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Springfield
Indians: 1984 - 1990
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League: American Hockey League
Owner/President: Peter R. Cooney
General Manager: Bruce Landon
Head Coach: Lorne Henning 1984-85, Fred Creighton 1985-87, Gord
Lane 1986-88, Jim Roberts 1988-90
Most Memorable Players: Alan Kerr, Ron Handy, Gerald Diduck, Bob
Bassen, Randy Wood, Bill Berg, Rob DiMaio, Mike Walsh, Tom Fitzgerald,
Jeff Hackett, Wayne McBean
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Team Colors: Blue, Orange & White
Home Ice: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield MA
Championships: 1990 Calder Cup Champs
Notes: Missed the playoffs for four straight
seasons before winning the Championship in 1990.
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| When the Central Hockey League folded
after the 1983-84 season, the Islanders primary affiliate in
Indianapolis decided to move to the International Hockey League. The
Islanders kept an affiliation with the Checkers, but instead moved
their primary farm system to the American Hockey League's Springfield
Indians. The Islanders initially signed a two year deal with the
Indians after Springfield had severed ties with the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Indians already had a deep tradition and long history that dated
back to the old IAHL back during their founding year of 1935. Owner
Peter R. Cooney named Bruce Landon general manager of the Indians when he bought the team in 1982 and he remained in that position
throughout the Islanders tenure there which basically allowed
Islanders general manager Bill Torrey to focus on his NHL duties.
During the first three years from 1984 to 1987 the Islanders shared
the Indians with the Minnesota North Stars. In 1987 the North Stars
left and the Indians became pretty much exclusive to the
Islanders.
In a case of irony, the Springfield Indians were
coached by former Islander Lorne Henning, who was not in the Islanders
organization at the time, but with the North Stars. Later, he would go
on to coach in Minnesota. Henning got the Indians into the playoffs in
his only year as coach but the team lost out in the first round in
1985. For the next 4 seasons, from 1986 to 1989 the Indians failed to
qualify for the post season. This almost mirrored what was going on up
with the Islanders in the NHL as during the late 80's they started on
a decline of their own. Still, the Islanders managed to develop some
pretty good young players in Springfield. Patience became a virtue
shortly after Jim Roberts was named coach in 1988. As mentioned, the
team missed the playoffs in 1989, but in 1990 they went all the way to
the Calder Cup finals and won it all. Following that championship
season, the Islanders contract with Springfield was up and the Indians
signed on as a new affiliate with the NHL's Hartford Whalers. So the
Islanders were forced to move elsewhere after 6 years in Springfield.
The following season the "baby Islanders" or Capital
District Islanders were born. As for the
Indians, their championship in 1990 was the fifth in franchise
history. They won three straight Calder Cups from 1959 to 1962 as a
minor league affiliate of the New York Rangers. One of their star
players was former Islander assistant coach and junior coach Brian
Kilrea. In 1975 they won their fourth title as an affiliate of the Los
Angeles Kings and were coached by original Islander Ron Stewart.
Interestingly, the Indians won their sixth Calder Cup in 1991 ad Jim
Roberts remained and led the Whalers prospects to a second straight
title. After 58 years as the Indians, Springfield was sold to original
Islander owner Roy Boe and he moved them to Worcester, named them the
Icecats, and signed a partial affiliation with the Islanders.
