
1996-97 Albany River Rats Statistics
Team Record: 38-28-9-5 - 90 points
in the AHL's Empire State Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: John Cunniff (38-28-9, 5 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 28 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 9 ties for 90 points in the AHL's Empire State Division.
The River Rats potted 269 goals and allowed 231. Steve Brule scored 28 goals for Albany and contributed 49 assists. Peter Sidorkiewicz earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.9 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
John Cunniff coached the team. The 1996-97 Albany River Rats lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Brule | R | 79 | 28 | 49 | 77 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 285 | 9.8 |
Patrik Elias | L | 57 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 13.6 |
Pascal Rheaume | C | 51 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 156 | 14.1 |
Petr Sykora | R | 43 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 48 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 168 | 11.9 |
Eric Bertrand | L | 77 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 204 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 10.9 |
Vadim Sharifijanov | R | 70 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 9.7 |
Rob Pattison | LW | 61 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 133 | 18.0 |
Sergei Brylin | C | 43 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 14.9 |
Bryan Helmer | D | 77 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 113 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 6.9 |
Sergei Vyshedkevich | D | 65 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 6.2 |
Bobby House | RW | 68 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 198 | 9.1 |
Jeff Williams | LW | 46 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 12.6 |
Krzysztof Oliwa | L | 60 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 322 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 13.1 |
Zdenek Skorepa | RW | 60 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 8.0 |
Ken Sutton | D | 61 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 4.9 |
Steve Sullivan | C | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 14.5 |
Mark Strobel | D | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 4.5 |
Sheldon Souray | D | 70 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 160 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 2.6 |
Jay Pandolfo | L | 12 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
Geordie Kinnear | D | 59 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3.8 |
Chris McAlpine | D | 44 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 |
Brad Bombardir | D | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
Steve Potvin | C | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
Ricard Persson | D | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 62 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Denis Pederson | C | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
Kevin Dean | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Mike Dunham | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Reid Simpson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frederic Henry | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Richard Shulmistra | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Bennett | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1420 | 269 | 445 | 714 | 1737 | 239 | 54 | 11 | 38 | 6 | 2752 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Shulmistra | 23 | 1062 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 2.43 | 509 | 466 | .916 |
Peter Sidorkiewicz | 62 | 3539 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 171 | 2.90 | 1730 | 1559 | .901 |
Frederic Henry | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 22 | 19 | .864 |
Mike Dunham | 3 | 184 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.91 | 93 | 81 | .871 |
Totals | 89 | 4845 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 229 | 2.84 | 2354 | 2125 | .903 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Brule | R | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Patrik Elias | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pascal Rheaume | C | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Petr Sykora | R | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eric Bertrand | L | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vadim Sharifijanov | R | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rob Pattison | LW | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sergei Brylin | C | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bryan Helmer | D | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sergei Vyshedkevich | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby House | RW | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Williams | LW | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Krzysztof Oliwa | L | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Zdenek Skorepa | RW | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Sutton | D | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Strobel | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sheldon Souray | D | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Geordie Kinnear | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brad Bombardir | D | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Potvin | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Shulmistra | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 274 | 49 | 74 | 123 | 347 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Shulmistra | 2 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.56 | 0 | ||
Peter Sidorkiewicz | 16 | 921 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3.13 | 0 | ||
Totals | 18 | 998 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3.01 | 0 |