1996-97 Rimouski Oceanic Statistics
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Team Record: 34-31-5 - 73 points
in the QMJHL's Dilio Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Gaston Therrien (34-31-5)
Location: Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
1996-97 Rimouski Oceanic RosterTeam Record: 34-31-5 - 73 points
in the QMJHL's Dilio Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Gaston Therrien (34-31-5)
Location: Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
The Rimouski Oceanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 34 wins and 31 losses and 5 ties for 73 points in the QMJHL's Dilio Division.
The Oceanic netted 298 goals and allowed 261. Eric Normandin scored 47 goals for Rimouski, while Mathieu Sunderland and Vincent Lecavalier tallied 30 or more, too. Eric Normandin accounted for 75 assists. Nicolas Chabot earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.55 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Gaston Therrien coached the team. The 1996-97 Rimouski Oceanic lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Normandin | RW | 65 | 47 | 75 | 122 | 236 | 0.72 | 1.15 | 1.88 | |
| Vincent Lecavalier | C | 64 | 42 | 60 | 102 | 36 | 0.66 | 0.94 | 1.59 | |
| Eric Belanger | C | 31 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 36 | 0.84 | 1.32 | 2.16 | |
| Mathieu Sunderland | RW | 45 | 34 | 25 | 59 | 195 | 0.76 | 0.56 | 1.31 | |
| Denis Boily | RW | 62 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 47 | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.76 | |
| Eric Drouin | D | 69 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 117 | 0.12 | 0.57 | 0.68 | |
| Derrick Walser | D | 31 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 44 | 0.48 | 0.97 | 1.45 | |
| Martin Poitras | LW | 66 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 198 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.38 | |
| Dave Malenfant | C | 59 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 150 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.41 | |
| Yannick Dupont | LW | 39 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 100 | 0.13 | 0.49 | 0.62 | |
| Jonathan Beaulieu | RW | 49 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 89 | 0.27 | 0.18 | 0.45 | |
| Philippe Grondin | LW | 31 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 48 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.68 | |
| Jimmy Grondin | LW | 57 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 359 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.37 | |
| Frederic Levac | LW | 31 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.65 | |
| Eric Belzile | F | 50 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.38 | |
| Sebastien Simard | C | 24 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0.29 | 0.42 | 0.71 | |
| David St. Onge | L | 66 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.21 | |
| Guillaume Rodrigue | C | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 0.04 | 0.29 | 0.32 | |
| Mathieu Normandin | RW | 26 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 68 | 0.27 | 0.04 | 0.31 | |
| Yan Bouchard | LW | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.53 | |
| Francois Levesque | D | 67 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 121 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.12 | |
| Maxime Blouin | C | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 1.33 | |
| Denis Smakovsky | RW | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.44 | |
| Eryc Collin | C | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.28 | |
| Frederic Girard | D | 42 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 138 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| Philippe Plante | D | 38 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 0.18 | 0.18 | ||
| Russell Smith | D | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 0.21 | 0.21 | ||
| Eric Belanger | RW | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.29 | |
| Dave Bolduc | LW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.36 | |
| Jonathan Levesque | D | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.13 | |
| Jason Lehoux | LW | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 111 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.19 | |
| Joe Rullier | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
| Sebastien Tremblay | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Philippe Lord | LW | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Jonathan St. Louis | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Nicola Spaccucci | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
| Martin Bedard | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Daniel Robitaille | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Bilodeau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nicolas Chabot | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Philippe Sauve | G | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Totals | 1401 | 301 | 494 | 795 | 2722 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Chabot | 52 | 2921 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 3.55 | 1501 | 1328 | .885 |
| Philippe Sauve | 26 | 1332 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 3.78 | 772 | 688 | .891 |
| Daniel Robitaille | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.29 | 20 | 18 | .900 | |
| Totals | 80 | 4281 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 259 | 3.63 | 2293 | 2034 | .887 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Normandin | RW | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0.25 | 1.25 | 1.50 |
| Vincent Lecavalier | C | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 1.75 |
| Eric Belanger | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| Mathieu Sunderland | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
| Denis Boily | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Eric Drouin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Walser | D | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1.00 |
| Martin Poitras | LW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| Dave Malenfant | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Jonathan Beaulieu | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Philippe Grondin | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Grondin | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Eric Belzile | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| David St. Onge | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Francois Levesque | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Russell Smith | D | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| Eric Belanger | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Jonathan Levesque | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Jason Lehoux | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Joe Rullier | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Nicolas Chabot | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Philippe Sauve | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 196 | -5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Chabot | 4 | 226 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5.58 | 185 | 164 | .886 |
| Philippe Sauve | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.86 | 19 | 16 | .842 |
| Totals | 5 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6.00 | 204 | 180 | .882 |
