1977-78 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics
Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 46-12-14 - 106 points
in the WCHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dunc McCallum (46-12-14)
1977-78 Brandon Wheat Kings RosterTeam Record: 46-12-14 - 106 points
in the WCHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dunc McCallum (46-12-14)
The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 46 wins and 12 losses and 14 ties for 106 points in the WCHL's East Division.
The Wheat Kings scored 424 goals, most in the league. Brandon gave up 299 goals. Bill Derlago netted 89 goals for the team, while Brian Propp, Ray Allison and Laurie Boschman each tallied 30 or more also. Brian Propp contributed 112 assists. Rick Knickle earned 34 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.89 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Dunc McCallum coached the team. The 1977-78 Brandon Wheat Kings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Propp | L | 70 | 70 | 112 | 182 | 200 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 2.60 | |
| Ray Allison | R | 71 | 74 | 86 | 160 | 254 | 1.04 | 1.21 | 2.25 | |
| Bill Derlago | C | 52 | 89 | 63 | 152 | 105 | 1.71 | 1.21 | 2.92 | |
| Laurie Boschman | C | 72 | 42 | 57 | 99 | 227 | 0.58 | 0.79 | 1.38 | |
| Brad McCrimmon | D | 65 | 19 | 78 | 97 | 245 | 0.29 | 1.20 | 1.49 | |
| Dave Stewart | C | 72 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 101 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 0.68 | |
| Mike Perovich | D | 69 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 313 | 0.06 | 0.54 | 0.59 | |
| Wes Coulson | D | 69 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 86 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 0.57 | |
| Don Gillen | R | 60 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 128 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.57 | |
| Frank Lang | RW | 62 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.48 | |
| Tim Lockridge | D | 65 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.46 | |
| Don Hobbins | LW | 24 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 275 | 0.21 | 0.92 | 1.13 | |
| Kelly Short | C | 49 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.37 | |
| Dave Semenko | L | 7 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 1.43 | 0.71 | 2.14 | |
| Eric Ponath | RW/C | 25 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 41 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.60 | |
| Kim McNabb | LW | 39 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 75 | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.36 | |
| Mike Polonich | RW | 68 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 169 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.21 | |
| Larry Naismith | D | 64 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 138 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.19 | |
| Brad Kempthorne | C | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.42 | |
| Murray Menzies | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 0.11 | 0.67 | 0.78 | ||
| Brad White | F | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1.20 | 1.20 | ||
| Ron Matsalla | F | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.50 | |
| Barry Hudson | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.26 | |
| Rick Knickle | G | 49 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Brant Kiessig | LW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.21 | |
| Bruno Rogger | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.25 | |
| Bob Bedier | C | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Dave Chartier | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Scott MacLeod | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0.14 | 0.14 | ||
| Brad Earp | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
| Mike Moskalyk | LW | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
| Darren Gusdal | C/LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Scott Olson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Snodgrass | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brian Henderson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Laverne Popple | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Bonar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Funk | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Markewich | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Steve Harris | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Glen King | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1236 | 424 | 655 | 1079 | 2724 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Earp | 22 | 1000 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4.98 | 658 | 575 | .874 |
| Rick Knickle | 49 | 2806 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 3.89 | 1783 | 1601 | .898 |
| Scott Olson | 6 | 301 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.79 | 209 | 190 | .909 |
| Brian Henderson | 5 | 207 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.35 | 138 | 123 | .891 |
| Charles Funk | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | |||
| Totals | 83 | 4320 | 46 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 4.15 | 2792 | 2493 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Propp | L | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0.88 | 0.75 | 1.63 |
| Ray Allison | R | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 0.88 | 1.00 | 1.88 |
| Bill Derlago | C | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1.13 | 1.63 | 2.75 |
| Laurie Boschman | C | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.63 | 0.88 |
| Brad McCrimmon | D | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0.25 | 1.38 | 1.63 |
| Dave Stewart | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| Mike Perovich | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.38 | 0.50 |
| Wes Coulson | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 |
| Don Gillen | R | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| Frank Lang | RW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 |
| Tim Lockridge | D | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.38 |
| Don Hobbins | LW | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.38 | |
| Kelly Short | C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 1.25 |
| Kim McNabb | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Mike Polonich | RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Larry Naismith | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.29 |
| Brad Kempthorne | C | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| Brad White | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Knickle | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Brant Kiessig | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Olson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 146 | 40 | 63 | 103 | 291 | 0 |
