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 Roster

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
Aaron Moser	C	4	1	1	2	5	+4	0	0
Marco Cefalo	RW	16	1	1	2	44	+3	0	0
Scott Buhler	G	51	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Carson Smith	LW	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Clint Cabana	D	4	0	1	1	10	+1	0	0
Konrad Brand	D	19	0	1	1	35	-5	0	0
Andrew Milne	D	16	0	1	1	69	-3	0	0
Pat Stachniak	D	13	0	1	1	15	-7	0	0
Brad Voth	W	2	0	0	0	2	+1	0	0
Kevin McDonald	F	4	0	0	0	188	-5	0	0
Sergei Radchenko	D	1	0	0	0	0	+2	0	0
Bryan Randall	RW	2	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0
Jeff Dewar	RW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
Dustin Schwartz	G	29	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
Brad Tutschek	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	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
Mark Polak	C	4	0	0	0	8
Trevor Wasyluk	LW	4	1	0	1	8
Henry Kuster	RW	4	0	1	1	4
Aaron Millar	RW	4	0	1	1	2
Jason Chimera	L	4	0	1	1	4
Jeff Temple	LW	4	0	1	1	6
Chad Wilchynski	D	4	0	0	0	8
Blair St. Martin	D	4	0	0	0	10
Tyler Perry	C	4	2	0	2	4
Robby Sandrock	D	4	0	1	1	2
Curtis Huppe	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Derek Holland	D	4	0	0	0	16
Jaroslav Obsut	D	4	0	2	2	2
Berkeley Buchko	C	4	0	0	0	0
Kevin Mackie	D	4	0	0	0	2
Marco Cefalo	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Scott Buhler	G	1	0	0	0	0
Konrad Brand	D	4	1	0	1	0
Andrew Milne	D	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin McDonald	F	4	1	0	1	14
Dustin Schwartz	G	4	0	1	1	0
Totals		77	5	8	13	90

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Scott Buhler	1	13	1	4	18.46	14	10	.714
Dustin Schwartz	4	227	3	18	4.76	168	150	.893
Totals	5	240	4	22	5.50	182	160	.879

1996-97 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics

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