1977-78 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics
Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 22-41-9 - 53 points
in the WCHL's Central Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Vic Stasiuk (22-41-9)
1977-78 Medicine Hat Tigers RosterTeam Record: 22-41-9 - 53 points
in the WCHL's Central Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Vic Stasiuk (22-41-9)
The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 22 wins and 41 losses and 9 ties for 53 points in the WCHL's Central Division.
The Tigers scored 293 goals, worst in the league and yielded 365. Merlin Malinowski netted 48 goals for Medicine Hat, while Jim Nill and Cal Halasz tallied 30 or more, too. Merlin Malinowski recorded 78 assists. Darrell Furmanek topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 4.65 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Vic Stasiuk coached the team. The 1977-78 Medicine Hat Tigers lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlin Malinowski | C | 72 | 48 | 78 | 126 | 131 | 0.67 | 1.08 | 1.75 | |
| Jim Nill | R | 72 | 47 | 46 | 93 | 252 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 1.29 | |
| Cal Halasz | LW | 72 | 36 | 32 | 68 | 144 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.94 | |
| Dave Snopek | LW | 71 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 178 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.58 | |
| Rick Simpson | LW | 72 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 144 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.56 | |
| Brian Keates | LW | 70 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 229 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.53 | |
| Laurie Nordstrom | D | 59 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 107 | 0.12 | 0.51 | 0.63 | |
| Rod Van Slyke | RW | 63 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 52 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.52 | |
| Dave Ross | RW | 31 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 22 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 1.03 | |
| Curt Broadhead | C | 66 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 54 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.48 | |
| Darre Switzer | F | 66 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 259 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.45 | |
| Gord Gejdos | R | 72 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 185 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.40 | |
| Ken Oulton | D | 45 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 72 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 0.58 | |
| Lorne Anderson | D/LW | 70 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 228 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.34 | |
| Peter Steblyk | D | 34 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 47 | 0.12 | 0.44 | 0.56 | |
| Lorne Osmond | LW | 36 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.44 | |
| Lionel Williams | D | 44 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 133 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.36 | |
| Steve Tsujiura | C | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 0.76 | |
| Brent Craven | RW | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.23 | |
| Kelly Short | C | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Larry Jones | LW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.33 | |
| Jason Rogers | D | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 0.09 | 0.09 | ||
| Mitch McCormick | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | |
| Larry McCargar | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | ||
| Darrell Furmanek | G | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Doug Berg | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 0.12 | 0.12 | ||
| Mike Hogan | F | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||
| Bruce Jacobson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |||
| Ron Flockhart | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Tom Adams | LW | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
| Ken Ardron | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Darrel Morrow | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Pierre Lamoureux | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rob Neeld | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Vic Stasiuk | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Grant Morin | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Perry Harrad | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Brink | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Rick Maillot | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Larsen | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gord Kimble | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Rick Odegard | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rob McLean | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Ostrow | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1294 | 293 | 450 | 743 | 2431 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Furmanek | 59 | 3159 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 4.65 | 1984 | 1739 | .877 |
| Rick Maillot | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.00 | 7 | 5 | .714 |
| Perry Harrad | 2 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8.57 | 32 | 25 | .781 |
| Pierre Lamoureux | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 37 | 31 | .838 |
| Richard Ostrow | 27 | 1046 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 5.91 | 683 | 580 | .849 |
| Totals | 90 | 4320 | 22 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 363 | 5.04 | 2743 | 2380 | .868 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlin Malinowski | C | 11 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0.82 | 1.00 | 1.82 |
| Jim Nill | R | 12 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 1.25 |
| Cal Halasz | LW | 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.42 | 1.00 |
| Dave Snopek | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.25 |
| Rick Simpson | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.22 |
| Brian Keates | LW | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.58 |
| Laurie Nordstrom | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Rod Van Slyke | RW | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 |
| Curt Broadhead | C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Darre Switzer | F | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
| Gord Gejdos | R | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.58 |
| Ken Oulton | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.30 | |
| Lorne Anderson | D/LW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Peter Steblyk | D | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.92 |
| Lorne Osmond | LW | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.67 | 1.25 |
| Steve Tsujiura | C | 12 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.75 | 1.08 |
| Darrell Furmanek | G | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.45 | |
| Tom Adams | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darrel Morrow | F | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | |
| Pierre Lamoureux | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Solheim | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Ostrow | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 218 | 58 | 86 | 144 | 361 | 0 |