Springfield got a new team, the Falcons, and shared an affiliation between Hartford and
Winnipeg, two locations no longer in the NHL. They have since been
affiliated with Phoenix and Tampa Bay. |
| Springfield Indians - Team Records:
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Regular
Season Records |
| Seasons |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
Playoffs |
| 1984-85 |
80 |
36 |
40 |
4 |
76 |
322 |
326 |
4th |
Lost round 1 |
| 1985-86 |
80 |
36 |
39 |
5 |
77 |
301 |
309 |
- |
Out of playoffs |
| 1986-87 |
80 |
34 |
40 |
6 |
74 |
296 |
344 |
- |
Out of playoffs |
| 1987-88 |
80 |
27 |
44 |
9 |
63 |
269 |
333 |
- |
Out of playoffs |
| 1988-89 |
80 |
32 |
44 |
4 |
68 |
287 |
341 |
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Out of playoffs |
| 1989-90 |
80 |
38 |
38 |
4 |
80 |
317 |
310 |
3rd |
Won Calder Cup |
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Playoff
Records |
| Year |
GP |
W |
L |
GF |
GA |
Finish |
| 1985 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
26 |
Lost round 1 |
| 1990 |
18 |
12 |
6 |
78 |
71 |
Won Calder Cup |
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Calder Cup
Playoff Results |
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1984-85
Season |
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Round 1 |
| April 10 |
Springfield 2 at Binghamton 4 |
| April 12 |
Springfield 5 at Binghamton 9 |
| April 13 |
Binghamton 6 at Springfield 1 |
| April 16 |
Binghamton 7 at Springfield 5 |
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Binghamton win series 4
games to 0 |
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Calder
Cup Playoff Results
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1989-90
Season
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Round
1
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Round
2
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Finals
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| April
5 |
Springfield
3 at Cape Breton 4 |
April
20 |
Springfield
4 at Sherbrooke 3 |
May
4 |
Springfield
7 at Rochester 6 |
| April
7 |
Springfield
3 at Cape Breton 2* |
April
22 |
Springfield
4 at Sherbrooke 7 |
May
6 |
Springfield
3 at Rochester 1 |
| April
10 |
Cape
Breton 3 at Springfield 8 |
April
25 |
Sherbrooke
2 at Springfield 3 |
May
8 |
Rochester
5 at Springfield 1 |
| April
12 |
Cape
Breton 4 at Springfield 5* |
April
28 |
Sherbrooke
2 at Springfield 5 |
May
11 |
Rochester
6 at Springfield 5 |
| April
14 |
Springfield 7 at
Cape Breton 8* |
April
29 |
Springfield
4 at Sherbrooke 7 |
May
13 |
Springfield
2 at Rochester 1* |
| April
17 |
Cape Breton 3 at
Springfield 5 |
May
1 |
Sherbrooke 4 at
Springfield 5* |
May
18 |
Rochester
3 at Springfield 4* |
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Springfield wins
series 4 games to 2
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Springfield
wins series 4 games to 2 |
Springfield
wins Calder Cup 4 games to 2 |
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*
overtime
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Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
16 Ron Handy 69 29 35 64 38 3 2 2 4 0
21 Mark Hamway 75 29 34 63 29 4 0 1 1 0
13 Tim Trimper 60 27 34 61 84 4 1 3 4 9
10 Scott Howson 57 20 40 60 31 4 1 3 4 2
9 Alan Kerr 62 32 27 59 140 4 1 2 3 2
24 Dirk Graham 37 20 28 48 41 - - - - -
27 Bob Bodak 79 21 24 45 52 4 1 0 1 2
12 Terry Tait 75 19 25 44 18 4 0 0 0 7
8 Brian Lawton 42 14 28 42 37 4 1 1 2 2
14 John Markell 46 16 25 41 23 4 3 1 4 11
4 David Jensen 69 13 27 40 63 4 0 1 1 0
Roger Kortko 30 8 30 38 6 - - - - -
20 Dale Henry 67 11 20 31 133 4 0 0 0 13
11 Tim Coulis 52 13 17 30 86 - - - - -
7 Vern Smith 76 6 20 26 115 4 0 2 2 9
18 Chris Pryor 77 3 21 24 158 4 0 2 2 0
22 Monty Trottier 60 6 12 18 40 3 0 1 1 8
Rob Flockhart, NH 2 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
Spr 14 5 8 13 22 - - - - -
Tot 16 5 10 15 22 - - - - -
