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League Champion: Winnipeg Jets

Goals Leader: Real Cloutier (75)
Assists Leader: Robbie Ftorek (77)
Points Leader: Real Cloutier (129)

League Leaders

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements
Goals
1. Real Cloutier-QBN 75
2. Morris Lukowich-WNJ 65
3. Peter Sullivan-WNJ 46
  Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 46
5. Peter Marsh-CNS 43
6. Mark Howe*-NEW 42
7. Marc Tardif-QBN 41
8. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 39
  Kent Nilsson-WNJ 39
10. Serge Bernier-QBN 36
11. Rich LeDuc-TOT 35
12. Blair MacDonald-EDO 34
13. Reg Thomas-CNS 32
  Ron Chipperfield-EDO 32
  Andre Lacroix-NEW 32
16. Brett Callighen-EDO 31
  Stan Weir-EDO 31
18. Jamie Hislop-CNS 30
19. Bill Flett-EDO 28
  Michel Goulet*-BRB 28
  Rich Preston-WNJ 28
Assists
1. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 77
2. Kent Nilsson-WNJ 68
3. Terry Ruskowski-WNJ 66
4. Mark Howe*-NEW 65
5. Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 64
6. Andre Lacroix-NEW 56
7. Marc Tardif-QBN 55
8. Real Cloutier-QBN 54
9. Craig Norwich-CNS 51
10. Serge Bernier-QBN 46
  Gordie Roberts-NEW 46
12. Mike Rogers-NEW 45
13. Dave Keon*-NEW 43
14. Rich LeDuc-TOT 41
15. Jamie Hislop-CNS 40
  Craig Hartsburg-BRB 40
  Peter Sullivan-WNJ 40
18. Reg Thomas-CNS 39
  Brett Callighen-EDO 39
  Paul Shmyr-EDO 39
Points
1. Real Cloutier-QBN 129
2. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 116
3. Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 110
4. Mark Howe*-NEW 107
  Kent Nilsson-WNJ 107
6. Morris Lukowich-WNJ 99
7. Marc Tardif-QBN 96
8. Andre Lacroix-NEW 88
9. Peter Sullivan-WNJ 86
  Terry Ruskowski-WNJ 86
11. Serge Bernier-QBN 82
12. Rich LeDuc-TOT 76
13. Mike Rogers-NEW 72
14. Reg Thomas-CNS 71
  Blair MacDonald-EDO 71
16. Jamie Hislop-CNS 70
  Brett Callighen-EDO 70
18. Ron Chipperfield-EDO 69
19. Peter Marsh-CNS 66
20. Dave Keon*-NEW 65
Goals Created
1. Real Cloutier-QBN 55.9
2. Morris Lukowich-WNJ 44.9
3. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 43.2
4. Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 42.8
5. Mark Howe*-NEW 40.4
6. Kent Nilsson-WNJ 40.0
7. Marc Tardif-QBN 37.5
8. Peter Sullivan-WNJ 36.1
9. Andre Lacroix-NEW 32.6
10. Serge Bernier-QBN 32.3
11. Peter Marsh-CNS 30.4
12. Rich LeDuc-TOT 30.3
13. Terry Ruskowski-WNJ 29.0
14. Blair MacDonald-EDO 28.8
15. Reg Thomas-CNS 28.7
16. Jamie Hislop-CNS 27.9
17. Ron Chipperfield-EDO 27.7
  Brett Callighen-EDO 27.7
19. Mike Rogers-NEW 26.9
20. Stan Weir-EDO 25.3
  Bill Flett-EDO 25.3
Penalties in Minutes
1. Rick Vaive-BRB 248
  Scott Campbell-WNJ 248
3. Paul Baxter-QBN 240
4. Barry Melrose-CNS 222
5. Dave Hanson-BRB 212
6. Terry Ruskowski-WNJ 211
7. Kim Clackson-WNJ 210
