1996-97 El Paso Buzzards Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 33-23 (SO: 0-8) - 74 points
in the WPHL
Won League Championship
Coach: Todd Brost (33-23, 8 OTL)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Attendance: 147,872, Avg. 4,621 in 32 home dates
1996-97 El Paso Buzzards RosterTeam Record: 33-23 (SO: 0-8) - 74 points
in the WPHL
Won League Championship
Coach: Todd Brost (33-23, 8 OTL)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Attendance: 147,872, Avg. 4,621 in 32 home dates
The El Paso Buzzards of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 33 wins and 23 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 74 points in the WPHL.
The Buzzards scored 284 goals and allowed 272. Jamie Thompson netted 34 goals for El Paso, while Bill Trew tallied 30 or more as well. Chris MacKenzie accounted for 55 assists. Chris Gordon earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.06 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Todd Brost coached the team. The 1996-97 El Paso Buzzards won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris MacKenzie | C | 55 | 29 | 55 | 84 | 50 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 164 | 17.7 |
| Jamie Thompson | LW | 50 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 65 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 199 | 17.1 |
| Bill Trew | RW/C | 62 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 179 | 18.4 |
| Rob Hartnell | RW | 47 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 76 | -22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 183 | 12.6 |
| Sean Whyte | R | 60 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 105 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 154 | 13.6 |
| Jason Welch | C | 51 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 184 | 14.7 |
| Trent Eigner | D | 50 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 89 | -4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 8.4 |
| Brent Scott | RW | 60 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 235 | -7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 12.4 |
| Robert Haddock | D | 55 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 97 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 11.1 |
| Martin Balleux | LW | 35 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 67 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 12.6 |
| Steve Salhany | F | 45 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 53 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 8.4 |
| Jason Rose | D | 60 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 103 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 152 | 3.9 |
| Tyler Quiring | LW | 26 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 21.2 |
| Derek Riley | D | 57 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 47 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7.7 |
| Rusty McKie | RW | 48 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 192 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 10.1 |
| Darcy Mattersdorfer | C | 20 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Mark Hilton | D | 15 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Phil Berger | RW | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30.8 |
| Devin Grimeau | RW | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 36 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Chris Gordon | G | 50 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Miller | F | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 41 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Tim Hanley | D | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Dan Ferguson | LW | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 110 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Mike Tobin | D | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 66 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Alan Patterson | C | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Shawn Stone | RW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Bill Riga | F | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Derek Joseph | LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Libor Svindl | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Da Costa | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Carlos Assayag | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Matt Larocque | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Mike Thomas | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Seamone | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Terry MacLean | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Sylvester | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Robert Plante | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tony McGee | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Curtis Cardinal | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brett Fizzell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Brault | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Kelley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jeff McArthur | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 64 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1146 | 284 | 450 | 734 | 1726 | -41 | 78 | 12 | 33 | 2326 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Thomas | 27 | 1072 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 4.09 | 570 | 497 | .872 |
| Chris Gordon | 50 | 2762 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 187 | 4.06 | 1543 | 1356 | .879 |
| Totals | 77 | 3834 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 260 | 4.07 | 2113 | 1853 | .877 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris MacKenzie | C | 11 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Thompson | LW | 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Trew | RW/C | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Whyte | R | 11 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Welch | C | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent Eigner | D | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Scott | RW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Haddock | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Balleux | LW | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Salhany | F | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Rose | D | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Riley | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rusty McKie | RW | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Hilton | D | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Berger | RW | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Gordon | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tobin | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Da Costa | D | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Thomas | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Brault | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 198 | 53 | 95 | 148 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
