1996-97 South Carolina Stingrays Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 45-15 (SO: 0-10) - 100 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Rick Vaive (45-15, 10 OTL)
Location: North Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 260,470, Avg. 7,442 in 35 home dates
1996-97 South Carolina Stingrays RosterTeam Record: 45-15 (SO: 0-10) - 100 points
in the ECHL's East Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Rick Vaive (45-15, 10 OTL)
Location: North Charleston, South Carolina
Attendance: 260,470, Avg. 7,442 in 35 home dates
The South Carolina Stingrays of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 45 wins and 15 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 100 points in the ECHL's East Division.
The Stingrays paced the league with 345 goals. South Carolina surrendered 253 goals. Ed Courtenay scored 54 goals for the squad, while Mike Ross and David Seitz netted 30 or more also. Mike Ross recorded 60 assists. Taras Lendzyk earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 3.2 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Rick Vaive coached the team. The 1996-97 South Carolina Stingrays won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Courtenay | R | 68 | 54 | 56 | 110 | 70 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 209 | 25.8 |
| Mike Ross | C | 70 | 50 | 60 | 110 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 256 | 19.5 |
| David Seitz | C | 58 | 43 | 54 | 97 | 48 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 20.5 |
| Rob Concannon | LW | 69 | 24 | 46 | 70 | 163 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 183 | 13.1 |
| Brett Marietti | LW | 61 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 103 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 175 | 14.3 |
| Chris Hynnes | D | 68 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 86 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 198 | 11.1 |
| Kevin Knopp | D | 65 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 108 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 9.2 |
| Jay Moser | RW | 41 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 105 | 18.1 |
| Jeff Romfo | RW | 51 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 10.6 |
| Scott Boston | D | 42 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 85 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 108 | 11.1 |
| Marc Tardif | LW | 56 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 187 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 16.3 |
| David Mayes | D | 66 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 8.5 |
| Steve Parson | LW | 59 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 5.1 |
| Rob Butler | LW | 41 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 141 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 14.6 |
| Brad Dexter | D | 16 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Marc Genest | C | 35 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 4.5 |
| Kyle Ferguson | RW | 42 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 16.2 |
| Doug Wood | D | 43 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1.4 |
| Jason Cipolla | C | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 23.3 |
| Jason Hehr | D/C | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 11.3 |
| Chris Rowland | RW | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Brendan Yarema | C | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Jared Bednar | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Taras Lendzyk | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dan Fournel | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Jason Fitzsimmons | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roddy MacCormick | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cory Cadden | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mario Cormier | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| J.P. McKersie | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1182 | 345 | 577 | 922 | 1736 | 316 | 98 | 15 | 45 | 2472 | 14.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Fitzsimmons | 11 | 585 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 3.38 | 288 | 255 | .885 |
| Cory Cadden | 18 | 921 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3.91 | 432 | 372 | .861 |
| Taras Lendzyk | 47 | 2589 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 3.20 | 1256 | 1118 | .890 |
| J.P. McKersie | 3 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5.63 | 52 | 43 | .827 |
| Totals | 79 | 4191 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 240 | 3.44 | 2028 | 1788 | .882 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ross | C | 18 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Seitz | C | 17 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 30 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Concannon | LW | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Marietti | LW | 18 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hynnes | D | 18 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Knopp | D | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Romfo | RW | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Tardif | LW | 18 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Mayes | D | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Parson | LW | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 30 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Butler | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Dexter | D | 18 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Cipolla | C | 18 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Hehr | D/C | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Rowland | RW | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brendan Yarema | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jared Bednar | D | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 59 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taras Lendzyk | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Fitzsimmons | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mario Cormier | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 289 | 88 | 139 | 227 | 627 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Fitzsimmons | 17 | 1011 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3.38 | 643 | 586 | .911 |
| Taras Lendzyk | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 |
| Andy Adams | 2 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.45 | 70 | 62 | .886 |
| Totals | 20 | 1119 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3.49 | 720 | 655 | .910 |
