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|Best GAA (Goalie)||Robert Holsinger||2.08||1998-99
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| [[Dan Collins]] || 2003- || 229 || 85 || 90 || 175 || 219
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| [[Dan Collins]] || 2003- || 223 || 81 || 83 || 164 || 209
| [[James Neal]] || 2003- || 187 || 68 || 105 || 173 || 235
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| [[Evan Brophey]] || 2005- || 94 || 35 || 85 || 120 || 117
| [[Evan Brophey]] || 2005- || 100 || 40 || 89 || 129 || 127
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| [[Jared Boll]] || 2005- || 123 || 43 || 45 || 88 || 379
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| [[Tommy Sestito]] || 2004- || 144 || 49 || 31 || 80 || 382
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| [[Chris Terry]] || 2005- || 124 || 28 || 50 || 78 || 162
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| [[Ryan McGinnis]] || 2003- || 209 || 10 || 51 || 61 || 321
| [[Ryan McGinnis]] || 2003- || 215 || 10 || 55 || 65 || 333
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Revision as of 05:28, 26 February 2007

Plymouth Whalers
File:Plymouthwhalers.gif
CityPlymouth, Michigan
LeagueOntario Hockey League
ConferenceWestern
DivisionWest
Founded1997-1998
Home arenaCompuware Sports Arena
ColoursNavy blue, White, Green & Silver
General managerMike Vellucci
Head coachMike Vellucci
AffiliateCompuware Ambassadors
Franchise history
1990-92Detroit Compuware Ambassadors
1992-95Detroit Junior Red Wings
1995-97Detroit Whalers
1997-PresentPlymouth Whalers
The Plymouth Whalers and Saginaw Spirit line up for a faceoff at the Compuware Sports Arena.
File:Whalers 10th Anniversary Logo.gif
Whalers 10th Anniversary Logo

The Plymouth Whalers are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the Compuware Sports Arena (seating capacity: 3,807) in Plymouth, Michigan, USA.

History

The Whalers can trace their roots back to the 1990-91 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors as an expansion team in the OHL. Since then the franchise has been the Detroit Junior Red Wings and the Detroit Whalers. The Plymouth Whalers were born in 1997.

The franchise has been owned by Peter Karmanos since its inception. The Whalers have been part of the Compuware Hockey program since 1995, which also includes the Compuware Amabassadors minor hockey program and the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, who were formerly the Hartford Whalers, the namesake of the Detroit Whalers. The Carolina Hurricanes tend to give preference to players from the Plymouth Whalers in the NHL Entry Draft, and coaches and executives are promoted from within the Compuware Hockey affiliation.

The Detroit Junior Red Wings and Detroit Whalers were both successful incarnations of the franchise in their own rights, but the Plymouth Whalers have made a name for themselves as perennial winners. The club has never had a losing season since 1997.

The Whalers celebrated their 10th Anniversary playing at the Compuware Sports Arena during the 2005-06 season. Plymouth is one of only two teams to win 5 consecutive division titles (West division from 1999-2003, the other team being the Ottawa 67's (East division from 1996-2000). The team also produces the highest ranked goaltenders on an annual basis. Whalers goalies had the lowest goals against average in the OHL throughout the five consecutive division titles.

Championships

The Plymouth Whalers have won six divisional titles, five of them consecutively. Plymouth has also won three Hamilton Spectator Trophies, reached the OHL Championship Finals twice.

J. Ross Robertson Cup
OHL Champion

  • 1990-00 Finalists vs. Barrie Colts
  • 2000-01 Finalists vs. Ottawa 67's


Wayne Gretzky Trophy
Western Conference Playoff Champion

  • 2000 & 2001

Hamilton Spectator Trophy
Season Champion

  • 1998-99 51 wins, 4 ties, 106 pts
  • 1999-00 45 wins, 4 ties, 1 OTL, 95 pts
  • 2001-02 39 wins, 12 ties, 2 OTL, 92 pts

Bumbacco Trophy
West Division Champion

  • 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2005-06

Coaches

  • 1995-01 Peter DeBoer (6 seasons) - DeBoer was promoted from assistant coach to beceme coach & general manager of the Whalers organization in 1995 when Paul Maurice went to the NHL. DeBoer previously played for the Compuware Spitfires (also owned by Karmanos) when they went to the Memorial Cup in 1988. He was twice voted the OHL Coach of the Year, winning the Matt Leyden Trophy in the 1998-99 & 1999-00 seasons.
  • 2001-present Mike Vellucci (6 seasons) - Vellucci became coach & general manager in addition to being team president, after Peter DeBoer departed to the Kitchener Rangers. Vellucci is a former OHL defenceman with the Belleville Bulls, played two games with the NHL Hartford Whalers in 1988. Velluci's assistant coach and general manager is Todd Watson.

