1996-97 Cincinnati Cyclones Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 43-29 (SO: 0-10) - 96 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ron Smith (43-29, 10 OTL)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 292,576, Avg. 7,136 in 41 home dates
1996-97 Cincinnati Cyclones RosterTeam Record: 43-29 (SO: 0-10) - 96 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ron Smith (43-29, 10 OTL)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 292,576, Avg. 7,136 in 41 home dates
The Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 43 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 96 points in the IHL's Northeast Division.
The Cyclones scored 254 goals and conceded 248. Scott Thomas netted 32 goals for Cincinnati, while Mike Casselman tallied 30 or more also. Don Biggs recorded 41 assists. Geoff Sarjeant earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Todd MacDonald registered a 2.71 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ron Smith coached the team. The 1996-97 Cincinnati Cyclones 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Biggs | C | 82 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 128 | -2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 259 | 9.7 |
| Mike Casselman | L | 68 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 168 | 17.9 |
| Scott Thomas | R | 71 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 46 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 216 | 14.8 |
| Doug MacDonald | L | 65 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 154 | 13.0 |
| Scott Morrow | L | 67 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 50 | -15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 7.3 |
| Mike Stevens | L | 46 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 140 | -14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 13.1 |
| Paul DiPietro | C | 32 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 28 | -15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 11.3 |
| Todd Hawkins | L | 81 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 162 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 8.1 |
| Chris Bergeron | C | 62 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 68 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 7.4 |
| Jeff Wells | D | 79 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 41 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 129 | 7.8 |
| Dale DeGray | D | 30 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 55 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 5.8 |
| Eric Dandenault | D | 77 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 240 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 5.1 |
| Duane Joyce | D | 38 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 3.9 |
| Ted Crowley | D | 39 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 24 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 7.6 |
| Marc Laniel | D | 61 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4.1 |
| Chris Cichocki | R | 35 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12.5 |
| Craig Duncanson | L | 21 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Pat MacLeod | D | 41 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 4.1 |
| Jeff Greenlaw | L | 27 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 70 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Shawn Evans | D | 21 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 6.3 |
| Paul Lawless | L | 14 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Patrice Robitaille | C/RW | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| Dave Marcinyshyn | D | 74 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 141 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1.7 |
| Tony Horacek | L | 60 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 158 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 4.9 |
| Bench | 82 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Geoff Sarjeant | G | 59 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Stewart | L | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37.5 |
| Chris Kontos | L | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Jeff McLean | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Myles O'Connor | D | 62 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 |
| Ron Hoover | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Todd MacDonald | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Kory Mullin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1482 | 254 | 398 | 652 | 1890 | -43 | 76 | 7 | 36 | 2727 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Sarjeant | 59 | 3287 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 157 | 2.87 | 1928 | 1771 | .919 |
| Todd MacDonald | 31 | 1616 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 2.71 | 809 | 736 | .910 |
| Totals | 90 | 4903 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 230 | 2.81 | 2737 | 2507 | .916 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Biggs | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Casselman | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Thomas | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug MacDonald | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stevens | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul DiPietro | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Hawkins | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Bergeron | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Wells | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Dandenault | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duane Joyce | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Cichocki | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Duncanson | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat MacLeod | D | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Greenlaw | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Evans | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Horacek | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geoff Sarjeant | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Stewart | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myles O'Connor | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd MacDonald | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 52 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Sarjeant | 3 | 158 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.56 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 158 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.56 | 0 |
