1996-97 Birmingham Bulls Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 36-25 (SO: 0-9) - 81 points
in the ECHL's South Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Dennis Desrosiers (36-25, 9 OTL)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 178,115, Avg. 5,089 in 35 home dates
1996-97 Birmingham Bulls RosterTeam Record: 36-25 (SO: 0-9) - 81 points
in the ECHL's South Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Dennis Desrosiers (36-25, 9 OTL)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 178,115, Avg. 5,089 in 35 home dates
The Birmingham Bulls of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 36 wins and 25 losses, with a 0-9 showing in shootouts for 81 points in the ECHL's South Division.
The Bulls scored 291 goals and yielded 296. Dany Bousquet netted 54 goals for Birmingham, while Todd Holt, Craig Lutes and Jamey Hicks each tallied 30 or more as well. Jamey Hicks contributed 59 assists. Greg Dreveny topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.77 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Dennis Desrosiers coached the team. The 1996-97 Birmingham Bulls lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Bousquet | LW | 68 | 54 | 53 | 107 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 286 | 18.9 |
| Jamey Hicks | C | 70 | 32 | 59 | 91 | 87 | -2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 196 | 16.3 |
| Hugo Belanger | C | 70 | 23 | 54 | 77 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 16.3 |
| Todd Holt | RW | 63 | 36 | 31 | 67 | 45 | -6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 19.5 |
| Craig Lutes | RW | 63 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 216 | 16.2 |
| Lance Brady | D | 61 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 79 | -12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 6.8 |
| Burt Henderson | D | 68 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 38 | -8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 6.2 |
| Mike Latendresse | LW | 61 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 82 | -28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 11.5 |
| Mark Donahue | RW | 61 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 120 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 10.8 |
| Brendan Creagh | D | 49 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 52 | -14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5.6 |
| Max Williams | C | 43 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Kory Mullin | D | 21 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 102 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 |
| Sebastien Fortier | LW | 48 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 150 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 92 | 7.6 |
| Paul Rushforth | C | 17 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 15.2 |
| Mario Dumoulin | D | 61 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 328 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3.0 |
| Mike Barrie | C | 15 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 45 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 21.3 |
| Dennis Pinfold | D | 57 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 316 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.0 |
| Rick Lacroix | D/RW | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Dan Bloom | D | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Scot Bell | RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Brett Duncan | D | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Charles Gaffney | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Jason Clarke | RW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Garry Gulash | D | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Charbonneau | D | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Chuck Thuss | G | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Brown | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrice Paquin | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Dreveny | F | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1197 | 291 | 455 | 746 | 2152 | -105 | 80 | 11 | 35 | 2390 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Brown | 19 | 935 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 4.24 | 559 | 493 | .882 |
| Greg Dreveny | 35 | 1815 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 3.77 | 1060 | 946 | .892 |
| Chuck Thuss | 27 | 1435 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 4.31 | 905 | 802 | .886 |
| Totals | 81 | 4185 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 283 | 4.06 | 2524 | 2241 | .888 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dany Bousquet | LW | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamey Hicks | C | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Belanger | C | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Holt | RW | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Lutes | RW | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Brady | D | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burt Henderson | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Latendresse | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Donahue | RW | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kory Mullin | D | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Rushforth | C | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Dumoulin | D | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Barrie | C | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 31 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Duncan | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Gulash | D | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Charbonneau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Brown | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrice Paquin | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Dreveny | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 128 | 37 | 68 | 105 | 224 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Dreveny | 8 | 511 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.87 | 367 | 334 | .910 |
| Totals | 8 | 511 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.87 | 367 | 334 | .910 |
