Spiders’ not-so-lucky 13th season

It was not-so-lucky for the Spiders in the team’s 13th season of AHA hockey. While the team was able to avoid the swoon that plagued the 2015–16 season, the Spiders found goals, and wins, too few and far between. While the end result was only a point behind last season’s record, the final tally placed the team in second-to-last place and again out of a playoff spot for the third consecutive winter season.

The bright spot was that, other than the top two teams, one of which went 15 games without a regulation loss, the Spiders got at least a point, if not a win out of every C3 West team.

Missing the AHA playoffs for the third consecutive season, the Spiders now have missed the playoffs a total of six seasons out of 13, having made the post-season seven consecutive years from the 2008–09 championship run to 2013–14’s playoff drubbing.

The Spiders finished the regular season in ninth place in C3 West out of 10 teams, with an 7–11–2–0 record and 16 points.

This was the team’s sixth losing season, with the Beginner School, 2005–06 inaugural winter season, the 2007–08 first season at D1, and the last two seasons representing the others.

As with last season’s recap, an abbreviated (and unaudited) look at the Spiders season, by the numbers:

Team stat highlights

Result stats

Longest winning streak:

2 (Nov. 27–Dec. 2, 2016)

Longest losing streak:

3 (Jan. 29 – Feb. 13, 2017)

One-goal losses this season:

2

One-goal games this season:

6

Come-from-ahead losses this season:

4

Come-from-ahead ties this season:

1

Bench stats

Longest bench:

15 (3 times; record: 1–2)

Shortest bench:

10 (1 time; record: 0–1)

Average roster differential:

+.4

Largest dressing room:

Woog

Coziest dressing room:

Pleasant

Coldest ice (and warmest fish house dressing room):

SPA-Drake

Lousiest ice:

Most

Number of games played on Olympic ice (200′x100′):

0

Number of games played on rinks formerly configured as Olympic ice:

1

Goal stats

Fastest goal for:

26 seconds in: 16:34, 1st period (1/21/2017 vs. Scarlet Rebellion, by George Farner)

Fastest goal against:

1 minute 52 seconds in: 15:07, 1st period (1/29/2017 vs. Les Étoiles du Nord)

Latest first goal for:

9:08, 3rd period (11/27/2016 vs. IceDogs, by Kevin Noreen)

Latest last goal for:

00:06.0, 3rd period (1/21/2017 vs. Scarlet Rebellion, by Cory Vandenberghe)

Latest first opponent goal:

1:09, 3rd period (11/12/2016 vs. Scarlet Rebellion)

Latest last opponent goal:

00:06.0, 3rd period (2/26/2017 vs. Black Ice)

Second-latest last opponent goal:

00:10.6, 3rd period (3/7/2017 vs. Silverbacks)

Most goals for:

7 (12/2/2016 vs. Gold Rush)

Most goals against:

8 (12/11/2016 vs. Blade Runners)

Most goals (both teams combined):

12 (12/11/2016 vs. Blade Runners)

Shot stats

Most shots for:

66 (1/21/2017 vs. Scarlet Rebellion)

Fewest shots for:

21 (twice: 12/18/2016 vs. Black Ice; 12/30/2016 vs. Arctic Wolves)

Most shots against:

39 (twice: 12/30/2016 vs. Arctic Wolves; 2/26/2017 vs. Black Ice)

Fewest shots against:

10 (11/12/2016 vs. Scarlet Rebellion)

Most shots (both teams combined):

79 (1/21/2017 vs. Scarlet Rebellion)

Fewest shots (both teams combined):

46 (twice: 10/29/2016 vs. Silverbacks; 12/2/2016 vs. Gold Rush)

Penalty stats

Most Spider penalties:

7 (twice: 1/29/2017 vs. Les Étoiles Du Nord; 2/26/2017 vs. Black Ice)

Most opponent penalties:

7 (2/13/2017 vs. Gold Rush)

Most combined penalties:

12 (twice: 12/11/2016 vs. Blade Runners; 2/13/2017 vs. Gold Rush)

Number of games with no penalties by Spiders:

0

Number of games with no opponent penalties:

1 (3/7/2017 vs. Silverbacks)

Number of games with no penalties by either team:

0

Most frequently called penalty on Spiders:

Tripping (15 times)

Most frequently called penalty on opponents:

Tripping (18 times)

Most frequently called penalty (both teams combined):

Tripping (33 times)

Player stats

Most goals per game:

3 (twice): Dave Schuster (11/12/2016); Dave Schuster (1/7/2017)

Most assists per game:

3 (tied), Jeremy Litton and Brad Sutton (11/12/2016), Dave Schuster (12/2/2016)

Most points per game:

4 (twice): (3G+1A), Dave Schuster (11/12/2016); (1G+3A), Dave Schuster (12/2/2016)

Most PIM per game:

4 (too many to mention)

Most power play goals:

2, