1996-97 Erie Otters Statistics

Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Team Record: 23-36-7 - 53 points
in the OHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Chris Johnstone (0-0)
Coach: Dale Dunbar (0-0)
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania

1996-97 Erie Otters Roster

The Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 23 wins and 36 losses and 7 ties for 53 points in the OHL's Central Division.

The Otters scored 240 goals and allowed 260. Colin Pepperall netted 36 goals for Erie, while Shane Nash and Steve Nimigon tallied 30 or more as well. Jason Ward contributed 39 assists. Ryan Penney topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.68 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.

Chris Johnstone and Dale Dunbar coached the team. The 1996-97 Erie Otters 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
Colin Pepperall	C	66	36	36	72	39		0.55	0.55	1.09
Shane Nash	C	64	30	37	67	34		0.47	0.58	1.05
Jason Ward	R	58	25	39	64	137		0.43	0.67	1.10
Steve Nimigon	LW	66	32	29	61	111		0.48	0.44	0.92
Vadim Sharapov	LW	64	21	22	43	120		0.33	0.34	0.67
Craig Jalbert	C	46	8	21	29	25		0.17	0.46	0.63
Brett Gibson	C	58	10	17	27	34		0.17	0.29	0.47
Jeff Paul	D	60	4	23	27	152		0.07	0.38	0.45
David Froh	D	26	8	18	26	14		0.31	0.69	1.00
Arvid Rekis	D	65	5	19	24	101		0.08	0.29	0.37
Geoff Peters	C	28	12	10	22	39		0.43	0.36	0.79
Chester Gallant	RW	56	7	15	22	183		0.13	0.27	0.39
Chris Haskett	C	66	9	11	20	73		0.14	0.17	0.30
Adam Spylo	RW	46	8	11	19	194		0.17	0.24	0.41
Mike Perna	D	35	2	13	15	90		0.06	0.37	0.43
Chris Van Dyk	C	35	6	8	14	51		0.17	0.23	0.40
Jesse Black	D	60	1	12	13	102		0.02	0.20	0.22
Rich Vrataric	RW	30	5	7	12	20		0.17	0.23	0.40
Ryan Cirillo	LW	24	4	7	11	29		0.17	0.29	0.46
Jason Robinson	D	19	0	7	7	58			0.37	0.37
Jason Polera	RW	17	2	4	6	5		0.12	0.24	0.35
Derrell Upton	D	47	3	2	5	9		0.06	0.04	0.11
Domenic Parlatore	F	11	1	2	3	2		0.09	0.18	0.27
Warren Hefford	RW	47	1	1	2	9		0.02	0.02	0.04
Ryan Penney	F	42	0	2	2	21			0.05	0.05
Mark Hynes	D	65	0	2	2	39			0.03	0.03
Patrick Dovigi	G	36	0	1	1	2			0.03	0.03
Greg Tymchuk	D	3	0	0	0	5
Bench		66	0	0	0	18
Shaun Wilcox	L	7	0	0	0	0
Totals		1313	240	376	616	1716	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ryan Penney	42	2234	12	22	3	8	0	137	3.68	1228	1091	.888
Patrick Dovigi	36	1764	11	14	4	1	2	114	3.88	935	821	.878
Totals	78	3998	23	36	7	9	2	251	3.77	2163	1912	.884

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Colin Pepperall	C	5	3	2	5	2	0.60	0.40	1.00
Shane Nash	C	5	0	0	0	0
Jason Ward	R	5	1	2	3	2	0.20	0.40	0.60
Steve Nimigon	LW	5	1	2	3	2	0.20	0.40	0.60
Vadim Sharapov	LW	5	2	0	2	16	0.40		0.40
Craig Jalbert	C	5	1	5	6	2	0.20	1.00	1.20
Brett Gibson	C	5	0	0	0	6
Jeff Paul	D	5	2	0	2	12	0.40		0.40
Arvid Rekis	D	5	1	2	3	2	0.20	0.40	0.60
Geoff Peters	C	5	1	3	4	7	0.20	0.60	0.80
Chester Gallant	RW	5	1	0	1	8	0.20		0.20
Chris Haskett	C	5	0	1	1	2		0.20	0.20
Mike Perna	D	5	1	0	1	14	0.20		0.20
Chris Van Dyk	C	5	0	1	1	12		0.20	0.20
Jesse Black	D	5	0	1	1	0		0.20	0.20
Derrell Upton	D	1	0	0	0	0
Warren Hefford	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Mark Hynes	D	5	0	0	0	0
Patrick Dovigi	G	5	0	1	1	2		0.20	0.20
Jason Brown	G	5	0	0	0	0
Totals		95	14	20	34	89

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jason Brown	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
Totals	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0

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