1996-97 Utah Grizzlies Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 43-33 (SO: 0-6) - 92 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Butch Goring (43-33, 6 OTL)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 323,408, Avg. 7,888 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Utah Grizzlies RosterTeam Record: 43-33 (SO: 0-6) - 92 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Butch Goring (43-33, 6 OTL)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 323,408, Avg. 7,888 in 41 home dates
The Utah Grizzlies of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 43 wins and 33 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 92 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Grizzlies potted 259 goals and surrendered 254. Yan Kaminsky scored 28 goals for Utah, while Chris Taylor contributed 40 assists. Mark McArthur earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.99 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Butch Goring coached the team. The 1996-97 Utah Grizzlies lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Taylor | C | 71 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 24 | -12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 285 | 9.5 |
| Yan Kaminsky | L | 77 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 208 | 13.5 |
| Brett Lievers | C | 74 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 11 | -9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 186 | 11.8 |
| Ray Whitney | L | 43 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 34 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 9.6 |
| Jeff Sharples | D | 49 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 7.3 |
| Andrei Vasilyev | L | 56 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 42 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 13.6 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 81 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 62 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 4.7 |
| Sean O'Brien | D/F | 50 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 135 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 97 | 21.6 |
| Jim Dowd | C | 48 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 97 | 10.3 |
| Vladimir Orszagh | R | 68 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 12.4 |
| Joby Messier | D | 44 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 8.8 |
| Mick Vukota | R | 43 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 185 | -8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 12.6 |
| Daniel Marois | R | 29 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 58 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 9.5 |
| Chris Marinucci | C | 21 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Shawn Anderson | D | 31 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 2.2 |
| Claude Lapointe | C | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 36.8 |
| Craig Fisher | L | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18.2 |
| Derek Armstrong | C | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 |
| Rod Miller | D | 79 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 111 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Ravil Yakubov | C | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Todd Bertuzzi | R | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Rob Zettler | D | 30 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.0 |
| Mike Donnelly | L | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 33 | -6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 22.6 |
| Robert Nordberg | LW | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Nick Vachon | C | 33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Gary Leeman | R | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 15.4 |
| Rod Aldoff | D | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Jaroslav Modry | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Kurt Seher | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Marc Rodgers | R | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Brent Hughes | L | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 68 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 34 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.0 |
| Keith Osborne | R | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Gordon Mark | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Tom Pederson | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Shannon Finn | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Andy Brickley | L/C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Mark McArthur | G | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Spenrath | D/F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Marc Hussey | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Bernie John | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Mailhot | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Don Beaupre | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Maxwell | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Torrel | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dan Lupo | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Boucher | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wayne Muir | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Courtemanche | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Gulutzan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Peter Zurba | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tommy Soderstrom | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Stewart | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pat Dunn | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Kuntar | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dmitri Rodin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Sirkka | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brad Belland | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Glen Mears | D/RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Hurd | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Houda | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris Winnes | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1442 | 259 | 415 | 674 | 1442 | -67 | 74 | 16 | 33 | 2458 | 10.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark McArthur | 56 | 3111 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 155 | 2.99 | 1483 | 1328 | .895 |
| Don Beaupre | 4 | 238 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.28 | 106 | 93 | .877 |
| Tommy Soderstrom | 26 | 1463 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 3.12 | 739 | 663 | .897 |
| Les Kuntar | 3 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.69 | 39 | 38 | .974 |
| Totals | 89 | 4899 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 245 | 3.00 | 2367 | 2122 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Taylor | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yan Kaminsky | L | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Lievers | C | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Whitney | L | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sharples | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Vasilyev | L | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gord Dineen | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vladimir Orszagh | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joby Messier | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Vukota | R | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Armstrong | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Miller | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ravil Yakubov | C | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Leeman | R | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaroslav Modry | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Osborne | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Pederson | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Brickley | L/C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Beaupre | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sirkka | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 119 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Beaupre | 7 | 438 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2.33 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 438 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2.33 | 0 |
