1978-79 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Statistics
Ontario Hockey Association (OHA)
Team Record: 26-42 - 52 points
in the OHA's Leyden Division
Coach: Paul Theriault (26-42)
1978-79 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds RosterTeam Record: 26-42 - 52 points
in the OHA's Leyden Division
Coach: Paul Theriault (26-42)
The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 26 wins and 42 losses for 52 points in the OHA's Leyden Division.
The Greyhounds netted 317 goals and yielded 415, most in the league. Brian Gualazzi scored 74 goals for Soo, while John Goodwin and Art Rutland tallied 30 or more as well. John Goodwin contributed 86 assists, and Marc D'Amour recorded a 5.96 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Paul Theriault coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Rutland | R | 65 | 59 | 80 | 139 | 82 | 0.91 | 1.23 | 2.14 | |
| Brian Gualazzi | C | 68 | 74 | 60 | 134 | 42 | 1.09 | 0.88 | 1.97 | |
| John Goodwin | C | 68 | 43 | 86 | 129 | 20 | 0.63 | 1.26 | 1.90 | |
| Paul Coffey | D | 68 | 17 | 72 | 89 | 99 | 0.25 | 1.06 | 1.31 | |
| Wayne Groleau | LW | 65 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 46 | 0.17 | 0.60 | 0.77 | |
| Bill Terry | C | 68 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 85 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.72 | |
| Tony Butorac | L | 68 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 48 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.69 | |
| Brent Jarrett | C | 35 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 28 | 0.37 | 0.77 | 1.14 | |
| Ian Bedford | D | 48 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 48 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.38 | |
| Greg DeFelice | D | 63 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 110 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.25 | |
| Dave Hannan | C | 26 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 0.27 | 0.31 | 0.58 | |
| Tim Rose | D | 35 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 95 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.43 | |
| Don Roach | R | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 69 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.50 | |
| Duane Sprague | D | 66 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 120 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.20 | |
| Steve Gatzos | R | 36 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.33 | |
| Jeff Mitchell | R | 39 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 108 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.31 | |
| Phil Cooke | 31 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.32 | ||
| Bob Phillips | L | 24 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.42 | |
| Perry Ardito | D | 41 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.17 | |
| Derek Tanaka | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.29 | ||
| Joe Milburn | LW/C | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.25 | |
| Greg McDonald | D | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 0.16 | 0.16 | ||
| Jim Snodgrass | C | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.18 | |
| Jay O'Connor | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
| Lance Davis | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| Dave Dwyer | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |||
| Steve Wicklum | R | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
| Jim Watchorn | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |||
| Carlo DiCandia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Hoppner | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zoltan Kovacs | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mitch Wheatley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Norm St. Germain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Hruska | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marc D'Amour | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Mike O'Connor | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Jennings | F | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1192 | 317 | 530 | 847 | 1263 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jennings | 11 | 702 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 5.04 | |||||
| Jay O'Connor | 37 | 1892 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 204 | 6.47 | |||||
| Marc D'Amour | 30 | 1501 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 5.96 | |||||
| Totals | 78 | 4095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 412 | 6.04 | 0 |
