1996-97 Providence Bruins Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 35-40-3-2 - 75 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bobby Francis (35-40-3, 2 OTL)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
1996-97 Providence Bruins RosterTeam Record: 35-40-3-2 - 75 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bobby Francis (35-40-3, 2 OTL)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
The Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 35 wins and 40 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 3 ties for 75 points in the AHL's New England Division.
The Bruins scored 262 goals and gave up 289. Mitch Lamoureux netted 25 goals for Providence, while Brett Harkins contributed 31 assists. Scott Bailey topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.87 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Bobby Francis coached the team. The 1996-97 Providence Bruins 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Lamoureux | C | 75 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 223 | 11.2 |
| John Gruden | D | 78 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 52 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 160 | 11.3 |
| Todd Elik | C | 37 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 63 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 11.1 |
| Brett Harkins | C | 28 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 13.0 |
| Martin Simard | R | 69 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 137 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 11.1 |
| Kirk Nielsen | R | 68 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 110 | 10.9 |
| John Lilley | R | 63 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 130 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 10.1 |
| Clayton Beddoes | C | 36 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 10.1 |
| Davis Payne | R | 57 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 104 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 14.8 |
| Tim Sweeney | L | 23 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 13.9 |
| Andre Roy | L | 50 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 234 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 18.5 |
| David Emma | R | 53 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 24 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 5.9 |
| Jean-Yves Roy | R | 27 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 30 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 10.0 |
| P.C. Drouin | L | 42 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 16.2 |
| Bob Beers | D | 45 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 7.6 |
| Anders Myrvold | D | 53 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 107 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 6.1 |
| Mark Cornforth | D | 61 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 9.6 |
| Kevin Sawyer | L | 60 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 367 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 11.1 |
| Yevgeny Shaldybin | D | 65 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 4.0 |
| Peter Laviolette | D | 41 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 40 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 7.6 |
| Mattias Timander | D | 32 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 3.3 |
| Brad Konik | C | 32 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Ken McRae | C | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Barry Richter | D | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Cam Stewart | L | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 37 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Scott Morrow | L | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6.4 |
| Bill McCauley | D | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Landon Wilson | R | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Charles Paquette | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Bill Armstrong | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 71 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Jon Rohloff | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Sandy Moger | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jay Moser | RW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Justin Gould | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Derek Herlofsky | G | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Mastad | D | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 106 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Dean Malkoc | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Robbie Tallas | G | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Mark | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Sheldon Kennedy | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Scott Bailey | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paxton Schafer | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Chynoweth | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1445 | 262 | 433 | 695 | 2094 | 74 | 51 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 2696 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton Schafer | 22 | 1206 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75 | 3.73 | 637 | 562 | .882 |
| Robbie Tallas | 24 | 1424 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 3.50 | 828 | 745 | .900 |
| Derek Herlofsky | 7 | 423 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1.56 | 214 | 203 | .949 |
| Scott Bailey | 31 | 1735 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 3.87 | 939 | 827 | .881 |
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 9 | 7 | .778 | |
| Totals | 85 | 4808 | 35 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 283 | 3.53 | 2627 | 2344 | .892 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Lamoureux | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gruden | D | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Elik | C | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Harkins | C | 10 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Simard | R | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kirk Nielsen | R | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Lilley | R | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clayton Beddoes | C | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Yves Roy | R | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anders Myrvold | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Sawyer | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yevgeny Shaldybin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mattias Timander | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken McRae | C | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Richter | D | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Morrow | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Landon Wilson | R | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Paquette | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Armstrong | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Herlofsky | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Bailey | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 170 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 204 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bailey | 7 | 453 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.05 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 453 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.05 | 0 |
