2017-18 Evansville Thunderbolts Statistics
SPHL (SPHL)
Team Record: 27-20-9 - 63 points
in the SPHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jeff Pyle (27-20, 9 OTL)
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Attendance: 64,673, Avg. 2,310 in 28 home dates
2017-18 Evansville Thunderbolts RosterTeam Record: 27-20-9 - 63 points
in the SPHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jeff Pyle (27-20, 9 OTL)
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Attendance: 64,673, Avg. 2,310 in 28 home dates
The Evansville Thunderbolts of the SPHL ended the 2017-18 season with a record of 27 wins and 20 losses (and 9 overtime losses) for 63 points in the SPHL.
The Thunderbolts netted 186 goals and allowed 191. Dylan Clarke scored 23 goals for Evansville, while John Scorcia contributed 34 assists. Tomas Sholl topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.31 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Jeff Pyle coached the team. The 2017-18 Evansville Thunderbolts lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Williams | LW | 56 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 43 | -20 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 196 | 10.7 |
| Dylan Clarke | LW | 51 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 30 | -4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 11.9 |
| John Scorcia | F | 56 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 49 | -17 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 14.3 |
| Mark Petaccio | RW | 52 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 73 | -3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 144 | 12.5 |
| Nick D'Avolio | F | 56 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 34 | +10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 8.7 |
| Chase Nieuwendyk | C | 53 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 17 | -4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 8.8 |
| Justin MacDonald | C | 16 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 10 | +10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 92 | 13.0 |
| Nick Lazorko | LW | 24 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 18 | -3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 13.4 |
| Cory Melkert | D | 50 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 45 | +1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Tyler Vankleef | F | 27 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 17.9 |
| Frank Schumacher | D | 41 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 33 | +3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 7.7 |
| Mike Fazio | F | 43 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5.0 |
| Tyler Deresky | F | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30 | +3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 17.8 |
| Jackson Leef | F | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | +4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Robbie Hall | D | 44 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 31 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Shayne Morrissey | LW | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Brandon Lubin | D | 46 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 47 | -12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 3.9 |
| Hunter Stewart | RW | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 30.8 |
| Sean Reynolds | F | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Lee Christensen | D | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 34 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Carter Shinkaruk | F | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Brendan Mitchell | D | 52 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Blake Thompson | D | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Bo Driscoll | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Don Olivieri | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Patrick Harrison | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Al Graves | RW | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tommy Fiorentino | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Nicholas Kohn | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tomas Sholl | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Kelly | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Matt Leon | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Brendan Jensen | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ryan DeMelo | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jonah Imoo | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Nicholas Wright | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 933 | 186 | 315 | 501 | 733 | -71 | 50 | 92 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 1845 | 10.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonah Imoo | 20 | 1143:13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 3.99 | 638 | 562 | .881 | |
| Ryan DeMelo | 12 | 688:41 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2.79 | 378 | 346 | .915 | |
| Ian Sylves | 5 | 304:56 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2.75 | 166 | 152 | .916 | |
| Tomas Sholl | 18 | 1089:55 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 2.31 | 556 | 514 | .924 | |
| Nicholas Kohn | 1 | 10:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.93 | 1 | |||
| Matt Leon | 2 | 49:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9.80 | 41 | 33 | .805 | |
| Brendan Jensen | 2 | 109:53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.46 | 46 | 36 | .783 | |
| Totals | 60 | 3392 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 3.24 | 1827 | 1644 | .900 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Williams | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Clarke | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| John Scorcia | F | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Nick D'Avolio | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Chase Nieuwendyk | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nick Lazorko | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Cory Melkert | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Frank Schumacher | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mike Fazio | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Deresky | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jackson Leef | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Robbie Hall | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Lubin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hunter Stewart | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Carter Shinkaruk | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brendan Mitchell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bo Driscoll | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ian Sylves | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Ryan DeMelo | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 53 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -67 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 2.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan DeMelo | 3 | 123:40 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 16.50 | 0 | ||
| Ian Sylves | 2 | 55:59 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 33.22 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 178 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 65 | 21.91 | 0 |
