1983-84 Carolina Thunderbirds Statistics
Team Record: 43-24-5 - 92 points
in the ACHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Rick Dudley (43-24-5)
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Carolina Thunderbirds of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League ended the 1983-84 season with a record of 43 wins and 24 losses and 5 ties for 92 points in the ACHL.
The Thunderbirds scored 381 goals and allowed 300. Benoit Laporte netted 54 goals for Carolina, while Mike Brisebois, Kim Elliot and Brian Carroll each tallied 30 or more also. Kim Elliot contributed 76 assists. Pierre Hamel earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.13 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Rick Dudley coached the team. The 1983-84 Carolina Thunderbirds lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Elliot | C | 71 | 48 | 76 | 124 | 92 | 0.68 | 1.07 | 1.75 | |
| Benoit Laporte | LW | 52 | 54 | 48 | 102 | 86 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 1.96 | |
| Brian Carroll | LW | 68 | 37 | 65 | 102 | 174 | 0.54 | 0.96 | 1.50 | |
| Peter Dunkley | F | 72 | 29 | 60 | 89 | 39 | 0.40 | 0.83 | 1.24 | |
| Mike Brisebois | 72 | 40 | 33 | 73 | 45 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 1.01 | ||
| Jerry Ingram | RW | 48 | 17 | 53 | 70 | 131 | 0.35 | 1.10 | 1.46 | |
| Dave Dziedzic | 65 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 173 | 0.34 | 0.71 | 1.05 | ||
| Todd Scott | C | 63 | 29 | 36 | 65 | 26 | 0.46 | 0.57 | 1.03 | |
| Lynn Jorgenson | F | 51 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 150 | 0.39 | 0.78 | 1.18 | |
| Brian Gustafson | R | 66 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 354 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.83 | |
| Randy Irving | D/LW | 55 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 163 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.91 | |
| Pat Ethier | D | 68 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 67 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 0.68 | |
| Jay Fraser | LW | 29 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 85 | 0.55 | 1.00 | 1.55 | |
| Scott Higgins | D | 64 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 98 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.70 | |
| Bob Dore | F | 68 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 245 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.63 | |
| Michel Lanouette | RW | 30 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 76 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 1.30 | |
| Greg Squires | 37 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 25 | 0.41 | 0.57 | 0.97 | ||
| Dave Watson | L | 29 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 56 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 1.14 | |
| Darren Yankovsky | D | 47 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 87 | 0.15 | 0.53 | 0.68 | |
| Bruce Greig | L | 37 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 206 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.65 | |
| Larry Meads | L | 33 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 72 | 0.12 | 0.55 | 0.67 | |
| Tom Madson | D | 55 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 48 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.38 | |
| John Higgins | D | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 0.18 | 0.64 | 0.82 | |
| Darre Switzer | F | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.89 | |
| Pierre Hamel | G | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 0.16 | 0.16 | ||
| Paul Skidmore | G | 29 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| Mike McGuiness | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |||
| Paul Higgins | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Mike Deegan | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Dan Olson | G | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Jim Warden | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |||
| Scott Ashburn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Emerson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Morris | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1372 | 527 | 852 | 1379 | 2694 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Hamel | 38 | 2192 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 4.13 | 1103 | 952 | .863 |
| Paul Skidmore | 29 | 1621 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 151 | 5.59 | 899 | 748 | .832 | |
| Jim Warden | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 3813 | 39 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 302 | 4.75 | 2002 | 1700 | .849 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Elliot | C | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 1.00 |
| Benoit Laporte | LW | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.83 | 0.67 | 1.50 |
| Brian Carroll | LW | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
| Peter Dunkley | F | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Jerry Ingram | RW | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.70 | 0.80 |
| Todd Scott | C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 |
| Lynn Jorgenson | F | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.33 | 0.44 |
| Brian Gustafson | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Randy Irving | D/LW | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.80 |
| Pat Ethier | D | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.90 |
| Bob Dore | F | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Michel Lanouette | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.43 |
| Greg Squires | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.60 | |
| Dave Watson | L | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.80 |
| Pierre Hamel | G | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Jim Warden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 148 | 38 | 60 | 98 | 278 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Hamel | 8 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.12 | 0 | ||
| Jim Warden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 10 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.12 | 0 |
