1996-97 Saskatoon Blades Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 18-48-6 - 42 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Donn Clark (18-48-6)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1996-97 Saskatoon Blades RosterTeam Record: 18-48-6 - 42 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Donn Clark (18-48-6)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 18 wins and 48 losses and 6 ties for 42 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Blades netted 227 goals and surrendered 344. Martin Sonnenberg scored 38 goals for Saskatoon, and Garrett Prosofsky recorded 45 assists. Matt Cockell topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 4.02 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Donn Clark coached the team.
Click on column headings to sort.
Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Prosofsky | C | 66 | 20 | 45 | 65 | 67 | -36 | 11 | 0 |
| Martin Sonnenberg | L | 72 | 38 | 26 | 64 | 79 | -26 | 15 | 3 |
| Ryan Johnston | LW | 71 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 68 | -24 | 8 | 0 |
| Mathieu Cusson | C | 72 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 54 | -35 | 6 | 1 |
| Vladislav Klochkov | RW | 71 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 94 | -31 | 5 | 0 |
| Nathan Rempel | RW | 65 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 161 | -28 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Phillips | RW | 34 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 64 | -20 | 7 | 1 |
| Cory Sarich | D | 58 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 158 | -31 | 4 | 0 |
| Jon Barkman | C | 65 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 17 | -15 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Bonni | D | 69 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 219 | -28 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Gaucher | D | 68 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 68 | -26 | 5 | 1 |
| Christian Chartier | D | 64 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 32 | -35 | 2 | 0 |
| Jared Dumba | LW | 61 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 51 | -17 | 1 | 0 |
| Laird Laluk | LW | 37 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Werner | RW | 56 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 62 | -19 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Steenbergen | LW | 48 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 68 | -12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Henderson | D | 55 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 141 | -14 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Terekhov | F | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sheldon Nedjelski | D | 59 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 155 | -30 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Cockell | G | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Bjornson | RW | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 47 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Love | G | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Miller | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Wideman | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Marshall | D | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ransom | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Bailley | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart Sacharuk | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Werner | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Bassett | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Porter | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Haines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Smith | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Bekkering | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Reid | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Schaefer | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1315 | 225 | 359 | 584 | 1861 | -482 | 82 | 6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Love | 32 | 1585 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 5.45 | 961 | 817 | .850 |
| Matt Cockell | 47 | 2612 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 4.02 | 1502 | 1327 | .883 |
| Scott Reid | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 39 | 33 | .846 |
| Dennis Bassett | 3 | 134 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7.61 | 71 | 54 | .761 |
| Totals | 83 | 4391 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 342 | 4.67 | 2573 | 2231 | .867 |