Players

Pat Peake # 14 is the only number retired by the Whalers organization. Peake (who played in the Junior Red Wings era) was a two-season captain, the first MVP for the franchise in 1992-93, as well as Canadian Hockey League player of the year, and OHL Most Sportsmanlike player of the year.

Team Captains

Award Winners

First Round Draft Picks

Players who were drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft

NHL Alumni

List Plymouth Whalers alumni who have played in the National Hockey League.

Current squad

Goaltenders
Number Player Glove Acquired NHL Rights Place of Birth
30 United States Jeremy Smith* L 2005 OHL Draft 2007 Brownstown, Michigan
40 Czech Republic Michal Neuvirth L 2006 CHL Import Draft WSH 2006 Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic
Defensemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired NHL Rights Place of Birth
2 Canada Brett Bellemore R 2004 OHL Draft 2007 Windsor, Ontario
3 Canada Wes Cunningham L Trade BLV 2005 Free Agent Dresden, Ontario
4 Canada Leo Jenner L 2005 OHL Draft 2007 Mossley, Ontario
5 Slovakia Jozef Sladok L 2006 CHL Import Draft 2007 Zvolen, Slovakia
6 Canada Steven Whitely R Trade BLV 2007 2007 Petrolia, Ontario
10 United States Ryan McGinnis L 2003 OHL Draft LA 2005 Fenton, Michigan
26 Canada C - Steve Ward O/A± R Trade SAR 2004 Free Agent Scarborough, Ontario
28 Canada Zack Shepley L 2003 OHL Draft Free Agent Oakville, Ontario
34 Canada Jordon O'Neill L 2006 OHL Draft 2009 London, Ontario
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Positon Acquired NHL Rights Place of Birth
7 United States A - Jared Boll O/A R RW Trade KIN 2005 CBJ 2005 Crystal Lake, Illinois
9 Canada Vern Cooper R C 2006 OHL Draft 2009 Sudbury, Ontario
11 Canada A - Evan Brophey O/A± L C Trade BLV 2005 CHI 2005 Kitchener, Ontario
12 Canada Kaine Geldart R RW 2005 OHL Draft 2007 Kingston, Ontario
13 United States Sean O'Connor R RW Trade ER 2007 2007 Trenton, Michigan
15 Canada A - Andrew Fournier L C 2003 OHL Draft 2007 Amherstview, Ontario
16 Canada Brett Valliquette L LW 2005 OHL Draft 2007 Newmarket, Ontario
17 United States Dan Collins R RW 2003 OHL Draft FLA 2005 Carthage, New York
19 Canada James Neal**± L LW 2003 OHL Draft DAL 2005 Whitby, Ontario
20 Canada Chris Terry L C 2005 OHL Draft 2007 Brampton, Ontario
21 United States Tommy Sestito L LW 2003 OHL Draft CBJ 2006 Rome, New York
22 United States A.J. Jenks L LW 2006 OHL Draft 2008 Wolverine Lake, Michigan
23 Canada Joe McCann R RW Trade SAG 2006 Free Agent Essex, Ontario
25 Canada Joe Gaynor L LW 2005 OHL Draft 2007 Goderich, Ontario
27 Canada Daniel Ryder± R C Trade PBO 2007 CGY 2005 Bonavista, Newfoundland


*: Jeremy Smith was credited with the win at the 2007 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, January 17.

**: James Neal won gold with Team Canada at the U-20 Canadian National Team.

±: Named to the Western Conference All-Star Team for the 2007 OHL All-Star Classic, in Saginaw, Michigan.

Players By Number

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Former captain John Vigilante.

This is not a complete listing of all players.

