1995-96 Kansas City Blades Roster
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 39-38 (SO: 0-5) - 83 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jim Wiley (2-1)
Coach: Vasily Tikhonov (37-37, 5 OTL)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 278,431, Avg. 6,791 in 41 home dates
1995-96 Kansas City Blades StatisticsTeam Record: 39-38 (SO: 0-5) - 83 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jim Wiley (2-1)
Coach: Vasily Tikhonov (37-37, 5 OTL)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 278,431, Avg. 6,791 in 41 home dates
The Kansas City Blades of the International Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 39 wins and 38 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 83 points in the IHL's Midwest Division.
The Blades netted 288 goals and yielded 326. Jan Caloun scored 38 goals for Kansas City, and Alexei Yegorov tallied 30 or more also. Claudio Scremin accounted for 47 assists. Larry Dyck and Geoff Sarjeant topped the squad with 18 wins each, while Larry Dyck recorded a 3.84 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Jim Wiley and Vasily Tikhonov coached the team. The 1995-96 Kansas City Blades lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | S/C | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Batters | D | October 23, 1970 | 6'2" | 215 | R | Victoria, BC Canada |
| Sergei Bautin | D | March 11, 1967 | 6'3" | 200 | L | Rogachev, Belarus |
| David Bruce | R | October 7, 1964 | 5'11" | 190 | R | Thunder Bay, ON Canada |
| Jan Caloun | R | December 20, 1972 | 5'10" | 190 | R | Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic |
| Alexander Cherbayev | RW | August 13, 1973 | 6'1" | 203 | L | Voskresensk, Russia |
| Shean Donovan | R | January 22, 1975 | 6'2" | 209 | R | Timmins, ON Canada |
| Rob Dopson | G | August 21, 1967 | 6'0" | 200 | L | Smiths Falls, ON Canada |
| Larry Dyck | G | December 15, 1965 | 5'11" | 181 | L | Winkler, MB Canada |
| Paul Dyck | D | April 15, 1971 | 6'0" | 198 | L | Steinbach, MB Canada |
| Gary Emmons | C | December 30, 1963 | 6'0" | 185 | R | Winnipeg, MB Canada |
| Dean Ewen | LW | February 28, 1969 | 6'1" | 225 | L | St. Albert, AB Canada |
| Pat Ferschweiler | RW/D | February 20, 1970 | 6'1" | 205 | R | Rochester, MN USA |
| Dean Grillo | C | December 8, 1972 | 6'1" | 209 | R | Bemidji, MN USA |
| Ken Hammond | D | August 22, 1963 | 6'1" | 190 | L | London, ON Canada |
| Jason Hehr | D/C | February 8, 1971 | 5'11" | 196 | L | Medicine Hat, AB Canada |
| Jim Hrivnak | G | May 28, 1968 | 6'2" | 195 | L | Montreal, QC Canada |
| Arturs Irbe | G | February 2, 1967 | 5'8" | 190 | L | Riga, Latvia |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | February 14, 1975 | 6'5" | 235 | R | Togliatti, Russia |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | April 27, 1975 | 6'3" | 215 | L | Most, Czech Republic |
| Daniel Laperriere | D | March 28, 1969 | 6'1" | 195 | L | Laval, QC Canada |
| Jeff Madill | R | June 21, 1965 | 5'11" | 195 | L | Oshawa, ON Canada |
| Jeff McLean | C | October 6, 1969 | 5'10" | 190 | L | Vancouver, BC Canada |
| Andrei Nazarov | L | May 22, 1974 | 6'5" | 242 | R | Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| Fredrik Nilsson | C | April 16, 1971 | 6'2" | 198 | L | Botkyrka, SWE |
| Fredrik Oduya | D | May 31, 1975 | 6'3" | 218 | L | Stockholm, SWE |
| Alexander Osadchy | D | July 19, 1975 | 6'1" | 185 | R | Kharkov, UKR |
| Ville Peltonen | L | May 24, 1973 | 5'11" | 182 | L | Vantaa, Finland |
| Jean-Francois Quintin | C | May 28, 1969 | 6'0" | 187 | L | St. Jean, QC Canada |
| Mike Rathje | D | May 11, 1974 | 6'5" | 235 | L | Mannville, AB Canada |
| Geoff Sarjeant | G | November 30, 1969 | 5'9" | 180 | L | Orillia, ON Canada |
| Claudio Scremin | D | May 28, 1968 | 6'2" | 205 | R | Burnaby, BC Canada |
| Jeff Sirkka | D | June 17, 1968 | 6'0" | 194 | L | Sudbury, ON Canada |
| Dean Sylvester | R | December 30, 1972 | 6'2" | 210 | R | Weymouth, MA USA |
| Chris Tancill | C | February 7, 1968 | 5'10" | 185 | L | Livonia, MI USA |
| Alexei Yegorov | R | May 21, 1975 | 5'11" | 185 | L | St. Petersburg, Russia |
