1996-97 Albany River Rats Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 38-28-9-5 - 90 points
in the AHL's Empire State Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: John Cunniff (38-28-9, 5 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York

1996-97 Albany River Rats Roster

The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 28 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 9 ties for 90 points in the AHL's Empire State Division.

The River Rats potted 269 goals and allowed 231. Steve Brule scored 28 goals for Albany and contributed 49 assists. Peter Sidorkiewicz earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.9 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

John Cunniff coached the team. The 1996-97 Albany River Rats lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Steve Brule	R	79	28	49	77	27	21	7	0	8	2	285	9.8
Patrik Elias	L	57	24	43	67	76	21	6	0	1	0	176	13.6
Pascal Rheaume	C	51	22	23	45	40	15	4	3	5	1	156	14.1
Petr Sykora	R	43	20	25	45	48	19	2	1	4	0	168	11.9
Eric Bertrand	L	77	16	27	43	204	17	4	0	1	0	147	10.9
Vadim Sharifijanov	R	70	14	27	41	89	0	1	1	1	0	145	9.7
Rob Pattison	LW	61	24	16	40	31	10	3	3	3	0	133	18.0
Sergei Brylin	C	43	17	23	40	38	11	6	0	3	0	114	14.9
Bryan Helmer	D	77	12	27	39	113	20	5	0	1	1	173	6.9
Sergei Vyshedkevich	D	65	8	27	35	16	10	6	0	1	0	129	6.2
Bobby House	RW	68	18	16	34	65	11	2	0	1	2	198	9.1
Jeff Williams	LW	46	13	21	34	12	7	1	0	1	0	103	12.6
Krzysztof Oliwa	L	60	13	14	27	322	13	3	0	1	0	99	13.1
Zdenek Skorepa	RW	60	12	12	24	38	-2	0	1	2	0	150	8.0
Ken Sutton	D	61	6	13	19	79	2	0	0	2	0	122	4.9
Steve Sullivan	C	15	8	7	15	16	2	2	0	2	0	55	14.5
Mark Strobel	D	60	3	10	13	65	8	0	0	0	0	67	4.5
Sheldon Souray	D	70	2	11	13	160	12	0	1	0	0	76	2.6
Jay Pandolfo	L	12	3	9	12	0	6	0	0	0	0	34	8.8
Geordie Kinnear	D	59	2	9	11	175	0	0	0	1	0	53	3.8
Chris McAlpine	D	44	1	9	10	48	23	1	0	0	0	74	1.4
Brad Bombardir	D	32	0	8	8	6	9	0	0	0	0	23	0.0
Steve Potvin	C	16	1	6	7	18	1	0	0	0	0	20	5.0
Ricard Persson	D	13	1	4	5	8	3	1	0	0	0	27	3.7
Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	62	0	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Pederson	C	3	1	3	4	7	3	0	1	0	0	9	11.1
Kevin Dean	D	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Reid Simpson	L	3	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bench		80	0		0	18		0	0	0	0	0
Frederic Henry	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Shulmistra	G	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Bennett	L	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Mike Dunham	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1420	269	445	714	1737	239	54	11	38	6	2752	9.8

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Richard Shulmistra	23	1062	5	9	2	0	2	43	2.43	509	466	.916
Peter Sidorkiewicz	62	3539	31	23	6	2	2	171	2.90	1730	1559	.901
Frederic Henry	1	60	1	0	0	0	0	3	3.00	22	19	.864
Mike Dunham	3	184	1	1	1	0	0	12	3.91	93	81	.871
Totals	89	4845	38	33	9	2	4	229	2.84	2354	2125	.903

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Steve Brule	R	16	7	7	14	12	5
Patrik Elias	L	6	1	2	3	8	2
Pascal Rheaume	C	16	2	8	10	16	2
Petr Sykora	R	4	1	4	5	2	-2
Eric Bertrand	L	8	3	3	6	15	-1
Vadim Sharifijanov	R	10	3	3	6	6	0
Rob Pattison	LW	16	5	1	6	20	2
Sergei Brylin	C	16	4	8	12	12	4
Bryan Helmer	D	16	1	7	8	10	-3
Sergei Vyshedkevich	D	12	0	6	6	0	-6
Bobby House	RW	16	3	2	5	23	-8
Jeff Williams	LW	15	1	2	3	15	0
Krzysztof Oliwa	L	15	7	1	8	49	1
Zdenek Skorepa	RW	13	3	2	5	14	3
Ken Sutton	D	16	4	8	12	55	4
Mark Strobel	D	8	1	1	2	2	0
Sheldon Souray	D	16	2	3	5	47	9
Geordie Kinnear	D	10	0	1	1	15	-5
Brad Bombardir	D	16	1	3	4	8	3
Steve Potvin	C	11	0	1	1	16	-1
Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	16	0	0	0	2	0
Richard Shulmistra	G	2	0	1	1	0	0
Totals		274	49	74	123	347	9

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA
Richard Shulmistra	2	77	1	0	2	1.56
Peter Sidorkiewicz	16	921	7	8	48	3.13
Totals	18	998	8	8	50	3.01

1996-97 Albany River Rats Statistics

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