1978 WESTERN LACROSSE ASSOCIATION SENIOR A SERIES --------------------------------- --------------- FINAL STANDINGS --------------- GOALS GOALS GAMES WON LOST TIED FOR AGAINST POINTS ----- --- ---- ---- ----- ------- ------ VICTORIA SHAMROCKS 24 15 7 2 352 278 32 NEW WESTM'STR SALMONBELLIES 24 12 11 1 346 351 25 VANCOUVER BURRARDS 24 11 13 0 317 333 22 COQUITLAM ADANACS 24 10 13 1 310 332 21 NANAIMO TIMBERMEN 24 9 13 2 313 344 20 PLAYOFFS -------- COQUITLAM DEFEATED NEW WESTMINSTER 4 GAMES TO 3 VICTORIA DEFEATED VANCOUVER 4 GAMES TO 2 FINALS VICTORIA DEFEATED COQUITLAM 4 GAMES TO 0 MANN CUP WINNER - PETERBOROUGH RED OAKS WON MANN CUP DEFEATING --------------- VICTORIA SHAMROCKS 4 GAMES TO 3. TOP TEN SCORERS --------------- GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN ----- ----- ------- ------ ------- Brian Evans - Nanaimo 24 40 106 146 19 Kevin Alexander - Nanaimo 24 85 50 135 52 Ron MacNeil - Vitoria 22 67 66 133 20 Wayne Goss - New Westminster 23 43 80 123 17 Norm Baker - Victoria 23 42 79 121 67 Brian Tasker - New Westminster 23 43 73 116 52 Bob Cool - Nanaimo 23 39 73 112 48 Dave Tasker - Vancouver 24 40 51 91 4 Charn Dhillon - Victoria 24 36 51 87 52 Doug Hayes - Vancouver 19 38 46 84 39 ALL-STAR TEAMS -------------- FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM ---------- ----------- Larry Smeltzer - Victoria GOAL Greg Thomas - Coquitlam Brian Tasker - New Westminster DEFENCE Jim Aitchison - Coquitlam Norm Baker Jr. - Victoria DEFENCE Mike Smith - Vancouver Brian Evans - Nanaimo FORWARD Doug Hayes - Vancouver Ron MacNeil - Victoria FORWARD Dave Tasker - Vancouver Kevin Alexander - Nanaimo FORWARD Wayne Goss - New Westminster AWARDS Denny Huddleston Memorial Trophy League Scoring Champion Brian Evans - Nanaimo Timbermen Leo Nicholson Trophy Most Outstanding Goaltender Larry Smeltzer - Victoria Shamrocks Ed Bailey Trophy Rookie of the Year Bob Cool - Nanaimo Timbermen Maitland Trophy Outstanding Play Sportsmanship Assistance to Minor Lacrosse Ron MacNeil - Victoria Shamrocks Commission Trophy Most Valuable Player Brian Evans - Nanaimo Timbermen THREE STAR Award Three Star Standings Ron MacNeil - Victoria Shamrocks Bill Ellison Trophy Most Valuable Player (Playoffs) Dave Evans - Vancouver Burrards 1978 COQUITLAM ADANACS REGULAR SEASON GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Jim Aitchison 21 36 36 72 28 Randy Bryan 21 31 41 72 10 Dave Durante 15 32 38 70 12 Mark Valastin 20 31 38 69 27 Moe Jodoin 