1996-97 Anchorage Aces Statistics
West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 41-18 (SO: 0-5) - 87 points
in the WCHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Walt Poddubny (41-18, 5 OTL)
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Attendance: 139,774, Avg. 4,111 in 34 home dates
1996-97 Anchorage Aces RosterTeam Record: 41-18 (SO: 0-5) - 87 points
in the WCHL
Lost League Championship
Coach: Walt Poddubny (41-18, 5 OTL)
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Attendance: 139,774, Avg. 4,111 in 34 home dates
The Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 41 wins and 18 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 87 points in the WCHL.
The Aces potted 349 goals and allowed 260. Derek Donald scored 51 goals for Anchorage, while Sean Rowe, Paul Williams and Keith Street each netted 30 or more, too. Dean Larson contributed 79 assists. Frankie Ouellette earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.85 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Walt Poddubny coached the team. The 1996-97 Anchorage Aces lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Street | F | 64 | 44 | 70 | 114 | 61 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 287 | 15.3 |
| Dean Larson | C | 58 | 29 | 79 | 108 | 54 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 208 | 13.9 |
| Derek Donald | LW | 57 | 51 | 47 | 98 | 52 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 222 | 23.0 |
| Sean Rowe | RW | 58 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 40 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 259 | 16.6 |
| Chris Newans | D | 60 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 331 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 222 | 11.7 |
| Paul Williams | RW | 62 | 41 | 35 | 76 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 175 | 23.4 |
| George Wilcox | C | 52 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 165 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 115 | 15.7 |
| Hayden O'Rear | D | 64 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 70 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 105 | 7.6 |
| Brian Kraft | LW | 44 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 12.2 |
| Steve MacSwain | RW | 41 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 15.5 |
| Dean Trboyevich | D | 38 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 118 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 11.1 |
| Jason Shmyr | LW | 51 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 388 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 14.0 |
| Kord Cernich | D | 54 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 7.4 |
| Craig Mittleholt | LW | 33 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 8.9 |
| Chad Richard | LW | 25 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 313 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 17.1 |
| Dave Doucet | D | 53 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 204 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 4.5 |
| Stephane Roy | C | 22 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Shawn Ulrich | C | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 32 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Kevin McKinnon | LW | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 35.7 |
| Chris Imes | D | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Bench | 64 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Tobin | F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Frankie Ouellette | G | 51 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Reis | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Derek Picklyk | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Jeff Trigg | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iannique Renaud | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Danny Colicito | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1023 | 349 | 547 | 896 | 2142 | 359 | 89 | 28 | 37 | 2367 | 14.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Ouellette | 51 | 2959 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 190 | 3.85 | 1562 | 1372 | .878 |
| Jeff Trigg | 17 | 871 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 4.13 | 494 | 434 | .879 |
| Totals | 68 | 3830 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 250 | 3.92 | 2056 | 1806 | .878 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Street | F | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Larson | C | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Donald | LW | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Rowe | RW | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Newans | D | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Williams | RW | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Wilcox | C | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hayden O'Rear | D | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Kraft | LW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Shmyr | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kord Cernich | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Doucet | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Roy | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Ulrich | C | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin McKinnon | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Imes | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Ouellette | G | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Trigg | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 147 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
