
1996-97 Kansas City Blades Statistics
Team Record: 38-29 (SO: 0-15) - 91 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Don Jackson (38-29, 15 OTL)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 211,806, Avg. 5,166 in 41 home dates
The Kansas City Blades of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-15 showing in shootouts for 91 points in the IHL's Midwest Division.
The Blades scored 271 goals and allowed 270. David Bruce netted 45 goals for Kansas City, while Dale Craigwell accounted for 51 assists. Larry Dyck earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.03 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Don Jackson coached the team. The 1996-97 Kansas City Blades lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Purves | R | 66 | 25 | 47 | 72 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 229 | 10.9 |
David Bruce | R | 79 | 45 | 24 | 69 | 90 | -8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 274 | 16.4 |
Dale Craigwell | C | 82 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 132 | 12.9 |
Jason Cirone | C | 70 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 88 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 179 | 10.1 |
Dean Sylvester | R | 77 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 47 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 183 | 12.6 |
Gary Emmons | C | 67 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 36 | -15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 146 | 10.3 |
Ian Boyce | LW | 68 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 11.7 |
Jeff Madill | R | 59 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 142 | -11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 9.1 |
Jason Herter | D | 71 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 62 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 5.4 |
Brent Cullaton | RW | 67 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 14.4 |
Claudio Scremin | D | 69 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 71 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 5.6 |
Jeff McLean | C | 39 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 9.8 |
Normand Rochefort | D | 77 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 9.3 |
Darin Kimble | R | 33 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 106 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 17.6 |
Bryan Fogarty | D | 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 4.5 |
Jim Kyte | D | 76 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 259 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 5.2 |
Pat Ferschweiler | RW/D | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 42 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
Steve Jaques | 28 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 | |
Brian Stacey | D | 53 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 |
Paul Dyck | D | 49 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 39 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 3.0 |
Dean Ewen | LW | 36 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 132 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 24.1 |
Dody Wood | C | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 23.1 |
Jean-Francois Quintin | C | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 49 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5.4 |
Bench | 82 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Larry Dyck | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Drew Palmer | D | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
Jason Elders | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
Jeff Sirkka | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Mike Mayhew | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anton Fedorov | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Philippe DeRouville | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Pozzo | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Travis Tucker | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Racicot | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hugo Hamelin | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shawn Heins | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
Lee Giffin | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1484 | 271 | 423 | 694 | 1570 | 107 | 52 | 14 | 33 | 2573 | 10.5 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Dyck | 58 | 3146 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 159 | 3.03 | 1512 | 1353 | .895 |
Philippe DeRouville | 26 | 1470 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 2.82 | 776 | 707 | .911 |
Andre Racicot | 6 | 273 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4.62 | 156 | 135 | .865 |
Hugo Hamelin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |
Totals | 91 | 4891 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 249 | 3.05 | 2445 | 2196 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Purves | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
David Bruce | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dale Craigwell | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jason Cirone | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dean Sylvester | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Emmons | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ian Boyce | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jason Herter | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brent Cullaton | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Claudio Scremin | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Normand Rochefort | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darin Kimble | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Kyte | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Ferschweiler | RW/D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Jaques | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brian Stacey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dean Ewen | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jean-Francois Quintin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Dyck | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Philippe DeRouville | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 53 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philippe DeRouville | 2 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.50 | 0 | ||
Totals | 2 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.50 | 0 |