21 32 31 63 64 Gord Quilty 24 31 23 54 49 Ray Durante 24 10 29 39 55 Nick Delmonico 16 15 16 31 32 Nat Aitken 13 8 21 29 0 Wayne McAuley 24 11 16 27 28 Mike Mitzel 19 6 18 24 50 Dave Cockrane 24 10 13 23 49 Randy Delmonico 17 14 8 22 23 Frank Nielsen 23 6 16 22 80 Art Talson 21 5 16 21 36 Bob Salt 9 5 15 20 12 Greg Thomas 18 0 20 20 6 John Lewis 21 2 15 17 4 Ray Mattinson 20 8 8 16 6 Kevin Parsons 5 7 8 15 0 Gilles Bezeau 3 2 7 9 2 Bruce Shipley 8 3 5 8 46 Mike Reelie 2 2 3 5 2 Dan Piotrowski 6 2 2 4 18 Norm Williamson 12 1 3 4 49 Geordie Dean 2 0 2 2 0 Rhys Parsons 2 0 1 1 0 George Musseau 1 0 0 0 0 Daryl Sauve 1 0 0 0 0 Rick Kennedy 3 0 0 0 0 1978 COQUITLAM ADANACS PLAYOFFS GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Dan Wilson 12 18 33 51 24 Mark Valastin 12 11 25 36 13 Tim Kelly 12 20 13 33 2 Dave Durante 12 10 19 29 10 Gord Quilty 12 14 13 27 8 Mike Reelie 8 15 7 22 8 Mat Aitken 12 10 11 21 6 Ray Mattinson 12 7 11 18 12 Dave Cochrane 12 5 8 13 30 Randy Delmonico 12 7 5 12 15 Fred Klomp 10 6 6 12 15 Mark Tuura 9 3 9 12 18 Frank Nielsen 10 3 9 12 12 Ray Durante 12 3 9 12 6 Jim Aitchison 9 2 10 12 4 Greg Thomas 10 0 9 9 0 Gord Roberts 2 4 3 7 2 Wayne McAuley 7 0 6 6 15 Geordie Dean 4 1 3 4 19 John Lewis 7 0 3 3 4 Moe Jodoin 2 2 0 2 0 Jon Caviglia 11 1 1 2 0 Art Talson 11 0 2 2 6 Dan Gamble 1 0 0 0 2 Al Manning 1 0 0 0 0 Randy Bryan 2 0 0 0 2 1978 NANAIMO TIMBERMEN REGULAR SEASON GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Brian Evans 24 40 106 146 19 Kevin Alexander 24 85 50 135 52 Bob Cool 23 39 73 112 48 Jim Lynch 20 37 30 67 16 Ken King 24 30 20 50 96 Roger Dubyna 24 9 34 43 40 Tej Labh 19 16 17 33 12 Ian Kennedy 18 9 12 21 4 Frank Alexander 21 3 15 18 33 Mac Maude 23 0 18 18 4 Pete Rushton 17 8 9 17 33 Mike Walsh 11 8 8 16 4 Rick Sage 15 9 6 15 51 Jack Kastelein 21 5 10 15 72 Ron Sywak 24 2 9 11 16 Bob Avender 24 6 4 10 14 Earl Nicholson 8 0 7 7 2 Gord Racette 23 1 4 5 57 Randy Noble 10 0 5 5 13 Jim Kipp 19 1 3 4 53 Jim Guerin 4 2 1 3 7 Mike Yagers 4 0 3 3 13 Ron Clifford 2 1 1 2 0 Grant Skipper 5 1 1 2 6 Don Stephenson 1 0 2 2 0 Ron Sage 2 0 2 2 0 Bill Marechek 1 1 0 1 0 Rick Green 2 0 1 1 0 Ken Maughan 2 0 1 1 0 Brent Atkins 1 0 0 0 0 Terry Bayes 1 0 0 0 0 Tej Dhillon 1 0 0 0 0 Don McNeill 1 0 0 0 2 Rhys Wickes 1 0 0 0 2 Dennie McLean 2 0 0 0 0 Frank Seymour 3 0 0 0 0 1978 NEW WESTMINSTER SALMONBELLIES REGULAR SEASON GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Wayne Goss 23 43 80 123 17 Brian Tasker 