1996-97 Swift Current Broncos Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 44-23-5 - 93 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Todd McLellan (44-23-5)
Location: Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
1996-97 Swift Current Broncos RosterTeam Record: 44-23-5 - 93 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Todd McLellan (44-23-5)
Location: Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 44 wins and 23 losses and 5 ties for 93 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Broncos netted 336 goals and surrendered 243. Josh St. Louis scored 57 goals for Swift Current, while Sergei Varlamov and Brad Larsen tallied 30 or more, too. Jeff Henkelman accounted for 53 assists. Terry Friesen earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Lindsey Materi added 15 or more wins also. Terry Friesen recorded a 3.3 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Todd McLellan coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh St. Louis | F | 65 | 57 | 51 | 108 | 37 | +27 | 25 | 0 |
| Sergei Varlamov | L | 72 | 46 | 39 | 85 | 94 | +33 | 13 | 9 |
| Brad Larsen | L | 61 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 61 | +27 | 11 | 2 |
| Jeff Kirwan | C | 72 | 23 | 47 | 70 | 4 | +43 | 2 | 3 |
| Jeff Henkelman | D | 72 | 11 | 53 | 64 | 103 | +32 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Szysky | RW | 66 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 181 | +25 | 4 | 5 |
| Brent Sopel | D | 62 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 109 | +39 | 6 | 0 |
| Tyler Perry | C | 47 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 27 | +21 | 6 | 0 |
| Michal Rozsival | D | 63 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 80 | +23 | 4 | 0 |
| Kurt Drummond | C | 72 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 80 | +16 | 7 | 1 |
| Derek Arbez | RW | 61 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 295 | -2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Beagle | C | 54 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 161 | -1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Tobler | L | 39 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 40 | +4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeremy Rondeau | LW | 70 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 64 | +17 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Green | L | 23 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 33 | +9 | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence Nycholat | D | 67 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 82 | +22 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Schaeffer | C | 53 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | +6 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Allan | LW | 57 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13 | +10 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mackie | D | 44 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | D | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 90 | +13 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Shybunka | C | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Strueby | C | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robby Sandrock | D | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | -1 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Friesen | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dreu Volk | D | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | +6 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Fox | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Sherdahl | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Van Horlick | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Guy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Milne | D | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hewitt | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Materi | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1351 | 333 | 526 | 859 | 1759 | 362 | 90 | 22 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Friesen | 53 | 3090 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 170 | 3.30 | 1460 | 1290 | .884 |
| Lindsey Materi | 24 | 1312 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 3.20 | 607 | 537 | .885 |
| Totals | 77 | 4402 | 44 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 240 | 3.27 | 2067 | 1827 | .884 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh St. Louis | F | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergei Varlamov | L | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Kirwan | C | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Henkelman | D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Szysky | RW | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Sopel | D | 10 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michal Rozsival | D | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Drummond | C | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Arbez | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Beagle | C | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Rondeau | LW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Green | L | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Nycholat | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Schaeffer | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Allan | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Shybunka | C | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Friesen | G | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dreu Volk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Van Horlick | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Materi | G | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 182 | 45 | 80 | 125 | 223 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Friesen | 10 | 593 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.73 | 296 | 269 | .909 |
| Lindsey Materi | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 11 | 603 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.69 | 299 | 272 | .910 |
