1996-97 St. Louis Ambush Statistics
National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 27-13
in the NPSL's Midwest Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Daryl Doran (27-13)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 181,435, Avg. 9,072 in 20 home dates
1996-97 St. Louis Ambush RosterTeam Record: 27-13
in the NPSL's Midwest Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Daryl Doran (27-13)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 181,435, Avg. 9,072 in 20 home dates
The St. Louis Ambush of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 27 wins and 13 losses in the NPSL's Midwest Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Ambush recorded 326 goals and yielded 275. Mark Moser scored 82 goals for St. Louis, while Steve Kuntz, Daryl Doran, Brandon Ward, Joe Reiniger and Noah Epstein each netted fifteen or more as well. Daryl Doran contributed 48 assists. Jamie Swanner earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 6.61 goals against average, topping goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Daryl Doran coached the team. The 1996-97 St. Louis Ambush lost in the Conference Final.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moser | F | 37 | 82 | 24 | 106 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 79 | 17 | 280 | 29.3 |
| Joe Reiniger | F | 39 | 62 | 39 | 101 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 286 | 21.7 |
| Daryl Doran | M | 35 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 50 | 113 | 27.4 |
| Steve Kuntz | 34 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 16 | 119 | 26.1 | |
| Kevin Hundelt | D,M | 23 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 51 | 65 | 13.8 |
| Brandon Ward | M | 39 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 25 | 73 | 21.9 |
| Noah Epstein | F | 31 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 21 | 65 | 26.2 |
| Scott McDoniel | 24 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 46 | 28.3 | |
| Matt McAvin | 28 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 50 | 20.0 | |
| Steve Maurer | 8 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 32.3 | |
| Mike Laposha | 34 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 34 | 32 | 15.6 | |
| Ben Erickson | 31 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15 | 40 | 15.0 | |
| Derek Carroll | 19 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 26.9 | |
| Tim Hardy | D | 31 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 30 | 17 | 29.4 |
| Jamie Swanner | GK | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Simon Weiss | F | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 33.3 |
| Rob Nichols | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Jeff Yenzer | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | |
| Kevin Groark | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Pat Mann | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Chris Kenny | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mitar Mrkela | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | |
| Juvenal Dos Santos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | |
| Willy Giummarra | F | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Harry Weiss | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| David Banks | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Shawn O'Fallon | GK | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Perry Van der Beck | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 20.0 |
| John Johnson | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Bannister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cowie | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 600 | 326 | 243 | 569 | 269 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 806 | 413 | 1408 | 23.2 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hundelt | 2 | 0:05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Reiniger | 1 | 0:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Doran | 2 | 11:55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Jamie Swanner | 36 | 2070:17 | 23 | 13 | 228 | 6.61 | 883 | 655 | .742 |
| Shawn O'Fallon | 12 | 306:56 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 6.65 | 114 | 80 | .702 |
| Brandon Ward | 2 | 14:43 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.39 | 7 | 2 | .286 |
| Mike Laposha | 10 | 17:47 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23.62 | 12 | 5 | .417 |
| Bill Cowie | 2 | 2:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.71 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 67 | 2424:10 | 27 | 13 | 275 | 6.81 | 1018 | 743 | .730 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moser | F | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 40 | 25.0 |
| Joe Reiniger | F | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 55 | 14.5 |
| Daryl Doran | M | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 17.6 |
| Steve Kuntz | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 29.6 | |
| Kevin Hundelt | D,M | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 24.0 |
| Brandon Ward | M | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Noah Epstein | F | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Scott McDoniel | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Matt McAvin | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Steve Maurer | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 28.6 | |
| Mike Laposha | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Ben Erickson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Derek Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Hardy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jamie Swanner | GK | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Mann | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Kenny | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Willy Giummarra | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Perry Van der Beck | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 105 | 51 | 38 | 89 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 81 | 248 | 20.6 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hundelt | 2 | 8:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| Steve Kuntz | 1 | 1:09 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jamie Swanner | 7 | 401:25 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 7.93 | 175 | 122 | .697 |
| Mike Laposha | 3 | 8:27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15.00 | 4 | 2 | .500 |
| Totals | 13 | 420:00 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 8.14 | 182 | 125 | .687 |
