2000-01 Oklahoma City Blazers Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 48-19 (SO: 0-3) - 99 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Doug Sauter (48-19, 3 OTL)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Attendance: 318,394, Avg. 9,097 in 35 home dates
2000-01 Oklahoma City Blazers RosterTeam Record: 48-19 (SO: 0-3) - 99 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Doug Sauter (48-19, 3 OTL)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Attendance: 318,394, Avg. 9,097 in 35 home dates
The Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League ended the 2000-01 season with a record of 48 wins and 19 losses, with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 99 points in the CHL's Western Division.
The Blazers paced the league with just 185 goals allowed. Oklahoma City scored 273 goals. Joe Burton netted 51 goals for the team, while Jared Dumba and Marty Standish tallied 30 or more, too. Joe Burton contributed 59 assists. Rod Branch earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Brant Nicklin added 15 or more wins, too. Rod Branch recorded a 2.49 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Doug Sauter coached the team. The 2000-01 Oklahoma City Blazers won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burton | RW | 70 | 51 | 59 | 110 | 32 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 330 | 15.5 |
| Marty Standish | RW | 63 | 43 | 44 | 87 | 161 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 304 | 14.1 |
| Jared Dumba | LW | 70 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 54 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 259 | 13.9 |
| Hardy Sauter | D | 70 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 50 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 281 | 5.7 |
| Peter Arvanitis | C | 69 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 163 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 159 | 11.9 |
| Peter Robertson | D | 67 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 45 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 5.3 |
| Dave Shields | C | 61 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 191 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 12.0 |
| Sheldon Szmata | C | 45 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 110 | 10.9 |
| Guy Girouard | D | 62 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 74 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 1.5 |
| Marco Cefalo | RW | 52 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 149 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 16.9 |
| Joakim Andersson | RW | 35 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 14.5 |
| Chris Dashney | D | 68 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 2.2 |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 46 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 267 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1.3 |
| Don Sauter | LW | 26 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Tyler Fleck | D | 55 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 166 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 3.5 |
| Frank DeFrenza | F | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 16.1 |
| Oleg Tsirkounov | F | 35 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 |
| Bench | 70 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Migdal | RW | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Mark Scott | RW | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 |
| Paul Johnson | D | 58 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3.0 |
| Gregor Baumgartner | RW/LW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Josh Dobbyn | LW | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Garth Gartner | F | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Barkley Sauter | RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Chris Low | LW | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Porter | LW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Rod Branch | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Kontzie | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Mike Markell | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Luke Murphy | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brant Nicklin | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willy Mason | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Allen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bjorn Leonhardt | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1221 | 273 | 395 | 668 | 1960 | 291 | 66 | 13 | 42 | 2634 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bjorn Leonhardt | 12 | 718 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3.01 | 297 | 261 | .879 |
| Rod Branch | 41 | 2357 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 98 | 2.49 | 1120 | 1022 | .913 |
| Brant Nicklin | 19 | 1115 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 2.37 | 504 | 460 | .913 |
| Totals | 72 | 4190 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 178 | 2.55 | 1921 | 1743 | .907 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burton | RW | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Standish | RW | 12 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jared Dumba | LW | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Sauter | D | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Arvanitis | C | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Robertson | D | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Shields | C | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheldon Szmata | C | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Girouard | D | 13 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marco Cefalo | RW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Dashney | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Fleck | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Migdal | RW | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Johnson | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garth Gartner | F | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barkley Sauter | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Branch | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Markell | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brant Nicklin | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Weitzel | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 221 | 38 | 52 | 90 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
