1980-81 Brandon Wheat Kings Statistics

Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 29-40-3 - 61 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Les Jackson (29-40-3)
Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
1980-81 Brandon Wheat Kings Roster

The Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League ended the 1980-81 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses and 3 ties for 61 points in the WHL's East Division.

The Wheat Kings scored 342 goals and allowed 352. Dave Chartier netted 64 goals for Brandon, while Kelly Glowa tallied 30 or more, too. Don Dietrich contributed 64 assists. Ron Popplestone topped the squad with 17 wins, and Todd Lumbard recorded a 4.52 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Les Jackson coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- G/PGA/PGPts/PG
Dave ChartierC6964601242950.930.871.80
Kelly GlowaC724558103590.630.811.43
Don DietrichD72166480840.220.891.11
Carl MokosakL702844723630.400.631.03
Ken Schneider722040601180.280.560.83
Steve PatrickR34293059560.850.881.74
Tom McMurchyR462033531010.430.721.15
Gary SlezakLW52262147590.500.400.90
Chris Blight6073643850.120.600.72
Dean KennedyD71329321570.040.410.45
Syd CranstonC6016824490.270.130.40
Tony CamazzolaL69420241440.060.290.35
Jeff LawsonR72813211280.110.180.29
Brad WellsL66119202160.170.140.30
Mark DavisD38118191670.290.210.50
Kevin HedleyD3610919330.280.250.53
Mike WintherC910818191.110.892.00
Cam PlanteD7031417170.040.200.24
Kelly CarsonF2629111330.080.350.42
Greg MannD2311011430.040.430.48
Gord SmithD38167210.030.160.18
Mark BudzRW833640.380.380.75
Eric Samuelson712320.140.290.43
Len Overbeeke7123170.140.290.43
Todd LumbardG28022190.070.07
Grant JensenD22011700.050.05
Kelly Kleppenstein501170.200.20
Kevin Bryksa101101.001.00
Ron PopplestoneC48011170.020.02
Stacy PrattC40000
Pat BoschmanL30000
Tim BaileyR10000
Jeff MurdochG9
Bob ParkerD10002
Mark FenezL900039
Totals127834054288225240

Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Todd Lumbard2814089131011064.52895789.882
Jeff Murdoch942134001334.70260227.873
Ron Popplestone48256217232002084.8716141406.871
Totals85439129403023474.7427692422.875

Postseason - Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- G/PGA/PGPts/PG
Kelly GlowaC52571000.401.001.40
Don DietrichD5268000.401.201.60
Carl MokosakL51341200.200.600.80
Ken Schneider5167400.201.201.40
Tom McMurchyR5224400.400.400.80
Gary SlezakLW5336000.600.601.20
Chris Blight2011000.500.50
Dean KennedyD5022700.400.40
Syd CranstonC5235500.400.601.00
Tony CamazzolaL5011800.200.20
Jeff LawsonR500090
Brad WellsL4011600.250.25
Mark DavisD53035400.600.60
Cam PlanteD5022000.400.40
Kelly CarsonF400020
Eric Samuelson3101200.330.33
Todd LumbardG4011200.250.25
Ron PopplestoneC100000
Dave FarquharD100000
Dave StewartC585133101.601.002.60
Lance JervisLW100000
Totals852541661560

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Totals000000000


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