1996-97 Grand Rapids Griffins Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 40-30 (SO: 0-12) - 92 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Allison (40-30, 12 OTL)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 443,251, Avg. 10,811 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Grand Rapids Griffins RosterTeam Record: 40-30 (SO: 0-12) - 92 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Allison (40-30, 12 OTL)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 443,251, Avg. 10,811 in 41 home dates
The Grand Rapids Griffins of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses, with a 0-12 showing in shootouts for 92 points in the IHL's Northeast Division.
The Griffins scored 244 goals and yielded 246. Michel Picard netted 46 goals for Grand Rapids, and Jeff Nelson tallied 30 or more, too. Michel Picard and Jeff Nelson each recorded 55 assists. Pokey Reddick earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.48 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Dave Allison coached the team. The 1996-97 Grand Rapids Griffins 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Picard | L | 82 | 46 | 55 | 101 | 58 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 246 | 18.7 |
| Jeff Nelson | C | 82 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 85 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 16.3 |
| Pavol Demitra | C | 42 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 11.8 |
| Kevyn Adams | C | 82 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 207 | 10.6 |
| Matt Ruchty | LW | 63 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 364 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 16.5 |
| Sean McCann | D | 76 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 46 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 5.4 |
| Ben Hankinson | R | 68 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 219 | -4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 189 | 8.5 |
| Chad Remackel | LW | 70 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 9.4 |
| Don McSween | D | 75 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 7.5 |
| Danton Cole | R | 35 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 10.1 |
| Travis Richards | D | 77 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 83 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 6.4 |
| Todd Nelson | D | 81 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 2.5 |
| Stanislav Jasecko | D | 62 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 2.9 |
| Jamie Linden | R | 48 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 14.5 |
| Darcy Simon | D | 71 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 327 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Brian Dobbin | R | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 39 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Bill Armstrong | C | 35 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 39 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Bruce Ramsay | LW | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 306 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Bench | 82 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Keli Corpse | C | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Victor Gervais | LW | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Alexander Vasilevski | R | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 43 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Len Hachborn | C | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Patrick Traverse | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Darin Smith | LW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Scott Allison | LW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Cory Johnson | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Blair Manning | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Dean Trboyevich | D | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 73 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Steven Yule | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aigars Cipruss | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pokey Reddick | G | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Hurd | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jean Blouin | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Frappier | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Moss | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lubomir Rybovic | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Quinn Fair | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blaine Lacher | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Muller | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pat Mazzoli | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Solari | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Gordon | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1491 | 244 | 391 | 635 | 2321 | 47 | 56 | 9 | 33 | 2347 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Moss | 15 | 715 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2.94 | 363 | 328 | .904 |
| Pokey Reddick | 61 | 3244 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 134 | 2.48 | 1570 | 1436 | .915 |
| Pat Mazzoli | 5 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.57 | 98 | 88 | .898 |
| Ian Gordon | 5 | 257 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.50 | 140 | 125 | .893 |
| Blaine Lacher | 11 | 510 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3.76 | 261 | 229 | .877 |
| Totals | 97 | 4894 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 226 | 2.77 | 2432 | 2206 | .907 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Picard | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Nelson | C | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevyn Adams | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Ruchty | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean McCann | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Hankinson | R | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Remackel | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McSween | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danton Cole | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Richards | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Nelson | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Linden | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Simon | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Ramsay | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Vasilevski | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Traverse | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Allison | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blair Manning | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Trboyevich | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pokey Reddick | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Gordon | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 86 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokey Reddick | 5 | 335 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.33 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 335 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.33 | 0 |
