1996-97 Long Beach Ice Dogs Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 54-19 (SO: 0-9) - 117 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: John Van Boxmeer (54-19, 9 OTL)
Location: Long Beach, California
Attendance: 124,148, Avg. 3,028 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Long Beach Ice Dogs RosterTeam Record: 54-19 (SO: 0-9) - 117 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: John Van Boxmeer (54-19, 9 OTL)
Location: Long Beach, California
Attendance: 124,148, Avg. 3,028 in 41 home dates
The Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 54 wins and 19 losses, with a 0-9 showing in shootouts for 117 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Ice Dogs netted 309 goals, tops in the circuit. Long Beach conceded 247 goals. Patrik Augusta scored 45 goals for the team, and Stephane Morin accounted for 57 assists. Tom Draper earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Mike O'Neill added 15 or more wins, too. Tom Draper recorded a 2.3 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
John Van Boxmeer coached the team. The 1996-97 Long Beach Ice Dogs lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Augusta | R | 82 | 45 | 42 | 87 | 96 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 325 | 13.8 |
| Stephane Morin | C | 65 | 25 | 57 | 82 | 73 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 186 | 13.4 |
| Victor Ignatjev | D | 82 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 112 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 265 | 6.0 |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 65 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 91 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 13.1 |
| Dan Lambert | D | 71 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 70 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 216 | 6.9 |
| John Byce | R | 80 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 193 | 15.0 |
| Jozef Cierny | L | 68 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 106 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 172 | 15.7 |
| Valeri Karpov | L | 30 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 22.5 |
| Adrien Plavsic | D | 69 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 86 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 3.8 |
| Dave Smith | L | 61 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 175 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 112 | 15.2 |
| Rob Kenny | F | 76 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 127 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 13.2 |
| Darryl Williams | L | 82 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 285 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 12.5 |
| Todd Gillingham | LW | 37 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 129 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 16.1 |
| Martin Hamrlík | D | 64 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 110 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 2.1 |
| Jocelyn Lemieux | R | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 54 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 4.9 |
| Barry Nieckar | L | 63 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 386 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 6.3 |
| Robert Dome | R | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Matteucci | D | 81 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 254 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Chris Jensen | R | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Mark Ferner | D | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Brian Chapman | D | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Jason Cirone | C | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Jeff Sirkka | D | 45 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Oleg Mikulchik | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Strachan | RW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.9 |
| Doug Torrel | RW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Nick Vachon | C | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Alexei Krivchenkov | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Brad Tiley | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mike O'Neill | G | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oleg Belov | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Craig Lyons | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jason Courtemanche | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| B.J. MacPherson | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kelly Hultgren | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Pratt | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Draper | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1469 | 309 | 491 | 800 | 2540 | 129 | 106 | 17 | 45 | 2788 | 11.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Draper | 39 | 2267 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 2.30 | 957 | 870 | .909 |
| Mike O'Neill | 45 | 2644 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 145 | 3.29 | 1274 | 1129 | .886 |
| Totals | 84 | 4911 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 232 | 2.83 | 2231 | 1999 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Augusta | R | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Morin | C | 18 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Ignatjev | D | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Lambert | D | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Byce | R | 18 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jozef Cierny | L | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Valeri Karpov | L | 18 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrien Plavsic | D | 18 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Kenny | F | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Williams | L | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Nieckar | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Matteucci | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Jensen | R | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Ferner | D | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Chapman | D | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Torrel | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Vachon | C | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike O'Neill | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Courtemanche | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Draper | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 306 | 54 | 83 | 137 | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Draper | 18 | 1096 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 2.24 | 0 | ||
| Mike O'Neill | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 1103 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 2.23 | 0 |
