1995-96 Houston Aeros Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 29-45 (SO: 0-8) - 66 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Coach: Terry Ruskowski (12-27, 3 OTL)
Coach: Dave Tippett (17-18, 5 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 421,767, Avg. 10,287 in 41 home dates
1995-96 Houston Aeros RosterTeam Record: 29-45 (SO: 0-8) - 66 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Coach: Terry Ruskowski (12-27, 3 OTL)
Coach: Dave Tippett (17-18, 5 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 421,767, Avg. 10,287 in 41 home dates
The Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 29 wins and 45 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 66 points in the IHL's Central Division.
The Aeros scored 262 goals and conceded 328. Sylvain Turgeon netted 28 goals for Houston, while Mark Lamb recorded 60 assists. Troy Gamble topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 3.84 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Terry Ruskowski and Dave Tippett coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lamb | C | 67 | 17 | 60 | 77 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 188 | 9.0 |
| Al Conroy | C | 82 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 134 | -22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 180 | 13.3 |
| Sylvain Turgeon | L | 65 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 66 | -10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 251 | 11.2 |
| Mark Freer | C | 80 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 67 | -20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 207 | 10.6 |
| Vadim Slivchenko | F | 81 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 44 | -9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 11.8 |
| Scott Arniel | L | 64 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 94 | -15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 12.2 |
| Paul DiPietro | C | 36 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 44 | -2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 122 | 14.8 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 68 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 32 | -9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 138 | 12.3 |
| Graeme Townshend | R | 63 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 97 | -3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 18.4 |
| Mike Yeo | LW | 69 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 113 | -19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 12.6 |
| Kelly Hurd | RW | 44 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 15.9 |
| Marc Laniel | D | 65 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 40 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 3.5 |
| Myles O'Connor | D | 80 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 256 | -25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 1.3 |
| Carl Valimont | D | 54 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 6.5 |
| Steve Jaques | 70 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 285 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 3.3 | |
| Mike Hurlbut | D | 38 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3.3 |
| Scott McCrory | C | 25 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 |
| Egor Bashkatov | D | 14 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28.6 |
| Bench | 82 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gord Donnelly | D | 73 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 333 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 4.2 |
| Jim Paek | D | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Kevin Malgunas | RW | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 60 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Kevin Grant | D | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 43 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Curtis Hunt | D | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Gord Kruppke | D | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 119 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.0 |
| Mark Cipriano | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Marquis Mathieu | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Sean O'Brien | D/F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Johnstone | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tom Bissett | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brad Belland | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Arturs Kupaks | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Troy Gamble | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Greenlay | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Senn | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Dopson | G | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Batten | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Berg | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Grant Sjerven | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1491 | 262 | 429 | 691 | 2171 | -155 | 72 | 12 | 22 | 2553 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Dopson | 33 | 1518 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 3.79 | 813 | 717 | .882 |
| Grant Sjerven | 12 | 628 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3.63 | 315 | 277 | .879 |
| Troy Gamble | 52 | 2722 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 174 | 3.84 | 1501 | 1327 | .884 |
| Mike Greenlay | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.06 | 5 | 3 | .600 |
| Totals | 98 | 4885 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 310 | 3.81 | 2634 | 2324 | .882 |
