1979 Minor League Training Camp Notes |
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Twenty-Two players were assigned to the minor league camp without receiving an invitation to the main camp in 1979. Veteran NHL'er JP Leblanc was the biggest name on the list as well as free agent center Rick Shinske. Both players were supposed to be big cogs for the new (AHL) farm club in Glen Falls New York. |
# | Pos | Player | HT | WT | D.O.B. | 1978-79 Club | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | 1979-80 Club | Draft Notes |
| C | * Colin Ahern | 6' | 180 | 2/27/57 | Providence (NCAA) | 27 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 10 | Johnstown (EHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| LW | * Jean Chouinard | 5'11 | 208 | 6/4/59 | Sherbrooke (QMJHL) | 71 | 54 | 42 | 96 | 40 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1979 |
| C | Kip Churchill | 5'10 | 175 | 2/16/57 | Kalamazoo/Fort Wayne (IHL) | 50 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4 | Johnstown (EHL) | 1977 draft 9th rnd, 141st |
| C | Mike Clarke | 5'11 | 185 | 8/12/53 | Flint (IHL) | 80 | 44 | 46 | 90 | 31 | Adirondack (AHL) | Camp Tryout 1979 |
| C | Doug Derkson | 5'11 | 175 | 6/5/58 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 66 | 26 | 48 | 74 | 20 | Adirondack (AHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1978 draft 3rd rnd, 53rd |
| LW | * Larry Elson | 6'2 | 200 | 2/3/59 | Ottawa (OHA) | 66 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 63 | Adirondack (AHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| LW | Wes George | 6'2 | 220 | 9/26/58 | Edmonton/Indianapolis (WHA) Flint (IHL) Binghamton (AHL) | 12 15 8 | 4 9 1 | 2 2 1 | 6 11 2 | 34 72 2 | Johnstown (EHL) | 1978 draft 7th rnd, 112th |
| C | Jean-Paul Leblanc | 5'9 | 175 | 10/20/46 | Detroit (NHL) Kansas City (CHL) | 24 53 | 2 20 | 6 33 | 8 53 | 4 72 | Adirondack (AHL) | Chi 11/20/75 |
| C | * Steve Marengere | 5'8 | 158 | 1/14/59 | Ottawa (OHA) | 63 | 35 | 68 | 103 | 69 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1979 |
| RW | * Neil Meadmore | 6'4 | 178 | 10/23/59 | New Westminster (WHL) | 71 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 128 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| RW | Grant Morin | 5'9 | 175 | 7/1/57 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 74 | 34 | 32 | 66 | 280 | Adirondack (AHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 1977 draft 17th rnd, 185th |
| RW | * Brian Paton | 5'10 | 176 | 9/17/59 | Toronto (OHA) | 60 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 52 | Johnstown (EHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| C | Rick Shinske | 5'11 | 170 | 5/31/55 | Salt Lake (CHL) St Louis (NHL) | 66 11 | 22 0 | 66 4 | 88 4 | 31 6 | Adirondack (AHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| C | * Scott Vanderburgh | 5'10 | 175 | 6/19/59 | Brantford (OHA) | 28 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 13 | Returned to Jrs | Free Agent 1979 |
| LW | Dean Willers | 5'10 | 180 | 12/28/57 | Johnstown (NEHL) Toledo/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 30 26 | 16 6 | 15 9 | 31 15 | 62 38 | Johnstown (EHL) | 1977 draft 13th rnd, 175th |
| LW | Glen Wylie | 5'10 | 185 | 12/1/57 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 73 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 118 | Adirondack (AHL)/Kalamazoo (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1979 |
| D | Pete Crawford | 5'11 | 185 | 10/12/56 | Toledo/Kalamazoo (IHL) | 80 | 15 | 54 | 69 | 108 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | Camp Tryout 1979 |
| D | Brian Crichton | 5'9 | 165 | 2/22/57 | | | | | | | Released from Tryout | Camp Tryout 1979 |
| D | * Don Hawkes | 6'3 | 218 | 5/18/59 | Kingston (OHA) | 45 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 113 | Johnstown (EHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | Camp Tryout 1979 |
| D | * Pierre Tremblay | 6' | 185 | 8/7/59 | Sherbrooke (QMJHL) | 55 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 114 | Johnstown (EHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
| G | Claude Legris | 5'9 | 160 | 11/6/56 | Kalamazoo (IHL) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnstown (EHL)/Adirondack (AHL) | 1976 draft 8th rnd, 120th |
| G | * Bill Milner | 6'2 | 185 | 5/31/55 | Providence (NCAA) | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnstown (EHL) | Free Agent 1979 |
* - Amateur Player.