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1996-97 Calgary Hitmen Statistics
Team Record: 15-53-4 - 34 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Jim Currie (15-53-4)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 15 wins and 53 losses and 4 ties for 34 points in the WHL's Central Division.
The Hitmen potted 199 goals, worst in the circuit and allowed 360. Boris Protsenko scored 35 goals for Calgary, and Brad Moran tallied 30 or more, too. Brad Moran contributed 36 assists. Joe Stephenson and Aaron MacDonald topped the squad with 6 wins each, while Aaron MacDonald registered a 4 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim Currie coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boris Protsenko | RW | 67 | 35 | 32 | 67 | 136 | -21 | 14 | 2 |
Brad Moran | C | 72 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 61 | -32 | 7 | 2 |
Kevin Marsh | F | 40 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 24 | -18 | 6 | 0 |
Kenton Smith | D | 72 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 63 | -52 | 1 | 0 |
Matt Kinch | D | 64 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 31 | -56 | 6 | 1 |
Thomas Migdal | RW | 68 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 42 | -42 | 4 | 0 |
Chris Nielsen | C | 62 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 39 | -29 | 6 | 1 |
Peter Bergman | LW | 61 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 57 | -38 | 1 | 0 |
Jeremy Schaefer | LW | 53 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 204 | -27 | 3 | 1 |
Ryan Geremia | LW | 49 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 26 | -18 | 2 | 0 |
Ray Schultz | D | 32 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 141 | -8 | 2 | 0 |
Tony Vlastelic | C | 29 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -27 | 6 | 0 |
Nathan Strueby | C | 23 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 6 | 0 |
Ryan Shannon | D | 63 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 189 | -38 | 0 | 0 |
Jerred Smithson | C | 65 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 49 | -28 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Fleury | D | 21 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Maksimenko | C | 49 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 0 | 0 |
Curtis Rich | D | 45 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 73 | -13 | 0 | 0 |
Sean McAslan | RW | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | -13 | 0 | 0 |
Wyatt Tunnicliffe | LW | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Berry | D | 48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 89 | -36 | 1 | 0 |
Ryan Andres | RW | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 89 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
Roman Pylner | C | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 34 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Cruikshank | F | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | -16 | 2 | 0 |
Clint Miller | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 | |
Kris Beech | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -9 | 1 | 0 |
Kevin Olsen | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 0 | 0 | |
Kim Dillabaugh | G | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Lapp | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Stephenson | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Oldenborger | LW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -14 | 0 | 0 |
Brady Austin | D | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 91 | -37 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Sarich | D/F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
Aaron MacDonald | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kirby Millar | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Wandler | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -8 | 0 | 0 | |
Mitch Shawara | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
John Wood | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
Aaron Shrieves | F | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -17 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Russell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrick Tetley | F | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
Darcy Hordichuk | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Karlen Ethier | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1350 | 199 | 301 | 500 | 1715 | -690 | 69 | 7 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Stephenson | 29 | 1433 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 5.74 | 930 | 793 | .853 |
Aaron MacDonald | 30 | 1680 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 4.00 | 942 | 830 | .881 |
Kim Dillabaugh | 14 | 721 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 4.58 | 473 | 418 | .884 |
Karlen Ethier | 9 | 504 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 5.60 | 336 | 289 | .860 |
Kirby Millar | 2 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.55 | 23 | 17 | .739 |
Totals | 84 | 4393 | 15 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 357 | 4.88 | 2704 | 2347 | .868 |