1996-97 Columbus Cottonmouths Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 32-28 (SO: 0-6) - 70 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bruce Garber (32-28, 6 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Georgia
1996-97 Columbus Cottonmouths RosterTeam Record: 32-28 (SO: 0-6) - 70 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bruce Garber (32-28, 6 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Georgia
The Columbus Cottonmouths of the Central Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 32 wins and 28 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 70 points in the CHL's Eastern Division.
The Cottonmouths scored 292 goals and allowed 291. Marcel Richard netted 51 goals for Columbus, while Randy Murphy tallied 30 or more, too. Randy Murphy contributed 69 assists. Kevin Deschambeault topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 3.96 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Bruce Garber coached the team. The 1996-97 Columbus Cottonmouths 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Richard | RW | 63 | 51 | 58 | 109 | 74 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 258 | 19.8 |
| Randy Murphy | C | 65 | 36 | 69 | 105 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 202 | 17.8 |
| Jason Dexter | C | 66 | 29 | 44 | 73 | 27 | -2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 194 | 14.9 |
| Jerome Bechard | LW | 59 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 297 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 12.3 |
| Casey Hungle | RW | 60 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 71 | -7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 193 | 13.5 |
| Justin Tomberlin | F | 51 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 61 | -13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 15.0 |
| Derek Marchand | F | 60 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 14.2 |
| Jude Boulianne | D | 31 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 8.6 |
| Jason Crane | RW | 43 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 16.2 |
| Jason Boudrias | C | 21 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 21.1 |
| Eric Germain | D | 66 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 176 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 5.5 |
| Chris Grenville | RW | 36 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 10.8 |
| Brad Prefontaine | D | 63 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 197 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 6.2 |
| Jon Rowe | D | 47 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Tom Wilson | D | 55 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 218 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 12.1 |
| Andrew Sherman | RW | 30 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 103 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Fred Goltz | LW | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14.8 |
| Brandy Semchuk | R | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Trevor Jobe | C | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.3 |
| Ryan Reid | D | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Chris Kostopoulos | F | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Peter Akiwenzie | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Clint Collins | RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 63 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Scott Barber | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Deschambeault | G | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Baker | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Chris George | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kahlil Thomas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rob Mencunas | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bill Horn | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robin Cook | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Morin | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 66 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Phillips | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michel Brind'Amour | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rick Nichol | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Wilson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Wilmert | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Ivankovic | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1083 | 292 | 433 | 725 | 1859 | 18 | 83 | 11 | 32 | 2182 | 13.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Barber | 23 | 1261 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 4.19 | 692 | 604 | .873 |
| Rick Nichol | 10 | 460 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4.96 | 280 | 242 | .864 |
| Bill Horn | 3 | 158 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6.46 | 94 | 77 | .819 |
| Kevin Deschambeault | 35 | 1911 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 3.96 | 1077 | 951 | .883 |
| Frank Ivankovic | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | 81 | 72 | .889 |
| Robin Cook | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.00 | 28 | 24 | .857 |
| Totals | 74 | 3950 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 282 | 4.28 | 2252 | 1970 | .875 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Richard | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Murphy | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Dexter | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Bechard | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Tomberlin | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Marchand | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Crane | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Boudrias | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Germain | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Prefontaine | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Rowe | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Wilson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Goltz | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandy Semchuk | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Jobe | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Reid | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Collins | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Horn | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Nichol | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 49 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
