1979-80 Great Falls Americans Statistics
Team Record: 2-25-1 - 58 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Les Jackson (2-25-1)
Location: Great Falls, Montana
The Great Falls Americans of the Western Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 2 wins and 25 losses and 1 ties for 58 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Americans topped the league with just 186 goals allowed. Great Falls scored 73 goals, worst in the league. Oren Koules and Mike Moskalyk netted 9 goals for the team each, while Oren Koules contributed 11 assists, and Jeff Lastiwka recorded a 5.9 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Les Jackson coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oren Koules | LW | 24 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 85 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.83 | |
| Mike Moskalyk | LW | 27 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | |
| Ryan Switzer | RW | 20 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 99 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.70 | |
| Brad Owen | F | 16 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 76 | 0.25 | 0.56 | 0.81 | |
| Brad Yachimec | C | 13 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.85 | |
| Derek Davis | D | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 218 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.41 | |
| Ron Mollard | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.63 | ||
| Joe DeMoissiac | C | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 0.05 | 0.45 | 0.50 | |
| Tim Bailey | R | 22 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 0.27 | 0.14 | 0.41 | |
| Tom McGillivery | R | 24 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.38 | |
| Dwaine Guy | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.27 | ||
| Peter Gerlinger | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.70 | ||
| Steve Blyth | D | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 0.54 | 0.54 | ||
| Ray Karlson | D | 20 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0.30 | 0.30 | ||
| Craig Newsome | D | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.45 | |
| Kimmo Lahtinen | D | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 125 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.21 | |
| Dale Pilon | D | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 88 | 0.19 | 0.19 | ||
| John Winter | D | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 0.21 | 0.21 | ||
| Harry Mahood | RW | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Darrel Leahy | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.25 | ||
| Ken Goodwin | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Derrick Volpelka | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.17 | ||
| Rick Brost | D/C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||
| Brent Morrison | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Gary Kremsater | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |||
| Ted Harrison | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Arden Knoll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Wayne Maduck | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Bernie Joyal | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Dave Barr | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Joe Steinberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Steve McKenzie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Daneyko | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Lastiwka | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donn Clark | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dave Bereton | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Glenn Zawislak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Brian Coughlin | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 500 | 72 | 122 | 194 | 1196 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Lastiwka | 20 | 884 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 5.90 | 673 | 586 | .871 | |
| Wayne Maduck | 17 | 673 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 7.22 | 574 | 493 | .859 |
| Dave Bereton | 3 | 133 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8.12 | 93 | 75 | .806 |
| Totals | 40 | 1690 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 6.60 | 1340 | 1154 | .861 |
