1996-97 Rochester Americans Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 40-30-9-1 - 90 points
in the AHL's Empire State Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: John Tortorella (40-30-9, 1 OTL)
Location: Rochester, New York
1996-97 Rochester Americans RosterTeam Record: 40-30-9-1 - 90 points
in the AHL's Empire State Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: John Tortorella (40-30-9, 1 OTL)
Location: Rochester, New York
The Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 9 ties for 90 points in the AHL's Empire State Division.
The Americans netted 298 goals and conceded 257. Terry Yake scored 34 goals for Rochester, while Scott Metcalfe tallied 30 or more also. Terry Yake contributed 67 assists. Frederic Deschenes topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.85 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
John Tortorella coached the team. The 1996-97 Rochester Americans lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Yake | C | 78 | 34 | 67 | 101 | 77 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 254 | 13.4 |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 80 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 205 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 16.0 |
| Craig Charron | C | 72 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 42 | -5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 209 | 11.5 |
| Terry Hollinger | D | 73 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 54 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 178 | 6.7 |
| Dane Jackson | R | 78 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 111 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 175 | 13.7 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 53 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 81 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 12.8 |
| Scott Nichol | C | 68 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 133 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 165 | 13.3 |
| Curtis Brown | C | 51 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 16.1 |
| Sergei Klimentiev | D | 77 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 114 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 6.6 |
| Shayne Wright | D | 80 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 124 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 6.4 |
| Ed Ronan | R | 47 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 62 | -9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 10.3 |
| Dan Frawley | R | 77 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 115 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 10.3 |
| Barrie Moore | L | 32 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 110 | 12.7 |
| Craig Millar | D | 64 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 6.7 |
| Rumun Ndur | D | 68 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 282 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 9.3 |
| Greg Walters | LW | 55 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 247 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 6.7 |
| Wayne Primeau | C | 24 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 27 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 17.6 |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 63 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 6.5 |
| Jay Moser | RW | 22 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 |
| Jacques Joubert | C | 20 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Jay McKee | D | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Eric Lavigne | D | 46 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 89 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Kimbi Daniels | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Mark Dutiaume | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| John Lilley | R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| David Seitz | C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Paul Rushforth | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Mezin | G | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Feasby | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Walker | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Frederic Deschenes | G | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Soderstrom | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Shields | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Len Perno | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Kuntar | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Tardif | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Stewart | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1450 | 298 | 500 | 798 | 2006 | 97 | 80 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 2702 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Kuntar | 21 | 1052 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3.42 | 535 | 475 | .888 |
| Andrei Mezin | 7 | 386 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4.82 | 197 | 166 | .843 |
| Tommy Soderstrom | 2 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.00 | 57 | 49 | .860 |
| Frederic Deschenes | 38 | 1898 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 2.85 | 953 | 863 | .906 |
| Steve Shields | 23 | 1331 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 2.70 | 694 | 634 | .914 |
| Len Perno | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.58 | 8 | 7 | .875 | |
| Totals | 93 | 4825 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 250 | 3.11 | 2444 | 2194 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Yake | C | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Charron | C | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Hollinger | D | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dane Jackson | R | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vaclav Varada | R | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Nichol | C | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Brown | C | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sergei Klimentiev | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shayne Wright | D | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Frawley | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rumun Ndur | D | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Walters | LW | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Primeau | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Huddy | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Moser | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Lavigne | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Rushforth | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederic Deschenes | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Stewart | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 170 | 40 | 64 | 104 | 253 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
