
1996-97 Las Vegas Thunder Statistics
Team Record: 41-34 (SO: 0-7) - 89 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Chris McSorley (41-34, 7 OTL)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 316,561, Avg. 7,721 in 41 home dates
The Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 41 wins and 34 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 89 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Thunder netted 287 goals and gave up 299. Martin Gendron scored 51 goals for Las Vegas, while Patrice Lefebvre accounted for 73 assists. Parris Duffus earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.23 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Chris McSorley coached the team. The 1996-97 Las Vegas Thunder 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% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrice Lefebvre | R | 82 | 21 | 73 | 94 | 94 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 169 | 12.4 |
Martin Gendron | R | 81 | 51 | 39 | 90 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 307 | 16.6 |
Ken Quinney | L | 71 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 224 | 12.1 |
Egor Bashkatov | D | 71 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 147 | 15.6 |
Steve Bancroft | D | 36 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 8.7 |
Darcy Loewen | L | 76 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 177 | -18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 12.8 |
Kevin Dahl | D | 73 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 101 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 6.5 |
Darin Smith | LW | 59 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 74 | -9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 12.9 |
Sergei Zholtok | C | 19 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 22.0 |
Sergei Yerkovich | D | 76 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 167 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 5.3 |
Alexander Semak | C | 13 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 15.1 |
Kerry Huffman | D | 44 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 4.8 |
Jeff Serowik | D | 42 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 3.1 |
Joe Day | C | 30 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 41 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 14.3 |
Andrei Bashkirov | L | 27 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 17.2 |
Pavol Demitra | C | 22 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 11.8 |
Robert Dome | R | 43 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 14.9 |
Brent Gretzky | C | 40 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | -12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8.5 |
Bench | 82 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kent Fearns | D | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
Rick Judson | LW | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 |
Jason Simon | L | 64 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 |
Rhett Trombley | RW | 44 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 199 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
Sergei Voronov | D | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 99 | -9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7.4 |
Ryan Bast | D | 49 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 266 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
Chris Dahlquist | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
Kevin St. Jacques | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
Blaine Moore | C | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
Lance Brady | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
Parris Duffus | G | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ruslan Salei | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
Jason Doig | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
Chris Bergeron | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
Andre Racicot | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sergei Stas | D/LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
Kevin Pozzo | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
Don Larner | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Igor Galkin | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sasha Lakovic | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
Glen Gulutzan | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Sylvain Daigle | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Konstantin Peregudov | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Brent Bilodeau | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Dean Shmyr | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Sergei Naumov | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clint Malarchuk | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Arturs Kupaks | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Darren Perkins | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
B.J. MacPherson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Igor Karpenko | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Lakovic | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Andrei Mezin | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ilja Gorokhov | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Paul Jackson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1438 | 287 | 456 | 743 | 2296 | 8 | 66 | 17 | 28 | 2513 | 11.4 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Racicot | 13 | 759 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 3.16 | 344 | 304 | .884 |
Andrei Mezin | 10 | 490 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.04 | 283 | 250 | .883 |
Parris Duffus | 58 | 3266 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 176 | 3.23 | 1716 | 1540 | .897 |
Sergei Naumov | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 26 | 22 | .846 | |
Clint Malarchuk | 3 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.63 | 36 | 30 | .833 |
Igor Galkin | 3 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.71 | 42 | 34 | .810 |
Sylvain Daigle | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.14 | 27 | 22 | .815 | |
Igor Karpenko | 3 | 134 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5.37 | 58 | 46 | .793 |
Totals | 92 | 4899 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 284 | 3.48 | 2532 | 2248 | .888 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrice Lefebvre | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Martin Gendron | R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Quinney | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Egor Bashkatov | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Bancroft | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darcy Loewen | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Dahl | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darin Smith | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alexander Semak | C | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kerry Huffman | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff Serowik | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Day | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andrei Bashkirov | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Judson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jason Simon | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rhett Trombley | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Parris Duffus | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ruslan Salei | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sasha Lakovic | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 51 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parris Duffus | 3 | 175 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.74 | 0 | ||
Totals | 3 | 175 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.74 | 0 |