1996-97 New Mexico Scorpions Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 42-20 (SO: 0-2) - 86 points
in the WPHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Taylor Hall (42-20, 2 OTL)
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 173,376, Avg. 5,418 in 32 home dates
1996-97 New Mexico Scorpions RosterTeam Record: 42-20 (SO: 0-2) - 86 points
in the WPHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Taylor Hall (42-20, 2 OTL)
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 173,376, Avg. 5,418 in 32 home dates
The New Mexico Scorpions of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 42 wins and 20 losses, with a 0-2 showing in shootouts for 86 points in the WPHL.
The Scorpions scored 323 goals, best in the league. New Mexico conceded 258 goals. Sylvain Naud netted 47 goals for the team, while Kurt Wickenheiser, Doug Roberts and Mike Tomlinson each tallied 30 or more, too. Jody Praznik contributed 52 assists. Tony Martino earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.5 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.
Taylor Hall coached the team. The 1996-97 New Mexico Scorpions 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 53 | 47 | 44 | 91 | 131 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 247 | 19.0 |
| Mike Tomlinson | C | 58 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 143 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 203 | 15.8 |
| Kurt Wickenheiser | LW | 55 | 46 | 28 | 74 | 62 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 209 | 22.0 |
| Jody Praznik | D | 61 | 18 | 52 | 70 | 74 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 230 | 7.8 |
| Doug Roberts | LW | 63 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 257 | 12.1 |
| Chris Robertson | C | 40 | 29 | 39 | 68 | 60 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 167 | 17.4 |
| Pat Dunn | R | 51 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 62 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 119 | 19.3 |
| Eric Ricard | D | 58 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 131 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 10.7 |
| Jeff Da Costa | D | 55 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 63 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 4.5 |
| Derek Crawford | LW | 53 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 206 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 11.5 |
| Dave Doucette | D | 51 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 4.4 |
| Jamie Allan | RW | 28 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 110 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 15.2 |
| Tyler Boucher | C | 48 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 263 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 14.5 |
| Wade Gibson | D | 58 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 141 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 9.3 |
| Gord Christian | LW | 34 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 16.4 |
| Dean Shmyr | D | 44 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 240 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 16.7 |
| Greg MacEachern | D | 38 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 3.4 |
| Duane Lewis | RW | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Brad Harrison | C | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 101 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Tony Martino | G | 52 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Davis | D | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Craig Hamelin | C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Bill Davidson | D | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Todd Harris | D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Geoff Bumstead | RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Clint Collins | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 82 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Jay Johnson | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Eric Soltys | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Reynolds | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Branch | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khang Chung | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Simpson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stu Kulak | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Robert Plante | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 64 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1094 | 323 | 519 | 842 | 2710 | 375 | 70 | 15 | 42 | 2488 | 13.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Branch | 10 | 517 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3.95 | 295 | 261 | .885 |
| Tony Martino | 51 | 2846 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 166 | 3.50 | 1624 | 1458 | .898 |
| Eric Soltys | 4 | 153 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.88 | 105 | 90 | .857 |
| Todd Reynolds | 4 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.00 | 171 | 143 | .836 |
| Kevin Simpson | 6 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.67 | 21 | 14 | .667 | |||
| Khang Chung | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | |||
| Totals | 76 | 3831 | 42 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 250 | 3.92 | 2221 | 1971 | .887 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tomlinson | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Wickenheiser | LW | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jody Praznik | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Roberts | LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Robertson | C | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Dunn | R | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Ricard | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Crawford | LW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Doucette | D | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Boucher | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Gibson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Shmyr | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg MacEachern | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Martino | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Davis | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Hamelin | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geoff Bumstead | RW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Reynolds | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stu Kulak | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 104 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