5 Ken Leiter 39 3 12 15 12 4 0 3 3 2
Ken Solheim 17 6 8 14 0 4 2 0 2 2
25 Tom Hirsch 19 4 5 9 2 - - - - -
Randy Velischek 26 2 7 9 22 - - - - -
Gord Dineen 25 1 8 9 46 - - - - -
Glenn Hicks 11 3 4 7 4 4 0 1 1 6
Jiri Poner 27 2 4 6 17 - - - - -
Scott Bjugstad 5 2 3 5 2 - - - - -
Glenn Johannesen 21 1 3 4 59 - - - - -
Bob Lakso 8 2 1 3 0 - - - - -
Bo Berglund 3 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
Miroslav Maly, Balt 7 0 0 0 8 - - - - -
23 Spr 37 1 2 3 13 - - - - -
Tot 44 1 2 3 21 - - - - -
Don Biggs 6 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0
Bob Rouse 8 0 3 3 6 - - - - -
Gordon Paddock 12 0 2 2 24 3 0 0 0 6
35 Mike Sands (G) 46 0 2 2 48 3 0 0 0 2
Neal Coulter 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Jim Archibald 8 1 0 1 5 - - - - -
Bill Stewart 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Steve Smith 5 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
Shawn Kilroy (G) 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Bill Dowd 2 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Kevin Cameron, NS 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Spr 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Tot 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2 Dave Richter 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Rene Breton 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Todd Lumbard (G) 6 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Mike Neill 7 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0
19 Jim Koudys 26 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
30 Lorne Molleken (G) 34 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 0
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Totals 322 526 848 1423
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Mike Sands 46 2589 140 3.24 23 17 3 6 2
Lorne Molleken 34 1770 129 4.37 12 17 0 3 1
Todd Lumbard 6 348 35 6.03 0 5 1 0 0
Shawn Kilroy 2 120 13 6.50 1 1 0 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
9 Alan Kerr 71 35 36 71 127 - - - - -
16 Ron Handy 79 31 30 61 66 - - - - -
Marc Habscheid 41 18 32 50 21 - - - - -
8 Terry Martin 72 19 22 41 17 - - - - -
20 Dale Henry 64 14 26 40 162 - - - - -
10 Scott Howson 53 15 19 34 10 - - - - -
Bob Bassen 54 13 21 34 111 - - - - -
Ken Leiter 68 7 27 34 51 - - - - -
23 Paul Houck 61 15 17 32 27 - - - - -
24 Don Biggs 28 15 16 31 42 - - - - -
12 Terry Tait 62 11 19 30 34 - - - - -
25 Glenn Johannesen 78 8 21 29 187 - - - - -
Craig Levie 36 5 23 28 82 - - - - -
Neal Coulter 60 17 9 26 92 - - - - -
13 Bill Stewart 59 7 19 26 135 - - - - -
19 Garry Lacey 52 12 11 23 41 - - - - -
4 David Jensen 40 4 18 22 31 - - - - -
2 Gerald Diduck 61 6 14 20 175 - - - - -
Chris Pryor 55 4 16 20 104 - - - - -
11 George Servinis 30 2 14 16 19 - - - - -
7 Vern Smith 55 3 11 14 83 - - - - -
Mark Hamway 14 5 8 13 7 - - - - -
15 Jim Koudys 40 3 10 13 32 - - - - -
Tim Coulis 13 5 7 12 42 - - - - -
Roger Kortko 12 2 10 12 10 - - - - -
Ed Lee, Fredericton 6 3 1 4 2 - - - - -
22 Springfield 24 3 4 7 26 - - - - -
Totals 30 6 5 11 28 - - - - -
18 Gord Sherven 11 3 7 10 8 - - - - -
14 Bob Lakso 17 3 6 9 2 - - - - -
Jim Archibald 12 1 7 8 34 - - - - -
Steve Jensen 4 3 3 6 2 - - - - -
Gord Dineen 11 2 3 5 20 - - - - -
Earl Ingarfield 18 2 3 5 27 - - - - -
Ari Haanpaa 20 3 1 4 13 - - - - -
Mikko Makela 2 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
Mats Hallin 2 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
Gordon Paddock 20 1 1 2 52 - - - - -
Mike Neill 8 0 2 2 11 - - - - -
Mike Walsh 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Pat Micheletti 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Bo Berglund 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
Greg Gilbert 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Dan Mandich 3 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Bob Bodak 4 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