  • 1: Kevin Butt, Derek Wilkinson, Chris Wilcox, Darryl Foster, Mike Minard, Shawn Gallant, Aaron Molnar, Bill Ruggiero, Matt Tanel, Justin Peters
  • 2: Paul Mara, Cole Jarrett, Ryan Lee, Brett Bellemore
  • 3: Shaun Fisher, Nikos Tselios, Andre Robichaud, Libor Ustrnul, Mike Looby, Wes Cunningham
  • 4: Greg Bailey, Tom Buckley, Jared Newman, Richard Power, Jake Helmick, Leo Jenner
  • 5: Nate Kiser, Zack Shepley, Jozek Sladok
  • 6: Chris Cava, Karl Stewart, Erik Lundmark, Steven Whitely
  • 7: Troy Smith, Steven Morris, Ryan O'Keefe, John Mitchell, Jared Boll
  • 8: Scott Wray, Jon Billy, Greg Campbell, Trevor Waddell, Mike Martinelli
  • 9: Colin Beardsmore, Joe Byrne, Adam Colagiacomo, Stephen Weiss, John Vigilante, Vern Cooper
  • 10: Julian Smith, George Nistas, Jimmy Gagnon, Ryan McGinnis
  • 11: Matt Ball, Scott Blair, David Legwand, Tim Sestito, Evan Brophey
  • 12: Yuri Babenko, Kris Vernarsky, Vaclav Meidl, Joe McCann, Kaine Geldart
  • 13: Shaun Fisher, James Ramsay, Jeff Phillips, Sean O'Connor
  • 14: Jamie Lalonde, Nathan Tennant
  • 15: Pat Barton, Tom Buckley, Matt Ball, Damian Surma, Martin Cizek, Andrew Fournier
  • 16: Jason Ward, Bryan Thompson, Sean Thompson, Cory Tanaka, Brett Valliquette
  • 17: Randy Fitzgerald, Chad LaRose, Dan Collins
  • 18: Jesse Boulerice, James Ramsay, Sean Thompson, James Neal, John Vigilante, John Armstrong, Jordon O'Neill
  • 19: David Benn, Harold Druken, Tomas Kurka, Taylor Raszka, Chris Thorburn, Tony Iaquinto, James Neal
  • 20: Rob Boyko, Pat Barton, Dan Armstrong, Andrew Taylor, Andre Robichaud, James Wisniewski, Chris Terry
  • 21: John-Paul Luciuk, Justin Williams, Jeff Phillips, Josh Chambers, Ryan Ramsay, Tommy Sestito
  • 22: Scott Blair, Steve Wasylko, Justin Williams, Stacy Britstone, Kyle Neufeld, Mike Letizia, AJ Jenks
  • 23: Andy Burnham, Libor Ustrnul, Preston Mizzi, Joe McCann
  • 24: Terry Banjavcic, Bob McBride, Mike Nelson, Gino Pisellini
  • 25: Don Ashley, Kristopher Purdy, Brad Yeo, Steve Phillips, Mike Knight, Joe Gaynor
  • 26: Kevin Holdridge, Mark McMahon, Matt Armstrong, Grant Buckley, Jordan Grant, Steve Ward
  • 27: Brian Passmore, Chad Wiseman, Danny MacDonald, Gary Klapkowski, Nick Vernelli, Frank Grzeszczak, Daniel Ryder
  • 28: Pat Parthenais, Zack Shepley
  • 29: Jesse Boulerice, Aaron Ellis, Sergei Fedotov, Rob Zepp
  • 30: Jamie Shea, Brad Teichmann, Jason Saal, Nathan West, Steve Lyle, Brandon Sacco, Larry Sterling, Dan Reed, Jeremy Smith
  • 31: Robert Esche, Paul Drew
  • 32: Michael Lombardi
  • 33: Jamie Allison, Robert Holsinger, Libor Ustrnul, Jason Bacashihua, Jeff Weber, Justin Garay
  • 34: Fred Brathwaite, Bryan Berard, Jonas Fiedler, Leo Jenner, Jordon O'Neill
  • 35: John Finnie, Brent Thombs, Brian Kent, Ryan Nie
  • 36: Tomek Valtonen, Erik Lundmark, Craig Cescon
  • 37: Eric Gooldy, Sean Pennock, Rane Carnegie
  • 38: Bryan McKinney, Jason Lawmaster, Nikos Tselios, David Liffiton, Scott Madden
  • 39: Scott Cameron, Pete Barker, Brent Mahon, Ryan Stephenson
  • 40: Ryan Lee, Michal Neuvirth
  • 41: Dan Pawlaczyk
  • 44: Kevin Brown, Milan Kostolny
  • 52: Gerry Skrypec
  • 55: Sam Oliviera, Ryan O'Neill, Duane Harmer, Tom Buckley,
  • 61: Dale Junkin
  • 77: Shayne McCosh
  • 91: Sean Haggerty
  • 93: Nic Beaudoin

Franchise Records

A complete list of team records can be found here.

Team Records for a single season
Statistic Total Season
Most Points 106 1998-99
Most Wins 51 1998-99
Most Goals For 330 1992-93
Least Goals For 198 2004-05
Least Goals Against 162 1998-99
2000-01
Most Goals Against 378 1990-91
Individual player records for a single season
Statistic Player Total Season
Most Goals Chad LaRose 61 2002-03
Most Assists Kevin Brown 91 1992-93
Most Points Bob Wren 145 1992-93
Most PIM David Benn 305 1991-92
Best GAA (Goalie) Robert Holsinger 2.08 1998-99
Most Wins (Goalie) Rob Zepp 36 1999-00
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played


Top Scorers

Top scorers in the history of the franchise.

