2003-04 Tri-City Storm Statistics
Team Record: 43-12-1 (SO: 0-4) - 91 points
in the USHL's West Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Bliss Littler (43-12, 1 OTL)
Location: Kearney, Nebraska
The Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League ended the 2003-04 season with a record of 43 wins and 12 losses (and 1 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 91 points in the USHL's West Division.
The Storm scored 225 goals, most in the league. Tri-City conceded 138 goals, the lowest total in the circuit. Rastislav Spirko netted 35 goals for the team, and Bill Thomas tallied 30 or more, too. Bill Thomas contributed 38 assists. Peter Mannino earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Eric Aarnio added 15 or more wins, too. Peter Mannino recorded a 2.11 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Bliss Littler coached the team. The 2003-04 Tri-City Storm lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thomas | R | 60 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 30 | +43 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 199 | 15.6 |
| Rastislav Spirko | LW | 55 | 35 | 22 | 57 | 23 | +23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 170 | 20.6 |
| Tom Pohl | LW | 60 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 39 | +23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 13.7 |
| John Dingle | F | 57 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 42 | +28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 128 | 10.2 |
| Mark Guilder | F | 60 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 23 | +34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 13.8 |
| Doug Conley | F | 58 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 29 | +18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 16.0 |
| Ryan Dingle | C | 38 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 14 | +24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 113 | 11.5 |
| Nick Pernula | F | 56 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 30 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 9.8 |
| David Boguslawski | F | 48 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 14 | +7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 13.9 |
| Jake Obermeyer | D | 59 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 63 | +18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 7.0 |
| Chris Zarb | D | 43 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 78 | +23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 6.5 |
| Steve Wagner | D | 43 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 52 | +20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 4.2 |
| Kyle Kuk | D | 56 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 45 | +31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 5.9 |
| Christian Hanson | R | 58 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 35 | +9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 11.8 |
| Michal Lukac | C | 40 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 26 | +11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 8.6 |
| Brian Kilburg | D | 58 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 138 | +33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 5.0 |
| Jace Buzek | RW | 49 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 40 | +9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 13.0 |
| Tim Madsen | F | 17 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Luke Lucyk | D | 60 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 64 | +13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 |
| Jack Hillen | D | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | +3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Brian D'Arcy | D | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Brett Gorman | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Eric Aarnio | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Hartung | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Ben Hendrick | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Mannino | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garett Vassel | F | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Ciraulo | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1124 | 224 | 351 | 575 | 879 | 368 | 45 | 81 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 1995 | 11.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Mannino | 38 | 1988 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 2.11 | 757 | 687 | .908 |
| Eric Aarnio | 30 | 1638 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 2.23 | 662 | 601 | .908 |
| Totals | 68 | 3626 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 131 | 2.17 | 1419 | 1288 | .908 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thomas | R | 11 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rastislav Spirko | LW | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Pohl | LW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Dingle | F | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Guilder | F | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Conley | F | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Dingle | C | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Pernula | F | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Boguslawski | F | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Obermeyer | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Zarb | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wagner | D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Kuk | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Hanson | R | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michal Lukac | C | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Kilburg | D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jace Buzek | RW | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luke Lucyk | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Hillen | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Aarnio | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Mannino | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 210 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Mannino | 7 | 334 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2.16 | 132 | 120 | .909 |
| Eric Aarnio | 6 | 338 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.13 | 151 | 139 | .921 |
| Totals | 13 | 672 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2.14 | 283 | 259 | .915 |
