1975-76 New Westminster Bruins Statistics
Team Record: 54-14-4 - 112 points
in the WCHL's West Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Ernie McLean (54-14-4)
The New Westminster Bruins of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 54 wins and 14 losses and 4 ties for 112 points in the WCHL's West Division.
The Bruins scored 463 goals, best in the league. New Westminster conceded 247 goals, the lowest total in the circuit. Mark Lofthouse netted 68 goals for the team, while Fred Berry, Clayton Pachal, Stan Smyl, Rick Shinske, Harold Phillipoff, Steve Clippingdale and Kevin Schamehorn each tallied 30 or more, too. Rick Shinske contributed 91 assists. Carey Walker earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Blaine Peterson added 15 or more victories also. Carey Walker recorded a 3.21 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.
Ernie McLean coached the team. The 1975-76 New Westminster Bruins won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Berry | C | 72 | 59 | 87 | 146 | 164 | 0.82 | 1.21 | 2.03 | |
| Rick Shinske | R | 70 | 52 | 91 | 143 | 86 | 0.74 | 1.30 | 2.04 | |
| Steve Clippingdale | L | 72 | 51 | 66 | 117 | 80 | 0.71 | 0.92 | 1.63 | |
| Mark Lofthouse | R | 72 | 68 | 48 | 116 | 55 | 0.94 | 0.67 | 1.61 | |
| Brad Maxwell | D | 72 | 19 | 80 | 99 | 239 | 0.26 | 1.11 | 1.38 | |
| Barry Beck | D | 68 | 19 | 80 | 99 | 325 | 0.28 | 1.18 | 1.46 | |
| Clayton Pachal | C | 65 | 41 | 57 | 98 | 259 | 0.63 | 0.88 | 1.51 | |
| Harold Phillipoff | L | 67 | 38 | 51 | 89 | 146 | 0.57 | 0.76 | 1.33 | |
| Stan Smyl | R | 72 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 169 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 1.03 | |
| Kevin Schamehorn | R | 62 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 276 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 1.19 | |
| Miles Zaharko | D | 70 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 45 | 0.14 | 0.63 | 0.77 | |
| Brian Young | D | 72 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 77 | 0.06 | 0.44 | 0.50 | |
| Allan Fleck | F | 46 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 77 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 0.76 | |
| Don Hobbins | LW | 71 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 189 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.41 | |
| Bruce Andres | F | 28 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.46 | |
| Terry Hochstetter | D | 26 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Kevin Krook | D | 44 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Randy Rudnyk | F | 39 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 106 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.21 | |
| Len Daley | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.31 | ||
| Kerry Nisbet | G | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | ||
| Gary Houim | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 | ||
| Rob Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Cam Stratichuk | LW | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | ||
| Randy Betty | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Carey Walker | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Blaine Peterson | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| John Paul Kelly | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Sheldon Geary | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Glen Rawdon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Rolin | D | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Roy Wheaton | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1231 | 463 | 804 | 1267 | 2444 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Nisbet | 10 | 510 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.71 | 295 | 255 | .864 |
| Carey Walker | 38 | 2150 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 3.21 | 1152 | 1037 | .900 |
| Blaine Peterson | 30 | 1660 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 3.33 | 898 | 806 | .898 |
| Totals | 78 | 4320 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 247 | 3.43 | 2345 | 2098 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Berry | C | 17 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 0 | 0.35 | 0.88 | 1.24 |
| Rick Shinske | R | 17 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 0.41 | 1.35 | 1.76 |
| Steve Clippingdale | L | 17 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 1.71 |
| Mark Lofthouse | R | 17 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 1.24 |
| Brad Maxwell | D | 17 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 86 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.71 | 0.88 |
| Barry Beck | D | 17 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.53 | 0.71 |
| Clayton Pachal | C | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 1.13 |
| Harold Phillipoff | L | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 1.07 |
| Stan Smyl | R | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.88 |
| Kevin Schamehorn | R | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 68 | 0 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 1.00 |
| Miles Zaharko | D | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.41 |
| Brian Young | D | 17 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0.76 | 0.76 | |
| Allan Fleck | F | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 0.53 |
| Don Hobbins | LW | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.47 |
| Bruce Andres | F | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.12 |
| Kevin Krook | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.06 | |
| Rob Anderson | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.18 | 0.24 | |
| Randy Betty | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Carey Walker | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Blaine Peterson | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Martens | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 312 | 86 | 151 | 237 | 587 | 0 |