24 43 73 116 52 Bob Tasker 23 39 41 80 12 Ken Brown 23 26 33 59 17 Keith Scott 23 23 30 53 31 Ivan Tuura 23 25 25 50 13 Mario Govorchin 23 22 22 44 91 Ray Bennie 12 9 31 40 40 John Hannah 24 8 29 37 29 Bill Mosdell 23 17 17 34 33 Norm Leuszler 19 18 12 30 42 Eric Cowieson 19 15 14 29 24 Al Benson 18 10 15 25 2 Walt Weaver 22 6 18 24 10 Ted Gernaey 16 0 23 23 2 Daryl McColl 18 7 15 22 8 Al Lewthwaite 9 7 12 19 33 Jim Greenwell 13 0 14 14 4 Don Brown 12 5 6 11 23 Mark Tuura 4 6 1 7 16 Gilles Bezeau 6 3 4 7 2 Chuck Medhurst 3 3 1 4 9 Bill Mercer 13 2 1 3 24 Bruce Turris 1 2 0 2 0 Shawn Cahill 2 1 1 2 0 Rob Dalzell 2 1 1 2 2 Mike Reelie 2 1 1 2 0 Dan Richardson 2 1 1 2 12 Paul Kirkpatrick 1 1 0 1 2 Dean Malcolm 1 1 0 1 0 Derek Dickson 2 1 0 1 2 Shane Spring 1 0 1 1 2 Steve Manning 2 0 1 1 10 Pat Safianuk 1 0 0 0 0 Dave Thornhill 1 0 0 0 0 Geordie Dean 1 0 0 0 2 1978 NEW WESTMINSTER SALMONBELLIES PLAYOFFS GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Wayne Goss 7 13 20 33 30 Brian Tasker 6 9 14 23 55 Ken Brown 7 9 9 18 0 Ray Bennie 7 7 11 18 32 Bill Mosdell 7 7 9 16 6 Keith Scott 7 6 10 16 17 Eric Cowieson 7 4 11 15 6 Ivan Tuura 7 9 5 14 7 Norm Leuszler 7 10 1 11 22 Al Lewthwaite 7 5 4 9 17 Mario Govorchin 4 4 4 8 20 John Hannah 7 4 3 7 2 Walt Weaver 5 2 3 5 0 Ted Gernaey 5 0 5 5 2 Gilles Bezeau 4 0 4 4 2 Greg Jensen 1 2 1 3 0 Fred Klump 2 2 1 3 0 Bob Tasker 2 2 1 3 14 Jim Greenwell 4 0 3 3 0 Al Benson 6 0 3 3 0 Don Brown 3 0 1 1 0 Laurie Drozda 3 0 1 1 0 1978 VANCOUVER BURRARDS REGULAR SEASON GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Dave Tasker 24 40 51 91 4 Doug Hayes 19 38 46 84 39 Ron Pinder 24 43 39 82 150 Rico Bellusci 19 30 39 69 70 Pat Ryan 21 29 18 47 13 Pat Differ 18 8 33 41 14 John Krgovich 14 21 16 37 10 Taki Vohalis 21 14 23 37 40 Eric Otterstrom 24 17 16 33 10 Bill Rawson 24 9 20 29 19 Joe Marrello 20 8 20 28 39 Brad Berrow 22 0 27 27 14 Ward Sanderson 24 8 17 25 170 Greg Grieve 24 9 14 23 9 Bill Foote 22 8 15 23 60 Mike Smith 24 8 14 22 12 Bob Holmes 19 8 6 14 57 Dave Litzenberger 5 3 8 11 4 Dale MacKenzie 10 6 4 10 17 Gary Read 23 2 4 6 38 Tim Kelly 1 2 3 5 0 Brian Davidson 5 2 1 3 0 Don Cameron 9 1 2 3 2 Dave Evans 7 0 3 3 0 Ian Clearie 1 1 0 1 0 Dan Perreault 1 1 0 1 0 Terry Bingley 3 1 0 1 0 Rod Banister 4 0 1 1 0 Brian Celli 1 0 1 1 0 Daryl Sauve 3 0 1 1 4 Leo Parolini 1 0 0 0 0 Joe Musial 2 0 0 0 0 1978 VANCOUVER BURRARDS PLAYOFFS GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Doug Hayes 