1996-97 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Statistics
Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Team Record: 39-17-10 - 88 points
in the OHL's West Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Joe Paterson (39-17-10)
Location: Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
1996-97 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds RosterTeam Record: 39-17-10 - 88 points
in the OHL's West Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Joe Paterson (39-17-10)
Location: Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada
The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 39 wins and 17 losses and 10 ties for 88 points in the OHL's West Division.
The Greyhounds potted 309 goals and allowed 220. Joe Seroski scored 54 goals for Soo, while Ben Schust, Joe Thornton and Richard Uniacke each netted 30 or more also. Joe Thornton contributed 81 assists. Michal Podolka earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.06 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Joe Paterson coached the team. The 1996-97 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Thornton | C | 59 | 41 | 81 | 122 | 123 | 0.69 | 1.37 | 2.07 | |
| Richard Uniacke | C | 66 | 44 | 66 | 110 | 36 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 1.67 | |
| Joe Seroski | RW | 61 | 54 | 49 | 103 | 14 | 0.89 | 0.80 | 1.69 | |
| Ben Schust | LW | 66 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 26 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.92 | |
| Peter Cava | C | 55 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 64 | 0.25 | 0.65 | 0.91 | |
| Chad Spurr | C | 61 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 42 | 0.18 | 0.62 | 0.80 | |
| Ric Jackman | D | 53 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 116 | 0.25 | 0.64 | 0.89 | |
| Trevor Tokarczyk | LW | 55 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 39 | 0.38 | 0.44 | 0.82 | |
| Brian Stewart | D | 59 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 81 | 0.20 | 0.54 | 0.75 | |
| Nathan Perrott | R | 37 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 120 | 0.49 | 0.62 | 1.11 | |
| Matt Lahey | LW | 22 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 1.23 | |
| Nick Robinson | D | 56 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 42 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 0.39 | |
| Blaine Fitzpatrick | RW | 31 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 128 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.42 | |
| Wes Booker | D | 62 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 73 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.21 | |
| Liam MacEachern | L | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.38 | |
| Robert Mulick | D | 60 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.17 | |
| Chad Woollard | F | 43 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.21 | |
| Daniel Passero | D | 43 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.19 | |
| Justin Davis | C | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.30 | |
| David Wight | LW | 53 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 61 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.09 | |
| Marc Moro | D | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 0.19 | 0.19 | ||
| Andre Payette | LW | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0.75 | 0.75 | ||
| Aaron MacInnis | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0.19 | 0.19 | ||
| Lee Cole | L | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0.38 | 0.38 | ||
| Oak Hewer | RW/C | 42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | |
| Bill Browne | D | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
| Jake McCracken | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Jason Doyle | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Michael Porco | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike McCartney | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bench | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Michal Podolka | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Dickie | RW | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Totals | 1321 | 309 | 508 | 817 | 1446 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Podolka | 47 | 2626 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 134 | 3.06 | 1517 | 1383 | .912 |
| Jake McCracken | 29 | 1389 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 80 | 3.46 | 770 | 690 | .896 | |
| Totals | 76 | 4015 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 214 | 3.20 | 2287 | 2073 | .906 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Thornton | C | 11 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.73 | 1.73 |
| Richard Uniacke | C | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.73 | 1.18 |
| Joe Seroski | RW | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 1.00 |
| Ben Schust | LW | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.64 | 0.82 |
| Peter Cava | C | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.82 |
| Chad Spurr | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.18 |
| Ric Jackman | D | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.80 |
| Trevor Tokarczyk | LW | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.45 |
| Brian Stewart | D | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.73 | 1.00 |
| Nathan Perrott | R | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.91 |
| Matt Lahey | LW | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.73 |
| Nick Robinson | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Wes Booker | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.18 | |
| Robert Mulick | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
| Chad Woollard | F | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.36 |
| Daniel Passero | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
| Justin Davis | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| David Wight | LW | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
| Marc Moro | D | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.55 | 0.64 |
| Andre Payette | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Jake McCracken | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michal Podolka | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
| John Dickie | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 214 | 50 | 73 | 123 | 324 | 0 |