1 Robert Holland (G) 8 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Jon Casey (G) 9 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
Mike Sands (G) 27 0 0 0 24 - - - - -
30 Kari Takko (G) 43 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
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Totals 301 496 797 1951
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Kari Takko 43 2386 161 4.05 18 19 3 0 1
Mike Sands 27 1490 94 3.79 8 15 1 1 0
Jon Casey 9 464 30 3.88 4 3 1 0 0
Robert Holland 8 479 23 2.88 6 2 0 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
18 Randy Smith 75 20 44 64 24 - - - - -
21 Mark Hamway 59 25 31 56 8 - - - - -
24 Stuart Burnie 76 21 30 51 62 - - - - -
23 Paul Houck 64 29 18 47 58 - - - - -
9 Randy Wood 75 23 24 47 57 - - - - -
22 Mike Walsh 67 20 26 46 32 - - - - -
27 Roger Kortko 75 16 30 46 54 - - - - -
14 Pat Micheletti 67 17 26 43 39 - - - - -
3 Emanuel Viveiros 76 7 35 42 38 - - - - -
5 Randy Boyd 48 9 30 39 96 - - - - -
11 Tim Coulis 38 12 19 31 212 - - - - -
15 Jim Archibald 66 10 17 27 303 - - - - -
17 Neal Coulter 47 12 13 25 63 - - - - -
19 Todd Bergen 27 12 11 23 14 - - - - -
Dale Henry 23 9 14 23 49 - - - - -
8 Gordon Paddock 78 6 11 17 127 - - - - -
25 Glenn Johannesen 54 10 6 16 156 - - - - -
33 Tom Weiss 46 6 10 16 47 - - - - -
7 Gerald Diduck 45 6 8 14 120 - - - - -
20 Colin Chisholm 75 1 11 12 141 - - - - -
6 Vern Smith 41 1 10 11 58 - - - - -
Scott Bjugstad 11 6 4 10 7 - - - - -
4 Gord Lane 62 2 6 8 117 - - - - -
Mike Neill 32 3 4 7 67 - - - - -
Bruce Eakin 11 0 5 5 6 - - - - -
10 Larry DePalma 9 2 2 4 82 - - - - -
Bill Berg 4 1 1 2 4 - - - - -
Alan May 4 0 2 2 11 - - - - -
26 Chris Pryor 5 0 2 2 17 - - - - -
13 Duncan MacPherson 26 1 0 1 86 - - - - -
Jon Casey (G) 13 0 1 1 8 - - - - -
1 Marty Wakelyn (G) 21 0 1 1 6 - - - - -
30 Roydon Gunn (G) 29 0 1 1 17 - - - - -
Carey Lucyk 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Gary Johnson (G) 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Rettew 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Marcel Frere 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Garnet McKechney 2 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
Kari Takko (G) 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
35 Mike Sands (G) 19 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Bench 80 9
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Totals 296 453 740 2190
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Roydon Gunn 29 1599 107 4.02 14 13 1 0 0
Marty Wakelyn 21 1144 75 3.93 9 7 2 1 0
Mike Sands 19 1048 77 4.41 5 10 1 3 0
Jon Casey 13 770 56 4.36 3 8 2 3 0
Kari Takko 5 300 16 3.20 3 2 0 0 1
Gary Johnson 1 19 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
19 Bruce Boudreau 80 42 74 116 84 - - - - -
24 Stuart Burnie 78 33 22 55 98 - - - - -
Alain Lemieux, Balt 16 2 14 16 4 - - - - -
Her 20 8 10 18 10 - - - - -
33 Spr 15 7 10 17 4 - - - - -
Totals 51 17 34 51 18 - - - - -
22 Mike Walsh 77 27 23 50 48 - - - - -
9 Todd McLellan 70 18 26 44 32 - - - - -
16 Dale Kushner 68 13 23 36 201 - - - - -
8 Gordon Paddock 74 8 26 34 127 - - - - -
18 Ari Haanpaa 61 14 19 33 34 - - - - -
4 Bill Berg 76 6 26 32 148 - - - - -
21 Vern Smith 64 5 22 27 78 - - - - -
12 Rod Dallman 59 9 17 26 355 - - - - -
27 Brad Dalgarno 39 13 11 24 76 - - - - -
14 Jim McGeough 30 11 13 24 28 - - - - -
3 Jeff Finley 52 5 18 23 50 - - - - -
20 Dale Henry 24 9 12 21 103 - - - - -
13 Duncan MacPherson 74 5 14 19 213 - - - - -
11 Kevin Herom 66 9 8 17 74 - - - - -
10 John Mokosak 77 1 16 17 178 - - - - -
26 Mick Vukota 52 7 9 16 372 - - - - -
17 Neal Coulter 27 11 4 15 33 - - - - -
Derek King 10 7 6 13 6 - - - - -
Mark Jooris, NS 2 3 5 8 4 5 1 4 5 6
Spr 8 2 1 3 6 - - - - -
Totals 10 5 6 11 10 - - - - -
23 Kurt Lackton 37 1 4 5 64 - - - - -
Ken Leiter 2 0 4 4 0 - - - - -
15 Todd Okerlund 13 2 1 3 9 - - - - -
1 Marty Wakelyn (G) 46 0 3 3 9 - - - - -
