1996-97 Hershey Bears Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-22-10-5 - 101 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Bob Hartley (43-22-10, 5 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
1996-97 Hershey Bears RosterTeam Record: 43-22-10-5 - 101 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Bob Hartley (43-22-10, 5 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 43 wins and 22 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 10 ties for 101 points in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division.
The Bears led the league with just 220 goals allowed. Hershey scored 273 goals. Blair Atcheynum netted 42 goals for the squad, and Josef Marha contributed 49 assists. Jean-Francois Labbe earned 34 wins for the team and a team-best 2.52 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bob Hartley coached the team. The 1996-97 Hershey Bears won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Atcheynum | R | 77 | 42 | 45 | 87 | 57 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 255 | 16.5 |
| Josef Marha | C | 67 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 221 | 10.4 |
| Mike McHugh | L | 77 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 135 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 12.4 |
| Eric Veilleux | C | 68 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 118 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 16.5 |
| Rich Brennan | D | 74 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 88 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 216 | 5.1 |
| Pascal Trepanier | D | 73 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 151 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 247 | 5.7 |
| Steffon Walby | RW | 74 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 61 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 151 | 15.9 |
| Kurt Miller | L | 68 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 162 | 10.5 |
| Eric Messier | D | 55 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 69 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 13.7 |
| Christian Matte | R | 49 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 78 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 117 | 15.4 |
| Doug Friedman | L | 61 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 245 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 9.8 |
| Rob Shearer | C | 78 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 88 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 10.4 |
| Paul Jerrard | D | 62 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 144 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 4.5 |
| Blair Scott | D | 47 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 100 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2.8 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 116 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 9.3 |
| Steve Lingren | D | 40 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 67 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 4.8 |
| Cory Banika | LW | 43 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 232 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26.9 |
| Wade Belak | D | 65 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 320 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| Nic Beaudoin | LW | 34 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18.2 |
| Yves Sarault | L | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Rod Hinks | C | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Patrick Rochon | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Anders Myrvold | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Kevin MacDonald | D | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Jean-Francois Labbe | G | 66 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Ling | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Woods | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Roger Maxwell | RW | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 137 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Dan Smith | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sinuhe Wallinheimo | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Craievich | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rick Schuhwerk | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris George | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mark Pivetz | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trevor Converse | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hugues Gervais | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Petr Franek | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lenarduzzi | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1454 | 273 | 458 | 731 | 2603 | 157 | 96 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 2540 | 10.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinuhe Wallinheimo | 13 | 581 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.30 | 324 | 292 | .901 |
| Petr Franek | 15 | 457 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 3.02 | 257 | 234 | .911 |
| Jean-Francois Labbe | 66 | 3811 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 160 | 2.52 | 1867 | 1707 | .914 |
| Mike Lenarduzzi | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | |
| Totals | 96 | 4862 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 215 | 2.65 | 2453 | 2238 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Atcheynum | R | 13 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josef Marha | C | 19 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McHugh | L | 23 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Veilleux | C | 23 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Brennan | D | 23 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 22 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pascal Trepanier | D | 23 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 59 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steffon Walby | RW | 23 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Miller | L | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Messier | D | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Matte | R | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Friedman | L | 23 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 49 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Shearer | C | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Jerrard | D | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hartman | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Lingren | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cory Banika | LW | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 47 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wade Belak | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin MacDonald | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Francois Labbe | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Woods | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Smith | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sinuhe Wallinheimo | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Denis | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sylvain Rodrigue | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugues Gervais | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 395 | 77 | 117 | 194 | 505 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Francois Labbe | 23 | 1364 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 2.60 | 0 | ||
| Sylvain Rodrigue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marc Denis | 4 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.07 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 1420 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 2.54 | 0 |
