1996-97 Brantford Smoke Statistics
Colonial Hockey League (COHL)
Team Record: 42-25 (SO: 0-7) - 91 points
in the COHL's East Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Larry Trader (42-25, 7 OTL)
Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 52,688, Avg. 1,424 in 37 home dates
1996-97 Brantford Smoke RosterTeam Record: 42-25 (SO: 0-7) - 91 points
in the COHL's East Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Larry Trader (42-25, 7 OTL)
Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 52,688, Avg. 1,424 in 37 home dates
The Brantford Smoke of the Colonial Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 42 wins and 25 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 91 points in the COHL's East Division.
The Smoke scored 321 goals and yielded 286. Paul Polillo netted 61 goals for Brantford, while Phil Miaskowski, Mike Maurice and Wayne Muir each tallied 30 or more also. Paul Polillo contributed 112 assists. Paul Krake earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.41 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Larry Trader coached the team. The 1996-97 Brantford Smoke lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Polillo | C | 73 | 61 | 112 | 173 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 402 | 15.2 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 60 | 48 | 76 | 124 | 48 | 46 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 292 | 16.4 |
| Wayne Muir | LW | 73 | 52 | 65 | 117 | 212 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 242 | 21.5 |
| Bernie John | D | 69 | 16 | 54 | 70 | 25 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 156 | 10.3 |
| Phil Miaskowski | F | 61 | 34 | 33 | 67 | 77 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 215 | 15.8 |
| Patrick Lacombe | D | 67 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 272 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 5.7 |
| Dan Menard | C | 34 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 12.9 |
| Mike Gamble | C | 36 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 12.4 |
| Greg Pajor | L | 55 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 9.9 |
| Wayne MacPhee | D | 74 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 52 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2.8 |
| Corey Isen | LW | 27 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 18.2 |
| Mike Lobinowich | C | 47 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Jason Brousseau | LW | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 26.1 |
| Joe Hawley | C | 11 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Robert DuBois | LW | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16.3 |
| Jamie Hayden | D | 31 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Shayne Stevenson | R | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Ryan Harnett | L | 37 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Chad Holloway | D | 34 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 37 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Bench | 74 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Herb Raglan | R | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 12.2 |
| Richie Walcott | RW | 41 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 86 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 |
| Bob Gohde | D | 37 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Dave Aussem | RW | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Mike Bajurny | LW | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Paul Mitton | LW | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Kade McAllister | F | 51 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 148 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Evan Anderson | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Stephen Morden | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Greg Bailey | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Chad Michalchuk | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Mike Shewan | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Roy Gray | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul Krake | G | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jesse Austin | D | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 171 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Joe Wassilyn | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Shane Dungey | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Petr Franek | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Dorosh | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Laing | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dave MacDonald | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Economou | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Wood | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Tobin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Akiwenzie | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1303 | 321 | 547 | 868 | 1889 | 202 | 75 | 28 | 32 | 2336 | 13.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Dorosh | 12 | 544 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.85 | 336 | 292 | .869 |
| Petr Franek | 6 | 321 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.62 | 201 | 187 | .930 |
| Dave MacDonald | 10 | 496 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4.72 | 274 | 235 | .858 |
| Paul Krake | 52 | 2995 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 170 | 3.41 | 1761 | 1591 | .903 |
| Chris Economou | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.11 | 55 | 45 | .818 |
| Totals | 82 | 4430 | 42 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 277 | 3.75 | 2627 | 2350 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Polillo | C | 10 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Maurice | C | 10 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Muir | LW | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie John | D | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Miaskowski | F | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Lacombe | D | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Pajor | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne MacPhee | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Isen | LW | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Hawley | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shayne Stevenson | R | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Raglan | R | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gohde | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Aussem | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Mitton | LW | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kade McAllister | F | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Michalchuk | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Gray | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Krake | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Dungey | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Dorosh | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Akiwenzie | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 181 | 45 | 76 | 121 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
