1974-75 Saskatoon Blades Statistics
Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 38-22-10 - 86 points
in the WCHL's Eastern Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Jackie McLeod (38-22-10)
1974-75 Saskatoon Blades RosterTeam Record: 38-22-10 - 86 points
in the WCHL's Eastern Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Jackie McLeod (38-22-10)
The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1974-75 season with a record of 38 wins and 22 losses and 10 ties for 86 points in the WCHL's Eastern Division.
The Blades led the league with just 244 goals allowed. Saskatoon scored 344 goals. Danny Arndt netted 44 goals for the team, while Bernie Federko, Blair Chapman and Wes Peters each tallied 30 or more also. Bernie Federko accounted for 68 assists. Bill Oleschuk earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Jackie McLeod coached the team. The 1974-75 Saskatoon Blades lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Federko | C | 66 | 39 | 68 | 107 | 30 | 0.59 | 1.03 | 1.62 | |
| Blair Chapman | R | 65 | 41 | 44 | 85 | 92 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 1.31 | |
| Danny Arndt | L | 57 | 44 | 34 | 78 | 19 | 0.77 | 0.60 | 1.37 | |
| Wes Peters | L | 70 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 104 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 1.09 | |
| Fred Williams | C | 59 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 61 | 0.36 | 0.83 | 1.19 | |
| Ralph Klassen | C | 41 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 34 | 0.51 | 1.15 | 1.66 | |
| Neil Hawryliw | L | 68 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 51 | 0.43 | 0.56 | 0.99 | |
| Del Chapman | C | 56 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 72 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.93 | |
| Glen Leggott | D | 69 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 102 | 0.13 | 0.62 | 0.75 | |
| Ron Valade | 53 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 28 | 0.32 | 0.64 | 0.96 | ||
| Bob Hoffmeyer | D | 64 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 242 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.66 | |
| Wes George | L | 67 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 201 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.49 | |
| Bruce Hamilton | LW | 40 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 25 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.75 | |
| Rob Chapman | D | 70 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 115 | 0.06 | 0.36 | 0.41 | |
| Stan Gulutzan | LW | 31 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.58 | |
| Rick Smith | R | 56 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 86 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 0.29 | |
| Peter Goertz | D | 58 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 170 | 0.16 | 0.16 | ||
| Bryan Baron | D | 33 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.24 | |
| Kelly Milford | R | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||
| Gary Ashton | C | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Brian Ireland | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.16 | ||
| Bill Oleschuk | G | 41 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
| Win Winofsky | D | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | ||
| Randy Ireland | G | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
| Brian McGregor | F | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.18 | 0.18 | ||
| Dale Johnston | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.22 | 0.22 | |||
| Dwayne Melrose | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Brian Schnitzler | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Dave Parro | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Brian Festerling | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Steele | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Kerr | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1186 | 344 | 575 | 919 | 1661 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Oleschuk | 41 | 2419 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 3.00 | 1252 | 1131 | .903 |
| Randy Ireland | 28 | 1654 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 4.14 | 919 | 805 | .876 |
| Tim Steele | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 20 | 18 | .900 |
| Dave Parro | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 31 | 29 | .935 |
| Totals | 71 | 4193 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 239 | 3.42 | 2222 | 1983 | .892 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Federko | C | 17 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0.88 | 0.41 | 1.29 |
| Blair Chapman | R | 17 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 1.06 |
| Danny Arndt | L | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 1.00 |
| Wes Peters | L | 17 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0.35 | 0.41 | 0.76 |
| Fred Williams | C | 17 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 43 | 0 | 0.47 | 0.94 | 1.41 |
| Ralph Klassen | C | 17 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0.29 | 1.35 | 1.65 |
| Neil Hawryliw | L | 17 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.59 | 0.71 |
| Del Chapman | C | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.47 |
| Glen Leggott | D | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.65 | 0.82 |
| Ron Valade | 17 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.94 | |
| Bob Hoffmeyer | D | 17 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 69 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.59 | 0.71 |
| Wes George | L | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Hamilton | LW | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Rob Chapman | D | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |
| Rick Smith | R | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.35 |
| Peter Goertz | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Bryan Baron | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bill Oleschuk | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
| Randy Ireland | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Brian Schnitzler | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 308 | 74 | 122 | 196 | 330 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Oleschuk | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Ireland | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 19 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