8. Wally Weir-QBN 166
9. Rob Ramage-BRB 165
10. Dave Semenko-EDO 158
11. Curt Brackenbury-QBN 155
12. Al Hangsleben-NEW 148
13. Gilles Bilodeau-QBN 141
14. Rick Ley-NEW 135
15. Dave Hunter-EDO 134
16. Peter Driscoll-TOT 132
17. Barry Legge-CNS 131
18. John Hughes-TOT 130
19. Serge Beaudoin-BRB 127
20. Glen Irwin-INR 124
Goals Per Game
1. Real Cloutier-QBN 0.97
2. Morris Lukowich-WNJ 0.81
3. Ron Chipperfield-EDO 0.58
4. Peter Sullivan-WNJ 0.57
  Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 0.57
6. Marc Tardif-QBN 0.55
7. Serge Bernier-QBN 0.55
8. Mark Howe*-NEW 0.55
9. Peter Marsh-CNS 0.54
10. Kent Nilsson-WNJ 0.50
11. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 0.49
12. Rich LeDuc-TOT 0.47
13. Stan Weir-EDO 0.46
14. Brett Callighen-EDO 0.44
15. Blair MacDonald-EDO 0.42
16. Louis Sleigher-BRB 0.42
17. Andre Lacroix-NEW 0.41
18. Reg Thomas-CNS 0.40
19. Bill Flett-EDO 0.38
20. Jamie Hislop-CNS 0.38
Assists Per Game
1. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 0.96
2. Terry Ruskowski-WNJ 0.88
3. Kent Nilsson-WNJ 0.87
4. Mark Howe*-NEW 0.84
5. Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 0.80
6. Marc Tardif-QBN 0.74
7. Andre Lacroix-NEW 0.72
8. Serge Bernier-QBN 0.71
9. Real Cloutier-QBN 0.70
10. J.C. Tremblay-QBN 0.68
11. Ron Chipperfield-EDO 0.67
12. Garry Lariviere-QBN 0.66
13. Craig Norwich-CNS 0.64
14. Gordie Roberts-NEW 0.58
15. Mike Rogers-NEW 0.56
16. Rich LeDuc-TOT 0.55
17. Brett Callighen-EDO 0.55
18. Dave Keon*-NEW 0.54
19. Craig Hartsburg-BRB 0.52
20. Jamie Hislop-CNS 0.50
  Dennis Sobchuk-EDO 0.50
  Peter Sullivan-WNJ 0.50
Points Per Game
1. Real Cloutier-QBN 1.68
2. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 1.45
3. Mark Howe*-NEW 1.39
4. Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 1.38
5. Kent Nilsson-WNJ 1.37
6. Marc Tardif-QBN 1.30
7. Serge Bernier-QBN 1.26
8. Ron Chipperfield-EDO 1.25
9. Morris Lukowich-WNJ 1.24
10. Terry Ruskowski-WNJ 1.15
11. Andre Lacroix-NEW 1.13
12. Peter Sullivan-WNJ 1.07
13. Rich LeDuc-TOT 1.03
14. Brett Callighen-EDO 0.99
15. Mike Rogers-NEW 0.90
16. Stan Weir-EDO 0.90
17. Reg Thomas-CNS 0.89
  Blair MacDonald-EDO 0.89
19. Bill Flett-EDO 0.88
20. Jamie Hislop-CNS 0.88
Goals Created Per Game
1. Real Cloutier-QBN 0.73
2. Morris Lukowich-WNJ 0.56
3. Robbie Ftorek-CNS 0.54
4. Wayne Gretzky*-TOT 0.53
5. Mark Howe*-NEW 0.53
6. Kent Nilsson-WNJ 0.51
7. Marc Tardif-QBN 0.51
8. Ron Chipperfield-EDO 0.50
9. Serge Bernier-QBN 0.50
10. Peter Sullivan-WNJ 0.45
11. Andre Lacroix-NEW 0.42
12. Rich LeDuc-TOT 0.41
13. Brett Callighen-EDO 0.39
14. Terry Ruskowski-WNJ 0.39
15. Peter Marsh-CNS 0.38
16. Stan Weir-EDO 0.37
17. Blair MacDonald-EDO 0.36
18. Reg Thomas-CNS 0.36
19. Jamie Hislop-CNS 0.35
20. Bill Flett-EDO 0.35
