1996-97 Wheeling Nailers Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 36-29 (SO: 0-5) - 77 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Tom McVie (36-29, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 127,540, Avg. 3,644 in 35 home dates
1996-97 Wheeling Nailers RosterTeam Record: 36-29 (SO: 0-5) - 77 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Tom McVie (36-29, 5 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 127,540, Avg. 3,644 in 35 home dates
The Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 36 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 77 points in the ECHL's North Division.
The Nailers netted 298 goals and allowed 291. John Varga scored 56 goals for Wheeling, and Eric Royal tallied 30 or more, too. Eric Royal contributed 61 assists. Olie Sundstrom earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.82 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Tom McVie coached the team. The 1996-97 Wheeling Nailers 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Varga | LW | 66 | 56 | 45 | 101 | 84 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 225 | 24.9 |
| Eric Royal | C | 70 | 31 | 61 | 92 | 68 | -1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 17.5 |
| Don Chase | RW | 53 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 17.3 |
| Ryan Haggerty | LW | 67 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 22 | -27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 9.1 |
| Martin Lepage | D | 63 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 175 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 5.3 |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 69 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 77 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 5.5 |
| Rob Trumbley | F | 34 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 164 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 25.9 |
| Steve Gibson | LW | 16 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 28.1 |
| Alex Matvichuk | C | 26 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.0 |
| Keli Corpse | C | 24 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 10 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 17.1 |
| Kimbi Daniels | C | 17 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 9.1 |
| Colin Schmidt | C | 37 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 11.5 |
| Ryan Shanahan | RW | 39 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 101 | -14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Jason Clark | LW | 38 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 14 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 17.2 |
| John Blessman | D | 31 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 64 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 14.7 |
| Brad Symes | D | 51 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 63 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 6.7 |
| Marian Kacir | LW/RW | 20 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13.0 |
| Darcy Mitani | C | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 36.4 |
| Derek Crimin | C | 29 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 14.0 |
| Frederic Barbeau | D | 60 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 88 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 1.8 |
| Greg McLean | D | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 33 | -10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 18.8 |
| Jeff Daw | C | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Mathieu Raby | D | 39 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 130 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 10.4 |
| L.P. Charbonneau | R | 23 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 159 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 37 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Perry Pappas | RW | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Ian McIntyre | LW | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Chad Nelson | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 79 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| John Badduke | RW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 51 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Doug Ast | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| John Tanner | G | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Callahan | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Beau Riedel | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Bogden | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Minard | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joaquin Gage | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1178 | 298 | 498 | 796 | 1647 | -32 | 69 | 11 | 36 | 2255 | 13.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tanner | 19 | 940 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3.77 | 531 | 472 | .889 |
| Mike Minard | 23 | 899 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 4.61 | 532 | 463 | .870 |
| Olie Sundstrom | 37 | 2011 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 3.82 | 1133 | 1005 | .887 |
| Beau Riedel | 4 | 215 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.19 | 107 | 92 | .860 |
| Joaquin Gage | 3 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.00 | 56 | 48 | .857 |
| Totals | 86 | 4185 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 279 | 4.00 | 2359 | 2080 | .882 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Varga | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Royal | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Chase | RW | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Haggerty | LW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Lepage | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Trumbley | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Gibson | LW | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Matvichuk | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kimbi Daniels | C | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Shanahan | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Blessman | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Symes | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Mitani | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederic Barbeau | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mathieu Raby | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| L.P. Charbonneau | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Minard | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 49 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 82 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Minard | 3 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.49 | 134 | 118 | .881 |
| Olie Sundstrom | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13.55 | 33 | 26 | .788 |
| Totals | 4 | 179 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7.71 | 167 | 144 | .862 |
