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Capital District Islanders: 1990 - 1993

League: American Hockey League
President/Governor: Michael J. Cantanucci, Ned Harkness
Head Coach: Robert T. "Butch" Goring
Most Memorable Players: Greg Parks, Travis Green, Richard Kromm, Danny Lorenz, Iain Fraser, Chris Taylor
Championships: None
Team Colors: Blue, Orange & White
Home Ice: RPI Houston Field House, Troy NY

In 1990 the Islanders affiliate in Springfield had just come off winning the Calder Cup, but leading up to their champion-ship there were questions as to if the Indians were going to remain in business. Their most recent contract with the Islanders was about to come to an end which led to speculation as well as to what the Islanders would do. When Springfield quickly signed an affiliation deal with the Hartford Whalers, the Islanders needed to look elsewhere. That was when the Capital District Islanders came into existence. Known by some as the "baby Islanders" Capital District actually played in Troy New York at the RPI Houston Field House. The team was apparently owned and operated by the New York Islanders. Everything was the same as the Islanders for CDI right down to the jerseys, except they played in the AHL. Named head coach of Capital District was Butch Goring, who had seen time behind the bench in the late 1980's with the Boston Bruins and the WHL's Spokane Chiefs.

The team only last 3 years in the American Hockey League. They made the playoffs twice and besides one thrilling 7 game series they lost, they never made it past the opening round. They finished under .500 their first two seasons and .500 in their third so they never finished with a winning record. The team was predominantly used in the fashion a minor league team is meant for: to develop young talent for the parent club. Players like Travis Green and Jamie McLennan began their professional careers with the Capital District Islanders and went on to NHL careers that have lasted into the new millennium. In 1993 the Capital District Islanders were withdrawn from the AHL and the Islanders moved their affiliation to the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the International Hockey League.

Capital District Islanders - Team Records:

 

Regular Season Records

Seasons GP W L T Pts GF GA

Finish

Playoffs

1990-91 80 28 43 9 65 284 323 7th-S Out of playoffs
1991-92 80 32 37 11 75 261 289 4th-N Lost round 1
1992-93 80 34 34 12 80 280 285 3rd-N Lost round 1

 

 

Playoff Records

Year GP W L GF GA Finish
1992 7 3 4 25 26 Lost round 1
1993 4 0 4 6 17 Lost round 1

 

 

Calder Cup Playoff Results

1991-92 Season

Round 1

April 8 Capital District 4 at Springfield 1
April 10 Capital District 3 at Springfield 4
April 11 Springfield 5 at Capital District 4*
April 14 Springfield 3 at Capital District 5
April 17 Capital District 2 at Springfield 5
April 18 Springfield 3 at Capital District 6
April 22 Capital District 1 at Springfield 5

Springfield wins series 4 games to 3

 

 

Calder Cup Playoff Results

1992-93 Season

Round 1

April 15 Capital District 2 at Adirondack 6
April 17 Capital District 3 at Adirondack 5
April 18 Adirondack 3 at Capital District 0
April 21 Adirondack 3 at Capital District 1

Adirondack wins series 4 games to 0

 

 

 

