1992-93 Wheeling Thunderbirds Statistics
Team Record: 40-16-2 (SO: 0-6) - 88 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Doug Sauter (40-16, 8 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 149,952, Avg. 4,686 in 32 home dates
The Wheeling Thunderbirds of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1992-93 season with a record of 40 wins and 16 losses (and 2 overtime losses), with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 88 points in the ECHL's East Division.
The Thunderbirds topped the league with just 223 goals allowed. Wheeling scored 314 goals. Darren Schwartz netted 62 goals for the squad, while Devin Edgerton and Tim Tisdale tallied 30 or more, too. Devin Edgerton accounted for 71 assists. Frankie Ouellette recorded 24 wins in front of the net for the team, and Rod Houk added 15 or more victories as well. Rod Houk earned a 2.97 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Doug Sauter coached the team. The 1992-93 Wheeling Thunderbirds lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Edgerton | C | 57 | 46 | 71 | 117 | 34 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 299 | 15.4 |
| Darren Schwartz | LW | 62 | 62 | 52 | 114 | 212 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 288 | 21.5 |
| Tim Tisdale | C | 56 | 33 | 44 | 77 | 113 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 165 | 20.0 |
| Dean Antos | C | 61 | 25 | 42 | 67 | 76 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 125 | 20.0 |
| Marc Rodgers | R | 64 | 23 | 40 | 63 | 91 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 13.8 |
| Tim Roberts | D | 63 | 12 | 47 | 59 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 9.1 |
| Trevor Senn | RW | 53 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 301 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 13.5 |
| Robert Guillet | RW | 15 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 23.5 |
| John Uniac | D | 50 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 4.7 |
| Cory Paterson | D | 32 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 49 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 16.2 |
| Tom Dion | D | 60 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 76 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 6.0 |
| Derek DeCosty | C | 18 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 27.5 |
| Ryan Kuwabara | R | 18 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17.1 |
| Justin Lafayette | C | 39 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Terry Virtue | D | 31 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 86 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Marty Yewchuk | C | 26 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 12.2 |
| Alexander Legault | D | 48 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 8.6 |
| Joël Blain | LW | 29 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Trevor Pochipinski | D | 37 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Craig Ferguson | C | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 20.0 |
| Scott Allison | LW | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Eric Marcoux | RW | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Tony Burns | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Yves Sarault | L | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Keith Whitmore | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Claude Barthe | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Rhys Hollyman | D | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Darcy Martini | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Joel Dyck | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Kim Maier | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Rod Houk | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Simon | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tom Holdeman | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Cowley | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 64 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frankie Ouellette | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richie Walcott | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Eric Brûle | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1070 | 314 | 499 | 813 | 1597 | 339 | 81 | 15 | 40 | 2192 | 14.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Ouellette | 43 | 2376 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 3.48 | 1242 | 1104 | .889 |
| Rod Houk | 27 | 1453 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 2.97 | 687 | 615 | .895 |
| Wayne Cowley | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 25 | 22 | .880 |
| Totals | 71 | 3889 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 213 | 3.29 | 1954 | 1741 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Edgerton | C | 16 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Rodgers | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Roberts | D | 16 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Kuwabara | R | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Virtue | D | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Yewchuk | C | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 86 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
