1996-97 Knoxville Cherokees Statistics
Team Record: 24-43 (SO: 0-3) - 51 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Coach: Barry Smith (17-35-2)
Coach: Jack Capuano (7-8-1)
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Attendance: 120,610, Avg. 3,446 in 35 home dates
The Knoxville Cherokees of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 24 wins and 43 losses, with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 51 points in the ECHL's East Division.
The Cherokees scored 260 goals and surrendered 343. Jim Brown netted 44 goals for Knoxville and recorded 48 assists. Brad Guzda topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 5.38 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Barry Smith and Jack Capuano coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Brown | C | 64 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 66 | -42 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 278 | 15.8 |
Stephane Soulliere | C | 58 | 25 | 42 | 67 | 63 | -30 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 216 | 11.6 |
Chris Fess | D | 70 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 107 | -27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 186 | 13.4 |
Vaclav Nedomansky | RW | 45 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 194 | -9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 197 | 13.2 |
Kyle Reeves | C | 31 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 90 | -3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 120 | 24.2 |
Olaf Kjenstad | LW | 44 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 92 | -18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 15.7 |
David Neilson | LW | 35 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 98 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 15.0 |
Wayne Anchikoski | C | 50 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 43 | -11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 16.3 |
Kent Fearns | D | 37 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 9.1 |
Matt Turek | C | 62 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 62 | -14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 97 | 11.3 |
Martin Tanguay | C | 41 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 47 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 13.2 |
Dean Moore | LW | 56 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 215 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 11.9 |
Daniel Chaput | D | 45 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 85 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 2.4 |
Mike Vandenberghe | D | 62 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 129 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 4.1 |
Sean Halifax | D | 63 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 107 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
Garrett Burnett | L | 50 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 321 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.4 |
Jamie Bird | D | 44 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 |
Sverre Sears | D | 26 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 94 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
Claude Jutras | RW | 19 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 141 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 |
Matt Garzone | D | 23 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
Kelly Hollingshead | D | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
Darren Johnson | F | 28 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
Mark Sakala | D | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
David Jesiolowski | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
Herbert Vasiljevs | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
Sergei Tkachenko | G | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Paleczny | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Jeff Beaudin | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Stu Dunn | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Frankel | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Trent Cavicchi | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Len Perno | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Smith | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Robus | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Bailey | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Andy Borggaard | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Karl Johnston | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Brad Guzda | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1174 | 260 | 438 | 698 | 2213 | -323 | 63 | 16 | 24 | 2219 | 11.7 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sergei Tkachenko | 22 | 1234 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 3.79 | 764 | 686 | .898 |
Greg Smith | 6 | 330 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.55 | 213 | 188 | .883 |
Trent Cavicchi | 11 | 616 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5.45 | 368 | 312 | .848 |
Brad Guzda | 35 | 1852 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 166 | 5.38 | 1247 | 1081 | .867 |
Rick Robus | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 17 | 16 | .941 | |
Len Perno | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.12 | 33 | 26 | .788 |
Stu Dunn | 2 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.90 | 58 | 53 | .914 |
Totals | 78 | 4188 | 24 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 338 | 4.84 | 2700 | 2362 | .875 |