1996-97 Alaska Gold Kings Statistics
West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 13-47 (SO: 0-4) - 30 points
in the WCHL
Coach: Brad McCaughey (13-47, 4 OTL)
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Attendance: 52,564, Avg. 1,546 in 34 home dates
1996-97 Alaska Gold Kings RosterTeam Record: 13-47 (SO: 0-4) - 30 points
in the WCHL
Coach: Brad McCaughey (13-47, 4 OTL)
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Attendance: 52,564, Avg. 1,546 in 34 home dates
The Alaska Gold Kings of the West Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 13 wins and 47 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 30 points in the WCHL.
The Gold Kings scored 230 goals and surrendered 423, most in the circuit. Kelly Hrycun netted 38 goals for Alaska, and Shawn Ulrich tallied 30 or more, too. Colin Foley contributed 48 assists. Todd Henderson topped the squad with 6 wins, while Chris French recorded a 6.53 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Brad McCaughey coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrycun | RW | 63 | 38 | 34 | 72 | 44 | -77 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 217 | 17.5 |
| Colin Foley | C | 60 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 45 | -67 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 16.9 |
| Shawn Ulrich | C | 53 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 30 | -52 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 267 | 11.2 |
| Jay Murphy | RW | 28 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 65 | -26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 132 | 11.4 |
| Sergei Olympiev | L | 56 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 53 | -52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 15.0 |
| Bill McGuigan | R | 47 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 201 | -55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 15.0 |
| Don Lester | D | 30 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 61 | -44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 5.5 |
| Patrick Moreau | LW | 31 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 52 | -44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 19.0 |
| Yoshifumi Fujisawa | RW | 34 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 18.4 |
| Mark Costea | D | 30 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 5.2 |
| Bob Thornton | C | 23 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | -36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 8.2 |
| Gerv Sytnyk | F | 24 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 16 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 17.3 |
| Kurt Walsten | D | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 60 | -38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 11.3 |
| Shane Doyle | D | 22 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 106 | -19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Shawn Lofroth | D | 36 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 134 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 6.9 |
| Dallas Ferguson | D | 15 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 12 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Shane Fisher | D | 55 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 73 | -54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 2.5 |
| Iannique Renaud | RW | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 147 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 |
| Chris Simms | C | 18 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Chris Cahill | C | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Bob Schwark | D | 38 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 124 | -64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Chris Gallardi | D | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 54 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Robert Plante | D | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 65 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Rick Recunyk | F | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 40 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Shayne LeBreton | LW | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 57 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Derek Prue | C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Jason Keith | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Bench | 64 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Todd Henderson | G | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray Galbraith | D | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Pasi Schalin | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Pat Williams | LW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Kirk Patton | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Tim Lee | F | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Rob Proffitt | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Joe Bonvie | G | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bayne Koen | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Terry MacLean | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Hutchings | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Hartnett | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gunnar Kroseberg | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Dima Kulmanovsky | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Derby Bognar | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dan Holmes | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Chris French | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Popa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Joe Daly | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Oakenfold | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dean Barica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Yoshinori Ishioka | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Shaun Hall | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1029 | 230 | 360 | 590 | 1722 | -880 | 60 | 12 | 10 | 1977 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Henderson | 33 | 1596 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 6.84 | 1047 | 865 | .826 |
| Chris French | 35 | 1700 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6.53 | 1160 | 975 | .841 |
| Joe Bonvie | 9 | 460 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 6.13 | 264 | 217 | .822 |
| Steve Hutchings | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 3756 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 414 | 6.61 | 2471 | 2057 | .832 |
