1978-79 Lethbridge Broncos Statistics
Team Record: 37-28-7 - 81 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Pat Ginnell (37-28-7)
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
The Lethbridge Broncos of the Western Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 37 wins and 28 losses and 7 ties for 81 points in the WHL's Central Division.
The Broncos potted 389 goals and yielded 326. Gord Williams scored 58 goals for Lethbridge, while Randy Ruff, Doug Morrison, Dave Snopek, Earl Ingarfield and Duane Sutter each tallied 30 or more, too. Duane Sutter contributed 75 assists. Greg Dumba topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 4.27 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Pat Ginnell coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Sutter | R | 71 | 50 | 75 | 125 | 212 | 0.70 | 1.06 | 1.76 | |
| Doug Morrison | R | 72 | 56 | 67 | 123 | 159 | 0.78 | 0.93 | 1.71 | |
| Gord Williams | R | 72 | 58 | 59 | 117 | 60 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 1.63 | |
| Earl Ingarfield | C | 70 | 43 | 46 | 89 | 84 | 0.61 | 0.66 | 1.27 | |
| Randy Ruff | LW | 71 | 37 | 49 | 86 | 163 | 0.52 | 0.69 | 1.21 | |
| Dave Snopek | LW | 68 | 40 | 24 | 64 | 153 | 0.59 | 0.35 | 0.94 | |
| Dave Falkenberg | D | 72 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 234 | 0.15 | 0.58 | 0.74 | |
| Jay Soleway | D | 70 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 209 | 0.20 | 0.46 | 0.66 | |
| Larry Doyle | RW | 72 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 175 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.58 | |
| Ralph Andreesen | F | 69 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 101 | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.49 | |
| Kevin Ginnell | C | 61 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 118 | 0.18 | 0.34 | 0.52 | |
| Simon Learmouth | D | 68 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 209 | 0.06 | 0.37 | 0.43 | |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 24 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 108 | 0.38 | 0.75 | 1.13 | |
| Roger Wolfe | D | 34 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 0.06 | 0.47 | 0.53 | |
| Bobby Jr. | R | 46 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.33 | |
| Al May | 50 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.26 | ||
| Brandin Schultz | C | 19 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 0.26 | 0.37 | 0.63 | |
| Kelly Rissling | LW | 58 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 130 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.21 | |
| Bob Black | D | 38 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 119 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.26 | |
| Dain Phillips | 34 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 167 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.15 | ||
| Larry Jones | LW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.15 | |
| John Strait | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Lee Pickett | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
| Kevin Burns | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |||
| Ken McNabb | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| Mark Frank | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Chuck Buker | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |||
| John Szednai | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0.11 | 0.11 | |||
| Darryl Goodwin | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darren Stanoffsky | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Sandy Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Balough | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dennis Labbe | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Jim Sinclair | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mickey Willgress | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clint Gossard | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Dumba | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Grant Salekin | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Norman Flynn | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Gord Tait | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1293 | 389 | 572 | 961 | 2736 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Frank | 29 | 1350 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 4.89 | |||
| Lee Pickett | 8 | 465 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.03 | |||
| Ken McNabb | 6 | 197 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.96 | |||
| Greg Dumba | 42 | 2208 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 4.27 | |||
| Clint Gossard | 2 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.20 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 4320 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 326 | 4.53 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Sutter | R | 19 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 1.21 |
| Doug Morrison | R | 19 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1.05 | 0.79 | 1.84 |
| Gord Williams | R | 19 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0.74 | 0.84 | 1.58 |
| Earl Ingarfield | C | 19 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.53 | 0.95 |
| Randy Ruff | LW | 18 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.56 |
| Dave Snopek | LW | 19 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 72 | 0 | 0.37 | 0.63 | 1.00 |
| Dave Falkenberg | D | 18 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.56 | 0.72 |
| Jay Soleway | D | 18 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 0.56 |
| Larry Doyle | RW | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.37 |
| Ralph Andreesen | F | 18 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.56 | 0.67 |
| Kevin Ginnell | C | 19 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0.32 | 0.11 | 0.42 |
| Simon Learmouth | D | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.47 |
| Lindy Ruff | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Roger Wolfe | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.28 | |
| Al May | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Kelly Rissling | LW | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Dain Phillips | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Lee Pickett | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Frank | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Darren Stanoffsky | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
| Greg Dumba | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Norman Flynn | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 348 | 82 | 121 | 203 | 502 | 0 |
