2022-23 Springfield Thunderbirds Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 38-26-3 (SO: 3-5) - 84 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in Qualifying Round
Coach: Drew Bannister (38-26, 3 OTL)
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
2022-23 Springfield Thunderbirds RosterTeam Record: 38-26-3 (SO: 3-5) - 84 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in Qualifying Round
Coach: Drew Bannister (38-26, 3 OTL)
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
The Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League ended the 2022-23 season with a record of 38 wins and 26 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 3-5 showing in shootouts for 84 points finishing fourth in the AHL's Atlantic Division.
The Thunderbirds scored 230 goals and allowed 211. Martin Frk netted 30 goals for Springfield, while Matthew Highmore accounted for 42 assists. Joel Hofer earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.5 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Drew Bannister coached the team. The 2022-23 Springfield Thunderbirds lost in the in Qualifying Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Frk | RW | 67 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 68 | -3 | 12 | 0 | 180 | 16.7 |
| Matthew Highmore | C | 68 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 34 | +1 | 7 | 1 | 152 | 12.5 |
| Will Bitten | C | 65 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 36 | +6 | 6 | 3 | 157 | 14.0 |
| Hugh McGing | F | 71 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 66 | +5 | 2 | 2 | 125 | 13.6 |
| Nikita Alexandrov | C | 41 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 18 | +11 | 5 | 0 | 107 | 17.8 |
| Matthew Peca | C | 38 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 9.7 |
| Matt Kessel | D | 71 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 66 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 134 | 3.7 |
| Brady Lyle | D | 51 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 44 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 5.6 |
| Mathias Laferriere | RW | 50 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 22 | +3 | 7 | 0 | 63 | 14.3 |
| Tyler Tucker | D | 41 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 79 | +16 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 4.5 |
| Dmitri Samorukov | D | 69 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 28 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 3.2 |
| Scott Perunovich | LD | 22 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 12 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Drew Callin | F | 67 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 11.3 |
| Greg Printz | LW | 62 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 69 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 |
| Adam Gaudette | F | 25 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Mitchell Hoelscher | C | 57 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 16 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 13.4 |
| Jake Neighbours | LW | 23 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 17.6 |
| Nathan Todd | RW | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 21.6 |
| Keean Washkurak | C | 45 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 34 | -6 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 16.4 |
| Anthony Angello | F | 45 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 65 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 10.5 |
| Steven Santini | D | 64 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | +8 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 1.7 |
| Mikhail Abramov | C | 21 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 |
| Steve Jandric | F | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Jacob Hayhurst | C | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Austin Osmanski | D | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Hunter Skinner | D | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Josh Leivo | RW | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50.0 |
| Tommy Cross | D | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Joel Hofer | G | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Alexey Toropchenko | RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Luke Witkowski | D | 28 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Griffin Luce | D | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Dylan McLaughlin | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Logan Brown | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Vadim Zherenko | G | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Ryczek | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Anton Malmstrom | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Bakanov | LW | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Peski | RD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garret Sparks | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Repaci | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1371 | 227 | 398 | 625 | 887 | 13 | 66 | 11 | 2188 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Hofer | 47 | 2780:00 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 116 | 2.50 | 1473 | 1357 | .921 | |
| Vadim Zherenko | 25 | 1377:00 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 3.14 | 831 | 759 | .913 | |
| Garret Sparks | 3 | 177:00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2.37 | 92 | 85 | .924 | |
| Totals | 75 | 4334 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 195 | 2.70 | 2396 | 2201 | .919 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Frk | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Highmore | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Will Bitten | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Hugh McGing | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Nikita Alexandrov | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Peca | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Matt Kessel | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brady Lyle | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mathias Laferriere | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Tucker | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dmitri Samorukov | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Scott Perunovich | LD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Drew Callin | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Greg Printz | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Gaudette | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Mitchell Hoelscher | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steven Santini | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mikhail Abramov | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Steve Jandric | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tommy Cross | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Joel Hofer | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -63 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 4.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Hofer | 2 | 114:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.26 | 68 | 58 | .853 |
| Totals | 2 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.26 | 68 | 58 | .853 |
