1996-97 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 35-28 (SO: 0-7) - 77 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John Marks (35-28, 7 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 251,580, Avg. 7,188 in 35 home dates
1996-97 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 35-28 (SO: 0-7) - 77 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John Marks (35-28, 7 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 251,580, Avg. 7,188 in 35 home dates
The Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 35 wins and 28 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 77 points in the ECHL's East Division.
The Checkers scored 271 goals and conceded 267. David Brosseau netted 37 goals for Charlotte, and J.F. Aube tallied 30 or more as well. Matt Robbins contributed 53 assists. Nick Vitucci topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.46 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
John Marks coached the team. The 1996-97 Charlotte Checkers 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.F. Aube | 66 | 34 | 49 | 83 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 144 | 23.6 | |
| Matt Robbins | L | 68 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 13.1 |
| Mickey Elick | D | 70 | 25 | 36 | 61 | 79 | -7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 244 | 10.2 |
| Darryl Noren | C | 57 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 202 | 12.4 |
| David Brosseau | RW | 68 | 37 | 18 | 55 | 65 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 231 | 16.0 |
| Scott Kirton | RW | 62 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 170 | -11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 12.4 |
| Kimbi Daniels | C | 32 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 116 | -16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 125 | 9.6 |
| Bill McCauley | D | 38 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 39 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 12.1 |
| Justin Gould | D | 54 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 12.0 |
| Eric Boulton | L | 44 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 325 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 13.3 |
| Eric Fenton | RW | 29 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 163 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 22.1 |
| Darcy Mitani | C | 44 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 12.1 |
| Mick Kempffer | D | 43 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 5.3 |
| Phil Berger | RW | 12 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Jay Kenney | D | 62 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 2.2 |
| Kurt Seher | D | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Francois Leroux | LW | 17 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 14.6 |
| Kevin Rappana | D | 51 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 123 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 3.9 |
| Derek Crimin | C | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Scott Malone | D | 26 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 63 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Shawn Wheeler | LW | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Brad Konik | C | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Chad Nelson | D | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 97 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Gerry Daley | RW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Bob Maudie | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Terry Lorenz | LW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Jeff Connolly | LW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Max Williams | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | G | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alain Cote | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Todd Hall | LW | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Brett Dunleavy | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Jeff Scharf | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Craig Stahl | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Tom Brown | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Nelsen | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ken Shepard | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Deadmarsh | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Milt Mastad | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paxton Schafer | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Vitucci | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1166 | 271 | 430 | 701 | 1799 | -18 | 77 | 9 | 35 | 2328 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Shepard | 21 | 1185 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 4.46 | 683 | 595 | .871 |
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | 14 | 733 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 3.85 | 413 | 366 | .886 |
| Paxton Schafer | 4 | 239 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.76 | 115 | 108 | .939 |
| Nick Vitucci | 36 | 2028 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 3.46 | 1195 | 1078 | .902 |
| Totals | 75 | 4185 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 259 | 3.71 | 2406 | 2147 | .892 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.F. Aube | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Robbins | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Elick | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Brosseau | RW | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Kirton | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McCauley | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Gould | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Boulton | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Kenney | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Seher | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francois Leroux | LW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Rappana | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Crimin | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Nelson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Scharf | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Mastad | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Vitucci | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 48 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 90 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Vitucci | 3 | 178 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.37 | 111 | 101 | .910 |
| Totals | 3 | 178 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.37 | 111 | 101 | .910 |
