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 Roster

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
Tony Prpic	RW	6	0	2	2	12	-3	0	0	0	7	0.0
Ryan Haggerty	LW	4	0	2	2	0	-3	0	0	0	11	0.0
Geoff Finch	G	20	0	1	1	2	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
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
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	+/-
Steve Gibson	LW	7	5	5	10	6	7
Keli Corpse	C	6	0	4	4	4	-2
Samuel Groleau	LW	7	3	0	3	2	0
Louis Dumont	C	6	0	3	3	6	-2
Derek DeCosty	C	7	4	0	4	2	-3
Tim Tisdale	C	6	1	4	5	6	2
Brock Woods	D	7	0	3	3	4	1
Ron Wilson	C	2	0	3	3	6	0
Gairin Smith	D	7	3	1	4	10	0
John Blessman	D	7	1	3	4	2	-1
Martin Lepage	D	7	2	1	3	11	1
Rob Trumbley	F	7	0	2	2	44	-2
John Varga	LW	7	1	3	4	16	4
Brent Pope	D	2	0	0	0	6	0
Louis Bernard	D	3	0	1	1	2	-1
Frederic Barbeau	D	5	0	0	0	2	4
Mark Visheau	D	7	0	3	3	4	0
Tomas Vokoun	G	7	0	0	0	2	0
Totals		107	20	36	56	135	8

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

1995-96 Wheeling Thunderbirds Statistics

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