Duane Joyce 1 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
35 Brian Ford (G) 35 0 2 2 10 - - - - -
Doug Weiss 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Garnet McKechney 8 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
25 Brian Curran 8 1 0 1 43 - - - - -
Randy Wood 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2 Mike Neill 11 0 1 1 39 - - - - -
Glenn Johannesen 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
George Maneluk (G) 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Salvucci 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Weiss 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Ferguson 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Roydon Gunn (G), Balt 18 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
30 Spr 11 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Tot 29 0 0 0 4 - - - - -
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Totals 269 417 686 2526
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Marty Wakelyn 44 2278 154 4.06 14 22 3 3 0
Brian Ford 35 1898 118 3.73 12 15 4 4 0
Roydon Gunn 11 538 43 4.80 1 7 0 2 0
George Maneluk 2 125 9 4.32 0 1 1 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Mike Walsh 68 31 34 65 73 - - - - -
Bruce Boudreau 50 28 36 64 42 - - - - -
Stuart Burnie 74 28 36 64 49 - - - - -
Shawn Evans 68 9 50 59 125 - - - - -
Bill Berg 69 17 32 49 122 - - - - -
Richard Kromm 48 21 26 47 15 - - - - -
Tom Fitzgerald 61 24 18 42 43 - - - - -
Dale Henry 50 13 21 34 83 - - - - -
Rob DiMaio 40 13 18 31 67 - - - - -
Mike Stevens 42 17 13 30 120 - - - - -
Vern Smith 80 3 26 29 121 - - - - -
Tim Hanley, NH 1 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
Maine 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Spr 33 13 15 28 10 - - - - -
Tot 38 13 15 28 15 - - - - -
Todd McLellan 37 7 19 26 17 - - - - -
Rod Dallman 67 12 12 24 360 - - - - -
Jeff Finley 65 3 16 19 55 - - - - -
Raimo Helminen 16 6 11 17 0 - - - - -
Shawn Byram 45 5 11 16 195 - - - - -
Kerry Clark 63 7 7 14 264 - - - - -
Doug Weiss 32 3 11 14 42 - - - - -
Hank Lammens 69 1 13 14 55 - - - - -
Chris McSorley 26 5 8 13 119 - - - - -
Dale Kushner 45 5 8 13 132 - - - - -
Chris Pryor 54 3 6 9 205 - - - - -
Brad Lauer 8 1 5 6 0 - - - - -
Duncan MacPherson 24 1 5 6 69 - - - - -
Derek King 4 4 0 4 0 - - - - -
Wayne Doucet 6 2 2 4 4 - - - - -
Doug Keans (G), Balt 4 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Spr 32 0 4 4 14 - - - - -
Tot 36 0 4 4 16 - - - - -
Randy Wood 1 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
Patrick Flatley 2 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
Glenn Johannesen 5 1 1 2 20 - - - - -
Jeff Hackett (G) 29 0 2 2 6 - - - - -
Paul Houck 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Mick Vukota 3 1 0 1 33 - - - - -
Richard Durose (G) 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Peter McGeough 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Duane Joyce 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Danny Lorenz (G) 4 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Dean Ewen 6 0 0 0 26 - - - - -
George Maneluk (G) 24 0 0 0 6 - - - - -
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287 468 755 2496
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Doug Keans 32 1737 124 4.28 11 16 2 2 0
Jeff Hackett 29 1677 116 4.15 12 14 2 3 0
George Maneluk 24 1202 84 4.19 7 13 0 0 0
Danny Lorenz 4 210 12 3.43 2 1 0 0 0
Regular Season Playoffs
Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Paul Gagne, Newmarket 28 13 14 27 11 - - - - -
Springfield 36 18 29 47 6 13 10 6 16 2
Totals 64 31 43 74 17 13 10 6 16 2
Mike Walsh 69 34 20 54 43 8 2 2 4 10
Greg Parks 49 22 32 54 30 18 9 13 22 22
Bill Berg 74 12 42 54 74 15 5 12 17 22
Tom Fitzgerald 53 30 23 53 32 14 2 9 11 13
Rob DiMaio 54 25 27 52 69 16 4 7 11 45
Guy Rouleau 52 18 26 44 14 18 9 9 18 20
Mike Kelfer 57 24 18 42 10 - - - - -
Sean LeBrun 63 9 33 42 20 - - - - -
