1996-97 Huntington Blizzard Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 33-33 (SO: 0-4) - 70 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Coach: Grant Sonier (33-33, 4 OTL)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Attendance: 84,385, Avg. 2,411 in 35 home dates
1996-97 Huntington Blizzard RosterTeam Record: 33-33 (SO: 0-4) - 70 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Coach: Grant Sonier (33-33, 4 OTL)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Attendance: 84,385, Avg. 2,411 in 35 home dates
The Huntington Blizzard of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 33 wins and 33 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 70 points in the ECHL's North Division.
The Blizzard scored 273 goals and yielded 296. Van Burgess netted 47 goals for Huntington, and Tracy Egeland tallied 30 or more, too. Mike Stone contributed 51 assists. Rob Laurie earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Grant Sonier coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Burgess | LW | 70 | 47 | 47 | 94 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 307 | 15.3 |
| Mike Stone | G | 67 | 27 | 51 | 78 | 30 | -10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 169 | 16.0 |
| Andrei Bashkirov | L | 47 | 29 | 41 | 70 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 139 | 20.9 |
| Jim Bermingham | C | 52 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 63 | -11 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 15.3 |
| Tracy Egeland | RW | 43 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 156 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 180 | 20.0 |
| Kelly Harper | RW | 58 | 14 | 49 | 63 | 52 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 10.9 |
| Tom Menicci | D | 70 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 52 | -7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 7.2 |
| Owen Lessard | LW | 61 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 19 | -14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 8.1 |
| Valeri Ermolov | R | 40 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 9.3 |
| Darren Meek | D | 56 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 8.1 |
| Ray Edwards | RW | 45 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 166 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 15.7 |
| Rich Bronilla | D | 67 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 40 | -17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 4.4 |
| Brodie Coffin | RW | 63 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 147 | -25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 16.0 |
| Kyle Kirkpatrick | F | 44 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1.4 |
| Kevin Paden | LW | 13 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 25.9 |
| Chris Nadeau | D | 66 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Tavis Morrison | L | 14 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 31.8 |
| Dale Hooper | D | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Alex Alepin | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 94 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Rob Laurie | G | 56 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Deadmarsh | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Mike Perna | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Trent Eigner | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Baker | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brock Woods | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Chad Lang | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Johnston | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin LaChaine | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Coe | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tyson Rohovich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darren Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Beau Riedel | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1153 | 273 | 466 | 739 | 1221 | -163 | 68 | 9 | 33 | 2219 | 12.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Lang | 15 | 738 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 4.55 | 500 | 444 | .888 |
| Rob Laurie | 56 | 3197 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 213 | 4.00 | 1886 | 1673 | .887 |
| Beau Riedel | 5 | 243 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4.44 | 130 | 112 | .862 |
| Totals | 76 | 4178 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 287 | 4.12 | 2516 | 2229 | .886 |
