1996-97 Kentucky Thoroughblades Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 36-35-9 - 81 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jim Wiley (36-35-9)
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
1996-97 Kentucky Thoroughblades RosterTeam Record: 36-35-9 - 81 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jim Wiley (36-35-9)
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
The Kentucky Thoroughblades of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 36 wins and 35 losses and 9 ties for 81 points in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division.
The Thoroughblades netted 278 goals and surrendered 284. Jan Caloun scored 43 goals for Kentucky and contributed 43 assists. Jamie Ram earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.29 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim Wiley coached the team. The 1996-97 Kentucky Thoroughblades lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Caloun | R | 66 | 43 | 43 | 86 | 68 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 238 | 18.1 |
| Iain Fraser | C | 57 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 24 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 133 | 20.3 |
| Alexei Yegorov | R | 75 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 59 | -14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 11.3 |
| Ville Peltonen | L | 40 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 16.7 |
| Jarrett Deuling | L | 58 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 13.8 |
| Chris Tancill | C | 42 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 31 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 145 | 13.1 |
| Pat Mikesch | C | 77 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 57 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 11.3 |
| Steve Guolla | C | 34 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 110 | 20.0 |
| Jason Holland | D | 72 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 9.2 |
| Sean Haggerty | L | 77 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 60 | -10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 9.4 |
| Dean Grillo | C | 67 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 10.8 |
| Jason Widmer | D | 76 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 3.5 |
| Chris Lipuma | D | 48 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 93 | -11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 6.5 |
| Ken Belanger | L | 38 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 164 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Alexandre Boikov | D | 61 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 182 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 1.3 |
| Jack Kowal | RW | 40 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 37 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Denis Chervyakov | D | 52 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Steve Webb | R | 25 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 19.4 |
| Fredrik Oduya | D | 69 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 241 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 2.7 |
| Jason Strudwick | D | 80 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 198 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.6 |
| Ray Whitney | L | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Terry Lindgren | D | 35 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 58 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Randy Stevens | RW | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Dan Ceman | C | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Shean Donovan | R | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Andrei Nazarov | L | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| David Beauregard | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Wade Flaherty | G | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Tory | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Yves Racine | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Matt Bradley | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Ram | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Madore | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Christian Soucy | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Thibeault | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lance Leslie | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaroslav Kudrna | LW/RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1440 | 278 | 465 | 743 | 1881 | -17 | 70 | 6 | 36 | 7 | 2443 | 11.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Flaherty | 19 | 1032 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 3.14 | 599 | 545 | .910 |
| Lance Leslie | 14 | 731 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 4.02 | 424 | 375 | .884 |
| Jamie Ram | 50 | 2937 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 161 | 3.29 | 1667 | 1506 | .903 |
| Christian Soucy | 3 | 138 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4.78 | 82 | 71 | .866 |
| Totals | 86 | 4838 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 275 | 3.41 | 2772 | 2497 | .901 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Caloun | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexei Yegorov | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jarrett Deuling | L | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Tancill | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Mikesch | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Guolla | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Holland | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sean Haggerty | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Grillo | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Widmer | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Lipuma | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Belanger | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexandre Boikov | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Webb | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Strudwick | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Lindgren | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wade Flaherty | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Tory | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Ram | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 92 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Flaherty | 3 | 200 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.30 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Ram | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.23 | 0 |
