1996-97 Toledo Storm Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 32-28 (SO: 0-10) - 74 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Puhalski (32-28, 10 OTL)
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Attendance: 169,750, Avg. 4,850 in 35 home dates
1996-97 Toledo Storm RosterTeam Record: 32-28 (SO: 0-10) - 74 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Puhalski (32-28, 10 OTL)
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Attendance: 169,750, Avg. 4,850 in 35 home dates
The Toledo Storm of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 32 wins and 28 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 74 points in the ECHL's North Division.
The Storm netted 258 goals and conceded 248. Robert Thorpe scored 47 goals for Toledo, while Dennis Purdie and Rick Judson tallied 30 or more as well. Jason Gladney contributed 46 assists. David Goverde earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.96 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Greg Puhalski coached the team. The 1996-97 Toledo Storm lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Purdie | RW | 58 | 37 | 43 | 80 | 169 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 147 | 25.2 |
| Robert Thorpe | LW | 68 | 47 | 28 | 75 | 64 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 235 | 20.0 |
| Rick Judson | LW | 54 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 185 | 16.2 |
| Jason Gladney | D | 63 | 20 | 46 | 66 | 120 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 9.3 |
| Arturs Kupaks | D | 52 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 7.3 |
| Alex Matvichuk | C | 39 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 9.8 |
| Mike Sullivan | C | 36 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 11.8 |
| Don Larner | RW | 34 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 117 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 14.8 |
| Aaron Nagy | R | 38 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 27 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Norman Dezainde | LW | 49 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 197 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 7.3 |
| Mike Whitton | LW/C | 45 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 98 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 13.8 |
| Kevin Brown | RW | 16 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 13.0 |
| Mike Kolenda | D | 52 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 3.1 |
| Paul Koch | D | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 8.0 |
| Chris Bergeron | C | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 22.2 |
| Brian Clifford | RW | 21 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 12.0 |
| Louis Bernard | D | 27 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 7.5 |
| Ron Newhook | C | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Greg Lakovic | L | 32 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 76 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Matt McElwee | RW | 31 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 62 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Andrei Sryubko | 62 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 238 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Blad | D | 35 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Dan Pawlaczyk | RW | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Jeremy Mylymok | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 46 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Bast | D | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Mike McGhan | LW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Andy Suhy | D | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Pawluk | LW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Ted Dent | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Sean Perry | LW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Bruce MacDonald | RW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Dampy Brar | RW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Rhett Trombley | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Bach | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Loach | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Martin Duris | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Paul MacLean | LW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Lee Cole | L | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| David Goverde | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lindsey Braun | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Siegel | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Tarsha | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Wood | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Lund | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Puhalski | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Mewhort | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1152 | 258 | 415 | 673 | 1940 | 33 | 72 | 7 | 32 | 2214 | 11.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Bach | 20 | 1168 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 3.80 | 626 | 552 | .882 |
| Marc Siegel | 8 | 462 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4.16 | 270 | 238 | .881 |
| David Goverde | 44 | 2554 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 126 | 2.96 | 1482 | 1356 | .915 |
| John Mewhort | 1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 73 | 4310 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 232 | 3.23 | 2378 | 2146 | .902 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Purdie | RW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Thorpe | LW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Judson | LW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Gladney | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sullivan | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Nagy | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brown | RW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Kolenda | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Bernard | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Newhook | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Lakovic | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Sryubko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Blad | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Pawluk | LW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Loach | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Cole | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Goverde | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 79 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 77 | -42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Goverde | 5 | 347 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.59 | 203 | 188 | .926 |
| Totals | 5 | 347 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.59 | 203 | 188 | .926 |
