1995-96 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 45-21 (SO: 0-4) - 94 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: John Marks (45-21, 4 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 251,510, Avg. 7,186 in 35 home dates
1995-96 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 45-21 (SO: 0-4) - 94 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: John Marks (45-21, 4 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 251,510, Avg. 7,186 in 35 home dates
The Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 45 wins and 21 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 94 points in the ECHL's East Division.
The Checkers scored 294 goals and allowed 250. Darryl Noren netted 43 goals for Charlotte, while Shawn Wheeler tallied 30 or more, too. Matt Robbins contributed 57 assists. Nick Vitucci earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.52 goals against average, topping regularly-used goaltenders.
John Marks coached the team. The 1995-96 Charlotte Checkers won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Noren | C | 70 | 43 | 51 | 94 | 83 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 286 | 15.0 |
| Matt Robbins | L | 67 | 26 | 57 | 83 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 192 | 13.5 |
| Shawn Wheeler | LW | 59 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 210 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 255 | 12.2 |
| J.F. Aube | 50 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 16.2 | |
| Kurt Seher | D | 68 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 71 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 172 | 5.8 |
| Eric Flinton | LW | 69 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 157 | 12.7 |
| Dennis Maxwell | LW | 51 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 291 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 21.2 |
| Scott Kirton | RW | 56 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 176 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 16.0 |
| Kimbi Daniels | C | 18 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 23.2 |
| Francois Bouchard | D | 66 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 64 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 5.5 |
| Gerry St. Cyr | C | 35 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 190 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 14.4 |
| Phil Berger | RW | 23 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 80 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 11.8 |
| Jeff Connolly | LW | 45 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 75 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 14.1 |
| Mick Kempffer | D | 65 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 1.0 |
| Jason Kelly | D | 42 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 95 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3.1 |
| Marty Yewchuk | C | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 16.7 |
| Chad Nelson | D | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 162 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Dmitri Starostenko | RW | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 25.7 |
| Scott Meehan | D | 53 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 84 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4.9 |
| Gerry Daley | RW | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17.4 |
| Charles Paquette | D | 45 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 114 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Eric Cloutier | LW | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Shawn Reid | D | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Rick Willis | LW | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 49 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 |
| Steve Moore | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Eric Fenton | RW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Dan Murphy | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nick Vitucci | G | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Paul Krake | G | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Campbell | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Mitani | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Ken Shepard | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Cairns | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Komarov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Robins | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Rappana | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Dave Lylyk | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Rabins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1182 | 294 | 447 | 741 | 2251 | 150 | 86 | 8 | 45 | 2423 | 12.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Vitucci | 48 | 2793 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 164 | 3.52 | 1508 | 1344 | .891 |
| Paul Krake | 10 | 417 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3.60 | 214 | 189 | .883 |
| Ken Shepard | 17 | 951 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3.15 | 537 | 487 | .907 |
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.28 | 17 | 13 | .765 |
| Totals | 76 | 4190 | 45 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 3.48 | 2276 | 2033 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Noren | C | 16 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Robbins | L | 16 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Wheeler | LW | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 70 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Seher | D | 16 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Flinton | LW | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Maxwell | LW | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Kirton | RW | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kimbi Daniels | C | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francois Bouchard | D | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Berger | RW | 16 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Connolly | LW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Kempffer | D | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Kelly | D | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Yewchuk | C | 16 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Meehan | D | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Paquette | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Fenton | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Vitucci | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Shepard | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Rappana | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 258 | 63 | 106 | 169 | 486 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Vitucci | 11 | 585 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2.46 | 322 | 298 | .925 |
| Ken Shepard | 8 | 374 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.89 | 237 | 219 | .924 |
| Totals | 19 | 959 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.63 | 559 | 517 | .925 |
