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1996-97 Chicago Wolves Statistics
Team Record: 40-36 (SO: 0-6) - 86 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Grant Mulvey (30-30, 5 OTL)
Coach: Gene Ubriaco (1-1)
Coach: Alpo Suhonen (9-5, 1 OTL)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 405,613, Avg. 9,893 in 41 home dates
The Chicago Wolves of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 40 wins and 36 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 86 points in the IHL's Midwest Division.
The Wolves netted 276 goals and allowed 290. Steve Maltais scored 60 goals for Chicago, while Rob Brown tallied 30 or more as well. Rob Brown recorded 80 assists. Wendell Young earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Ray LeBlanc added 15 or more wins, too. Ray LeBlanc recorded a 3.23 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Grant Mulvey, Gene Ubriaco and Alpo Suhonen coached the team. The 1996-97 Chicago Wolves lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rob Brown | R | 76 | 37 | 80 | 117 | 98 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 298 | 12.4 |
Steve Maltais | L | 81 | 60 | 54 | 114 | 62 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 357 | 16.8 |
Kip Miller | C | 43 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 32 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 8.7 |
Troy Murray | C | 81 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 14.6 |
Tim Bergland | R | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 153 | 13.1 |
Brett Hauer | D | 81 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 50 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 5.7 |
Brad Purdie | C | 61 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 28 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 11.3 |
Dan Currie | L | 55 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 18 | -14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 12.1 |
Darryl LaFrance | RW | 47 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 16.2 |
Mike Taylor | C | 43 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 11.6 |
Denny Felsner | R | 39 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 17.5 |
Phil Bourque | L | 77 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 50 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 6.1 |
Steve Gosselin | C | 48 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 56 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 4.2 |
Steve Bancroft | D | 39 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 66 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7.7 |
Todd Reirden | D | 57 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 108 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 |
Paul Koch | D | 39 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 11.1 |
Tim Breslin | LW | 44 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 3.8 |
Brian Farrell | LW | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10.6 |
Shawn Penn | LW | 62 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 208 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
Bench | 82 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Doug Barrault | R | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 |
Gord Donnelly | D | 59 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 144 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 4.8 |
Ryan Hughes | C | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
Robert Dirk | D | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
Kerry Toporowski | D | 51 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 231 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
Aaron Keller | D | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
Jean-Guy Trudel | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
Kelly Perrault | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Joe Frederick | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.3 |
Wendell Young | G | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray LeBlanc | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Mike Pomichter | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jon Hillebrandt | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darren Maloney | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Brad Barton | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1480 | 276 | 446 | 722 | 1508 | -8 | 69 | 6 | 31 | 2439 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wendell Young | 52 | 2931 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 170 | 3.48 | 1604 | 1434 | .894 |
Ray LeBlanc | 38 | 1911 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 103 | 3.23 | 966 | 863 | .893 |
Jon Hillebrandt | 2 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.44 | 28 | 24 | .857 |
Totals | 92 | 4896 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 277 | 3.39 | 2598 | 2321 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rob Brown | R | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Maltais | L | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Troy Murray | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Bergland | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brett Hauer | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brad Purdie | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darryl LaFrance | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Taylor | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Phil Bourque | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Koch | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Breslin | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Farrell | LW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shawn Penn | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gord Donnelly | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Robert Dirk | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kerry Toporowski | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kelly Perrault | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Frederick | RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wendell Young | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 68 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wendell Young | 4 | 256 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.05 | 0 | ||
Totals | 4 | 256 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.05 | 0 |