1996-97 Worcester IceCats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-23-9-5 - 100 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Gilbert (43-23-9, 5 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
1996-97 Worcester IceCats RosterTeam Record: 43-23-9-5 - 100 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Gilbert (43-23-9, 5 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
The Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 43 wins and 23 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 9 ties for 100 points in the AHL's New England Division.
The IceCats netted 256 goals and surrendered 234. Mike Maneluk scored 27 goals for Worcester, and Bob Lachance and Jamie Rivers each recorded 35 assists. Jamie McLennan topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 2.79 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Greg Gilbert coached the team. The 1996-97 Worcester IceCats lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lachance | C | 74 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 66 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 15.6 |
| Mike Maneluk | R | 70 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 89 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 18.2 |
| Chris Kenady | R | 73 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 131 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 206 | 11.2 |
| Konstantin Shafranov | R | 62 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 16 | -10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 15.2 |
| Stephane Roy | C | 66 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 57 | -3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 164 | 14.6 |
| Jamie Rivers | D | 63 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 83 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 5.1 |
| Terry Virtue | D | 80 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 220 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 202 | 7.9 |
| Alexander Vasilevski | R | 61 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 9.5 |
| Nick Naumenko | D | 54 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 72 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 7.1 |
| Rob Pearson | R | 46 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 199 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 132 | 8.3 |
| Jamal Mayers | R | 62 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 104 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 161 | 7.5 |
| Scott Pellerin | L | 24 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 14.3 |
| Jason Zent | L | 45 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 45 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 13.3 |
| Marquis Mathieu | C | 30 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 88 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 11.1 |
| David Williams | D | 72 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 2.9 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 49 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 78 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 4.2 |
| Gary Leeman | R | 24 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 41 | -14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 13.0 |
| Daniel Guerard | R | 49 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 12.5 |
| Radim Bicanek | D | 44 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 22 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Craig Conroy | C | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.3 |
| Justin Hocking | D | 68 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 198 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 1.5 |
| Kevin Hilton | C | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Robert Petrovicky | C | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 12.2 |
| Libor Zabransky | D | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 101 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.4 |
| Patrick Traverse | D | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Jamie McLennan | G | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Parsons | RW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Kevin Rappana | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dmitri Leonov | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Eric Lecompte | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jon Casey | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Ouimet | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Travis Scott | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Wright | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Sirois | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Christer Olsson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Buzak | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michael Burkett | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1446 | 256 | 427 | 683 | 2047 | -64 | 78 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 2576 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Buzak | 19 | 973 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 2.53 | 499 | 458 | .918 |
| Jon Casey | 4 | 245 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.45 | 119 | 109 | .916 |
| Jamie McLennan | 39 | 2152 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 100 | 2.79 | 1035 | 935 | .903 |
| Travis Scott | 29 | 1482 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 3.04 | 842 | 767 | .911 |
| Totals | 91 | 4852 | 43 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 226 | 2.79 | 2495 | 2269 | .909 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lachance | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Maneluk | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Kenady | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Konstantin Shafranov | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephane Roy | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Rivers | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Virtue | D | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Naumenko | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Pearson | R | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamal Mayers | R | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Zent | L | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marquis Mathieu | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Williams | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Justin Hocking | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Hilton | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Libor Zabransky | D | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chad Dameworth | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie McLennan | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Buzak | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie McLennan | 4 | 262 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.66 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 262 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.66 | 0 |
