Albany River Rats 1996-97 roster and statistics

Photo Gallery [27 photos of 32 players]

Game Results
game results graph

Head Coach: John Cunniff (38-28-9-5)
Assistant Coach: Dennis "Red" Gendron

			Regular Season						Playoffs					Vitals
#	Player Name	Pos.	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	Birthplace	Age
	Steve Brule	C	79	28	49	77	27	21	16	7	7	14	12	PQ: Montreal	21
	Patrik Elias	L	57	24	43	67	76	21	6	1	2	3	8	Czech Rep.: Trebic	20
	Pascal Rheaume	C	51	22	23	45	40	15	16	2	8	10	16	PQ: Quebec City	23
	Petr Sykora	C	43	20	25	45	48	19	4	1	4	5	2	Czech Rep.: Plzen	19
	Eric Bertrand	L	77	16	27	43	204	17	8	3	3	6	15	PQ: St. Ephrem	21
	Vadim Sharifijanov	L	70	14	27	41	89	0	10	3	3	6	6	Russia: Ufa	20
	Rob Pattison	L	61	24	16	40	31	10	16	5	1	6	20	ONT: Oakville	24
	Sergei Brylin	C	43	17	23	40	38	11	16	4	8	12	12	Russia: Moscow	22
	Bryan Helmer	D	77	12	27	39	113	20	16	1	7	8	10	ONT: Sault Ste. Marie	24
	Sergei Vyshedkevich	D	65	8	27	35	16	10	12	0	6	6	0	Russia: Dedovsk	21
	Bobby House	R	68	18	16	34	65	11	16	3	2	5	23	Yukon Terr: Whitehorse	23
	Jeff Williams	L	46	13	21	34	12	7	15	1	2	3	15	PQ: Pointe-Claire	20
	Krzysztof Oliwa	L	60	13	14	27	322	13	15	7	1	8	49	Poland: Tychy	23
	Zdenek Skorepa	L	60	12	12	24	38	-2	13	3	2	5	14	Czech: Duchcov	20
	Ken Sutton	D	61	6	13	19	79	2	16	4	8	12	55	ALTA: Edmonton	26
	Steve Sullivan	C	15	8	7	15	16	2	--	--	--	--	--	ONT: Timmins	22
	Mark Strobel	D	60	3	10	13	65	8	8	1	1	2	2	MN: St. Paul	23
	Sheldon Souray	D	70	2	11	13	160	12	16	2	3	5	47	ALTA: Elk Point	20
	Jay Pandolfo	L	12	3	9	12	0	6	--	--	--	--	--	MA: Winchester	21
	Geordie Kinnear	D	59	2	9	11	175	0	10	0	1	1	15	ONT: Simcoe	23
	Chris McAlpine	D	44	1	9	10	48	23	--	--	--	--	--	MN: Roseville	24
	Brad Bombardir	D	32	0	8	8	6	9	16	1	3	4	8	BC: Powell River	24
	Steve Potvin	R	16	1	6	7	18	1	11	0	1	1	16	PQ: Montreal	21
	Ricard Persson	D	13	1	4	5	8	3	--	--	--	--	--	Sweden: Ostersund	27
	Peter Sidorkiewicz	G	62	0	5	5	4	0	16	0	0	0	2	Poland: Dabrown Bialostocka	33
	Denis Pederson	C	3	1	3	4	7	3	--	--	--	--	--	SASK: Prince Albert	20
	Kevin Dean	D	2	0	1	1	4	0	--	--	--	--	--	WI: Madison	27
	Frederic Henry	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	PQ: Cap-Rouge	19
	Mike Dunham	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	NY: Johnson City	24
	Reid Simpson	L	3	0	0	0	10	-1	--	--	--	--	--	MAN: Flin Flon	27
	Rick Bennett	L	4	0	0	0	0	-2	--	--	--	--	--	MA: Springfield	29
	Richard Shulmistra	G	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	ONT: Sudbury	25
	Bench		80	0	0	0	18	0	--	--	--	--	--
	Totals			269	445	714	1737

Goalies
Player Name	GP	Min	GA	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	EN	SO
Richard Shulmistra	23	1062	43	2.43	5	9	2	466	0.916	0	2
Peter Sidorkiewicz	62	3539	171	2.90	31	23	6	1559	0.901	2	2
Frederic Henry	1	60	3	3.00	1	0	0	19	0.864	0	0
Mike Dunham	3	184	12	3.91	1	1	1	81	0.871	0	0