1996-97 Nashville Nighthawks Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 12-52 (SO: 0-2) - 26 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Coach: Iain Duncan (10-43-2)
Coach: Bill LaForge (2-9)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
1996-97 Nashville Nighthawks RosterTeam Record: 12-52 (SO: 0-2) - 26 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Coach: Iain Duncan (10-43-2)
Coach: Bill LaForge (2-9)
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
The Nashville Nighthawks of the Central Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 12 wins and 52 losses, with a 0-2 showing in shootouts for 26 points in the CHL's Eastern Division.
The Nighthawks potted 219 goals, worst in the circuit and gave up 359, most in the league. Kevin McKinnon scored 30 goals for Nashville, and Chris McCafferty accounted for 45 assists, while Greg Smith recorded a 5.32 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Iain Duncan and Bill LaForge coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris McCafferty | C | 66 | 20 | 45 | 65 | 48 | -43 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 157 | 12.7 |
| Kevin McKinnon | LW | 52 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 73 | -27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 213 | 14.1 |
| Bernie Adlys | D | 56 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 61 | -40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 8.1 |
| Adam French | D | 43 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 98 | -12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 7.0 |
| Don Margettie | W | 24 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 89 | -9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 14.8 |
| Wade Tulk | LW | 38 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 42 | -25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 7.8 |
| Ryan Phillips | LW | 27 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 21 | -18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 9.9 |
| Joe Gaffney | F | 49 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 29 | -24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 8.3 |
| Rod Butler | D | 22 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26 | -22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 8.8 |
| Wade Bartley | D | 27 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 58 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 3.9 |
| Malcolm Cameron | RW | 32 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 20 | -28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7.9 |
| Joe Eagan | D | 31 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 112 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 7.6 |
| Iain Duncan | L | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 25.0 |
| Kevin Paden | LW | 23 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 58 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 15.6 |
| Greg Murray | L | 17 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 13.3 |
| Peter Arvanitis | C | 36 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 50 | -29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8.6 |
| Michel Brind'Amour | LW | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 117 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Darcy Cahill | C | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Davie Greenway | L | 42 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Fredrik Karlstrom | D | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 7.0 |
| Jeff Pawluk | D | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Rob Hrytsak | C | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 23.8 |
| Sam Fields | D | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 88 | -24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
| Vinnie Mannetta | RW | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 |
| Dampy Brar | RW | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19.0 |
| Gatis Tseplis | L | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Mike Senior | RW | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Ron Aubrey | LW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 110 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Alex Podalinski | R | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Matt Kelley | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Justin Lund | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 68 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Greg Bailey | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 71 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Mikhalev | R | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Steve Adams | D | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 158 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Randy Toye | LW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Rob Wilson | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| George Trakosas | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Jeff Frankel | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Don Ashley | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Griff Brackett | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Mark Macera | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Lindsey Braun | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Peter Wood | F | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Wolgemuth | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Quigley | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Pottie | C | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Cubin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Wassilyn | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Greg Smith | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Wilmert | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brad Dame | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Al Rooney | F | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Kirby | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fran Bussey | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Evgeny Kourilin | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Gino Kourilin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin St. Pierre | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Matwijiw | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 66 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1059 | 219 | 339 | 558 | 1844 | -557 | 55 | 14 | 12 | 2253 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Smith | 26 | 1364 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 5.32 | 850 | 729 | .858 |
| Steve Pottie | 19 | 805 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.84 | 527 | 462 | .877 |
| Al Rooney | 17 | 918 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 4.44 | 578 | 510 | .882 |
| Peter Wood | 12 | 530 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 6.45 | 345 | 288 | .835 |
| Travis Kirby | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.00 | 50 | 41 | .820 |
| Kevin St. Pierre | 3 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.00 | 64 | 55 | .859 |
| Stan Matwijiw | 5 | 178 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7.42 | 93 | 71 | .763 |
| Totals | 83 | 3945 | 12 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 351 | 5.34 | 2507 | 2156 | .860 |
