IHL GP W L T Pts GF GA
North
Saginaw Gears 80 40 28 12 92 360 278
Kalamazoo Wings 80 35 31 14 84 315 288
Flint Generals 80 36 34 10 82 364 381
Port Huron Flags 80 33 32 15 81 322 331
Muskegon Mohawks 80 27 42 11 65 290 322
South
Fort Wayne Komets 80 40 23 17 97 305 287
Toledo Goaldiggers  80 34 28 18 86 331 316
Milwaukee Admirals 80 27 38 15 69 257 299
Dayton/Grand Rapids Owls 80 27 43 10 64 290 332 Dayton moved to Grand Rapids on December 15
First IHL season for the Admirals
The USHL eventually became an amateur junior hockey league (still in existence).
Playoffs - Lost to (eventual champions) Toledo 4-1
April 12 Milwaukee 4 at Toledo 6
April 14 Milwaukee 0 at Toledo 5
April 15 Toledo 4 at Milwaukee 1
April 17 Toledo 2 at Milwaukee 3
April 19 Milwaukee 2 at Toledo 6
Admirals were affiliated by Philadelphia and Buffalo.
General Manager
Bill Chimo
Coach
Gene Ubriaco
Trainers
Howie Larson, Dick Langley, Tom McShane, Larry Ness # Player Name GP G A Pts PIM
27 Danny Lecours 70 48 35 83 97
11 Jean Trottier 77 25 52 77 31
7 Yves Preston 80 37 37 74 51
8 Rich Kramp 70 21 28 49 80
5 Al MacKenzie 69 14 31 45 114
16 Gary Morrison 76 21 21 42 203
25 Michel Lachance 74 19 23 42 210
17 William "Buzz" Schneider 56 16 13 29 29
2 Danny Clark 67 7 18 25 245
6 Guy Dupuis 27 11 12 23 2
4 Pierre Allard 79 3 14 17 126
18 Alain Myette 40 2 14 16 29
21 John Sheridan 26 4 11 15 6
12 Rene Hamelin 79 7 7 14 322
Dan O'Driscoll 11 3 10 13 2
21 Brian McKenzie 15 2 9 11 6
10 Clint Eccles 42 2 8 10 41
6 Bob Sauve 8 4 5 9 12
Bernie Harbec 13 2 7 9 4
14 Dave Hynek 22 2 5 7 28
30 Rich Sirois (G) 53 0 6 6 82
2 Dan Nelson 8 0 5 5 2
Barry Duench 11 2 2 4 0
8 Dan Kennedy 5 1 3 4 10
35 Pete Peeters (G) 32 0 4 4 14
Chick Balon 16 0 3 3 18
Ray Tonelli 5 2 0 2 0
3 Don Lemieux 14 1 1 2 6
Mike Hoberg 3 0 2 2 2
Dan Desjardins 1 1 0 1 2
Tony Hinchberger 3 0 1 1 0
Jean Belisle (G) 1 0 1 1 0
Bruce Hamilton 9 0 1 1 7
Jim Smith 1 0 0 0 0
Yves Guillemette (G) 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Dibble (G) 1 0 0 0 0
12 Ray Kurpis 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Korney 3 0 0 0 2
Ron Roscoe 7 0 0 0 10
Dave Klingbell 8 0 0 0 51
35 Jim Weaver (G) 10 0 0 0 0
Bob Purpur (played in one playoff game)
Totals 255 386 641 1834 note - Rich Kramp may have also worn #15 and 17
Rene Hamelin also wore #18
These 6 guys were on the opening night roster, but I have no proof that they played 3 Peter MacKenzie (played 2 games in the AHL with Nova Scotia)
14 Bill Beauchamp (played 6 games the prior season in Dayton and Columbus)
15 Greg Wymer (played 41 games in Long Beach - PHL)
17 Don Madson (returned to Milwaukee next year, was in USHL this season)
18 Tom Rhody (no idea)
35 Daniel Pepin (G) (played with Milwaukee last season)
Goalie GP Min GA GAA W L T Svs Pct EN SO
Jean Belisle 1 11 0 0.00 0 0 1 13 1.000 0 0
Pete Peeters 33 1698 92 3.25 12 10 7 1037 0.919 2 1
Rich Sirois 53 2640 165 3.75 11 23 7 1388 0.894 4 0
Mike Dibble 1 32 2 3.75 0 1 0 14 0.875 0 0
Jim Weaver 10 387 30 4.65 4 4 0 248 0.892 0 0
Yves Guillemette 1 22 4 10.91 0 0 0 25 0.862 0 0 All Stars
Michel Lachance - First Team
Yves Preston - Second Team
Lachance won the IHL's Outstanding Defenseman trophy
- Pierre Allard scored the first IHL goal for the Admirals on October 21 vs. Muskegon
- Pete Peeters recorded the first shutout in the IHL by the Admirals on December 11.
- The following season, the first ever Admiral players to advance their career to play in the NHL were Pete Peeters, Michel Lachance, Yves Preston, and Danny Clark
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1977-78
