2000-01 Kentucky Thoroughblades Statistics
Team Record: 42-25-12-1 - 97 points
in the AHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Roy Sommer (42-25-12, 1 OTL)
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Attendance: 178,457, Avg. 4,461 in 40 home dates
The Kentucky Thoroughblades of the American Hockey League ended the 2000-01 season with a record of 42 wins and 25 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 12 ties for 97 points in the AHL's South Division.
The Thoroughblades topped the league with 273 goals. Kentucky allowed 212 goals. Ryan Kraft scored 38 goals for the squad, while Mikael Samuelsson and Jonathan Cheechoo tallied 30 or more as well. Jim Montgomery accounted for 52 assists. Vesa Toskala led the team with 22 wins, and Miikka Kiprusoff added 15 or more victories also. Miikka Kiprusoff registered a 2.24 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Roy Sommer coached the team. The 2000-01 Kentucky Thoroughblades 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Kraft | C | 77 | 38 | 50 | 88 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 210 | 18.1 |
| Mikael Samuelsson | R | 66 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 58 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 237 | 13.5 |
| Jim Montgomery | C | 55 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 44 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 144 | 15.3 |
| Steve Bancroft | D | 80 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 162 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 8.6 |
| Jonathan Cheechoo | R | 75 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 63 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 15.0 |
| Chris Lipsett | RW | 71 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 45 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 185 | 11.4 |
| Jarrett Deuling | L | 54 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 61 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 7.4 |
| Larry Courville | L | 71 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 112 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 18.5 |
| Dave MacIsaac | D | 73 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 178 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 136 | 6.6 |
| Zoltan Batovsky | RW | 79 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 9.4 |
| Miroslav Zalesak | R | 60 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 12.3 |
| Andy Lundbohm | C | 63 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 8.0 |
| Adam Colagiacomo | RW | 67 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 48 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 7.8 |
| Robert Jindrich | D | 62 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 4.2 |
| Greg Andrusak | D | 58 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 3.5 |
| Eric Laplante | LW | 62 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 181 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Matt Bradley | R | 22 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 10.9 |
| Mark Smith | C | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Robert Mulick | D | 71 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Christian Gosselin | D | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 145 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Rob Davison | D | 72 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 230 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Adam Spylo | RW | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 203 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Miikka Kiprusoff | G | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Lovell | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Vesa Toskala | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kam White | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chris Aldous | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Terry Friesen | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Vandermeer | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Vodrazka | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jeffrey Sullivan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Ackerman | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1534 | 273 | 462 | 735 | 1970 | 207 | 80 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 2551 | 10.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesa Toskala | 44 | 2466 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 114 | 2.77 | 1279 | 1165 | .911 |
| Miikka Kiprusoff | 36 | 2038 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 2.24 | 1026 | 950 | .926 |
| Terry Friesen | 7 | 356 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2.87 | 187 | 170 | .909 |
| Totals | 87 | 4860 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 207 | 2.56 | 2492 | 2285 | .917 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Kraft | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mikael Samuelsson | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Montgomery | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Bancroft | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jonathan Cheechoo | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Lipsett | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jarrett Deuling | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Courville | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave MacIsaac | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zoltan Batovsky | RW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miroslav Zalesak | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Colagiacomo | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Jindrich | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Andrusak | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Laplante | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Bradley | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Mulick | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Gosselin | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Davison | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vesa Toskala | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Friesen | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vesa Toskala | 3 | 197 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.44 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 197 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.44 | 0 |
