1953-54 Victoria Cougars Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 27-32-11 - 65 points
in the WHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Billy Reay (27-32-11)
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1953-54 Victoria Cougars RosterTeam Record: 27-32-11 - 65 points
in the WHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Billy Reay (27-32-11)
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
The Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 27 wins and 32 losses and 11 ties for 65 points in the WHL.
The Cougars scored 203 goals, worst in the league and surrendered 223. Eddie Dorohoy netted 26 goals for Victoria and contributed 53 assists. Red Almas topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.11 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Billy Reay coached the team. The 1953-54 Victoria Cougars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Dorohoy | C | 70 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 46 | 0.37 | 0.76 | 1.13 | |
| Sam Bettio | L | 68 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 49 | 0.35 | 0.57 | 0.93 | |
| Colin Kilburn | LW | 70 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 45 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.83 | |
| Andy Hebenton | R | 70 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 29 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.64 | |
| Alex Kuzma | R | 56 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 25 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.73 | |
| Ross Lowe | D | 66 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 101 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.58 | |
| Gene Achtymichuk | C | 65 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 25 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.49 | |
| Billy Reay | C | 69 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.35 | |
| Reg Abbott | C | 69 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.35 | |
| Doug MacAuley | RW | 8 | 14 | 22 | 14 | |||||
| William Sinnett | C | 59 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 70 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.37 | |
| Doug Anderson | C | 60 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.37 | |
| Sam Lavitt | D | 65 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 68 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.32 | |
| Stan Maxwell | L | 40 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.38 | |
| Wally Clune | D | 64 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 69 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.22 | |
| Bobby Manson | C | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||
| Tony Schneider | F | 53 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | |
| Red Almas | G | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Claude Evans | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernie Roche | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 1019 | 207 | 324 | 531 | 725 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Evans | 14 | 840 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 3.29 | ||||
| Red Almas | 56 | 3360 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 174 | 3.11 | ||||
| Totals | 70 | 4200 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 220 | 3.14 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Dorohoy | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
| Sam Bettio | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Colin Kilburn | LW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
| Andy Hebenton | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.20 | 0.80 |
| Alex Kuzma | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Ross Lowe | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Gene Achtymichuk | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Billy Reay | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Reg Abbott | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | |
| Doug MacAuley | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| William Sinnett | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.80 |
| Doug Anderson | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
| Wally Clune | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Tony Schneider | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Claude Evans | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 73 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 52 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Evans | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 |
