1996-97 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 39-32-1 - 79 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
1996-97 Medicine Hat Tigers RosterTeam Record: 39-32-1 - 79 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 39 wins and 32 losses and 1 ties for 79 points in the WHL's Central Division.
The Tigers scored 270 goals and conceded 278. Mark Polak netted 43 goals for Medicine Hat, while Trevor Wasyluk tallied 30 or more also. Mark Polak contributed 41 assists. Scott Buhler earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.65 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Polak | C | 70 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 142 | +26 | 10 | 7 |
| Trevor Wasyluk | LW | 72 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 71 | +5 | 3 | 3 |
| Henry Kuster | RW | 72 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 47 | -7 | 8 | 0 |
| Josh Green | L | 51 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 61 | +17 | 5 | 1 |
| Aaron Millar | RW | 65 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 22 | +10 | 5 | 2 |
| Jason Chimera | L | 71 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 64 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Temple | LW | 58 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 39 | +14 | 5 | 2 |
| Chad Wilchynski | D | 67 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 156 | +17 | 0 | 1 |
| Blair St. Martin | D | 59 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 169 | +20 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Perry | C | 20 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 6 | -3 | 4 | 2 |
| Robby Sandrock | D | 42 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 35 | -8 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Huppe | RW | 68 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 72 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Holland | D | 55 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 127 | +13 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Eley | C | 51 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | D | 47 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 170 | +6 | 1 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 42 | +3 | 2 | 0 |
| Colin O'Hara | D | 43 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 104 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Berkeley Buchko | C | 59 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk DeWaele | D | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 | -4 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Reich | LW | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Mackie | D | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 35 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Svangstu | LW | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 125 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bayrack | F | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Cefalo | RW | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Moser | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Buhler | G | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Smith | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Milne | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Stachniak | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Cabana | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Konrad Brand | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Dewar | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Tutschek | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Schwartz | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McDonald | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergei Radchenko | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Voth | W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Randall | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1258 | 239 | 374 | 613 | 2022 | 76 | 49 | 19 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Buhler | 51 | 2846 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 173 | 3.65 | 1582 | 1409 | .891 |
| Dustin Schwartz | 29 | 1538 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 3.94 | 820 | 719 | .877 |
| Totals | 80 | 4384 | 39 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 274 | 3.75 | 2402 | 2128 | .886 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Polak | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Wasyluk | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Kuster | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Millar | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Chimera | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Temple | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Wilchynski | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blair St. Martin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Perry | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robby Sandrock | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Huppe | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Holland | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Berkeley Buchko | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mackie | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Cefalo | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Buhler | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Milne | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konrad Brand | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Schwartz | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McDonald | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 77 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Buhler | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.46 | 14 | 10 | .714 |
| Dustin Schwartz | 4 | 227 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.76 | 168 | 150 | .893 |
| Totals | 5 | 240 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.50 | 182 | 160 | .879 |