1990-91 Scoring
                             Regular Season          Playoffs
 # Player Name            GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
24 Greg Parks             48   32   43   75   67   -   -   -   -   -
16 Shawn Byram            62   28   35   63  162   -   -   -   -   -
19 Paul Guay              74   26   35   61   81   -   -   -   -   -
27 Travis Green           73   21   34   55   26   -   -   -   -   -
20 Richard Kromm          76   19   36   55   18   -   -   -   -   -
   Jeff Finley            67   10   34   44   34   -   -   -   -   -
13 Sean LeBrun            56   14   26   40   35   -   -   -   -   -
 8 Derek Laxdal           65   14   25   39   75   -   -   -   -   -
44 Jari Gronstrand        63   13   22   35   40   -   -   -   -   -
   Alan Kerr              43   11   21   32  131   -   -   -   -   -
18 Brent Grieve           61   14   13   27   80   -   -   -   -   -
 6 Dennis Vaske           67   10   10   20   65   -   -   -   -   -
   Brad Dalgarno          27    6   14   20   26   -   -   -   -   -
   Hubie McDonough        17    9    9   18    4   -   -   -   -   -
   Wayne McBean           22    9    9   18   19   -   -   -   -   -
 9 Iain Fraser            32    5   13   18   16   -   -   -   -   -
17 Wayne Doucet           21   11    6   17   93   -   -   -   -   -
   Brad Lauer             11    5   11   16   14   -   -   -   -   -
   Tom Fitzgerald         27    7    7   14   50   -   -   -   -   -
 3 Kevin Cheveldayoff     76    0   14   14  203   -   -   -   -   -
15 Jeff Jablonski         44    6    6   12    4   -   -   -   -   -
   Dave Chyzowski          7    3    6    9   22   -   -   -   -   -
28 Chris Pryor            41    1    8    9   94   -   -   -   -   -
   Rob DiMaio             12    3    4    7   22   -   -   -   -   -
 2 Dean Chynoweth         44    1    5    6  176   -   -   -   -   -
33 Marc Bergevin           7    0    5    5    6   -   -   -   -   -
   Hank Lammens           32    0    5    5   14   -   -   -   -   -
 5 Brad Turner            31    1    2    3    8   -   -   -   -   -
   Phil Huber              5    1    1    2    0   -   -   -   -   -
   Kirby Lindal            6    1    1    2    2   -   -   -   -   -
   Joe Reekie              2    1    0    1    0   -   -   -   -   -
   Derek DeCosty           6    1    0    1    7   -   -   -   -   -
   Doug Pickell           20    1    0    1    9   -   -   -   -   -
 7 Mike Kelfer             1    0    1    1    0   -   -   -   -   -
   Dave Richter            3    0    1    1    0   -   -   -   -   -
   Mick Vukota             2    0    0    0    9   -   -   -   -   -
   Ryan Kummu              6    0    0    0   14   -   -   -   -   -
   Mark Fitzpatrick (G)   12    0    0    0    6   -   -   -   -   -
   Allain Harvey (G)      12    0    0    0    8   -   -   -   -   -
 4 Jim Culhane            15    0    0    0   14   -   -   -   -   -
   Paul Cohen (G)         17    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
 1 Danny Lorenz (G)       17    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
30 George Maneluk (G)     29    0    0    0    6   -   -   -   -   -
Bench 80                  20
-------------------------------------------------  ------------------
Totals    284  462  746 1680


Goaltender                   GP  Min  GA    GAA  W  L  T  EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
George Maneluk               29 1524 103   4.06 10 14  1   1  1
Danny Lorenz                 17  940  70   4.47  5  9  2   0  0
Paul Cohen                   17  924  55   3.57  5  7  3   1  0
Mark Fitzpatrick             12  734  47   3.84  3  7  2   0  0
Allain Harvey                12  723  45   3.73  5  6  1   1  0

 

 

1991-92 Scoring
                   Regular Season         Playoffs
 # Player Name           GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
   Greg Parks            70   36   57   93   84   7   5   8  13   4
41 Brent Grieve          74   34   32   66   84   7   3   2   5  16
43 Phil Huber            71   26   32   58   85   7   0   2   2  10
37 Richard Kromm         76   16   39   55   36   7   2   3   5   6
59 Travis Green          71   23   27   50   10   7   0   4   4  21
64 Lee Giffin            77   19   26   45   58   7   3   3   6  18
89 Graeme Townshend      61   14   23   37   94   4   0   2   2   0
   Dave Chyzowski        55   15   18   33  121   6   1   1   2  23
39 Hubie McDonough       21   11   18   29   14   -   -   -   -   -
   Brad Turner, NH       32    6   11   17   58   -   -   -   -   -
                CDI      35    3    6    9   17   -   -   -   -   -
                Totals   67    9   17   26   75   -   -   -   -   -
63 Iain Fraser           45    9   11   20   24   -   -   -   -   -
49 Wayne Doucet          60   11    7   18  116   7   1   1   2   6
15 Brad Dalgarno         14    7    8   15   34   -   -   -   -   -
   Jeff Sharples         31    3   12   15   18   7   6   5  11   4
38 Derek Laxdal          49    7    7   14   61   4   1   1   2  10
48 Dean Ewen             41    5    8   13  106   -   -   -   -   -
71 Dennis Vaske          31    1   11   12   59   -   -   -   -   -
40 Rick Hayward          27    3    8   11  139   7   0   0   0  58
 2 Dean Chynoweth        43    4    6   10  164   6   1   1   2  39
 3 Jeff Finley           20    1    9   10    6   -   -   -   -   -
   Rob Vanderydt         19    3    5    8    2   7   0   4   4   2
62 Joni Lehto            26    2    5    7    6   -   -   -   -   -
   Stephane Robitaille   11    1    5    6    2   7   0   1   1   2
   Vern Smith, New Haven  4    0    0    0    5   -   -   -   -   -
               CDI       17    1    5    6    6   -   -   -   -   -
               Totals    21    1    5    6   11   -   -   -   -   -
   John Blum             51    0    6    6   76   1   0   0   0   2
   Alex Roberts, Adir    16    1    3    4   12   -   -   -   -   -
                 CDI      5    0    1    1    6   -   -   -   -   -
                 Totals  21    1    4    5   18   -   -   -   -   -
   Joe Reekie             3    2    2    4    2   -   -   -   -   -
54 Jim Culhane           37    1    3    4   58   -   -   -   -   -
88 Kevin Cheveldayoff    44    0    4    4  110   7   0   0   0  22
53 Chris Pryor           22    0    3    3   12   7   2   2   4  18
   Dean Trboyevich       22    0    3    3   65   -   -   -   -   -
   Barry Dreger           2    1    1    2    5   -   -   -   -   -
   Tom Fitzgerald         4    1    1    2    4   -   -   -   -   -
   Jeff Jablonski, NH     1    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
                   CDI    4    1    1    2    0   -   -   -   -   -
                   Tot    5    1    1    2    0   -   -   -   -   -
   Bill Berg              3    0    2    2   16   -   -   -   -   -
46 Sean LeBrun           14    0    2    2   15   -   -   -   -   -
50 Danny Lorenz (G)      53    0    2    2    0   7   0   0   0   4
   Joe Capprini (G)       2    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
   Gary Nylund            4    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
   Scott McCrady          4    0    0    0   14   -   -   -   -   -
   Will Averill          12    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
30 Mark Fitzpatrick (G)  14    0    0    0    8   -   -   -   -   -
52 Jamie McLennan (G)    18    0    0    0    4   -   -   -   -   -
   Bench                 80                  20   7               4
------------------------------------------------  ------------------
Totals    261  416  677 1761
 
