1996-97 Detroit Whalers Statistics
Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Team Record: 26-34-6 - 58 points
in the OHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Peter DeBoer (26-34-6)
Location: Plymouth, Michigan
1996-97 Detroit Whalers RosterTeam Record: 26-34-6 - 58 points
in the OHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Peter DeBoer (26-34-6)
Location: Plymouth, Michigan
The Detroit Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 26 wins and 34 losses and 6 ties for 58 points in the OHL's West Division.
The Whalers scored 230 goals and allowed 270. Andrew Taylor netted 32 goals for Detroit, while Mark Cadotte contributed 40 assists. Robert Esche earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.81 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Peter DeBoer coached the team. The 1996-97 Detroit Whalers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Taylor | LW | 66 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 106 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 1.08 | |
| Mark Cadotte | C | 66 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 142 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 1.03 | |
| Harold Druken | C | 63 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 14 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.92 | |
| Steve Wasylko | C | 62 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 48 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.81 | |
| Julian Smith | C | 65 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 0.25 | 0.38 | 0.63 | |
| Bryan McKinney | D | 47 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 55 | 0.23 | 0.64 | 0.87 | |
| Sergei Fedotov | D | 52 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 60 | 0.19 | 0.52 | 0.71 | |
| Randy Fitzgerald | LW | 65 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 123 | 0.18 | 0.28 | 0.46 | |
| Chad Cavanagh | C | 37 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 31 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.76 | |
| Jan Vodrazka | D | 61 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 238 | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.46 | |
| Steve Dumonski | RW | 37 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 104 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.68 | |
| Jesse Boulerice | R | 33 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 209 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.73 | |
| Eric Gooldy | LW | 66 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 131 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.27 | |
| Mike Morrone | LW | 46 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 164 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.39 | |
| Troy Smith | D | 62 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 97 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.24 | |
| Dan Pawlaczyk | RW | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0.50 | 1.17 | 1.67 | |
| Luc Rioux | D | 66 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.14 | |
| Kevin Holdridge | D | 55 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 0.16 | 0.16 | ||
| Jason Lawmaster | D | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 115 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.24 | |
| Anthony Terzo | C | 54 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.11 | |
| Pat Parthenais | C | 58 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 88 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
| Joe Byrne | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.30 | |
| John-Paul Luciuk | LW/C | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
| Scott Cameron | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Shawn Gallant | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bench | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||
| Joshua Carter | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Esche | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Marty Loach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Nathan West | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jimmy Jordan | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Totals | 1318 | 230 | 373 | 603 | 2013 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Esche | 58 | 3241 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 206 | 3.81 | 1686 | 1480 | .878 |
| Nathan West | 16 | 452 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.31 | 252 | 212 | .841 |
| Shawn Gallant | 5 | 297 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3.23 | 159 | 143 | .899 |
| Totals | 79 | 3990 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 262 | 3.94 | 2097 | 1835 | .875 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Taylor | LW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.60 | |
| Mark Cadotte | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Harold Druken | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 1.00 |
| Steve Wasylko | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
| Julian Smith | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Bryan McKinney | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Sergei Fedotov | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Randy Fitzgerald | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Jan Vodrazka | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Eric Gooldy | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Mike Morrone | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Troy Smith | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Luc Rioux | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Kevin Holdridge | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jason Lawmaster | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Anthony Terzo | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Pat Parthenais | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| John-Paul Luciuk | LW/C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Esche | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Nathan West | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 96 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 168 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Esche | 5 | 317 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.60 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 317 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.60 | 0 |
