1987-88 Minnesota Strikers Statistics

Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Team Record: 31-25
in the MISL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 4-5
Lost Division Final
Coach: Alan Merrick (31-25)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
Attendance: 166,050, Avg. 5,930 in 28 home dates

1987-88 Minnesota Strikers Roster

The Minnesota Strikers of the Major Indoor Soccer League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 31 wins and 25 losses in the MISL's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Strikers chalked up 274 goals and allowed 252. Hector Marinaro scored 58 goals for Minnesota, while Mike Sweeney, Alan Willey, Steve Kinsey and David Byrne each contributed fifteen or more also. David Byrne accounted for 42 assists. Tino Lettieri earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.99 goals against average, topping goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Alan Merrick coached the team. The 1987-88 Minnesota Strikers lost in the Division Final.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	BL	Shts	S%
Hector Marinaro	F	56	58	23	81	14				41	257	22.6
David Byrne	F	47	35	42	77	16				18	206	17.0
Alan Willey	F	56	45	19	64	0				26	191	23.6
Steve Kinsey	F	48	32	21	53	6				8	168	19.0
Mike Sweeney	M	54	21	25	46	14				31	120	17.5
Dwight Lodeweges	D	47	9	34	43	12				83	90	10.0
Stan Cummins	F	35	14	16	30	6				13	102	13.7
John O'Hara	D	54	8	18	26	8				114	86	9.3
Gregg Thompson	D	56	9	15	24	2				63	89	10.1
Chris Dangerfield	F	52	12	6	18	4				11	52	23.1
Gary Etherington	D	54	4	13	18	16				99	66	6.1
Ray Hudson	M	24	11	5	15	2				17	54	20.4
Troy Snyder	D	40	5	8	13	12				16	38	13.2
Jerry Adzic	F	29	6	6	12	4				1	21	28.6
Neill Roberts	F	31	4	5	9	2				7	23	17.4
George Gelnovatch	F	15	1	1	2	0				4	4	25.0
Tom Gleason	D	10	0	1	1	0				4	7	0.0
Alex Bunbury	F	12	0	1	1	0				0	4	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0
Tino Lettieri	G	0	0	0	0	20				0	7	0.0
Tony Bono	D	7	0	0	0	0				0	6	0.0
Totals		727	274	259	533	184	0	0	0	556	1591	17.2

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tino Lettieri	44	2587:52	24	19	172	3.99	1069	459	.429
Tim Harris	14	764:45	7	5	65	5.10	309	128	.414
Totals	58	3352:37	31	24	237	4.24	1378	587	.426

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG	BL	Shts	S%
Hector Marinaro	F	9	10	2	12	2	1	1	7	47	21.3
David Byrne	F	8	7	5	12	10	2	2	8	37	18.9
Alan Willey	F	9	5	3	8	0	2	1	3	30	16.7
Steve Kinsey	F	9	4	4	8	2	0	0	1	27	14.8
Mike Sweeney	M	9	4	6	10	4	0	0	3	23	17.4
Dwight Lodeweges	D	9	0	8	8	4	0	0	11	12	0.0
Stan Cummins	F	9	3	1	4	4	0	0	10	23	13.0
John O'Hara	D	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	28	7	0.0
Gregg Thompson	D	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	12	8.3
Chris Dangerfield	F	9	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	7	14.3
Gary Etherington	D	9	0	1	1	2	0	0	10	9	0.0
Ray Hudson	M	9	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Neill Roberts	F	9	2	0	2	2	0	0	5	10	20.0
George Gelnovatch	F	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Tim Harris	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Tino Lettieri	G	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Totals		129	39	33	72	57	5	4	102	252	15.5

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tino Lettieri	8	469:55	4	4	32	4.09	227	98	.432
Tim Harris	2	54:38	0	1	4	4.44	18	9	.500
Totals	10	524:33	4	5	36	4.12	245	107	.437