1973-74 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics
Team Record: 27-37-4 - 58 points
in the WCHL's Eastern Division
Coach: Rudy Pilous (27-37-4)
The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 27 wins and 37 losses and 4 ties for 58 points in the WCHL's Eastern Division.
The Wheat Kings scored 305 goals and conceded 348. Ron Chipperfield netted 90 goals for Brandon, while Dale McMullen, John Paddock and Rick Blight each tallied 30 or more, too. Rick Blight contributed 81 assists. Wayne Wilhelm topped the squad with 14 wins, and Jim Rankin recorded a 5.08 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Rudy Pilous coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 66 | 90 | 72 | 162 | 82 | 1.36 | 1.09 | 2.45 | |
| Rick Blight | R | 67 | 49 | 81 | 130 | 122 | 0.73 | 1.21 | 1.94 | |
| Dale McMullen | L | 48 | 35 | 65 | 100 | 6 | 0.73 | 1.35 | 2.08 | |
| John Paddock | R | 68 | 34 | 49 | 83 | 228 | 0.50 | 0.72 | 1.22 | |
| Ralph Krentz | D | 59 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 0.24 | 0.41 | 0.64 | |
| Dale Anderson | D | 68 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 33 | 0.07 | 0.49 | 0.56 | |
| Wayne Naka | F | 61 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 51 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.56 | |
| Ron Pronchuk | D | 60 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 116 | 0.10 | 0.42 | 0.52 | |
| Jeff Sheardown | L | 60 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 18 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.45 | |
| Grant Thomson | C | 66 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 35 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.39 | |
| Jim Chicoyne | D | 28 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 30 | 0.11 | 0.68 | 0.79 | |
| Frank Taylor | D | 60 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 233 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.32 | |
| Scott Hetherington | C | 53 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 95 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.30 | |
| Gordie Cole | LW | 49 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 90 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.29 | |
| Kelly Greenbank | D | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 0.76 | |
| Rick Piche | D | 53 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 170 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Wayne Ramsey | D | 53 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.23 | |
| Doug Murray | F | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 | |
| Marshall Chalmers | D | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.22 | |
| Murray Good | C | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.24 | |
| Gerald Stoughton | LW | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.45 | |
| Pete Wurster | R | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.10 | |
| Mike Bradbury | F | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 | |
| Dave Leboutillier | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | ||
| Gil McNeil | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0.12 | 0.12 | ||
| Kelvin Melnyk | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
| Grant McEachern | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Rankin | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Blaine Peterson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darry Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Mullett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Robert Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John Memryk | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Wilhelm | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Guy Beiber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1164 | 304 | 507 | 811 | 1430 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Memryk | 3 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.67 | 90 | 73 | .811 |
| Wayne Wilhelm | 42 | 2177 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 5.13 | 1427 | 1241 | .870 |
| Jim Rankin | 31 | 1501 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 5.08 | 882 | 755 | .856 |
| Blaine Peterson | 5 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.86 | 166 | 148 | .892 |
| Totals | 81 | 4080 | 27 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 348 | 5.12 | 2565 | 2217 | .864 |
