
1996-97 Memphis Riverkings Statistics
Team Record: 35-27 (SO: 0-4) - 74 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Herb Boxer (35-27, 4 OTL)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
The Memphis Riverkings of the Central Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 35 wins and 27 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 74 points in the CHL's Eastern Division.
The Riverkings netted 278 goals and allowed 260. Derek Grant scored 35 goals for Memphis, and Bob Cunningham tallied 30 or more also. Dan Brown recorded 47 assists. Steve Thorpe topped the squad with 17 wins, while Hugo Hamelin added 15 or more wins, too. Steve Thorpe recorded a 3.7 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Herb Boxer coached the team. The 1996-97 Memphis Riverkings lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derek Grant | C | 59 | 35 | 42 | 77 | 59 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 18.6 |
Bob Cunningham | LW | 56 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 79 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 244 | 13.5 |
Andrew Miller | RW | 54 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 47 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 20.0 |
Dan Brown | D | 54 | 12 | 47 | 59 | 144 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 217 | 5.5 |
Jamie Cooke | RW | 59 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 206 | 12.1 |
Marc Boxer | LW | 64 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 120 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 15.9 |
Doug Stromback | RW | 58 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 13.4 |
Carl Menard | RW | 60 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 43 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 163 | 12.3 |
Brent Fleetwood | LW | 52 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 52 | -11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 121 | 14.0 |
Stephane Roy | C | 38 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 12.2 |
Steve Magnusson | C | 34 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 18.8 |
Scott Kelsey | D | 66 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 168 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 2.5 |
Andrew Backen | D | 66 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 124 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 6.2 |
Eric Morin | D | 27 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
Glen Thornborough | LW | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8.6 |
Ryan Pisiak | RW | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 |
Patrick Clement | LW | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
Derrek Harper | D | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 169 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 |
Trent Gleason | D | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 41 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 2.3 |
Christian Labonte | C | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30.8 |
Jeff Massey | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
Tim Morin | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
Dale Matthew | D | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
Hugo Hamelin | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Deschambeault | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Justin Lund | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bench | 66 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Thorpe | D | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Schwark | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1072 | 278 | 437 | 715 | 1479 | 20 | 72 | 10 | 35 | 2281 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Deschambeault | 5 | 293 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.30 | 148 | 127 | .858 |
Steve Thorpe | 35 | 1737 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 3.70 | 965 | 858 | .889 |
Hugo Hamelin | 35 | 1917 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 120 | 3.76 | 1073 | 953 | .888 |
Totals | 75 | 3947 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 248 | 3.77 | 2186 | 1938 | .887 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derek Grant | C | 18 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Cunningham | LW | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andrew Miller | RW | 18 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Brown | D | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jamie Cooke | RW | 18 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marc Boxer | LW | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carl Menard | RW | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Kelsey | D | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andrew Backen | D | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Morin | D | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glen Thornborough | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ryan Pisiak | RW | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrick Clement | LW | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Derrek Harper | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Massey | C | 18 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Morin | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Deschambeault | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bench | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Thorpe | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 289 | 61 | 90 | 151 | 523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |