1993-94 Wheeling Thunderbirds Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 38-23-3 (SO: 0-4) - 83 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Doug Sauter (38-23, 7 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 170,000, Avg. 5,000 in 34 home dates
1993-94 Wheeling Thunderbirds RosterTeam Record: 38-23-3 (SO: 0-4) - 83 points
in the ECHL's North Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Doug Sauter (38-23, 7 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 170,000, Avg. 5,000 in 34 home dates
The Wheeling Thunderbirds of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1993-94 season with a record of 38 wins and 23 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 83 points in the ECHL's North Division.
The Thunderbirds netted 327 goals and gave up 289. Darren Schwartz scored 54 goals for Wheeling, while Tim Tisdale and Vadim Slivchenko tallied 30 or more, too. Tim Roberts contributed 58 assists. Brett Abel topped the squad with 22 wins, and Eric Raymond recorded a 3.58 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Doug Sauter coached the team. The 1993-94 Wheeling Thunderbirds lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Schwartz | LW | 67 | 54 | 38 | 92 | 201 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 324 | 16.7 |
| Tim Tisdale | C | 58 | 31 | 57 | 88 | 76 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 151 | 20.5 |
| Vadim Slivchenko | F | 45 | 39 | 46 | 85 | 65 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 168 | 23.2 |
| Tim Roberts | D | 66 | 18 | 58 | 76 | 68 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 229 | 7.9 |
| Jim Bermingham | C | 68 | 29 | 46 | 75 | 102 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 204 | 14.2 |
| Steve Gibson | LW | 55 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 47 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 186 | 15.6 |
| Derek DeCosty | C | 52 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 92 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 125 | 18.4 |
| John Johnson | C | 57 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 60 | -9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 7.7 |
| Tony Prpic | RW | 40 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 15.5 |
| Cory Paterson | D | 52 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 7.8 |
| Terry Virtue | D | 34 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 5.0 |
| Brock Woods | D | 64 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 225 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 6.7 |
| Rival Fullum | LW | 50 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 13.3 |
| Sebastien Fortier | LW | 62 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 36 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 5.3 |
| Brent Pope | D | 63 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 230 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 6.9 |
| Marquis Mathieu | C | 42 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 75 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 81 | 14.8 |
| Petr Marek | F | 14 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 17.5 |
| John Van Kessel | RW | 17 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Clayton Gainer | RW | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Brett Abel | G | 43 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Chase | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Walker | RW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Dion Darling | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Lapointe | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Tom Holdeman | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bill Horn | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hiroyuki Miura | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 68 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Raymond | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1105 | 327 | 513 | 840 | 1766 | 218 | 71 | 16 | 38 | 2540 | 12.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Abel | 43 | 2358 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 177 | 4.50 | 1379 | 1202 | .872 |
| Bill Horn | 4 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.80 | 56 | 51 | .911 |
| Eric Raymond | 30 | 1659 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 3.58 | 1022 | 923 | .903 |
| Totals | 77 | 4124 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 281 | 4.09 | 2457 | 2176 | .886 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Schwartz | LW | 9 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Tisdale | C | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vadim Slivchenko | F | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Roberts | D | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bermingham | C | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Gibson | LW | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek DeCosty | C | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Johnson | C | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Prpic | RW | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Paterson | D | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Virtue | D | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brock Woods | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Pope | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marquis Mathieu | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Petr Marek | F | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Abel | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dion Darling | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Raymond | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 144 | 29 | 48 | 77 | 267 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Abel | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 11 | 9 | .818 |
| Eric Raymond | 9 | 522 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.45 | 322 | 292 | .907 |
| Totals | 10 | 542 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.54 | 333 | 301 | .904 |
