2007-08 Albany River Rats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-30-3 (SO: 0-4) - 93 points
in the AHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Tom Rowe (43-30, 7 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 157,601, Avg. 3,940 in 40 home dates
2007-08 Albany River Rats RosterTeam Record: 43-30-3 (SO: 0-4) - 93 points
in the AHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Tom Rowe (43-30, 7 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 157,601, Avg. 3,940 in 40 home dates
The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 2007-08 season with a record of 43 wins and 30 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 93 points in the AHL's East Division.
The River Rats scored 213 goals and conceded 198. Brandon Nolan netted 22 goals for Albany, and Keith Aucoin and Jamie Johnson each contributed 37 assists. Michael Leighton earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.1 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Tom Rowe coached the team. The 2007-08 Albany River Rats lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Johnson | C | 79 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 28 | +9 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 13.7 |
| Brandon Nolan | C | 48 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 72 | +8 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 14.9 |
| Jakub Petruzalek | C | 78 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 52 | +7 | 6 | 0 | 156 | 9.0 |
| Keith Aucoin | C | 38 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 38 | -4 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 8.1 |
| Jerome Samson | R | 65 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 38 | -11 | 12 | 0 | 197 | 10.7 |
| Mike Angelidis | LW | 74 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 151 | +5 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 9.3 |
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 59 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 29 | +12 | 2 | 3 | 161 | 8.1 |
| Brett Carson | D | 77 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 32 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 1.4 |
| Nicolas Blanchard | C | 64 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 70 | +4 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 13.3 |
| David Gove | C | 45 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 31 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 8.8 |
| Mark Flood | D | 53 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 18 | +9 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 10.5 |
| Casey Borer | D | 61 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 58 | +19 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Ryan Bayda | L | 21 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 8.1 |
| Bobby Hughes | C | 26 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 14.6 |
| Bryan Rodney | D | 42 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Kiel McLeod | C | 20 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | +7 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Joey Mormina | D | 77 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 96 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 4.2 |
| Marc Cavosie | C | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | +6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 14.3 |
| Joe Jensen | C | 24 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 11.8 |
| J.D. Forrest | D | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Jeff Hamilton | C | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Steve Ward | D | 28 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Ben Cottreau | F | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Derek Damon | LW | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Yannick Tifu | C | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Chris Blight | RW | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Tim Conboy | D | 52 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 191 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Chris Murray | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Noah Babin | D | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Fox | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Trevor Gillies | L | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 112 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Kirk MacDonald | RW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Brandon Sutter | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Ladd | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Brett Pilkington | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel Rechlicz | R | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Ulanski | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Engel | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Sparre | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Michael Leighton | G | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Busby | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Milan Maslonka | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Bellemore | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Weston | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Pierre-Luc Faubert | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Adams | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Manzato | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Peterson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Grahame | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Robins | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pavli | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Grimaldi | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brock Wilson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Nastiuk | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Terry | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Phil Aucoin | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Chaput | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Rallo | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Justin Peters | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Syroczynski | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1519 | 208 | 364 | 572 | 1439 | 59 | 62 | 5 | 2347 | 8.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Peters | 11 | 645 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.70 | 301 | 272 | .904 |
| Kevin Nastiuk | 5 | 260 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.31 | 125 | 115 | .920 |
| John Grahame | 7 | 415 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.04 | 239 | 218 | .912 |
| Michael Leighton | 58 | 3451 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 121 | 2.10 | 1755 | 1634 | .931 |
| Daniel Manzato | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.08 | 43 | 38 | .884 |
| Totals | 82 | 4830 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 186 | 2.31 | 2463 | 2277 | .924 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Johnson | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jakub Petruzalek | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Samson | R | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Angelidis | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Carson | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicolas Blanchard | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Rodney | D | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kiel McLeod | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Mormina | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Cavosie | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Jensen | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ward | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Cottreau | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Conboy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Gillies | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk MacDonald | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon Sutter | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Engel | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Leighton | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Bellemore | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Weston | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Cornacchia | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 133 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 122 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Leighton | 7 | 510 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1.18 | 324 | 314 | .969 |
| Totals | 7 | 510 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1.18 | 324 | 314 | .969 |
