1987-88 Nova Scotia Oilers Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 35-34-9-2 - 81 points
in the AHL's Northern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ron Low (35-34-9, 2 OTL)
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1987-88 Nova Scotia Oilers RosterTeam Record: 35-34-9-2 - 81 points
in the AHL's Northern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ron Low (35-34-9, 2 OTL)
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Nova Scotia Oilers of the American Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 35 wins and 34 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 9 ties for 81 points in the AHL's Northern Division.
The Oilers scored 323 goals and surrendered 343. Tom McMurchy netted 40 goals for Nova Scotia, while Fabian Joseph tallied 30 or more, too. Shawn Evans contributed 62 assists. Warren Skorodenski earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.74 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Ron Low coached the team. The 1987-88 Nova Scotia Oilers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lamb | C | 69 | 27 | 61 | 88 | 45 | 0.39 | 0.88 | 1.28 | |
| Fabian Joseph | C | 77 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 20 | 0.40 | 0.51 | 0.91 | |
| Shawn Evans | D | 79 | 8 | 62 | 70 | 109 | 0.10 | 0.78 | 0.89 | |
| Tom McMurchy | R | 61 | 40 | 21 | 61 | 132 | 0.66 | 0.34 | 1.00 | |
| Kim Issel | R | 68 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 31 | 0.29 | 0.37 | 0.66 | |
| Gary Emmons | C | 59 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 22 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.76 | |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 49 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 206 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.90 | |
| Mike Moller | R | 60 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 14 | 0.20 | 0.52 | 0.72 | |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 57 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 99 | 0.19 | 0.56 | 0.75 | |
| Dean Hopkins | R | 44 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 122 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.95 | |
| Moe Lemay | L | 39 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 89 | 0.36 | 0.64 | 1.00 | |
| John Miner | D | 61 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 61 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 0.56 | |
| Lou Crawford | L | 54 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 170 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.56 | |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 43 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 87 | 0.21 | 0.44 | 0.65 | |
| Ivan Matulik | C | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.50 | |
| Selmar Odelein | D | 43 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 75 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.53 | |
| Ron Shudra | D | 49 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 0.14 | 0.31 | 0.45 | |
| Jim Ennis | D | 59 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 102 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.34 | |
| Dom Campedelli | D | 70 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 117 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.29 | |
| Jim Mollard | LW | 32 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.44 | |
| Shaun Van Allen | C | 19 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 0.74 | |
| Steve Graves | L | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0.55 | 0.18 | 0.73 | |
| Mark Jooris | F | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1.50 | 2.50 | 4.00 | |
| Michael Ware | R | 51 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 253 | 0.16 | 0.16 | ||
| Dan Currie | L | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.33 | 0.67 | 2.00 | |
| Alan May | R | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.42 | |
| Wayne Van Dorp | L | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 87 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 | |
| Jamie Nicolls | RW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.80 | |
| Ralph Vos | F | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0.24 | 0.24 | ||
| Warren Skorodenski | G | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Chris Joseph | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Mark Cupolo | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Don Edwards | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.33 | ||
| Dave Roach | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Daryl Reaugh | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Troy Edwards | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1351 | 323 | 549 | 872 | 2043 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Roach | 25 | 1478 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 4.47 | 806 | 696 | .864 |
| Warren Skorodenski | 46 | 2746 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 171 | 3.74 | 1454 | 1283 | .882 |
| Daryl Reaugh | 8 | 443 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4.47 | 199 | 166 | .834 |
| Don Edwards | 3 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6.00 | 140 | 122 | .871 |
| Totals | 82 | 4847 | 35 | 36 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 332 | 4.11 | 2599 | 2267 | .872 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lamb | C | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Fabian Joseph | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | |
| Shawn Evans | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Tom McMurchy | R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 1.00 |
| Kim Issel | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Mike Moller | R | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | |
| Jim Wiemer | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Dean Hopkins | R | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0.40 | 1.00 | 1.40 |
| Lou Crawford | L | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Ivan Matulik | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Selmar Odelein | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Jim Ennis | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Dom Campedelli | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| Shaun Van Allen | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
| Mark Jooris | F | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 1.00 |
| Michael Ware | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Dan Currie | L | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.80 | 0.60 | 1.40 |
| Alan May | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||
| Warren Skorodenski | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Joseph | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 253 | 0 |
