1994-95 Wheeling Thunderbirds Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 46-17-5 - 97 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug Sauter (46-17, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 163,982, Avg. 4,823 in 34 home dates
1994-95 Wheeling Thunderbirds RosterTeam Record: 46-17-5 - 97 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug Sauter (46-17, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 163,982, Avg. 4,823 in 34 home dates
The Wheeling Thunderbirds of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1994-95 season with a record of 46 wins and 17 losses (and 5 overtime losses) for 97 points in the ECHL's North Division.
The Thunderbirds topped the league with 313 goals. Wheeling surrendered 243 goals. Derek DeCosty scored 41 goals for the squad, while Vadim Slivchenko and Steve Gibson netted 30 or more, too. Tim Roberts contributed 58 assists. Geoff Finch recorded 26 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 3.01 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Doug Sauter coached the team. The 1994-95 Wheeling Thunderbirds lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek DeCosty | C | 62 | 41 | 35 | 76 | 83 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 162 | 25.3 |
| Vadim Slivchenko | F | 49 | 37 | 39 | 76 | 75 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 202 | 18.3 |
| Tim Roberts | D | 61 | 16 | 58 | 74 | 62 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 221 | 7.2 |
| Steve Gibson | LW | 50 | 37 | 29 | 66 | 61 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 180 | 20.6 |
| Louis Dumont | C | 62 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 81 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 135 | 18.5 |
| Xavier Majic | C | 49 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 14.7 |
| Tim Tisdale | C | 33 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 20.7 |
| Scott Matusovich | D | 66 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 97 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 9.0 |
| Brock Woods | D | 65 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 219 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 185 | 7.0 |
| Dennis Holland | C | 22 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 16.7 |
| Tony Prpic | RW | 30 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 15.9 |
| Brent Pope | D | 57 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 235 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 5.8 |
| Duane Dennis | LW | 17 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 25.0 |
| Petr Marek | F | 25 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6.4 |
| Kevin O'Sullivan | D | 28 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 54 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 6.8 |
| Gairin Smith | D | 48 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 195 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 8.6 |
| Brad Layzell | D | 31 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 2.5 |
| Claude Jutras | RW | 19 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 172 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13.7 |
| Pat Barton | RW | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 49 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Dominic Fafard | D | 39 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 44 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Christian Lariviere | D | 17 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Darren McAusland | D | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12.8 |
| Scott Fraser | R | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 16.7 |
| Louis Bernard | D | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Scott Ferguson | D | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Alex Duchesne | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Cory Paterson | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 35 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Geoff Finch | G | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Berthiaume | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Bajurny | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Parson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Labrecque | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Connolly | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 68 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Bradley | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Louder | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Lamothe | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen Rohr | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dion Darling | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1127 | 313 | 509 | 822 | 1962 | 237 | 81 | 16 | 46 | 2482 | 12.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Lamothe | 13 | 736 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3.10 | 351 | 313 | .892 |
| Daniel Berthiaume | 10 | 599 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4.11 | 308 | 267 | .867 |
| Geoff Finch | 37 | 2071 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 3.01 | 990 | 886 | .895 |
| Greg Louder | 5 | 259 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4.40 | 128 | 109 | .852 |
| Patrick Labrecque | 5 | 281 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4.70 | 144 | 122 | .847 |
| Mike Parson | 2 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.75 | 59 | 52 | .881 |
| John Bradley | 2 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.65 | 42 | 39 | .929 |
| Totals | 74 | 4126 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 234 | 3.40 | 2022 | 1788 | .884 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek DeCosty | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Roberts | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Gibson | LW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Dumont | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Tisdale | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Matusovich | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brock Woods | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Holland | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Prpic | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Pope | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duane Dennis | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin O'Sullivan | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Layzell | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Jutras | RW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geoff Finch | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 47 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 80 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