Games Played
1. Dave Dryden-EDO 63
2. Mike Liut-CNS 54
3. Markus Mattsson-WNJ 52
4. Pat Riggin-BRB 46
5. Richard Brodeur-QBN 42
6. John Garrett-NEW 41
7. Jim Corsi-QBN 40
  Al Smith-NEW 40
9. Ernie Wakely-BRB 37
10. Michel Dion-CNS 30
11. Eddie Mio-TOT 27
12. Joe Daley-WNJ 23
13. Gary Smith-TOT 22
14. Gary Inness-INR 10
15. Wayne Wood-BRB 6
16. Vladimir Myshkin-SVT 5
17. Jiri Crha-CZC 4
18. Pavel Svitana-CZC 3
  Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN 3
  Ed Walsh-EDO 3
Wins
1. Dave Dryden-EDO 41
2. Markus Mattsson-WNJ 25
  Richard Brodeur-QBN 25
4. Mike Liut-CNS 23
5. John Garrett-NEW 20
6. Al Smith-NEW 17
7. Pat Riggin-BRB 16
  Jim Corsi-QBN 16
9. Ernie Wakely-BRB 15
10. Michel Dion-CNS 10
11. Eddie Mio-TOT 9
12. Gary Smith-TOT 7
  Joe Daley-WNJ 7
14. Vladimir Myshkin-SVT 3
  Gary Inness-INR 3
16. Sergei Babariko-SVT 1
  Wayne Wood-BRB 1
  Jiri Crha-CZC 1
Losses
1. Mike Liut-CNS 27
2. Pat Riggin-BRB 22
3. Markus Mattsson-WNJ 21
4. Jim Corsi-QBN 20
5. John Garrett-NEW 17
  Dave Dryden-EDO 17
  Al Smith-NEW 17
  Ernie Wakely-BRB 17
9. Michel Dion-CNS 14
10. Gary Smith-TOT 13
  Richard Brodeur-QBN 13
12. Eddie Mio-TOT 12
13. Joe Daley-WNJ 11
14. Gary Inness-INR 6
15. Wayne Wood-BRB 3
16. Jiri Crha-CZC 2
  Ed Walsh-EDO 2
  Pavel Svitana-CZC 2
19. Vladimir Myshkin-SVT 1
  Jorma Virtanen-FNL 1
  Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN 1
  Hannu Kamppuri-EDO 1
Ties plus OT/SO Losses
1. Pat Riggin-BRB 5
  Al Smith-NEW 5
3. Mike Liut-CNS 4
  John Garrett-NEW 4
5. Markus Mattsson-WNJ 3
  Joe Daley-WNJ 3
  Richard Brodeur-QBN 3
8. Michel Dion-CNS 2
  Dave Dryden-EDO 2
10. Gary Inness-INR 1
  Gary Smith-TOT 1
  Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN 1
  Ernie Wakely-BRB 1
  Pavel Svitana-CZC 1
  Vladimir Myshkin-SVT 1
  Jim Corsi-QBN 1
Goals Against
1. Mike Liut-CNS 184
2. Markus Mattsson-WNJ 181
3. Dave Dryden-EDO 170
4. Pat Riggin-BRB 158
5. John Garrett-NEW 149
6. Al Smith-NEW 132
7. Ernie Wakely-BRB 129
8. Richard Brodeur-QBN 126
  Jim Corsi-QBN 126
10. Michel Dion-CNS 93
11. Gary Smith-TOT 92
12. Joe Daley-WNJ 90
13. Eddie Mio-TOT 84
14. Gary Inness-INR 51
15. Wayne Wood-BRB 21
16. Jiri Crha-CZC 19
17. Vladimir Myshkin-SVT 17
18. Jean-Louis Levasseur-QBN 14
  Pavel Svitana-CZC 14
20. Hannu Kamppuri-EDO 10
Goals Against Average
1. Dave Dryden-EDO 2.89
2. Richard Brodeur-QBN 3.11
3. Jim Corsi-QBN 3.30
4. Al Smith-NEW 3.31
5. Michel Dion-CNS 3.32
6. Mike Liut-CNS 3.47
7. John Garrett-NEW 3.58
8. Markus Mattsson-WNJ 3.63
9. Ernie Wakely-BRB 3.76
10. Pat Riggin-BRB 3.78
11. Eddie Mio-TOT 3.85
Shutouts
1. Richard Brodeur-QBN 3
  Jim Corsi-QBN 3
  Dave Dryden-EDO 3
  Mike Liut-CNS 3
5. Eddie Mio-TOT 2
  John Garrett-NEW 2
7. Al Smith-NEW 1
  Pat Riggin-BRB 1