1995-96 Utah Grizzlies Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 49-29 (SO: 0-4) - 102 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Butch Goring (49-29, 4 OTL)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 302,252, Avg. 7,372 in 41 home dates
1995-96 Utah Grizzlies RosterTeam Record: 49-29 (SO: 0-4) - 102 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Butch Goring (49-29, 4 OTL)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 302,252, Avg. 7,372 in 41 home dates
The Utah Grizzlies of the International Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 49 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 102 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Grizzlies paced the league with just 232 goals allowed. Utah scored 291 goals. Brett Lievers netted 36 goals for the squad, and Bob Beers recorded 36 assists. Tommy Salo earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.65 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Butch Goring coached the team. The 1995-96 Utah Grizzlies won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lievers | C | 79 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 42 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 225 | 16.0 |
| Andrei Vasilyev | L | 43 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 137 | 19.0 |
| Andy Brickley | L/C | 36 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 21.1 |
| Jason Herter | D | 74 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 164 | 8.5 |
| Danton Cole | R | 34 | 28 | 15 | 43 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 111 | 25.2 |
| Bob Beers | D | 65 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 54 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 4.8 |
| Chris Taylor | C | 50 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 60 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 175 | 10.3 |
| Victor Ignatjev | D | 73 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 6.1 |
| Grigori Panteleev | L | 33 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 18.6 |
| Micah Aivazoff | C | 59 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 58 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 11.2 |
| Niklas Andersson | L | 30 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 15.7 |
| Egor Bashkatov | D | 42 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 22.2 |
| Alan May | R | 53 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 108 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 12.4 |
| Barry Nieckar | L | 53 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 194 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 16.7 |
| Mike MacWilliam | L | 53 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 317 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 7.2 |
| Marc Rodgers | R | 31 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 51 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Robert Dome | R | 56 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 19.2 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 82 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1.4 |
| Andreas Johansson | C | 22 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Jeff Sharples | D | 31 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 2.2 |
| Milan Tichy | D | 21 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Bench | 82 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Viktor Gordiouk | L | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Chris Marinucci | C | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 72 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Yan Kaminsky | L | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Scott Arniel | L | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 29 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Dave Archibald | C | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Todd Wetzel | C | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 26.7 |
| Sean O'Brien | D/F | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Todd Copeland | D | 70 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 82 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 |
| Rod Miller | D | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Frank Kovacs | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Ron Pasco | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Tommy Salo | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oleg Yashin | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Colin Ward | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Halverson | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Rick Judson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Jackson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Kriss | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Farrell | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jamey Hicks | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mark McArthur | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Reeves | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jamie McLennan | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Phelps | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brian Shantz | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Alexander Savchenkov | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1463 | 291 | 464 | 755 | 1752 | 176 | 91 | 12 | 39 | 2471 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie McLennan | 14 | 728 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2.39 | 327 | 298 | .911 |
| Tommy Salo | 45 | 2695 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 119 | 2.65 | 1213 | 1094 | .902 |
| Mark McArthur | 26 | 1482 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 3.12 | 756 | 679 | .898 |
| Totals | 85 | 4905 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 225 | 2.75 | 2296 | 2071 | .902 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lievers | C | 20 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Vasilyev | L | 22 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Brickley | L/C | 16 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Herter | D | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Beers | D | 22 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Taylor | C | 22 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Ignatjev | D | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Micah Aivazoff | C | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan May | R | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike MacWilliam | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Rodgers | R | 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gord Dineen | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andreas Johansson | C | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sharples | D | 21 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Viktor Gordiouk | L | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Halkidis | D | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yan Kaminsky | L | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Arniel | L | 22 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Copeland | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Salo | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 374 | 70 | 114 | 184 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Salo | 22 | 1341 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 2.28 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 22 | 1341 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 2.28 | 0 |
