1996-97 Portland Winter Hawks Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 46-21-5 - 97 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Brent Peterson (46-21-5)
Location: Portland, Oregon
1996-97 Portland Winter Hawks RosterTeam Record: 46-21-5 - 97 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Brent Peterson (46-21-5)
Location: Portland, Oregon
The Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 46 wins and 21 losses and 5 ties for 97 points in the WHL's West Division.
The Winter Hawks topped the league with just 196 goals allowed. Portland scored 300 goals. Matt Davidson netted 44 goals for the team, while Brenden Morrow, Bobby Russell and Todd Robinson each tallied 30 or more also. Todd Robinson contributed 96 assists. Chris Wickenheiser recorded 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Brent Belecki added 15 or more wins, too. Chris Wickenheiser earned a 2.69 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Brent Peterson coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Robinson | C | 71 | 38 | 96 | 134 | 67 | +52 | 15 | 1 |
| Brenden Morrow | L | 71 | 39 | 49 | 88 | 178 | +37 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Russell | LW | 72 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 49 | +41 | 12 | 2 |
| Matt Davidson | R | 72 | 44 | 27 | 71 | 47 | +34 | 15 | 3 |
| Andrej Podkonicky | L | 71 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 127 | +21 | 4 | 1 |
| Ondrej Vesely | LW | 72 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 51 | +22 | 4 | 0 |
| Kevin Haupt | D | 72 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 32 | +32 | 7 | 0 |
| Andrew Ference | D | 72 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 163 | +28 | 5 | 3 |
| Marty Standish | RW | 69 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 81 | +10 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad Isbister | L | 24 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 45 | +18 | 3 | 3 |
| Joey Tetarenko | R | 68 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 182 | +30 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Popp | D | 67 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 204 | +31 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Strobl | D | 69 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 64 | +22 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Jacobson | C | 46 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 109 | +2 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Favaro | RW | 28 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 55 | -14 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Duncan | C | 58 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Muzechka | D | 65 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 74 | +6 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Hornung | C | 59 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 51 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Murray | C | 46 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 41 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Smith | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | +8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Shon Jones-Parry | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Cote | LW | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 86 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shon Parry-Jones | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Wickenheiser | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Labarbera | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chance Herring | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Belecki | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Bekkering | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1335 | 297 | 506 | 803 | 1804 | 352 | 91 | 15 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Labarbera | 9 | 443 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.44 | 193 | 175 | .907 |
| Chris Wickenheiser | 40 | 2368 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 2.69 | 1223 | 1117 | .913 |
| Brent Belecki | 27 | 1568 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 2.72 | 783 | 712 | .909 |
| Totals | 76 | 4379 | 46 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 195 | 2.67 | 2199 | 2004 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Robinson | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenden Morrow | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Russell | LW | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Davidson | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrej Podkonicky | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondrej Vesely | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Haupt | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Ference | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Standish | RW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Isbister | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Tetarenko | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Popp | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Strobl | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jacobson | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Favaro | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Duncan | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Muzechka | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Hornung | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Murray | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Wickenheiser | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Belecki | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 115 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Wickenheiser | 4 | 226 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.65 | 143 | 133 | .930 |
| Brent Belecki | 3 | 134 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.58 | 91 | 83 | .912 |
| Totals | 7 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.00 | 234 | 216 | .923 |