Player Years GP G A Pts PIM
Pat Peake 1990-92 162 138 181 319 162
Bob Wren 1991-94 182 115 188 303 220
Todd Harvey 1991-95 173 113 157 270 310
Kevin Brown 1992-94 113 102 167 269 161
Sean Haggerty 1993-96 187 131 132 263 136
John Vigilante 2002-06 254 93 153 246 107
Harold Druken 1996-99 187 123 120 243 60
John Mitchell 2001-05 258 80 150 230 158
Damian Surma 1998-02 241 105 120 225 286
Stephen Weiss 1999-02 172 89 134 223 149


Top active scorers

Player Years GP G A Pts PIM
Dan Collins 2003- 229 85 90 175 219
James Neal 2003- 187 68 105 173 235
Evan Brophey 2005- 100 40 89 129 127
Steve Ward 2004- 193 31 73 104 226
Jared Boll 2005- 123 43 45 88 379
Andrew Fournier 2003- 154 45 39 84 126
Tommy Sestito 2004- 144 49 31 80 382
Chris Terry 2005- 124 28 50 78 162
Ryan McGinnis 2003- 215 10 55 65 333
Wes Cunningham 2005- 90 5 37 42 165

Yearly Results

Regular Season

Legend:
T = Tie (1997-2005), SL = Shoot Out Loss (2005-06 onward), OTL = Overtime Loss

Season Games Won Lost T/SL OTL Points Pct % Goals
For		 Goals
Against		 Standing
1997-98 66 37 22 7 - 81 0.614 279 223 2nd Western
1998-99 68 51 13 4 - 106 0.779 313 162 1st West
1999-00 68 45 18 4 1 95 0.691 256 172 1st West
2000-01 68 43 15 5 5 96 0.669 253 162 1st West
2001-02 68 39 15 12 2 92 0.662 249 166 1st West
2002-03 68 43 14 9 2 97 0.699 259 174 1st West
2003-04 68 32 24 9 3 76 0.537 220 204 2nd West
2004-05 68 30 29 6 3 69 0.485 198 204 2nd West
2005-06 68 35 28 1 4 75 0.551 227 224 1st West
2006-07 See 2006-07 OHL season for up-to-date standings.

Playoffs

  • 1997-98 - Defeated Sarnia Sting 4 games to 1 in division quarter-finals.
    Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
    Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 0 in semi-finals.
  • 1998-99 - Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
    Lost to London Knights 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals.
  • 1999-00 - Defeated Guelph Storm 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
    Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 1 in conference semi-finals.
    Defeated S.S.Marie Greyhounds 4 game to 1 in conference finals.
    Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 3 in finals.
  • 2000-01 - Defeated Sarnia Sting 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
    Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
    Defeated Erie Otters 4 game to 1 in conference finals.
    Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in finals.
  • 2001-02 - Lost to London Knights 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2002-03 - Defeated Owen Sound Attack 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
    Defeated London Knights 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals.
    Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3 in conference finals.
  • 2003-04 - Defeated Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
    Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
  • 2004-05 - Lost to Owen Sound Attack 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
  • 2005-06 - Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 3 in conference quarter-finals.
    Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals

Uniforms & Logos

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The Whalers colours are navy blue, white, green and silver. The Whalers logo was created in 1995 after the Jr. Red Wings were renamed. The colours and logo were derived from the NHL's Hartford Whalers who were also owned by Peter Karmanos. The logo features an angry hockey stick-wielding whale, blowing a puck and spout of water out its blow hole. The name Whalers is superimposed on the image surround by a circle of green and blue with waves in the background.

The Whalers home and away jerseys are either white or navy blue background, with green & silver trim. The Whalers third jersey (inset, bottom right), derived from the original 1979-92 green away jersey of the NHL Whalers, is a green background with the word "Whalers" spelled out in silver letters diagonally across the chest, and has the Whalers primary logo as a shoulder patch.

Arena

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Interior of Compuware Sports Arena

Peter Karmanos arranged to build the Whalers a new home in Plymouth Township, Michigan as soon as the 1995-96 season ended. The Compuware Sports Arena was constructed in 6 months time, ready for the 1996-97 season. The arena is located at 14900 Beck Rd. in Plymouth, Michigan.

In addition to the NHL-sized rink, there is an Olympic sized rink also in the building. CSA, as it is known for short, is home to not only the Whalers, but also the Compuware Ambassadors, a series of major midget teams and lower, according to age.

Capacity = 3,807 (seated), 4,500 (incl. standing)
Ice Size = 200' x 85'
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