1996-97 Flint Generals Statistics
Colonial Hockey League (COHL)
Team Record: 55-18 (SO: 0-1) - 111 points
in the COHL's East Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Robbie Nichols (55-18, 1 OTL)
Location: Flint, Michigan
Attendance: 138,269, Avg. 3,737 in 37 home dates
1996-97 Flint Generals RosterTeam Record: 55-18 (SO: 0-1) - 111 points
in the COHL's East Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Robbie Nichols (55-18, 1 OTL)
Location: Flint, Michigan
Attendance: 138,269, Avg. 3,737 in 37 home dates
The Flint Generals of the Colonial Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 55 wins and 18 losses, with a 0-1 showing in shootouts for 111 points in the COHL's East Division.
The Generals paced the league with just 232 goals allowed. Flint scored 371 goals. Kevin Kerr netted 72 goals for the squad, while Ross Wilson tallied 30 or more, too. Brett MacDonald accounted for 64 assists. Igor Galkin earned 31 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Andrei Mezin added 15 or more wins, too. Andrei Mezin recorded a 2.46 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Robbie Nichols coached the team. The 1996-97 Flint Generals lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Kerr | RW | 68 | 72 | 53 | 125 | 200 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 339 | 21.2 |
| Ross Wilson | RW | 68 | 53 | 56 | 109 | 47 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 364 | 14.6 |
| Jeff Whittle | RW | 74 | 28 | 55 | 83 | 111 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 299 | 9.4 |
| Brett MacDonald | D | 74 | 8 | 64 | 72 | 44 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 184 | 4.3 |
| Brian Sakic | C | 53 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 18.6 |
| Lorne Knauft | D | 67 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 144 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 186 | 10.2 |
| Stephane Brochu | D | 42 | 8 | 45 | 53 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 4.7 |
| Kahlil Thomas | C | 50 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 51 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 145 | 17.9 |
| Nick Forbes | LW | 68 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 222 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 158 | 14.6 |
| Chad Grills | C | 51 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 168 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 17.2 |
| Neil Eisenhut | C | 21 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 10.5 |
| Jason Glover | RW | 59 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 10.2 |
| Ken Spangler | D | 65 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 170 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 11.0 |
| Sean Ortiz | LW | 33 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 14.9 |
| Steve Beadle | D | 64 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 6.3 |
| Dmitri Rodin | D | 58 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 6.9 |
| Steve Walker | RW | 16 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 18.3 |
| Jason Payne | LW | 59 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 224 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Robin Bouchard | RW | 16 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 60 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 7.1 |
| Paul Tzountzouris | D | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| John Heasty | L | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Mikhail Nemirovsky | RW | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Craig Conley | RW | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 74 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zdenek Sikl | F | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Brian Green | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Igor Galkin | G | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Ralph | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Peter McLaughlin | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Vince Charbonneau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyson Rohovich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Modreski | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Mezin | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad MacLeod | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pascal Belanger | W | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Frederic Deschenes | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Weder | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1312 | 371 | 652 | 1023 | 1916 | 447 | 115 | 25 | 52 | 3030 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Galkin | 42 | 2350 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 3.42 | 1109 | 975 | .879 |
| Frederic Deschenes | 3 | 180 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 71 | 66 | .930 |
| Matt Weder | 13 | 423 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3.55 | 224 | 199 | .888 |
| Andrei Mezin | 25 | 1416 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 2.46 | 589 | 531 | .902 |
| Chad MacLeod | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.86 | 19 | 16 | .842 | |||
| Vince Charbonneau | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.47 | 9 | 6 | .667 | |||
| Totals | 88 | 4425 | 55 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 228 | 3.09 | 2021 | 1793 | .887 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Kerr | RW | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Wilson | RW | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Whittle | RW | 14 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett MacDonald | D | 14 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Sakic | C | 13 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorne Knauft | D | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Brochu | D | 14 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kahlil Thomas | C | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Forbes | LW | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Grills | C | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Eisenhut | C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Glover | RW | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Spangler | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Ortiz | LW | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Beadle | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dmitri Rodin | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Payne | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mikhail Nemirovsky | RW | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Igor Galkin | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Mezin | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 251 | 65 | 112 | 177 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
