2022-23 Carolina Thunderbirds Statistics
Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
Team Record: 40-12-1 - 117 points
Finishing 1st in the FPHL's Continental Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Garrett Rutledge (40-12, 1 OTL)
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2022-23 Carolina Thunderbirds RosterTeam Record: 40-12-1 - 117 points
Finishing 1st in the FPHL's Continental Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Garrett Rutledge (40-12, 1 OTL)
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Carolina Thunderbirds of the Federal Prospects Hockey League ended the 2022-23 season with a record of 40 wins and 12 losses (and 1 overtime losses) for 117 points finishing first in the FPHL's Continental Division.
The Thunderbirds netted 278 goals and yielded 176. Kalib Ford scored 46 goals for Carolina, and Josh Koepplinger tallied 30 or more also. Kalib Ford contributed 68 assists. Mario Cavaliere topped the squad with 21 wins, while Boris Babik added 15 or more wins, too. Mario Cavaliere registered a 2.95 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Garrett Rutledge coached the team. The 2022-23 Carolina Thunderbirds lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalib Ford | RW | 54 | 46 | 68 | 114 | 81:00 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 271 | 17.0 |
| Josh Koepplinger | LW | 56 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 63:00 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 214 | 17.8 |
| John Buttitta | F | 55 | 14 | 60 | 74 | 34:00 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 11.3 |
| Lucas Rowe | C | 47 | 29 | 41 | 70 | 18:00 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 194 | 14.9 |
| Jan Salak | F | 48 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 19:00 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 12.9 |
| Petr Panacek | F | 34 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 38:00 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 19.4 |
| Jiri Pestuka | F | 55 | 27 | 19 | 46 | 31:00 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 159 | 17.0 |
| Dawson Baker | RW | 35 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 59:00 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 13.2 |
| Joseph Kennedy | D | 38 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 50:00 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 120 | 8.3 |
| Blake Peavey | F | 54 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 56:00 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 17.9 |
| Tucker Firth | D | 55 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 9:00 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 6.3 |
| Justin Pringle | LW | 39 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 10:00 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 10.1 |
| Jacob Schnapp | RW | 47 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 27:00 | -3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 99 | 12.1 |
| Daniel Martin | F | 52 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 52:00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 5.1 |
| Viktor Grebennikov | F | 44 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 46:00 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Justin Bioni | D | 47 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 30:00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Brendan Hussey | F | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6:00 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Brice French | D | 40 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 51:00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Matthew Bazarin | F | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Vinnie Susi | F/D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Troy Murray | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0:00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Nick Papandrea | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Cody Oakes | F | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Charlie Pelnik | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Nathan Campbell | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Jeffrey Burridge | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Braydon Crowe | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mario Cavaliere | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boris Babik | G | 55 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vincent D'Andrea | F/D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Cameron Ison | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Keegan Mcgraw | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:00 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryce DaFoe | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Hussey | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Casey Noyes | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Pinkowski | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 995 | 281 | 496 | 774 | 832 | 532 | 51 | 6 | 40 | 2150 | 13.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Hussey | 8 | 215:00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.07 | 123 | 112 | .911 | |
| Mario Cavaliere | 45 | 1670:00 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 2.95 | 939 | 857 | .913 | |
| Boris Babik | 55 | 1509:00 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 80 | 3.18 | 895 | 815 | .911 | |
| Bryce DaFoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 109 | 3394 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 3.06 | 1957 | 1784 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalib Ford | RW | 10 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10:00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 11.5 |
| Josh Koepplinger | LW | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10:00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 12.8 |
| John Buttitta | F | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Lucas Rowe | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2:00 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Jan Salak | F | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6:00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 |
| Petr Panacek | F | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9:00 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 20.5 |
| Jiri Pestuka | F | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4:00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Dawson Baker | RW | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Joseph Kennedy | D | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
| Blake Peavey | F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Tucker Firth | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24:00 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Jacob Schnapp | RW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36:00 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Daniel Martin | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Viktor Grebennikov | F | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Justin Bioni | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2:00 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brendan Hussey | F | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:00 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Vinnie Susi | F/D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mario Cavaliere | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boris Babik | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Hussey | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 181 | 40 | 63 | 103 | 146 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 439 | 9.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Hussey | 10 | 494:00 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.79 | 285 | 262 | .919 |
| Mario Cavaliere | 1 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.00 | 1 | ||
| Boris Babik | 9 | 145:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.55 | 90 | 79 | .878 |
| Totals | 20 | 645 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3.35 | 378 | 342 | .905 |