 
Goaltenders                  GP  Min  GA    GAA  W  L  T  EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
Danny Lorenz                 53 3050 181   3.56 22 22  7   1  2
Jamie McLennan               18  952  60   3.78  4 10  2   3  1
Mark Fitzpatrick             14  782  39   2.99  6  5  1   0  0
Joe Capprini                  2   77   5   3.90  0  0  1   0  0

 

 

1992-93 Scoring
                         Regular Season          Playoffs
Player Name            GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
Iain Fraser            74   41   69  110   16   4   0   1   1   0
Brent Grieve           79   34   28   62  122   4   1   1   2  10
Chris Taylor           77   19   43   62   32   4   0   1   1   2
Richard Kromm          79   20   34   54   28   3   0   0   0   0
Graeme Townshend       67   29   21   50   45   2   0   0   0   0
Steve Junker           79   16   31   47   20   4   0   0   0   0
Scott Scissons         43   14   30   44   33   4   0   0   0   0
Dave Chyzowski         66   15   21   36  177   3   2   0   2   0
Jeff Finley            61    6   29   35   34   4   0   1   1   0
Sean LeBrun            39   11   20   31   25   1   0   0   0   0
Wayne Doucet           72   11   16   27  155   3   0   0   0   2
Travis Green           20   12   11   23   39   -   -   -   -   -
Brad Turner            65    8   11   19   71   3   0   0   0   2
Dennis Vaske           42    4   15   19   70   -   -   -   -   -
Joni Lehto             57    4   13   17   33   3   1   1   2   2
Marty McInnis          10    4   12   16    2   -   -   -   -   -
Brad Dalgarno          19   10    4   14   16   -   -   -   -   -
Dean Chynoweth         52    3   10   13  197   4   0   1   1   9
Kevin Cheveldayoff     79    3    8   11  113   4   0   1   1   8
Wayne McBean           20    1    9   10   35   3   0   1   1   9
Dale Kushner, Hershey  26    1    7    8   98   -   -   -   -   -
                  CDI   7    0    1    1   29   2   1   0   1  29
                  Tot  33    1    8    9  127   2   1   0   1  29
Tom Kurvers             7    3    4    7    8   -   -   -   -   -
Tom Searle              9    2    3    5    2   -   -   -   -   -
Dean Ewen              25    2    3    5   60   -   -   -   -   -
Phil Huber             16    1    4    5    4   4   0   2   2   4
Martin Lacroix         20    1    4    5   21   -   -   -   -   -
Jeffery Kampersal       8    1    3    4    0   -   -   -   -   -
Vladimir Malakhov       3    2    1    3   11   -   -   -   -   -
Daniel Marois           4    2    0    2    0   -   -   -   -   -
Ray Ferraro             1    0    2    2    2   -   -   -   -   -
Jamie McLennan (G)     38    0    2    2   16   1   0   0   0   0
Clayton Young           9    1    0    1    2   -   -   -   -   -
Steve Beadle            4    0    1    1    0   -   -   -   -   -
Rich Pilon              6    0    1    1    8   -   -   -   -   -
Rick Hayward           19    0    1    1   80   4   1   1   2  27
Danny Lorenz (G)       44    0    1    1    2   4   0   0   0   0
Trevor Dam              1    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
Gary Nylund             2    0    0    0    0   -   -   -   -   -
Chris Pryor             3    0    0    0    6   -   -   -   -   -
Jason Widmer            4    0    0    0    2   -   -   -   -   -
Mark Fitzpatrick (G)    5    0    0    0    2   -   -   -   -   -
Jeff Jablonski          6    0    0    0    2   -   -   -   -   -
Kord Cernich, Rochester 4    0    0    0    2   -   -   -   -   -
              CDI       6    0    0    0    4   -   -   -   -   -
              Totals   10    0    0    0    6   -   -   -   -   -
Bench  80                  24   4
---------------------------------------------  ------------------
Totals 280  466  746 1548
 