Shawn Evans 63 6 35 41 102 18 6 11 17 35
Derek Laxdal, Newmarket 23 7 8 15 52 - - - - -
Spr 28 13 12 25 42 13 8 6 14 47
Totals 51 20 20 40 94 13 8 6 14 47
Wayne McBean 68 6 33 39 48 17 4 11 15 31
Gilles Thibaudeau, New 10 7 13 20 4 - - - - -
Spr 6 5 8 13 0 - - - - -
Tot 16 12 21 33 4 - - - - -
Dale Henry 43 17 14 31 68 18 3 5 8 33
Rod Dallman 43 10 20 30 129 15 5 5 10 59
Dale Kushner 45 14 11 25 163 7 2 3 5 61
Derek King 21 11 12 23 33 - - - - -
Marc Bergevin 47 7 16 23 66 17 2 11 13 16
Mike Stevens 28 12 10 22 75 - - - - -
Dave Pasin, New Haven 7 7 4 11 14 - - - - -
Springfield 11 2 3 5 2 3 1 2 3 0
Totals 18 9 7 16 16 3 1 2 3 0
Jeff Finley 57 1 15 16 41 13 1 4 5 23
Chris Pryor 60 3 7 10 105 18 1 3 4 12
Shawn Byram 31 4 4 8 30 - - - - -
Richard Kromm 9 3 4 7 4 16 1 5 6 4
Dean Ewen 34 0 7 7 194 - - - - -
Dean Chynoweth 40 0 7 7 98 17 0 4 4 36
Brad Lauer 7 4 2 6 0 - - - - -
Hank Lammens 43 0 6 6 27 7 0 0 0 14
Brad McCaughey 7 3 2 5 0 - - - - -
Joe Reekie 15 1 4 5 24 - - - - -
Jack Capuano 14 0 4 4 8 - - - - -
Jeff Rohlicek 12 1 2 3 4 7 3 2 5 6
Tim Hanley 9 2 0 2 2 - - - - -
Jari Gronstrand, Halifax 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Spr 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Totals 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Kerry Clark 21 0 1 1 73 - - - - -
Jeff Hackett (G) 54 0 1 1 16 17 0 1 1 0
Jim Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Len Soccio 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Andre Brassard 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Kevin Cheveldayoff 4 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Dave Chyzowski 4 0 0 0 7 - - - - -
Paul Cohen (G) 9 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
George Maneluk (G) 27 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2
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Totals 317 491 808 1665
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA W L T EN SO
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Jeff Hackett 54 3045 187 3.68 24 25 3 3 1
George Maneluk 27 1382 94 4.08 11 9 1 0 1
Paul Cohen 9 400 25 3.75 3 4 0 1 0
| Top 5 All-Time
Scorers (1984-90) |
| Player |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
| Mike Walsh |
283 |
113 |
103 |
216 |
196 |
| Dale Henry |
271 |
73 |
107 |
180 |
598 |
| Bruce Boudreau |
130 |
70 |
110 |
180 |
126 |
| Stuart Burnie |
228 |
82 |
88 |
170 |
171 |
| Bill Berg |
223 |
36 |
101 |
137 |
348 |
Team Records
Most Goals Scored: 113, Mike Walsh
Most Assists: 110, Bruce Boudreau
Most points: 216, Mike Walsh
Most Penalty Minutes: 844, Rod Dallman
Most Games Played: 316, Vern Smith
Most Seasons: 5, Vern Smith
Most points in a season: 116, Bruce Boudreau 1987-88
Most Goals in a season: 42, Bruce Boudreau 1987-88
Most assists in a season: 74, Bruce Boudreau 1987-88
Most PIM in a season: 372, Mick Vukota 1987-88
Individual Awards
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award(AHL Coach of the Year)
Jim Roberts 1989-90
John B. Sollenberger Trophy(AHL Leading Scorer)
Bruce Boudreau 1987-88
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy(Playoff MVP)
Jeff Hackett 1990
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Trophy(Sportsmanship & dedication)
Bruce Boudreau 1987-88
Alan Kerr
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| First Round
Picks |
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D Duncan MacPherson
C Tom Fitzgerald
RW Brad Dalgarno
LW Derek King
D Dean Chynoweth
D Kevin Cheveldayoff
LW Dave Chyzowski
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| Top
Performers |
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Greg Parks
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Mike Walsh
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Dale Henry
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1990 Playoff MVP Jeff Hackett
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Calder Cup Champions 1990
