1978-79 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 15-50-7 - 37 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Vic Stasiuk (15-50-7)
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 15 wins and 50 losses and 7 ties for 37 points in the WHL's Central Division.
The Tigers scored 270 goals, worst in the league and gave up 479. Mike Winther netted 36 goals for Medicine Hat, and Rod Van Slyke tallied 30 or more, too. Peter Steblyk contributed 53 assists. Kelly Hrudey topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 6.17 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Vic Stasiuk coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Tsujiura | C | 62 | 24 | 45 | 69 | 14 | 0.39 | 0.73 | 1.11 | |
| Mike Winther | C | 70 | 36 | 32 | 68 | 106 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.97 | |
| Peter Steblyk | D | 69 | 11 | 53 | 64 | 80 | 0.16 | 0.77 | 0.93 | |
| Lorne Osmond | LW | 62 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 117 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.97 | |
| Rod Van Slyke | RW | 57 | 35 | 20 | 55 | 84 | 0.61 | 0.35 | 0.96 | |
| Darren Halasz | G | 69 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 154 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.78 | |
| Brian Keates | LW | 68 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 103 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.69 | |
| Curt Broadhead | C | 68 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 39 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.66 | |
| Lorne Anderson | D/LW | 69 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 306 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.62 | |
| Brian Ziegler | LW | 63 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 210 | 0.11 | 0.41 | 0.52 | |
| Stewart Robertson | RW | 49 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 53 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.59 | |
| Tom Adams | LW | 50 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 71 | 0.12 | 0.46 | 0.58 | |
| Ken Goodwin | D | 72 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 103 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.39 | |
| Gord Gejdos | R | 72 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 170 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.31 | |
| Rod Buskas | D | 34 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 60 | 0.03 | 0.35 | 0.38 | |
| Mark Komonoski | C | 67 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 214 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.13 | |
| Mark Goodwin | F | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.23 | |
| Mitch McCormick | RW | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.35 | |
| Gary Balicki | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 130 | 0.23 | 0.23 | |||
| Temba Siyo | D | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0.24 | 0.24 | ||
| Ken Merritt | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | |
| Blaine Peerless | D | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.11 | |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
| Dan Olsen | L | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0.09 | 0.09 | ||
| Alan George | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |||
| Rick Brost | D/C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
| Reynhold Zilla | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Lloyd McDonald | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |||
| Dain Phillips | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |||
| Robert Gorzitza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Damien Steiert | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cal Mayer | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Marty Steinley | W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Perry Harrad | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Dodds | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kim Mihial | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Fleming | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Richard Ostrow | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kelly Lutz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Darryl Lewicki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Brian Ford | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1280 | 270 | 434 | 704 | 2273 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Harrad | 12 | 513 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7.60 | |||
| Kelly Hrudey | 57 | 3093 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 318 | 6.17 | ||||
| Cal Mayer | 14 | 602 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7.77 | |||
| Brian Ford | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.67 | |||
| Richard Ostrow | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12.00 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 4317 | 15 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 476 | 6.62 | 0 |
