1979-80 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 37-30-5 - 79 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Pat Ginnell (37-30-5)
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
1979-80 Medicine Hat Tigers RosterTeam Record: 37-30-5 - 79 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Pat Ginnell (37-30-5)
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 37 wins and 30 losses and 5 ties for 79 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Tigers scored 344 goals and yielded 315. Ken Solheim netted 54 goals for Medicine Hat, while Kevin Ginnell, Brant Kiessig and Stewart Robertson each tallied 30 or more, too. Steve Tsujiura accounted for 77 assists. Kelly Hrudey earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.17 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Pat Ginnell coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Tsujiura | C | 72 | 25 | 77 | 102 | 36 | 0.35 | 1.07 | 1.42 | |
| Ken Solheim | L | 72 | 54 | 33 | 87 | 50 | 0.75 | 0.46 | 1.21 | |
| Stewart Robertson | RW | 68 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 214 | 0.47 | 0.74 | 1.21 | |
| Brad Kempthorne | C | 49 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 68 | 0.57 | 0.90 | 1.47 | |
| Kevin Ginnell | C | 71 | 35 | 36 | 71 | 98 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 1.00 | |
| Brant Kiessig | LW | 51 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 123 | 0.69 | 0.55 | 1.24 | |
| Curt Broadhead | C | 71 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 46 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.79 | |
| Rod Buskas | D | 72 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 284 | 0.10 | 0.56 | 0.65 | |
| Tom McGillivery | R | 33 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 6 | 0.64 | 0.58 | 1.21 | |
| Tom Adams | LW | 71 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 153 | 0.14 | 0.41 | 0.55 | |
| Peter Steblyk | D | 72 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 125 | 0.04 | 0.42 | 0.46 | |
| Darren Halasz | G | 37 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 147 | 0.27 | 0.49 | 0.76 | |
| Gord Gejdos | R | 58 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 207 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.48 | |
| Mike Winther | C | 21 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 62 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 1.10 | |
| Derek Davis | D | 38 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 264 | 0.16 | 0.32 | 0.47 | |
| Mike Lay | 48 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.35 | ||
| Brian Ziegler | LW | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.61 | |
| Oren Koules | LW | 33 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.39 | |
| Mark Komonoski | C | 29 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 140 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.34 | |
| Bruce Gordon | R | 54 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 239 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.17 | |
| Stu Wenaas | D | 40 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 57 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
| Damien Steiert | D | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.71 | |
| Dain Phillips | 41 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 203 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.12 | ||
| Ron Dunfield | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 | ||
| Tim Leier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | ||
| Lorne Anderson | D/LW | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
| Bob Fleming | RW | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Kelly Carson | F | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Tom Williams | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Warren Malinowski | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ron Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Kelly Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Lloyd McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ron Popplestone | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dean Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| Randy Jaycock | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Tim Bailey | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Fisher | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Olsen | L | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Totals | 1300 | 343 | 542 | 885 | 2840 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 57 | 3049 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 212 | 4.17 | 2091 | 1879 | .899 |
| Randy Jaycock | 28 | 1270 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 4.39 | 839 | 746 | .889 |
| Ron Popplestone | 1 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.69 | 58 | 54 | .931 |
| Tom Williams | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.00 | 17 | 12 | .706 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 4399 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 314 | 4.28 | 3005 | 2691 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Tsujiura | C | 16 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0.56 | 0.25 | 0.81 |
| Ken Solheim | L | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 0.54 |
| Stewart Robertson | RW | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.57 |
| Brad Kempthorne | C | 16 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0.81 | 0.44 | 1.25 |
| Kevin Ginnell | C | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Brant Kiessig | LW | 16 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| Curt Broadhead | C | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.31 |
| Rod Buskas | D | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.38 | 0.44 |
| Tom McGillivery | R | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.44 |
| Tom Adams | LW | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.56 |
| Peter Steblyk | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.19 |
| Gord Gejdos | R | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 87 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.33 |
| Derek Davis | D | 16 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 95 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 0.56 |
| Mike Lay | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.23 | 0.23 | ||
| Oren Koules | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Gordon | R | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
| Stu Wenaas | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
| Damien Steiert | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Dain Phillips | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Bob Fleming | RW | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.07 | |
| Lloyd McDonald | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.30 | |
| Randy Jaycock | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 290 | 53 | 74 | 127 | 647 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 13 | 638 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.51 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 638 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.51 | 0 |
