
1986-87 Minnesota Strikers Statistics
Team Record: 26-26
in the MISL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Alan Merrick (26-26)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
Attendance: 181,441, Avg. 6,979 in 26 home dates
The Minnesota Strikers of the Major Indoor Soccer League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 26 wins and 26 losses in the MISL's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
Minnesota chalked up 205 goals and conceded 198. Alan Willey scored 32 goals for the Strikers, while Chris Dangerfield, Steve Kinsey, Thompson Usiyan, Hector Marinaro and Ray Hudson each netted fifteen or more, too. Steve Kinsey contributed 24 assists. Tino Lettieri topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 3.38 goals against average, pacing keepers with significant playing time.
Alan Merrick coached the team. The 1986-87 Minnesota Strikers lost in the Division Semifinal.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Kinsey | F | 51 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 2 | 52 | 15 | 135 | 23.0 | ||||
Alan Willey | F | 49 | 32 | 18 | 50 | 4 | 50 | 17 | 179 | 17.9 | ||||
Ray Hudson | M | 41 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 28 | 19 | 81 | 24.7 | ||||
Thompson Usiyan | M | 33 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 64 | 5 | 141 | 11.3 | ||||
Chris Dangerfield | F | 49 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 39 | 38 | 107 | 18.7 | ||||
Hector Marinaro | F | 45 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 10 | 47 | 23 | 92 | 18.5 | ||||
Stan Cummins | F | 42 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 52 | 22 | 80 | 11.3 | ||||
Helmut Dudek | D | 34 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 145 | 7.6 | ||||
David Byrne | F | 24 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 39 | 13 | 87 | 8.0 | ||||
John O'Hara | D | 42 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 43 | 67 | 46 | 17.4 | ||||
Gregg Thompson | D | 46 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 46 | 70 | 12.9 | ||||
Mike Jeffries | M | 41 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 59 | 10.2 | ||||
Dwight Lodeweges | D | 43 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 83 | 53 | 71 | 8.5 | ||||
Tasso Koutsoukos | M | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 9.5 | ||||
Gary Etherington | D | 52 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 98 | 76 | 3.9 | ||||
Ken Fogarty | D | 33 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 4.8 | ||||
Tony Bono | M | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 42.9 | ||||
Greg Ion | M | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 13.3 | ||||
Dan Canter | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||
Matt Kennedy | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
Tino Lettieri | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||
Totals | 725 | 205 | 190 | 395 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 702 | 519 | 1464 | 14.0 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Etherington | 1 | 1:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
Thompson Usiyan | 1 | 1:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
Stan Cummins | 1 | 1:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Tino Lettieri | 35 | 2058:10 | 15 | 19 | 116 | 3.38 | 839 | 392 | .467 |
Matt Kennedy | 18 | 1063:28 | 11 | 7 | 73 | 4.12 | 502 | 247 | .492 |
David Byrne | 13 | 25:11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.15 | 9 | 4 | .444 |
Gregg Thompson | 9 | 8:45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.86 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
John O'Hara | 10 | 22:14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13.49 | 12 | 5 | .417 |
Totals | 88 | 3182:27 | 26 | 26 | 198 | 3.73 | 1366 | 650 | .476 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Kinsey | F | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 12.5 |
Alan Willey | F | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 16.7 |
Ray Hudson | M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16.7 |
Chris Dangerfield | F | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
Hector Marinaro | F | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 12.5 |
Stan Cummins | F | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 30.8 |
David Byrne | F | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 28.6 |
John O'Hara | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 |
Gregg Thompson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0.0 |
Mike Jeffries | M | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 |
Dwight Lodeweges | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8.3 |
Gary Etherington | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 10 | 0.0 |
Ken Fogarty | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Greg Ion | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Dan Canter | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 |
Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt Kennedy | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tino Lettieri | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 71 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 63 | 147 | 16.3 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tino Lettieri | 5 | 302:26 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 4.57 | 136 | 52 | .382 |
Matt Kennedy | 1 | 1:34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | .333 |
David Byrne | 2 | 10:39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.00 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
Gregg Thompson | 1 | 0:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
Totals | 9 | 315:02 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 5.14 | 144 | 54 | .375 |