2011-12 Connecticut Whale Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 36-26-7 (SO: 0-7) - 86 points
in the AHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Ken Gernander (36-26, 14 OTL)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 173,788, Avg. 4,573 in 38 home dates
2011-12 Connecticut Whale RosterTeam Record: 36-26-7 (SO: 0-7) - 86 points
in the AHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Ken Gernander (36-26, 14 OTL)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 173,788, Avg. 4,573 in 38 home dates
The Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League ended the 2011-12 season with a record of 36 wins and 26 losses (and 7 overtime losses), with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 86 points in the AHL's Northeast Division.
The Whale scored 210 goals and conceded 208. Kris Newbury netted 25 goals for Connecticut, while Jonathan Marchessault contributed 40 assists. Chad Johnson topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.49 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Ken Gernander coached the team. The 2011-12 Connecticut Whale lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Newbury | C | 65 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 130 | -9 | 7 | 0 | 221 | 11.3 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | LW | 76 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 50 | +1 | 11 | 1 | 237 | 10.1 |
| Andre Deveaux | C | 59 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 157 | -4 | 13 | 0 | 133 | 15.0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | RW | 37 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 22 | +5 | 5 | 0 | 92 | 13.0 |
| Brendan Bell | D | 65 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 68 | -10 | 4 | 1 | 206 | 3.4 |
| Tim Erixon | D | 52 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 42 | +5 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 3.1 |
| Kelsey Tessier | RW | 75 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 20 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 10.7 |
| Tommy Grant | LW | 72 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 39 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 9.6 |
| Casey Wellman | C | 31 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 10 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 11.0 |
| Andreas Thuresson | R | 73 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 40 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 10.7 |
| Pavel Valentenko | D | 60 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 53 | +12 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 6.8 |
| Wade Redden | D | 49 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 26 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Jordan Owens | LW | 74 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 61 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 5.3 |
| John Mitchell | C | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 18.4 |
| Ryan Bourque | LW | 69 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 5.0 |
| Blake Parlett | D | 55 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 38 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Carl Hagelin | LW | 17 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | +12 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 15.2 |
| Scott Tanski | RW | 68 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Francois Bouchard | RW | 34 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Jared Nightingale | D | 67 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 110 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 |
| Aaron Voros | L | 23 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 14.3 |
| Wojtek Wolski | L | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Chris McKelvie | LW | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Stu Bickel | D | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 80 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Erik Christensen | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Sean Avery | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 39 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Jeff Woywitka | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Steve Moses | RW | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Christian Thomas | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Michael Vernace | D | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Tomas Kundratek | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Marek Hrivik | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Jeff Prough | F | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jyri Niemi | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Sam Klassen | D | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Cam Talbot | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T.J. Fast | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lee Baldwin | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Shane McColgan | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Yogan | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy McNaught | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Johnson | G | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1523 | 203 | 349 | 552 | 1236 | -25 | 57 | 4 | 2349 | 8.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Johnson | 49 | 2775 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 115 | 2.49 | 1413 | 1298 | .919 |
| Cam Talbot | 33 | 1865 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 2.61 | 935 | 854 | .913 |
| Totals | 82 | 4640 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 196 | 2.53 | 2348 | 2152 | .917 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Newbury | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Marchessault | LW | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Deveaux | C | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brendan Bell | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Erixon | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelsey Tessier | RW | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Grant | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casey Wellman | C | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andreas Thuresson | R | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pavel Valentenko | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Redden | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Owens | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Bourque | LW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Tanski | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jared Nightingale | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Moses | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Thomas | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Vernace | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marek Hrivik | LW | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Talbot | G | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dylan McIlrath | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.T. Miller | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 171 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 182 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Talbot | 9 | 571 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2.10 | 347 | 327 | .942 |
| Totals | 9 | 571 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2.10 | 347 | 327 | .942 |
