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 Alexsandr Chunchukov, Ryan Savoia and Carl Fleury 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 |
| Dan Reimann | D | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Brandon Christian | RW | 49 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 140 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| 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 | |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Evan Anderson | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| 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 |
| Klemen Mohoric | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
