1996-97 Johnstown Chiefs Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 24-39 (SO: 0-7) - 55 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Coach: Nick Fotiu (24-39, 7 OTL)
Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 99,680, Avg. 2,848 in 35 home dates
1996-97 Johnstown Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 24-39 (SO: 0-7) - 55 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Coach: Nick Fotiu (24-39, 7 OTL)
Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 99,680, Avg. 2,848 in 35 home dates
The Johnstown Chiefs of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 24 wins and 39 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 55 points in the ECHL's North Division.
The Chiefs scored 253 goals and surrendered 354, most in the circuit. Martin Masa netted 36 goals for Johnstown, while Carl Fleury, Alexsandr Chunchukov and Ryan Savoia each tallied 30 or more as well. Alexsandr Chunchukov contributed 58 assists. Beau Riedel topped the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 4.83 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Nick Fotiu coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexsandr Chunchukov | R | 70 | 34 | 58 | 92 | 75 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 232 | 14.7 |
| Ryan Savoia | C | 60 | 35 | 44 | 79 | 100 | -8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 242 | 14.5 |
| Martin Masa | RW | 59 | 36 | 32 | 68 | 114 | -6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 165 | 21.8 |
| Carl Fleury | F | 68 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 102 | -28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 181 | 16.6 |
| Ryan Petz | F | 69 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 90 | -9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 13.5 |
| Martin Woods | D | 67 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 233 | -33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 257 | 6.2 |
| Ted Russell | D | 64 | 9 | 41 | 50 | 92 | -28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 199 | 4.5 |
| Lukas Smital | RW | 68 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 62 | -19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 10.6 |
| Jim Krayer | C | 56 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 14 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 14.5 |
| Dan Harrison | D | 26 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 4.1 |
| Denis Lamoureux | F | 29 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 10.4 |
| Trevor Converse | RW | 42 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 160 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Greg Callahan | D | 47 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 156 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 3.2 |
| Jaynen Rissling | D | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Rick Boyd | RW | 23 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 141 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 |
| Jon Mahoney | LW | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 39 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Jamie Heistad | G | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 42 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Sean Perry | LW | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 58 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Kam White | D | 47 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 261 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Christian | RW | 49 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 140 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Dan Reimann | D | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Brian Scott | F | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Beau Riedel | G | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evan Anderson | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Matt McElwee | RW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Alexei Krivchenkov | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Kelly Leroux | D | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Klemen Mohoric | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Allen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Cermak | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Marc Siegel | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Pirrong | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Richard | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| James Mooney | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Michalchuk | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Rok Rojsek | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Skudra | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1198 | 253 | 406 | 659 | 2287 | -262 | 71 | 12 | 24 | 2251 | 11.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau Riedel | 27 | 1452 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 4.83 | 831 | 714 | .859 |
| Olie Sundstrom | 24 | 1349 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 110 | 4.89 | 768 | 658 | .857 |
| Klemen Mohoric | 15 | 736 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 5.14 | 408 | 345 | .846 |
| Peter Skudra | 4 | 200 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.30 | 122 | 111 | .910 |
| Marc Siegel | 10 | 440 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5.32 | 304 | 265 | .872 |
| Totals | 80 | 4177 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 340 | 4.88 | 2433 | 2093 | .860 |
