1996-97 Syracuse Crunch Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 32-38-10 - 74 points
in the AHL's Empire State Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jack McIlhargey (32-38-10)
Location: Syracuse, New York
1996-97 Syracuse Crunch RosterTeam Record: 32-38-10 - 74 points
in the AHL's Empire State Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jack McIlhargey (32-38-10)
Location: Syracuse, New York
The Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 32 wins and 38 losses and 10 ties for 74 points in the AHL's Empire State Division.
The Crunch scored 241 goals and yielded 265. Lonny Bohonos netted 22 goals for Syracuse, and Brian Loney contributed 39 assists. Frederic Cassivi earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.21 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Jack McIlhargey coached the team. The 1996-97 Syracuse Crunch 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Loney | R | 76 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 123 | -21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 9.0 |
| Lonny Bohonos | R | 41 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 177 | 12.4 |
| Rick Girard | C/LW | 66 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 20 | -11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 164 | 11.6 |
| John Namestnikov | D | 55 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 73 | -29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 7.0 |
| Larry Courville | L | 54 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 103 | -1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 126 | 15.9 |
| Frantisek Kucera | D | 42 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 36 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 113 | 5.3 |
| Tyson Nash | L | 77 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 105 | -17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 9.2 |
| Rod Stevens | C | 74 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 26 | -15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 164 | 12.2 |
| Darren Sinclair | LW | 68 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 32 | -15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 8.6 |
| Nathan LaFayette | C | 26 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 18 | -7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 17.3 |
| Robb Gordon | C | 63 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 72 | -19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 10.0 |
| Mark Krys | D | 69 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 8.0 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 23 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 10.1 |
| Doug Ast | C | 61 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 19 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 6.1 |
| Bogdan Savenko | RW | 38 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 8.5 |
| Dave Scatchard | C | 26 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 65 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 10.7 |
| Ian McIntyre | LW | 40 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Bert Robertsson | D | 80 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 132 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Chad Allan | D | 73 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 83 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 3.9 |
| Mark Wotton | D | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2.5 |
| John Blessman | D | 23 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 |
| Brent Tully | D | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 |
| Jason Clark | LW | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Chris McAllister | D | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 108 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5.4 |
| Doug Wood | D | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Jason Rushton | RW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 |
| Peter Schaefer | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Frederic Cassivi | G | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Larson | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Mike Fountain | G | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris Clancy | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Troy Crowder | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jason Fitzsimmons | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| L.P. Charbonneau | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Curtis Fry | C/RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patrick Charbonneau | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Findlay | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Badduke | RW | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Brent Sopel | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Clint Cabana | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rhett Trombley | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1434 | 241 | 374 | 615 | 1405 | -227 | 76 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 2596 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fountain | 25 | 1462 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 3.20 | 713 | 635 | .891 |
| Frederic Cassivi | 55 | 3069 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 164 | 3.21 | 1481 | 1317 | .889 |
| Patrick Charbonneau | 2 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.25 | 36 | 33 | .917 |
| Jason Fitzsimmons | 6 | 230 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3.65 | 105 | 91 | .867 |
| Totals | 88 | 4841 | 32 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 259 | 3.21 | 2335 | 2076 | .889 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Loney | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lonny Bohonos | R | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Girard | C/LW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Namestnikov | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Courville | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tyson Nash | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darren Sinclair | LW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nathan LaFayette | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robb Gordon | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Robertsson | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chad Allan | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Wotton | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris McAllister | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Wood | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Rushton | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Schaefer | L | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederic Cassivi | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fountain | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Clancy | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Sopel | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rhett Trombley | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 72 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fountain | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | ||
| Frederic Cassivi | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.00 | 0 |
