Numbers From 1975-76

Wilf Paiement

Here are some numbers from the Scouts second season (sourced from Hockey-Reference.com). Numbers in parentheses are league rank, out of 18 teams:

Record: 12-56-12, .225 (17)
Home record: 8-24-8, .300
Road record: 4-32-4, .150

Goals for: 190 (18)
Goals against: 351 (17)

Goals per game: 2.38
Goals against per game: 4.39

Power play goals for: 46 (18)
Power play percentage: 13.07% (18)

Power play goals against: 80 (14)
Penalty kill percentage: 72.88% (18)

Short-handed goals for: 2 (T-16)
Short-handed goals against: 17 (18)
(Special teams went from being a small bright spot in ’74-’75 to a disaster in ’75-’76.)

PIM: 984 (12)
(Huge increase from 744 the previous year.)

Times shut-out: 5
Shut-outs: 0

(The Scouts were shut-out 17 times in their history, and never shut-out an opponent.)

Team leaders:

Goals
27 Guy Charron
21 Wilf Paiement
19 Gary Croteau

Assists
44 Guy Charron
33 Gary Bergman
22 Wilf Paiement

Points
71 Guy Charron
43 Wilf Paiement
38 Gary Bergman

Points-per-game:
.910 Guy Charron
.754 Wilf Paiement

.615 Chuck Arnason

PIM:
209 Steve Durbano
121 Wilf Paiement
112 Richard Lemieux

(Durbano only spent 37 games as a Scout, which means he averaged a mind-boggling 5.65 PIM/game)

Games played:
80 Craig Patrick
79 Gary Croteau
78 Guy Charron & Robin Burns