1979-80 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 33-37-2 - 68 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Dunc McCallum (33-37-2)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
1979-80 Brandon Wheat Kings RosterTeam Record: 33-37-2 - 68 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Dunc McCallum (33-37-2)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 33 wins and 37 losses and 2 ties for 68 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Wheat Kings potted 319 goals and surrendered 343. Dave Chartier scored 39 goals for Brandon, while Don Gillen and Dave McDonald tallied 30 or more as well. Don Gillen contributed 56 assists. Ron Popplestone topped the squad with 12 wins, and Rick Knickle recorded a 4.68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gillen | R | 69 | 31 | 56 | 87 | 372 | 0.45 | 0.81 | 1.26 | |
| Dave Chartier | C | 69 | 39 | 29 | 68 | 285 | 0.57 | 0.42 | 0.99 | |
| Mike Winther | C | 48 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 187 | 0.54 | 0.85 | 1.40 | |
| Steve Patrick | R | 71 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 185 | 0.39 | 0.54 | 0.93 | |
| Don Dietrich | D | 63 | 15 | 45 | 60 | 56 | 0.24 | 0.71 | 0.95 | |
| Dave McDonald | LW | 67 | 32 | 21 | 53 | 151 | 0.48 | 0.31 | 0.79 | |
| Kelly Elcombe | D | 65 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 221 | 0.14 | 0.54 | 0.68 | |
| Darren Halasz | G | 31 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 55 | 0.65 | 0.74 | 1.39 | |
| Chris Blight | 59 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 105 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 0.66 | ||
| Carl Mokosak | L | 61 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 226 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.54 | |
| Darren Gusdal | C/LW | 71 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 83 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.44 | |
| Dave Stewart | C | 27 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 0.41 | 0.67 | 1.07 | |
| Greg Mann | D | 56 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 40 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 0.48 | |
| Kelly McCrimmon | RW | 55 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 89 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.45 | |
| Brad Kempthorne | C | 18 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 0.61 | 0.44 | 1.06 | |
| Ian Ramsey | 30 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 60 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 0.57 | ||
| Brad Owen | F | 33 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.39 | |
| Chuck Taylor | D | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 93 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.26 | |
| Kevin Hedley | D | 28 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.36 | |
| Brant Kiessig | LW | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.56 | |
| Norm Chabot | 36 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.28 | ||
| Boris Fistric | D | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 164 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.39 | |
| Vaughn Karpan | LW | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.27 | |
| Ken Schneider | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.75 | ||
| John Strait | RW | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.50 | |
| Brad Wells | L | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.00 | |
| Mark Fenez | L | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 | |
| Larry Roberts | C | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 0.24 | ||
| Doug Buxton | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.30 | ||
| Rick Knickle | G | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0.09 | 0.09 | ||
| Tony Camazzola | L | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0.29 | 0.29 | ||
| Ron Popplestone | C | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Larry Bumstead | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |||
| Laverne Popple | F | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||
| Doug Stevens | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |||
| Matthieu Cloutier | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
| Jeff Lawson | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Doug Yarish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dean Kennedy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Olson | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Laurie Anderson | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Dean Rebeck | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1298 | 321 | 499 | 820 | 2771 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Popplestone | 34 | 1538 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 5.23 | 1119 | 985 | .880 |
| Rick Knickle | 33 | 1604 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 4.68 | 1086 | 961 | .885 | |
| Scott Olson | 22 | 1231 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4.05 | 828 | 745 | .900 |
| Totals | 89 | 4373 | 33 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 4.69 | 3033 | 2691 | .887 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gillen | R | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.80 |
| Dave Chartier | C | 11 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 0.73 | 0.45 | 1.18 |
| Mike Winther | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.50 |
| Steve Patrick | R | 11 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 1.09 |
| Don Dietrich | D | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.82 |
| Dave McDonald | LW | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| Kelly Elcombe | D | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.91 |
| Darren Halasz | G | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.91 |
| Chris Blight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Mokosak | L | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 4.00 | 4.00 | |
| Darren Gusdal | C/LW | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.60 | 0.70 |
| Dave Stewart | C | 10 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 1.40 |
| Greg Mann | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Kelly McCrimmon | RW | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| Ian Ramsey | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.33 | |
| Brad Owen | F | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.67 | 0.89 |
| Chuck Taylor | D | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| Boris Fistric | D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.45 | |
| Ken Schneider | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 | |
| Tony Camazzola | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ron Popplestone | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Olson | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Totals | 171 | 50 | 78 | 128 | 402 | 0 |
