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 Roster

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 PicardL82465510158141211224618.7
Jeff NelsonC82345589858130320816.3
Pavol DemitraC4220305024620117011.8
Kevyn AdamsC8222254747243320710.6
Matt RuchtyLW6314203436485018516.5
Sean McCannD768263446-24001475.4
Ben HankinsonR68161329219-45041898.5
Chad RemackelLW7091827361301969.4
Don McSweenD75720276617001937.5
Danton ColeR35818262481027910.1
Travis RichardsD771013238325101576.4
Todd NelsonD81318213220011212.5
Stanislav JaseckoD623151848130001032.9
Jamie LindenR48881613810105514.5
Darcy SimonD71412163276000676.0
Brian DobbinR2945939-50013411.8
Bill ArmstrongC3518939-15000472.1
Bruce RamsayLW66358306-60012910.3
Bench 8277600000
Keli CorpseC19347200212213.6
Victor GervaisLW142461610001513.3
Alexander VasilevskiR1015643-1001128.3
Len HachbornC192246-6200326.3
Scott AllisonLW122134130001910.5
Patrick TraverseD1021310-1000296.9
Darin SmithLW142132300001513.3
Cory JohnsonLW121234-1010156.7
Dean TrboyevichD3011273-1000342.9
Blair ManningC811243000911.1
Kelly HurdRW40114-200010.0
Steven YuleC30119-100030.0
Mike MauriceC20110100020.0
Aigars CiprussC10110100010.0
Pokey ReddickG610111900000
Kelvin SolariRW10002-10000
Ian GordonG5000000000
Jean BlouinRW10000-100010.0
Shawn FrappierD30000000010.0
Tyler MossG15000200000
Lubomir RybovicC10000000010.0
Quinn FairD2000000000
Blaine LacherG110001800000
Mike MullerD20004-300020.0
Pat MazzoliG5000000000
Totals149124439163523214756933234710.4


Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Tyler Moss1571556130352.94363328.904
Pokey Reddick613244301410461342.4815701436.915
Pat Mazzoli516820000103.579888.898
Ian Gordon525722000153.50140125.893
Blaine Lacher1151018110323.76261229.877
Totals974894403012862262.7724322206.907

Postseason - Scoring:

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG SOG SG%
Michel PicardL52021000000
Jeff NelsonC5044400000
Kevyn AdamsC5112400000
Matt RuchtyLW50112300000
Sean McCannD5000200000
Ben HankinsonR5224400000
Chad RemackelLW1000000000
Don McSweenD3011800000
Danton ColeR5314200000
Travis RichardsD5134200000
Todd NelsonD5101000000
Jamie LindenR5112400000
Darcy SimonD51233500000
Bruce RamsayLW4000200000
Alexander VasilevskiR50111900000
Scott AllisonLW40002100000
Patrick TraverseD2011200000
Dean TrboyevichD50111400000
Blair ManningC1011000000
Pokey ReddickG5011000000
Ian GordonG1000000000
Totals8612213315600000

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Pokey Reddick533523000132.330
Totals533523000132.330


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