6 12 6 18 10 Pat Differ 6 4 9 13 4 Dave Tasker 6 4 9 13 2 Rico Bellusci 6 4 8 12 25 Ron Pinder 5 4 6 10 20 Taki Vohalis 6 4 6 10 13 Bill Rawson 6 3 6 9 2 Pat Ryan 4 6 2 8 0 Eric Otterstrom 6 3 4 7 4 Mike Smith 6 3 4 7 0 Bill Foote 6 3 2 5 34 Ward Sanderson 5 1 2 3 55 Dave Evans 6 0 3 3 0 Joe Marrello 6 0 3 3 17 Greg Grieve 6 1 1 2 4 Bob Holmes 6 1 0 1 18 Dale MacKenzie 6 0 1 1 6 Ian Clearie 2 0 0 0 0 Tim Kelly 3 0 0 0 2 Brad Berrow 4 0 0 0 2 Gary Read 6 0 0 0 4 1978 VICTORIA SHAMROCKS REGULAR SEASON GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Ron MacNeil 22 67 66 133 20 Norm Baker 23 42 79 121 67 Charn Dhillon 24 36 51 87 52 Dan Green 20 21 37 58 37 Chris Hall 24 23 30 53 61 Ranjit Dillon 15 17 33 50 4 Larry Bell 22 19 24 43 40 Rick Baker 18 25 16 41 11 Ivan Thompson 9 15 16 31 20 Gord Lyons 21 13 15 28 29 Art Webster 24 9 18 27 101 Dave Thomson 24 7 19 26 83 Larry Smeltzer 18 0 26 26 13 Gerry Cadwallader 23 12 5 17 117 Jerry McKenna 18 9 8 17 26 Jeevan Dillon 22 8 9 17 8 Joe McCrea 24 8 7 15 29 Dennis Somner 17 6 9 15 40 Jerry Kustaski 12 10 4 14 53 Scott Marshall 9 0 9 9 14 Jim Gow 15 2 6 8 14 Doug Angrove 1 1 1 2 0 Paul Michael 1 1 1 2 0 Bill Marechek 9 1 1 2 2 Andy Reid 11 0 1 1 7 1978 VICTORIA SHAMROCKS PLAYOFFS GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Ron MacNeil 10 23 18 41 19 Ivan Thompson 10 22 15 37 6 Dan Green 10 18 15 33 6 Norm Baker 10 7 18 25 35 Ranjit Dillon 10 10 14 24 2 Doug Angrove 7 9 12 21 4 Charn Dhillon 10 8 13 21 14 Chris Hall 10 3 15 18 29 Dave Thomson 10 4 11 15 28 Gord Lyons 9 5 8 13 19 Gerry McKenna 8 5 7 12 14 Larry Bell 6 4 8 12 0 Joe McCrea 8 4 7 11 2 Larry Smeltzer 9 0 10 10 4 Art Webster 10 1 8 9 29 Jerry Kustaski 10 5 1 6 24 Gerry Cadwallader 8 1 5 6 36 Jeff Whitney-Griffiths 7 4 1 5 2 Rick Baker 4 2 2 4 0 Dennis Somner 10 0 2 2 4 Jeevan Dillon 5 1 0 1 4 Jim Gow 7 0 1 1 6 Scott Marshall 4 0 0 0 0 1978 VICTORIA SHAMROCKS MANN CUP GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS PEN.MIN Brian Evans 7 5 19 24 4 Norm Baker 7 8 15 23 8 Ron MacNeil 7 15 6 21 17 Dan Green 7 10 11 21 4 Ivan Thompson 7 5 8 13 14 Larry Smeltzer 7 0 13 13 0 Chris Hall 7 8 3 11 15 Jerry McKenna 7 5 3 8 12 Ranjit Dillon 7 4 4 8 0 Joe McCrea 7 3 5 8 6 Gord Lyons 7 4 3 7 21 Doug Angrove 7 1 5 6 7 Charn Dhillon 7 2 3 5 6 Larry Bell 7 2 2 4 8 Gerry Kustaski 7 0 2 2 6 Art Webster 7 0 2 2 14 Gerry Cadwallader 7 1 0 1 62 Dave Thomson 7 1 0 1 51 Scott Marshall 3 0 1 1 4 Jim Gow 3 0 0 0 0 Dennis Somner 4 0 0 0 0