2016-17 Fargo Force Statistics
United States Hockey League (USHL)
Team Record: 36-19-4 (SO: 0-1) - 77 points
Finishing 3rd in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Cary Eades (36-19-4, 1 OTL)
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
2016-17 Fargo Force RosterTeam Record: 36-19-4 (SO: 0-1) - 77 points
Finishing 3rd in the USHL's Western Conference
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Cary Eades (36-19-4, 1 OTL)
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
The Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League ended the 2016-17 season with a record of 36 wins and 19 losses (and 4 overtime losses), with a 0-1 showing in shootouts for 77 points finishing third in the USHL's Western Conference.
The Force scored 193 goals and gave up 149. Jack Adams netted 37 goals for Fargo, and Blake Lizotte contributed 46 assists. Matthew Murray earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.36 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Cary Eades coached the team. The 2016-17 Fargo Force lost in the Conference Semifinal of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Lizotte | F | 56 | 19 | 46 | 65 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 130 | 14.6 | |
| Hank Crone | F | 56 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 205 | 11.7 | |
| Jack Adams | C | 56 | 37 | 23 | 60 | 55 | 16 | 0 | 176 | 21.0 | |
| Shane McMahan | F | 51 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 16.7 | |
| Jacob Paganelli | F | 40 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 11.2 | |
| Cody Haiskanen | RD | 60 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 4.9 | |
| Christiano Versich | RW | 46 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 3.6 | |
| Odeen Tufto | C | 30 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7.7 | |
| Grant Meyer | F | 49 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 11.5 | |
| Clayton Phillips | LD | 56 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 9.0 | |
| Michael Graham | C | 31 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 15.6 | |
| Lukas Kalble | LD | 38 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 5.3 | |
| Martin Sundberg | F | 51 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 10.3 | |
| Mark Senden | F | 37 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 9.1 | |
| Kevin O'Neil | C | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16.7 | |
| Brian Hurley | D | 40 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 | |
| Carson Musser | LD | 60 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9 | |
| Evan Bell | D | 60 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 3.3 | |
| Paul Washe | F | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 9.4 | |
| Bradley Johnson | D | 60 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.0 | |
| Philip Alftberg | RD | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | RW | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Matthew Cairns | LD | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Evan Dougherty | RW | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | |
| Jonathan McDonald | D | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Charlie Dovorany | C | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Matthew Murray | G | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Losurdo | F | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Ben Meyers | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Ryan Savage | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Ryan Bischel | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| A.J. Drobot | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Belisle | C | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Easton Brodzinski | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Carter Randklev | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cole Gallant | F | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1210 | 190 | 319 | 509 | 792 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 1918 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Bischel | 16 | 707:00 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2.21 | 272 | 246 | .904 | |
| Matthew Murray | 52 | 2920:00 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 115 | 2.36 | 1284 | 1169 | .910 | |
| Empty Net | 25:00 | 0 | 7 | 16.80 | ||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 3652 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 2.43 | 1563 | 1415 | .905 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Lizotte | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Hank Crone | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jack Adams | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Shane McMahan | F | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Jacob Paganelli | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Cody Haiskanen | RD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Clayton Phillips | LD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Michael Graham | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Lukas Kalble | LD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Mark Senden | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin O'Neil | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Brian Hurley | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carson Musser | LD | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Evan Bell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul Washe | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bradley Johnson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Philip Alftberg | RD | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell Chaffee | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Evan Dougherty | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Matthew Murray | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Meyers | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Bischel | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carter Randklev | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 61 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 5.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Bischel | 3 | 168 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.50 | 102 | 95 | .931 |
| Matthew Murray | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.14 | 14 | 13 | .929 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 199 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.32 | 119 | 108 | .908 |
