1995-96 Wheeling Thunderbirds Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 42-23 (SO: 0-5) - 89 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Larry Kish (42-23, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 147,420, Avg. 4,212 in 35 home dates
1995-96 Wheeling Thunderbirds RosterTeam Record: 42-23 (SO: 0-5) - 89 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Larry Kish (42-23, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 147,420, Avg. 4,212 in 35 home dates
The Wheeling Thunderbirds of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 42 wins and 23 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 89 points in the ECHL's North Division.
The Thunderbirds potted 289 goals and allowed 261. Steve Gibson scored 42 goals for Wheeling, while Keli Corpse and Samuel Groleau netted 30 or more, too. Keli Corpse contributed 62 assists. Tomas Vokoun topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.67 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Larry Kish coached the team. The 1995-96 Wheeling Thunderbirds 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gibson | LW | 70 | 42 | 53 | 95 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 251 | 16.7 |
| Keli Corpse | C | 63 | 32 | 62 | 94 | 40 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 22.4 |
| Samuel Groleau | LW | 69 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 209 | 16.7 |
| Louis Dumont | C | 66 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 57 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 144 | 16.7 |
| Derek DeCosty | C | 58 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 119 | 21.0 |
| Tim Tisdale | C | 51 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 127 | 17.3 |
| Brock Woods | D | 64 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 195 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 182 | 7.7 |
| Ron Wilson | C | 46 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 11.0 |
| Gairin Smith | D | 67 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 239 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 8.1 |
| John Blessman | D | 67 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 176 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 140 | 5.7 |
| Martin Lepage | D | 65 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 235 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 6.0 |
| Tim Roberts | D | 25 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 6.3 |
| Rob Trumbley | F | 51 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 321 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 13.1 |
| Martin Sychra | C | 23 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 16.7 |
| John Varga | LW | 17 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 20.0 |
| Pat Barton | RW | 28 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 13.3 |
| Brent Pope | D | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Eric Royal | C | 30 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 34 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 35 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 35 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Louis Bernard | D | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Greg McLean | D | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 54 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Frederic Barbeau | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Mark Visheau | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| John Badduke | RW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Ryan Haggerty | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Tony Prpic | RW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Geoff Finch | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rhett Dudley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shamus Gregga | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Grenier | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Lune | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dominic Fafard | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Vokoun | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Mignacca | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Brochu | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1192 | 289 | 493 | 782 | 1942 | 89 | 80 | 15 | 42 | 2223 | 13.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Vokoun | 35 | 1911 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 3.67 | 980 | 863 | .881 |
| Geoff Finch | 20 | 1125 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 4.27 | 600 | 520 | .867 |
| Martin Brochu | 19 | 1060 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 2.89 | 526 | 475 | .903 |
| Sonny Mignacca | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 33 | 31 | .939 |
| Shamus Gregga | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.87 | 19 | 17 | .895 | |
| Totals | 78 | 4187 | 42 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 252 | 3.61 | 2158 | 1906 | .883 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gibson | LW | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keli Corpse | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samuel Groleau | LW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Dumont | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek DeCosty | C | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Tisdale | C | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brock Woods | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Wilson | C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gairin Smith | D | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Blessman | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Lepage | D | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Trumbley | F | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 44 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Varga | LW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Pope | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Bernard | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederic Barbeau | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Visheau | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tomas Vokoun | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 107 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 135 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Vokoun | 7 | 436 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2.61 | 214 | 195 | .911 |
| Totals | 7 | 436 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2.61 | 214 | 195 | .911 |
