1977-78 Lethbridge Broncos Statistics

Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 36-29-7 - 79 points
in the WCHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Howie Yanosik (36-29-7)

1977-78 Lethbridge Broncos Roster

The Lethbridge Broncos of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 36 wins and 29 losses and 7 ties for 79 points in the WCHL's Central Division.

The Broncos scored 341 goals and conceded 328. Steve Tambellini netted 75 goals for Lethbridge, while Rod Guimont, Darryl Sutter and Dean Solheim each tallied 30 or more, too. Steve Tambellini accounted for 80 assists. Gord Garbutt earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.27 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.

Howie Yanosik coached the team. The 1977-78 Lethbridge Broncos lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Steve Tambellini	C	66	75	80	155	32		1.14	1.21	2.35
Dean Solheim	C	65	45	67	112	150		0.69	1.03	1.72
Rod Guimont	RW	60	36	57	93	113		0.60	0.95	1.55
Darryl Sutter	L	68	33	48	81	119		0.49	0.71	1.19
Doug Morrison	R	66	25	45	70	116		0.38	0.68	1.06
Earl Ingarfield	C	65	25	25	50	127		0.38	0.38	0.77
Grant Eakin	LW	50	25	24	49	153		0.50	0.48	0.98
John Scammell	D	63	6	42	48	325		0.10	0.67	0.76
Brad Knelson	D	72	3	44	47	131		0.04	0.61	0.65
Gord Williams	R	71	12	26	38	80		0.17	0.37	0.54
Brandin Schultz	C	72	18	19	37	52		0.25	0.26	0.51
Lindy Ruff	L	66	9	24	33	219		0.14	0.36	0.50
Darryl Goodwin	LW	68	11	8	19	38		0.16	0.12	0.28
Jay Soleway	D	61	0	18	18	122			0.30	0.30
Mike Schneider	C	60	10	6	16	45		0.17	0.10	0.27
Larry Doyle	RW	30	1	13	14	22		0.03	0.43	0.47
Simon Learmouth	D	55	0	11	11	161			0.20	0.20
Gord Garbutt	G	66	0	9	9	14			0.14	0.14
Duane Sutter	R	5	1	5	6	19		0.20	1.00	1.20
Jim Pearson	RW	18	2	3	5	25		0.11	0.17	0.28
Grant Salekin	RW	27	3	1	4	94		0.11	0.04	0.15
Rick Hendricks	D	14	0	4	4	27			0.29	0.29
Dave Falkenberg	D	4	1	1	2	17		0.25	0.25	0.50
Mike Panteluk	RW	13	0	2	2	49			0.15	0.15
Max Kostovich	LW	11	0	2	2	26			0.18	0.18
Mario Botlik	LW	3	0	1	1	11			0.33	0.33
Roger Wolfe	D	7	0	1	1	0			0.14	0.14
Dean Kress	F	1	0	0	0	0
John Jacobson	F	3	0	0	0	0
Clint Gossard	G	17	0	0	0	7
Greg Lynott	D	1	0	0	0	0
Peter Goertz	D	2	0	0	0	2
Kelly Rissling	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Randy Ruff	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Guy Bohmer	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Chris Tucker	D	1	0	0	0	0
John Kulych	G	3	0	0	0	2
Totals		1264	341	586	927	2298	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Clint Gossard	17	742	4	6	1	0	70	5.66	503	433	.861
Gord Garbutt	66	3496	32	21	6	3	249	4.27	2004	1755	.876
John Kulych	3	82	0	2	0	0	9	6.59	54	45	.833
Totals	86	4320	36	29	7	3	328	4.56	2561	2233	.872

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Steve Tambellini	C	8	10	5	15	5	1.25	0.63	1.88
Dean Solheim	C	8	2	10	12	24	0.25	1.25	1.50
Rod Guimont	RW	8	5	1	6	12	0.63	0.13	0.75
Darryl Sutter	L	8	4	9	13	2	0.50	1.13	1.63
Doug Morrison	R	8	2	3	5	4	0.25	0.38	0.63
Earl Ingarfield	C	8	3	4	7	6	0.38	0.50	0.88
Grant Eakin	LW	4	2	2	4	12	0.50	0.50	1.00
John Scammell	D	8	0	3	3	53		0.38	0.38
Brad Knelson	D	8	2	5	7	18	0.25	0.63	0.88
Gord Williams	R	4	2	1	3	4	0.50	0.25	0.75
Brandin Schultz	C	8	0	0	0	2
Lindy Ruff	L	8	2	8	10	4	0.25	1.00	1.25
Darryl Goodwin	LW	5	0	1	1	0		0.20	0.20
Jay Soleway	D	8	1	5	6	19	0.13	0.63	0.75
Mike Schneider	C	8	0	0	0	11
Larry Doyle	RW	8	2	3	5	9	0.25	0.38	0.63
Simon Learmouth	D	7	0	0	0	8
Gord Garbutt	G	8	0	0	0	2
Duane Sutter	R	8	1	4	5	10	0.13	0.50	0.63
Dave Falkenberg	D	4	0	0	0	2
Clint Gossard	G	1	0	0	0	0
Murray Morton	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		146	38	64	102	207

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Murray Morton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0

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