2001-02 New Haven Knights Statistics
United Hockey League (UHL)
Team Record: 34-29 (SO: 0-11) - 79 points
in the UHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Paul Gillis (34-29, 11 OTL)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Attendance: 73,535, Avg. 1,987 in 37 home dates
2001-02 New Haven Knights RosterTeam Record: 34-29 (SO: 0-11) - 79 points
in the UHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Paul Gillis (34-29, 11 OTL)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Attendance: 73,535, Avg. 1,987 in 37 home dates
The New Haven Knights of the United Hockey League ended the 2001-02 season with a record of 34 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-11 showing in shootouts for 79 points in the UHL's Eastern Division.
The Knights potted 259 goals and surrendered 263. Glenn Stewart scored 37 goals for New Haven and contributed 49 assists. Marco Emond topped the squad with 13 wins, while Ray Fraser recorded a 3.71 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Paul Gillis coached the team. The 2001-02 New Haven Knights lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Stewart | LW | 70 | 37 | 49 | 86 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 399 | 9.3 |
| Doug Sheppard | F | 74 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 195 | 11.8 |
| Kelly Popadynetz | C | 68 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 50 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 11.9 |
| Tom Menicci | D | 68 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 7.7 |
| Chris Winnes | R | 61 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 20 | -11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 179 | 8.9 |
| Billy Newson | C | 72 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 71 | -9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 216 | 11.6 |
| Mike Pomichter | LW | 58 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 37 | -12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 186 | 8.6 |
| Kenzie Homer | F | 73 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 235 | -22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 16.2 |
| Chris Cerrella | F | 48 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 14.1 |
| Bobby Ferraris | D | 56 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 6.4 |
| Alexander Lazarenko | F | 33 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 13.3 |
| Andrew Tortorella | C | 37 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.5 |
| John Poapst | D | 60 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 83 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 5.4 |
| Jay Hebert | LW | 27 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 15.3 |
| Rich Spiller | D | 65 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 132 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 10.3 |
| Mike Gaffney | D | 34 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0.0 |
| Ken Boone | LW | 43 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 318 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 16.3 |
| Dan Ronan | D | 60 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 67 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 |
| Howie Rosenblatt | RW | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 30 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Paul Harvey | RW | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Frank DeFrenza | F | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 27 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
| Bench | 74 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Lyons | LW | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Jason Disher | D | 32 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 74 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.0 |
| Eric Ellis | LW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Eric Linkowski | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Ciro Longobardi | F | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Wes Scanzano | F | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Paul Lawson | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Ray Fraser | G | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Garrett Burnett | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Simon Duplessis | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Peat | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Ronayne | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Cardwell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Scanzano | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Marco Emond | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hannes Lucchini | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R.J. Gates | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dan Lombard | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Heffler | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Mead | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Coakley | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Halecki | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bob Thornton | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Darren Schmidt | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Hoffman | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Hanson | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1330 | 259 | 397 | 656 | 1747 | -44 | 83 | 11 | 28 | 2620 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Heffler | 10 | 601 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 3.19 | 308 | 276 | .896 |
| Dan Lombard | 3 | 180 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 | 93 | 84 | .903 |
| Olie Sundstrom | 6 | 301 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2.59 | 174 | 161 | .925 |
| Marco Emond | 24 | 1352 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 2.66 | 656 | 596 | .909 |
| Ray Fraser | 33 | 1827 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 3.71 | 930 | 817 | .878 |
| Jamie Ronayne | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 39 | 35 | .897 |
| Sean Coakley | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5.00 | 64 | 54 | .844 |
| Totals | 79 | 4441 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 241 | 3.26 | 2264 | 2023 | .894 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Stewart | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Sheppard | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Popadynetz | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Menicci | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Newson | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Pomichter | LW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenzie Homer | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Cerrella | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Lazarenko | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Tortorella | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Spiller | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boone | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Ronan | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Rosenblatt | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Harvey | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Disher | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandis Girvitch | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nathan Lutz | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 51 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
