Grosso		7	1	4	5	0	0.14	0.57	0.71
Guy Brassard	L	1	0	0	0	0
Rino Robazza	D	12	0	3	3	29		0.25	0.25
Roy Edwards	G	12	0	0	0	0
Doug Robinson	L	1	0	0	0	2
Murray Hall	R	8	0	2	2	2		0.25	0.25
Totals		177	31	56	87	118

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Roy Edwards	12	739	7	5	0	0	0	34	2.76		0
Totals	12	739	7	5	0	0	0	34	2.76		0

1960-61 Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds Statistics

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