1996-97 Waco Wizards Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 30-30 (SO: 0-4) - 64 points
in the WPHL
Coach: Brad Buetow (23-23, 4 OTL)
Coach: Rob Schriner (7-7)
Location: Waco, Texas
Attendance: 101,152, Avg. 3,161 in 32 home dates
1996-97 Waco Wizards RosterTeam Record: 30-30 (SO: 0-4) - 64 points
in the WPHL
Coach: Brad Buetow (23-23, 4 OTL)
Coach: Rob Schriner (7-7)
Location: Waco, Texas
Attendance: 101,152, Avg. 3,161 in 32 home dates
The Waco Wizards of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 30 wins and 30 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 64 points in the WPHL.
The Wizards scored 220 goals, worst in the league and gave up 249. Jamie Dunn netted 27 goals for Waco, and Jamie Hearn contributed 39 assists. Bill Pye topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 3.64 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.
Brad Buetow and Rob Schriner coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Brady | C | 62 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 31 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 197 | 10.2 |
| Jamie Hearn | D | 62 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 166 | -18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 195 | 7.2 |
| Jamie Dunn | RW | 55 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 85 | -6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 15.9 |
| Darrin MacKay | LW | 61 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 22 | -7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 16.9 |
| Chris Peach | LW | 57 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 58 | -20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 136 | 15.4 |
| Tim Green | D | 64 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 75 | -8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 4.7 |
| Mike Evans | C | 60 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 66 | -12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 143 | 9.8 |
| Mark Hilton | D | 36 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 52 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 9.0 |
| Tom O'Rourke | F | 61 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 60 | -24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 9.3 |
| Rob Hartnell | RW | 20 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 10.5 |
| Rob Schriner | F | 15 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 17.2 |
| Derek Clancey | C | 9 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Jon Olofson | D | 51 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 34 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.4 |
| David Struch | C | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19.0 |
| Dave Anderson | D | 50 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 33 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 5.3 |
| Chris Gotziaman | RW | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22.6 |
| Chris MacDonald | RW | 27 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Mike Figliomeni | LW | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 11.1 |
| Stephane Desjardins | D | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18.2 |
| Jim Popa | D | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 39 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Kevin Young | L | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 38.5 |
| Chris O'Rourke | D | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 2.3 |
| Jason Helbing | RW | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Shane Henry | C/LW | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Rob Hrytsak | C | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Alex Kholomeyev | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Quinten Van Horlick | RW | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 94 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| David Shute | LW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Jeremy Baker | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Kevin Spero | R | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Chris Kostopoulos | F | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Griff Brackett | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Travis Hulse | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Guay | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bill Pye | G | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Antonishyn | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Sergei Gudzik | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jason Hitchings | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dave Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Alain Morissette | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Aubrey | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Economou | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Grobins | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 64 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Dubuc | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Labonte | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| David Piirto | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Dan Rublein | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Boris Vincze | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul McInnis | LW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1154 | 220 | 322 | 542 | 1245 | -211 | 52 | 8 | 30 | 2129 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Morissette | 14 | 788 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 3.81 | 426 | 376 | .883 |
| Nathan Grobins | 9 | 381 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3.15 | 209 | 189 | .904 |
| Bill Pye | 46 | 2620 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 159 | 3.64 | 1385 | 1226 | .885 |
| Chris Economou | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9.23 | 15 | 9 | .600 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 3828 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 235 | 3.68 | 2035 | 1800 | .885 |