The Springfield Indians finished the 1989-90 season
with a 38-38-4 record, good for 80 points in the American Hockey
League. In the Islanders six year affiliation with the Indians this
turned out to be their best season, a .500 record. Entering the
playoffs nobody expected the Indians to do much. In their first round
series, against the Cape Breton Oilers - affiliate of the Edmonton
Oilers, Springfield lost game 1 but rebounded with an overtime win in
game 2 just 4 minutes in. Things took off from there as the Indians
took the next two games at home to take a 3 games to 1 lead.
Springfield didn't have home ice advantage throughout the playoffs and
going into round two had to travel to Sherbrooke to take on the
Canadiens, affiliate of, of course, the Montreal Canadiens. Once
again Springfield was able to split the set in Sherbrooke and won both
games at home to take a commanding 3 games to 1 lead. Sherbrooke
forced a game 6 back in Springfield where the Indians ended the series
with a 5-4 win scoring the winning goal just over 7 minutes into
overtime.
In the Calder Cup finals Springfield traveled to
take on the Rochester Americans, affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. The
American finished with the second best record in 1989-90, achieving 95
points and first place in their division. But the Indians came into
the series very confident, as they had just knocked off the #1 team in
the AHL, Sherbrooke who finished the regular season with 102 points.
The Americans had a lot of fire power as they were led by Mike
Donnelly, Donald Audette, Jody Gage, Francois Guay, Don McSween, Steve
Ludzik, Dale DeGray and Ray Sheppard, who joined Rochester for the
playoff push. Audette, Gage and Donnelly all scored over 40 goals
during the regular season. The Springfield Indians jumped out to a
commanding lead by winning both the first two games of the finals in
Rochester. They returned home looking to close out the series, but
Rochester wasn't there for nothing and bounced back with two road wins
of their own to tie the series at two game apiece. Game 5 in Rochester
really proved to be a deciding factor in the series and the Indians
pulled out the 2-1 win just over 10 minutes into overtime. Returning
home to Springfield, the Indians were one win away from a total
playoff upset and taking home the title. Five days later, on May 18,
1990 at the Springfield Civic Center, the Indians won a another
dramatic game 4-3 with the winner coming just 23 seconds into
overtime. Springfield wins the Calder Cup Championship 4 games to 2
over the Rochester Americans.
Captain Rob DiMiao takes a puff from a cigar and a
swig from the Calder Cup
One of the biggest playoff heroes for the Indians
was a player brought in midway during the 1989-90 season from the
Johnstown Chiefs of the East Coast Hockey League. Greg Parks, whose
performance would earn him a contract with the Islanders, recorded 9
goals and 22 points in 18 playoff games. Paul Gagne, who was acquired
from the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Islanders in December of 1989, led
the Indians with 10 playoff goals and 16 points. The Islanders had
high hopes for defenseman Wayne McBean, who was acquired from Los
Angeles in February of 1989. He contributed 15 points to Springfield's
run in 1990. Islander draft picks Tom Fitzgerald, Rob DiMaio, Bill
Berg and playoff MVP goaltender Jeff Hackett played big roles in
winning the championship. Not to be forgotten for their contributions
during playoff time are Guy Rouleau, Shawn Evans, Derek Laxdal, Rod
Dallman and Marc Bergevin, who was allowed to play because he only got
into 18 games with the Islanders in the NHL that season.
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Jeff Finley and Dale Kushner embrace
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Chris Pryor was the last to leave the ice
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