1973-74 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics
Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 29-31-8 - 66 points
in the WCHL's Western Division
Coach: Jack Shupe (29-31-8)
1973-74 Medicine Hat Tigers RosterTeam Record: 29-31-8 - 66 points
in the WCHL's Western Division
Coach: Jack Shupe (29-31-8)
The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 29 wins and 31 losses and 8 ties for 66 points in the WCHL's Western Division.
The Tigers scored 305 goals and surrendered 314. Eddie Johnstone netted 64 goals for Medicine Hat, while Greg Vaydik, Ken Gassoff and Boyd Anderson each tallied 30 or more, too. Barry Dean contributed 73 assists. Jerry Thomas earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.55 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Jack Shupe coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnstone | R | 68 | 64 | 54 | 118 | 164 | 0.94 | 0.79 | 1.74 | |
| Ken Gassoff | F | 60 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 124 | 0.60 | 1.20 | 1.80 | |
| Barry Dean | L | 66 | 23 | 73 | 96 | 213 | 0.35 | 1.11 | 1.45 | |
| Boyd Anderson | LW | 66 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 67 | 0.61 | 0.53 | 1.14 | |
| Greg Vaydik | C | 68 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 24 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 1.09 | |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 63 | 11 | 56 | 67 | 229 | 0.17 | 0.89 | 1.06 | |
| Gary Vaughan | RW | 66 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 15 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.74 | |
| Ryan Wecker | F | 65 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.71 | |
| Brad Gassoff | L | 61 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 245 | 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.67 | |
| Cliff Lane | D | 67 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 119 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 0.55 | |
| Morris Lukowich | L | 65 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.42 | |
| Cliff Bast | D | 67 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 159 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.31 | |
| Tim Sanche | C | 37 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 110 | 0.03 | 0.35 | 0.38 | |
| Elmer Ray | F | 67 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.10 | |
| Roger Mitchell | F | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.56 | |
| Jim Bertram | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.18 | ||
| Dale Fischer | F | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.11 | |
| Gary Nattrass | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.24 | ||
| Marshall Chalmers | D | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | |
| Tom Bast | C | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | |
| John Hilworth | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||
| Dave Milton | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Farwell | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Grant Pushie | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Marshall | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ron Thiessen | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Allen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jerry Thomas | G | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1176 | 305 | 503 | 808 | 1715 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Thomas | 51 | 2900 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 220 | 4.55 | 1618 | 1398 | .864 |
| Jerry Farwell | 14 | 769 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 5.15 | 374 | 308 | .824 |
| Dave Milton | 3 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.33 | 95 | 82 | .863 |
| Ron Thiessen | 5 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.64 | 133 | 119 | .895 |
| Totals | 73 | 4080 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 313 | 4.60 | 2220 | 1907 | .859 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Dean | L | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0.67 | 1.33 | 2.00 |
| Greg Vaydik | C | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 1.33 |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | |
| Brad Gassoff | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| John Hilworth | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 30 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 72 | 0 |
