1978-79 Portland Winter Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 49-10-13 - 111 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Ken Hodge (49-10-13)
Location: Portland, Oregon
The Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 49 wins and 10 losses and 13 ties for 111 points in the WHL's West Division.
The Winter Hawks scored 432 goals and yielded 265. Perry Turnbull netted 75 goals for Portland, while Tim Tookey, Mike Toal, Jim Dobson, Alvin Szott and Florent Robidoux each tallied 30 or more also. Keith Brown contributed 85 assists. Bart Hunter earned 34 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.82 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.
Ken Hodge coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Toal | C | 71 | 38 | 83 | 121 | 32 | 0.54 | 1.17 | 1.70 | |
| Perry Turnbull | L | 70 | 75 | 43 | 118 | 191 | 1.07 | 0.61 | 1.69 | |
| Alvin Szott | 72 | 40 | 61 | 101 | 75 | 0.56 | 0.85 | 1.40 | ||
| Keith Brown | D | 70 | 11 | 85 | 96 | 75 | 0.16 | 1.21 | 1.37 | |
| Tim Tookey | C | 56 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 55 | 0.59 | 0.84 | 1.43 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 67 | 20 | 59 | 79 | 63 | 0.30 | 0.88 | 1.18 | |
| Jim Dobson | F | 71 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 143 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 1.08 | |
| Florent Robidoux | L | 70 | 36 | 41 | 77 | 73 | 0.51 | 0.59 | 1.10 | |
| Bart Yachimec | RW | 69 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 79 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.84 | |
| Ron Chorney | C | 67 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 57 | 0.30 | 0.57 | 0.87 | |
| Max Kostovich | LW | 64 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 178 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.88 | |
| Joel Elliott | LW | 72 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 56 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.78 | |
| Blake Wesley | D | 69 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 292 | 0.14 | 0.61 | 0.75 | |
| Glen Ostir | D | 72 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 68 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.39 | |
| Don Stewart | D | 72 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 90 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.38 | |
| Ed Cooper | L | 66 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 61 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.38 | |
| John Multan | RW | 44 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 53 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.52 | |
| Dean Postlewaite | RW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Don Ross | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 | ||
| Don Keller | LW | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 2.00 | ||
| Dave Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |||
| Bart Hunter | G | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| Brian Shaw | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Ken Hodge | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darrell May | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Randy Turnbull | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Gary Nylund | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joey Engert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Totals | 1240 | 432 | 710 | 1142 | 1710 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Hunter | 55 | 3051 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 194 | 3.82 | |||
| Darrell May | 21 | 1113 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 3.45 | ||||
| Clint Malarchuk | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | |||||
| Ken Hodge | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.76 | |||
| Totals | 79 | 4318 | 49 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 3.65 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Toal | C | 25 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0.52 | 0.80 | 1.32 |
| Perry Turnbull | L | 20 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.90 |
| Alvin Szott | 25 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.56 | 0.96 | |
| Keith Brown | D | 25 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 0.12 | 1.20 | 1.32 |
| Tim Tookey | C | 25 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0.24 | 0.56 | 0.80 |
| Dave Babych | D | 25 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.88 | 1.16 |
| Jim Dobson | F | 25 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 56 | 0 | 0.68 | 0.24 | 0.92 |
| Florent Robidoux | L | 25 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0.44 | 0.64 | 1.08 |
| Bart Yachimec | RW | 25 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.48 | 0.68 |
| Ron Chorney | C | 25 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.68 |
| Max Kostovich | LW | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.65 |
| Joel Elliott | LW | 25 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.48 | 0.60 |
| Blake Wesley | D | 25 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.44 |
| Glen Ostir | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.28 | |
| Don Stewart | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
| Ed Cooper | L | 25 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.40 |
| John Multan | RW | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0.22 | 0.22 | |
| Don Keller | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| Bart Hunter | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Brian Shaw | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darrell May | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Turnbull | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Volcan | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Benning | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 447 | 118 | 184 | 302 | 430 | 0 |
