1996-97 Port Huron Border Cats Statistics
Colonial Hockey League (COHL)
Team Record: 38-31 (SO: 0-5) - 81 points
in the COHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Cameron (38-31, 5 OTL)
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Attendance: 93,462, Avg. 2,526 in 37 home dates
1996-97 Port Huron Border Cats RosterTeam Record: 38-31 (SO: 0-5) - 81 points
in the COHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Cameron (38-31, 5 OTL)
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Attendance: 93,462, Avg. 2,526 in 37 home dates
The Port Huron Border Cats of the Colonial Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 31 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 81 points in the COHL's East Division.
The Border Cats scored 280 goals and conceded 288. Bob McKillop netted 45 goals for Port Huron, while Jean Blouin and John Nelson tallied 30 or more also. Bob McKillop contributed 43 assists. Kevin Butt earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.72 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Dave Cameron coached the team. The 1996-97 Port Huron Border Cats lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McKillop | RW | 74 | 45 | 43 | 88 | 94 | -9 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 257 | 17.5 |
| John Nelson | RW | 58 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 166 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 21.3 |
| Jean Blouin | RW | 39 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 23 | -5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 147 | 21.8 |
| Derek Eberle | D | 63 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 173 | 6.4 |
| Sergei Kharin | C | 49 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 20 | -10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 16.7 |
| Savo Mitrovic | C | 38 | 5 | 37 | 42 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 5.0 |
| Jeff Blum | D | 71 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 111 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 8.2 |
| Jason Renard | F | 35 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 11.1 |
| Jamie Dabanovich | R | 60 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 60 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 7.6 |
| Gairin Smith | D | 19 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 101 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 22.5 |
| Chris Scourletis | D | 68 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 333 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 5.1 |
| Scott McKay | R | 20 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 13.0 |
| Blaine Moore | C | 14 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13.0 |
| Tim Harris | RW | 47 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 7.1 |
| Dave Ivaska | D | 61 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 102 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 10.1 |
| Tim Fingerhut | LW | 35 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 45 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 9.0 |
| Paul Nicolls | D | 43 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 33 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 3.2 |
| Chad Cabana | LW | 14 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 20.0 |
| John Finstrom | C | 49 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 64 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 4.6 |
| Glen Seabury | C | 50 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 34 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3.3 |
| Gary Miller | D | 21 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9.8 |
| Bench | 74 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Larner | RW | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| David Geris | D | 42 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| Curtis Sayler | RW | 38 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 176 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 |
| Igor Yankovitch | D | 22 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Chad Richard | LW | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 |
| Herbert Vasiljevs | C | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Reggie Brezeault | D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Igor Karpenko | G | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Burgoyne | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Akil Adams | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Eric Montreuil | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Michael Dark | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Tom O'Brien | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Dwayne Venema | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Shawn Harris | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Roger Beedon | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Daugherty | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Briese | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ange Guzzo | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| John Brymer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Mears | D/RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Dan Ryder | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Dottori | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dan Paolucci | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Lemanowicz | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Saterdalen | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Butt | L | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Bertrand | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Rooney | F | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1309 | 280 | 453 | 733 | 2148 | -68 | 76 | 9 | 28 | 2410 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Karpenko | 23 | 1148 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 3.50 | 607 | 540 | .890 | |
| Al Rooney | 9 | 393 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.27 | 221 | 193 | .873 |
| Kevin Butt | 46 | 2451 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 3.72 | 1321 | 1169 | .885 |
| David Lemanowicz | 3 | 167 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.95 | 113 | 102 | .903 |
| Roger Beedon | 5 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.26 | 75 | 65 | .867 |
| Ron Bertrand | 2 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.50 | 32 | 29 | .906 |
| Dan Ryder | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 29 | 21 | .724 |
| Totals | 89 | 4432 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 279 | 3.78 | 2398 | 2119 | .884 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob McKillop | RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Nelson | RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean Blouin | RW | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Savo Mitrovic | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Blum | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Renard | F | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Dabanovich | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Scourletis | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Ivaska | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Finstrom | C | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Miller | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Geris | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Sayler | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Igor Yankovitch | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Igor Karpenko | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Burgoyne | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Dark | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Butt | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 89 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
