Buffalo Bisons 1943-44 roster and statistics

Photo Gallery [17 photos of 36 players]

Game Results
game results graph

Head Coach: Art Chapman (25-16-13-0)

			Regular Season					Playoffs					Vitals
#	Player Name	Pos.	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Birthplace	Age
8	Fred Hunt	R	52	27	53	80	29	9	5	11	16	0	ONT: Brantford	26
	Fred Thurier	C	39	33	40	73	43	9	8	10	18	14	PQ: Granby	26
9	Larry Thibeault	L	51	18	45	63	46	9	7	10	17	14	ONT: Charlestone	24
11	Max Bennett¹	R	54	22	30	52	17	9	1	6	7	2	ONT: Cobalt	30
10	Lloyd "Dede" Klein	R	47	23	22	45	12	9	1	4	5	0	SASK: Saskatoon	33
12	Maurice Rimstad	C	51	7	35	42	4	9	4	9	13	6	ONT: Dryden	26
14	Eldred Kobussen	L	51	16	21	37	12	9	5	5	10	2	SASK: Vanscoy	17
7	Max Kaminsky	C	47	7	29	36	17	9	4	2	6	2	ONT: Niagara Falls	31
	Walt Atanas	R	46	16	19	35	33	9	6	7	13	2	ONT: Hamilton	20
	Roger Leger	D	29	7	17	24	10	9	6	7	13	4	PQ: L'Annonciation	24
	Bob Walton	R	32	7	14	21	6	9	0	0	0	0	ONT: Ottawa	26
	Gordon Davidson	D	30	2	15	17	19	9	1	6	7	2	ONT: Stratton	25
2	Bob Dill	D	23	5	9	14	45	--	--	--	--	--	MN: St. Paul	23
	Frank Beisler	D	25	3	4	7	15	--	--	--	--	--	CT: New Haven	29
4	Orville "Rusty" Waldriff	D	49	3	3	6	28	9	0	1	1	5	ONT: South River	25
	Edward Speaker²	C	5	2	1	3	5	--	--	--	--	--	ALTA: Lethbridge	23
	John Horeck	L	13	2	1	3	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Capreol	20
6	Tom Forgie³	C	15	2	1	3	4	--	--	--	--	--	Scotland: Glasgow	26
	Stan Warecki	L	3	0	2	2	2	--	--	--	--	--	MAN: Winnipeg	17
3	Alfred "Gaff" Turner	C	7	0	1	1	0	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Saskatoon	17
	Jack Dyte⁴	D	15	0	1	1	10	9	0	0	0	2	ONT: New Liskeard	24
	Harvey Stone	G	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	MA: West Springfield
	Eddie Shore	D	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Fort Qu'Appelle	40
	Art Chapman	C	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	MAN: Winnipeg	36
	Lloyd Storie⁵	G	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Windsor	24
	Jimmy Franks	G	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Melville	28
	Paul Gauthier⁵	G	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	MAN: Winnipeg	27
	Arley Carlson⁵	L	2	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	MN: Virginia	18
	John Mayasich⁵	D	2	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	MN: Keewatin	22
	Roger Bessette¹	G	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	PQ: Montreal	23
	Lorne Mercer⁶	D	6	0	0	0	4	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Hoosier	29
16	Nick Evanshen	L	8	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Sudbury	18
15	Vern "Wimpy" Jones³	R	10	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Saskatoon	16
	Albert Picard	G	10	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Kapuskasing	20
5	Paul Waldner	D	24	0	0	0	25	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Saskatoon	17
1	Frank Ceryance	G	37	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	MN: Eveleth	29
	Totals			202	363	565	386

Goalies
Player Name	GP	Min	GA	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	EN	SO
Jimmy Franks	1	60	1	1.00	1	0	0	9	0.900	0	0
Frank Ceryance	37	2220	100	2.70	16	11	10			0	3
Paul Gauthier	1	60	3	3.00	1	0	0	19	0.864	0	0
Albert Picard	10	600	40	4.00	5	2	3			0	1
Roger Bessette	3	180	14	4.67	2	1	0	95	0.872	0	0
Lloyd Storie	1	60	5	5.00	0	1	0	27	0.844	0	0
Harvey Stone	1	60	5	5.00	0	1	0			0	0

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