1996-97 Louisiana IceGators Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 38-28 (SO: 0-4) - 80 points
in the ECHL's South Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Doug Shedden (38-28, 4 OTL)
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Attendance: 400,155, Avg. 11,433 in 35 home dates
1996-97 Louisiana IceGators RosterTeam Record: 38-28 (SO: 0-4) - 80 points
in the ECHL's South Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Doug Shedden (38-28, 4 OTL)
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Attendance: 400,155, Avg. 11,433 in 35 home dates
The Louisiana IceGators of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 28 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 80 points in the ECHL's South Division.
The IceGators scored 292 goals and surrendered 244. Louis Dumont netted 41 goals for Louisiana, while Ron Handy tallied 30 or more as well. Ron Handy recorded 67 assists. Marc Delorme earned 36 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.06 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Doug Shedden coached the team. The 1996-97 Louisiana IceGators lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Handy | C | 66 | 33 | 67 | 100 | 58 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 242 | 13.6 |
| John DePourcq | C | 68 | 28 | 63 | 91 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 208 | 13.5 |
| Louis Dumont | C | 64 | 41 | 45 | 86 | 106 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 20.7 |
| Chris Valicevic | D | 70 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 75 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 294 | 6.1 |
| Mikhail Kravets | R | 57 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 93 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 133 | 16.5 |
| Aaron Boh | D | 52 | 11 | 54 | 65 | 193 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 225 | 4.9 |
| Don Parsons | RW | 49 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 94 | -3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 210 | 13.3 |
| Dan O'Rourke | LW | 58 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 160 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 168 | 16.7 |
| Rob Weingartner | RW | 59 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 334 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 108 | 18.5 |
| Joey Mittelsteadt | D | 69 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 292 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 3.8 |
| Jack Williams | D | 49 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 124 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 82 | 12.2 |
| David Neilson | LW | 30 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 102 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 7.8 |
| Dean Seymour | C | 23 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 30 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Jason McQuat | RW | 51 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 268 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 21.9 |
| Ken Ruddick | D | 56 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 93 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 8.5 |
| James Latos | R | 32 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 150 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 |
| Rob McCaig | D | 59 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 383 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Stan Melanson | D | 56 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 201 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Jay Murphy | RW | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 42 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Rob Valicevic | R | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 31.8 |
| John Spoltore | C | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Shanahan | RW | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 66 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Chad Nelson | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Mark Sakala | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Marc Delorme | G | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Tkachenko | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray Galbraith | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Shedden | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bryan Schoen | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1183 | 292 | 490 | 782 | 3099 | 180 | 84 | 16 | 47 | 2472 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Schoen | 13 | 552 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 3.91 | 298 | 262 | .879 |
| Sergei Tkachenko | 10 | 524 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4.47 | 273 | 234 | .857 |
| Marc Delorme | 56 | 3114 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 159 | 3.06 | 1681 | 1522 | .905 |
| Totals | 79 | 4190 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 234 | 3.35 | 2252 | 2018 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Handy | C | 17 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John DePourcq | C | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Dumont | C | 17 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Valicevic | D | 17 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mikhail Kravets | R | 17 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Boh | D | 17 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Parsons | RW | 17 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan O'Rourke | LW | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 42 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Weingartner | RW | 17 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Mittelsteadt | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Williams | D | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Neilson | LW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason McQuat | RW | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob McCaig | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Melanson | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Murphy | RW | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 91 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Spoltore | C | 17 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Delorme | G | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Schoen | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 276 | 67 | 120 | 187 | 616 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Schoen | 7 | 307 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.52 | 182 | 164 | .901 |
| Marc Delorme | 14 | 753 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 4.54 | 525 | 468 | .891 |
| Totals | 21 | 1060 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 4.25 | 707 | 632 | .894 |
