1978-79 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 58-5-9 - 125 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Dunc McCallum (58-5-9)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

1978-79 Brandon Wheat Kings Roster

The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 58 wins and 5 losses and 9 ties for 125 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Wheat Kings led the league with 491 goals. Brandon allowed 230 goals, least in the league. Brian Propp scored 94 goals for the squad, while Ray Allison and Laurie Boschman netted 30 or more, too. Brian Propp contributed 100 assists. Scott Olson earned 32 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Rick Knickle added 15 or more wins, too. Rick Knickle recorded a 3.16 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Dunc McCallum coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Brian Propp	L	71	94	100	194	127		1.32	1.41	2.73
Ray Allison	R	62	60	93	153	191		0.97	1.50	2.47
Laurie Boschman	C	65	66	83	149	215		1.02	1.28	2.29
Brad McCrimmon	D	66	24	74	98	139		0.36	1.12	1.48
Dave Stewart	C	66	24	55	79	90		0.36	0.83	1.20
Mike Perovich	D	62	15	58	73	170		0.24	0.94	1.18
Steve Patrick	R	52	23	31	54	105		0.44	0.60	1.04
Brad Kempthorne	C	56	22	31	53	89		0.39	0.55	0.95
Tim Lockridge	D	70	10	42	52	297		0.14	0.60	0.74
Don Gillen	R	64	21	30	51	212		0.33	0.47	0.80
Wes Coulson	D	66	13	38	51	99		0.20	0.58	0.77
Brant Kiessig	LW	69	29	15	44	108		0.42	0.22	0.64
Don Dietrich	D	69	6	37	43	29		0.09	0.54	0.62
Dave McDonald	LW	43	19	20	39	110		0.44	0.47	0.91
Kelly McCrimmon	RW	40	15	24	39	139		0.38	0.60	0.98
Dave Chartier	C	48	14	12	26	83		0.29	0.25	0.54
Darren Gusdal	C/LW	61	11	13	24	52		0.18	0.21	0.39
Walt Poddubny	L	20	11	11	22	12		0.55	0.55	1.10
Larry Roberts	C	55	8	10	18	26		0.15	0.18	0.33
Kelly Elcombe	D	45	3	15	18	145		0.07	0.33	0.40
John McPhee	D	25	1	2	3	46		0.04	0.08	0.12
Pat Workman	C	6	1	2	3	0		0.17	0.33	0.50
Rick Knickle	G	38	0	3	3	15			0.08	0.08
Laverne Popple	F	4	1	0	1	0		0.25		0.25
Scott Olson	G	35	0	1	1	21			0.03	0.03
Greg Mann	D	1	0	1	1	0			1.00	1.00
Mike Moskalyk	LW	1	0	0	0	2
Dean Rebeck	F	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1261	491	801	1292	2522	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Scott Olson	35	2080	32	2	1	1	112	3.23
Rick Knickle	38	2240	26	3	8	1	118	3.16
Totals	73	4320	58	5	9	2	230	3.19	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Brian Propp	L	22	15	23	38	40	0.68	1.05	1.73
Ray Allison	R	22	18	19	37	28	0.82	0.86	1.68
Laurie Boschman	C	22	11	23	34	56	0.50	1.05	1.55
Brad McCrimmon	D	22	9	19	28	34	0.41	0.86	1.27
Dave Stewart	C	21	9	14	23	27	0.43	0.67	1.10
Steve Patrick	R	22	6	12	18	44	0.27	0.55	0.82
Brad Kempthorne	C	18	9	9	18	19	0.50	0.50	1.00
Tim Lockridge	D	22	2	7	9	31	0.09	0.32	0.41
Don Gillen	R	22	10	10	20	34	0.45	0.45	0.91
Wes Coulson	D	19	3	18	21	10	0.16	0.95	1.11
Brant Kiessig	LW	22	15	8	23	48	0.68	0.36	1.05
Don Dietrich	D	21	3	2	5	10	0.14	0.10	0.24
Dave McDonald	LW	15	3	5	8	8	0.20	0.33	0.53
Kelly McCrimmon	RW	18	0	7	7	23		0.39	0.39
Dave Chartier	C	10	3	0	3	12	0.30		0.30
Darren Gusdal	C/LW	20	4	6	10	4	0.20	0.30	0.50
Larry Roberts	C	17	2	3	5	2	0.12	0.18	0.29
Kelly Elcombe	D	22	1	2	3	35	0.05	0.09	0.14
Rick Knickle	G	16	0	1	1	6		0.06	0.06
Laverne Popple	F	1	0	0	0	0
Scott Olson	G	9	0	0	0	0
Greg Mann	D	9	1	3	4	4	0.11	0.33	0.44
Totals		392	124	191	315	475

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Rick Knickle	16	886	12	3	0	0	1	41	2.78		0
Totals	16	886	12	3	0	0	1	41	2.78		0

1978-79 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics

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