1987-88 Sherbrooke Canadiens Statistics
Team Record: 42-33-4-1 - 89 points
in the AHL's Northern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Pat Burns (42-33-4, 1 OTL)
Location: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
The Sherbrooke Canadiens of the American Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 42 wins and 33 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 4 ties for 89 points in the AHL's Northern Division.
The Canadiens surrendered 243 goals, least in the league. Sherbrooke netted 316 goals. Gilles Thibaudeau scored 39 goals for the squad, while Jose Charbonneau, Francois Sills and Martin Desjardins each tallied 30 or more also. Gilles Thibaudeau recorded 57 assists. Vincent Riendeau earned 27 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.67 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Pat Burns coached the team. The 1987-88 Sherbrooke Canadiens lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Thibaudeau | C | 59 | 39 | 57 | 96 | 45 | 0.66 | 0.97 | 1.63 | |
| Brent Gilchrist | C | 77 | 26 | 48 | 74 | 83 | 0.34 | 0.62 | 0.96 | |
| Guy Rouleau | C | 76 | 26 | 47 | 73 | 42 | 0.34 | 0.62 | 0.96 | |
| Martin Desjardins | C | 75 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 117 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.93 | |
| Mike Keane | R | 78 | 25 | 43 | 68 | 70 | 0.32 | 0.55 | 0.87 | |
| Jose Charbonneau | R | 55 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 108 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 1.18 | |
| Francois Sills | F | 74 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 35 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.85 | |
| Rob Bryden | RW/LW | 66 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 75 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.56 | |
| Perry Ganchar | R | 28 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 61 | 0.43 | 0.64 | 1.07 | |
| Steven Fletcher | L | 76 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 338 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.38 | |
| Ernie Vargas | RW | 31 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 0.19 | 0.68 | 0.87 | |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 79 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 73 | 0.04 | 0.30 | 0.34 | |
| Andre Villeneuve | D | 61 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 122 | 0.07 | 0.34 | 0.41 | |
| Scott Sandelin | D | 58 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.38 | |
| Scott Harlow | L | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 | |
| Rocky Dundas | R | 38 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 104 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.39 | |
| Martin Nicoletti | RW | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.78 | |
| Luc Gauthier | D | 61 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 105 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.23 | |
| Jim Nesich | C | 53 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.26 | |
| Stephane Richer | D | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.27 | |
| Alfie Turcotte | C | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0.38 | 1.00 | 1.38 | |
| Donald Dufresne | D | 47 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 107 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.19 | |
| Rick Hayward | D | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 91 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.27 | |
| Larry Trader | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.36 | |
| Wayne Gagne | D | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.29 | 0.29 | ||
| Charlie Moore | LW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.20 | |
| Graeme Bonar | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.25 | |
| Marc Saumier | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Randy Exelby | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
| Vincent Riendeau | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| Serge Roberge | R | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||
| Jocelyn Perreault | F | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Eric Desjardins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 1367 | 316 | 518 | 834 | 2047 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Perreault | 25 | 1244 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 3.71 | 621 | 544 | .876 |
| Randy Exelby | 19 | 1050 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.80 | 465 | 416 | .895 |
| Vincent Riendeau | 44 | 2521 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 112 | 2.67 | 1136 | 1024 | .901 |
| Totals | 88 | 4815 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 238 | 2.97 | 2222 | 1984 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Gilchrist | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 0.67 |
| Guy Rouleau | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Martin Desjardins | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| Mike Keane | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Francois Sills | F | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | |
| Rob Bryden | RW/LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Steven Fletcher | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.50 |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.83 |
| Andre Villeneuve | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Scott Sandelin | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Rocky Dundas | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Martin Nicoletti | RW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
| Luc Gauthier | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Jim Nesich | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Stephane Richer | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Donald Dufresne | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Randy Exelby | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Vincent Riendeau | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Serge Roberge | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Mathieu Schneider | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Stephan Lebeau | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Jocelyn Perreault | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Desjardins | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Totals | 103 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 223 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Exelby | 4 | 212 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.68 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Riendeau | 2 | 127 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.31 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 339 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.54 | 0 |
