2000-01 Amarillo Rattlers Statistics
Team Record: 27-35 (SO: 0-8) - 62 points
in the WPHL's West Division
Coach: Kevin Abrams (27-35, 8 OTL)
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Attendance: 96,582, Avg. 2,759 in 35 home dates
The Amarillo Rattlers of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 2000-01 season with a record of 27 wins and 35 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 62 points in the WPHL's West Division.
The Rattlers netted 227 goals and yielded 286, most in the league. Billy Newson scored 33 goals for Amarillo, while Brad Haelzle contributed 40 assists. Todd MacDonald earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.71 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Kevin Abrams coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Haelzle | RW | 68 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 70 | -29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 242 | 8.7 |
| Billy Newson | C | 70 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 52 | -2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 265 | 12.5 |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 65 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 52 | -33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 6.6 |
| Chris Bell | C | 52 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 20 | -12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 15.8 |
| Doug Shepherd | F | 68 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 28 | -31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 11.4 |
| Toby Harris | F | 39 | 27 | 13 | 40 | 29 | -5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 16.6 |
| Vincent Grant | C | 67 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 46 | -29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 13.7 |
| Ron Newhook | C | 33 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 58 | -24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 10.8 |
| Chad Wilchynski | D | 37 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3.1 |
| Kevin McKinnon | LW | 23 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 6 | -8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 12.0 |
| Sean Hughes | LW | 27 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | -9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 78 | 12.8 |
| Jeff Mancini | C | 26 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Jay Pecora | D | 54 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 44 | -21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 2.9 |
| Brad Gratton | C | 16 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 16.7 |
| Rodney Bowers | L | 34 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 7.3 |
| Steve Dowhy | C | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Corey Isen | LW | 39 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 121 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 7.0 |
| Wade Welte | LW | 25 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 69 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4.4 |
| Larry Empey | D | 59 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 97 | -32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Casey Burnette | D | 38 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 63 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 |
| Ian LaRocque | C | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 23.8 |
| Tony White | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Todd MacDonald | G | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Cam Law | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 41 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Eric Andersen | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 89 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Chad Michalchuk | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Jodi Murphy | RW | 64 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 172 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Erik Noack | D/LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Jay Kasperek | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Shtefan | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Rod Butler | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Josh Dobbyn | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Jason Wright | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Cheeseman | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Robert Holsinger | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Bajurny | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Paden | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jake Ream | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1186 | 227 | 364 | 591 | 1336 | -334 | 77 | 7 | 27 | 2387 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd MacDonald | 57 | 3247 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 201 | 3.71 | 1838 | 1637 | .891 |
| Robert Holsinger | 19 | 781 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 4.84 | 452 | 389 | .861 |
| Jason Wright | 3 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.91 | 143 | 132 | .923 |
| Totals | 79 | 4197 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 275 | 3.93 | 2433 | 2158 | .887 |