 
Player                       GP  Min  GA    GAA  W  L  T  EN SO
---------------------------------------------------------------
Danny Lorenz                 44 2412 146   3.63 16 17  5   2  1
Jamie McLennan               38 2171 117   3.23 17 14  6   2  1
Mark Fitzpatrick              5  284  18   3.80  1  3  1   0  0

 

Top 5 All-Time Scorers (1990-93)
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Greg Parks 118 68 100 168 151
Richard Kromm 231 55 109 164 82
Brent Grieve 214 82 73 155 286
Iain Fraser 151 55 93 148 56
Travis Green 164 56 72 128 75

Team Records

Most Career Goals Scored: 82, Brent Grieve
Most Career Assists: 109, Richard Kromm
Most Career Points: 168, Greg Parks
Most Career Penalty Minutes: 537, Dean Chynoweth
Most Career Games Played: 231, Richard Kromm
Most Seasons: 3, several players

Most Career Points by a Defenseman: 89, Jeff Finley

Most points in a season: 110, Iain Fraser 1992-93
Most Goals in a season: 41, Iain Fraser 1992-93
Most assists in a season: 69, Iain Fraser 1992-93
Most PIM in a season: 203, Kevin Cheveldayoff 1990-91


 


Danny Lorenz

 
First Round Picks


C Tom Fitzgerald
RW Brad Dalgarno
D Dean Chynoweth
D Kevin Cheveldayoff
LW Dave Chyzowski
C Scott Scissons

 

Top Performers


Travis Green


Iain Fraser



Brent Grieve



Wayne Doucet

 

Calder Cup playoffs 1992

After missing the playoffs in 1991 the Capital District Islanders made the post season in 1992 despite finishing 5 games under .500. Still, Capital District managed to take the Springfield Indians to a seventh game before losing 5-1 in Springfield on April 22, 1992. CDI got great performances in the playoffs from Greg Parks who scored 5 goals and 13 points in the 7 games. Also shining for CDI was free agent signed defenseman Jeff Sharples who contributed 6 goals and 11 points in 7 games played. But the Indians, now an affiliate of the Hartford Whalers, were too much for the baby Isles. Springfield moved on to the second round on the backs of players like Daniel Shank, Terry Yake, Mike McHugh and former Islander Shawn Evans. The Indians were swept in the second round by the eventual Calder Cup Champions, the Adirondack Red Wings.


Calder Cup playoffs 1993

In 1993 the Capital District Islanders finished the regular season with their best record, a .500 record. In the first round of the playoffs they faced the defending Calder Cup champions, the Adirondack Red Wings, who finished only one point better than CDI during the regular season. It may have looked like an even match before it started, but the Red Wings cruised by Capital District in four straight led by 59 goal scorer Chris Tancill, Darren McCarty, Mike Sillinger, Allan Bester, Jeff Rohlicek and future Islanders Micah Aivazoff and Jim Cummins. Iain Fraser, who led CDI with 110 points during the regular season which was second in the AHL, only registered an assist in his four games played. Adirondack went on to lose a 7 game second round series to the Springfield Indians.

 

 

 

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