2000-01 Grand Rapids Griffins Statistics
Team Record: 53-22 (SO: 0-7) - 113 points
in the IHL's East Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bruce Cassidy (53-22, 7 OTL)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 328,919, Avg. 8,022 in 41 home dates
The Grand Rapids Griffins of the International Hockey League ended the 2000-01 season with a record of 53 wins and 22 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 113 points in the IHL's East Division.
The Griffins netted 279 goals, tops in the circuit. Grand Rapids yielded 196 goals. Viacheslav Butsayev scored 33 goals for the team, while Derek King tallied 30 or more, too. Derek King contributed 51 assists. Mike Fountain earned 34 wins for the squad, and Mathieu Chouinard added 15 or more victories also. Mike Fountain recorded a 2.08 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Bruce Cassidy coached the team. The 2000-01 Grand Rapids Griffins lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek King | L | 76 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 237 | 13.5 |
| Viacheslav Butsayev | C | 75 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 65 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 238 | 13.9 |
| Ivan Ciernik | L | 66 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 170 | 15.9 |
| David Roberts | L | 72 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 47 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 192 | 14.1 |
| Todd White | C | 64 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 150 | 14.7 |
| Ed Patterson | R | 70 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 90 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 139 | 13.7 |
| Chris Neil | R | 78 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 354 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 16.5 |
| Kip Miller | C | 34 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 19.5 |
| Travis Richards | D | 75 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 4.8 |
| David Oliver | R | 51 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 12.7 |
| Chris Szysky | RW | 70 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 108 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 17.4 |
| Konstantin Gorovikov | C | 68 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 5.9 |
| Petr Schastlivy | L | 43 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 7.4 |
| Joel Kwiatkowski | D | 77 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 58 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 3.3 |
| Sean Gagnon | D | 70 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 226 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 3.7 |
| Mike Crowley | D | 22 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Joel Bouchard | D | 19 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Sean Berens | C | 37 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Keith Aldridge | D | 36 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 4.1 |
| John Gruden | D | 34 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| David Van Drunen | D | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Bench | 82 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ilja Demidov | G | 54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Craig Millar | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Mike Fountain | G | 52 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cail MacLean | RW | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Derek Wood | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Marty McSorley | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Josh Harrold | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Stewart | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Hall | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| John Emmons | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Daigle | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Rivers | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Judd Lambert | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mathieu Chouinard | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rastislav Pavlikovský | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Brûle | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Philippe Plante | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sean Blanchard | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Shane Hnidy | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Chad Alban | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Hocking | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Da Costa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.F. Tremblay | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Grimes | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1521 | 279 | 446 | 725 | 1540 | 366 | 55 | 20 | 48 | 2579 | 10.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fountain | 52 | 3005 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 104 | 2.08 | 1373 | 1269 | .924 |
| Chad Alban | 3 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.33 | 85 | 81 | .953 |
| Mathieu Chouinard | 28 | 1567 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 2.64 | 706 | 637 | .902 |
| Sylvain Daigle | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 34 | 29 | .853 |
| Judd Lambert | 3 | 148 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.65 | 64 | 55 | .859 |
| Totals | 87 | 4960 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 191 | 2.31 | 2262 | 2071 | .916 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek King | L | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Viacheslav Butsayev | C | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivan Ciernik | L | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Roberts | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd White | C | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Patterson | R | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Neil | R | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kip Miller | C | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Richards | D | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Oliver | R | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Szysky | RW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Petr Schastlivy | L | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel Kwiatkowski | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Gagnon | D | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Berens | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Aldridge | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gruden | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Van Drunen | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ilja Demidov | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Fountain | G | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mathieu Chouinard | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 181 | 38 | 62 | 100 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fountain | 8 | 522 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2.41 | 0 | ||
| Mathieu Chouinard | 3 | 135 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.78 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 657 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2.28 | 0 |
