1996-97 St. John's Maple Leafs Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 36-28-10-6 - 88 points
in the AHL's Canadian Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Mark Hunter (36-28-10, 6 OTL)
Location: Saint John's, Canada
1996-97 St. John's Maple Leafs RosterTeam Record: 36-28-10-6 - 88 points
in the AHL's Canadian Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Mark Hunter (36-28-10, 6 OTL)
Location: Saint John's, Canada
The St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 36 wins and 28 losses (and 6 overtime losses) and 10 ties for 88 points in the AHL's Canadian Division.
The Maple Leafs scored 265 goals and surrendered 264. Brian Wiseman netted 33 goals for St. John's and contributed 62 assists. Don Beaupre earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.93 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Mark Hunter coached the team. The 1996-97 St. John's Maple Leafs lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wiseman | C | 71 | 33 | 62 | 95 | 83 | -11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 168 | 19.6 |
| Greg Bullock | C | 75 | 21 | 52 | 73 | 65 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 147 | 14.3 |
| Mark Kolesar | C | 62 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 64 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 168 | 13.1 |
| Mark Deyell | C | 58 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 30 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 13.5 |
| Aaron Brand | C | 75 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 80 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 9.1 |
| Shayne Toporowski | R | 72 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 210 | -3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 186 | 10.8 |
| Rob Butz | LW | 60 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 131 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 13.1 |
| David Cooper | D | 44 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 65 | -14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 12.7 |
| Zdenek Nedved | R | 51 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 9.7 |
| Yannick Tremblay | D | 67 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 175 | 4.0 |
| Kelly Fairchild | C | 29 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 36 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 8.9 |
| Brandon Convery | C | 25 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 15 | -9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 17.5 |
| Jamie Heward | D | 27 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 26 | -9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 7.6 |
| Nathan Dempsey | D | 52 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 108 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 5.4 |
| Jason Cipolla | C | 45 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 74 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 8.8 |
| John Craighead | R | 53 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 318 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 10.8 |
| Shawn Carter | C | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 |
| Darby Hendrickson | C | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 |
| Trent Cull | D | 75 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 219 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 4.9 |
| Scott Pearson | L | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20.8 |
| Guy Lehoux | D | 69 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 229 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.4 |
| Greg Smyth | D | 43 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 273 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4.4 |
| Danny Markov | D | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Kory Mullin | D | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 62 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Brendan Yarema | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Dennis Maxwell | LW | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 97 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Matt Martin | D | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Tom Pederson | D | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jared Bednar | D | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 151 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Marek Melenovský | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Paul Vincent | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Warren Norris | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Mike Ware | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Scott Boston | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Marek Posmyk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nick Kypreos | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Marcel Cousineau | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Konstantin Kalmikov | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Saal | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Presley | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Doug Bonner | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Mayes | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Francis Larivee | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Beaupre | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1445 | 265 | 451 | 716 | 2628 | -49 | 84 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 2489 | 10.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Cousineau | 19 | 1053 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3.30 | 577 | 519 | .899 |
| Francis Larivee | 4 | 244 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2.21 | 110 | 101 | .918 |
| Don Beaupre | 47 | 2623 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 128 | 2.93 | 1258 | 1130 | .898 |
| Jason Saal | 12 | 569 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4.11 | 312 | 273 | .875 |
| Doug Bonner | 11 | 366 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4.26 | 194 | 168 | .866 |
| Totals | 93 | 4855 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 260 | 3.21 | 2451 | 2191 | .894 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wiseman | C | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Bullock | C | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Kolesar | C | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Deyell | C | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Brand | C | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shayne Toporowski | R | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Butz | LW | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zdenek Nedved | R | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yannick Tremblay | D | 11 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Heward | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nathan Dempsey | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Craighead | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shawn Carter | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trent Cull | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Pearson | L | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Lehoux | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Smyth | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Markov | D | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marek Melenovský | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Cousineau | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alyn McCauley | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Podollan | R | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D.J. Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francis Larivee | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 189 | 34 | 56 | 90 | 202 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Cousineau | 11 | 658 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.55 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 658 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.55 | 0 |
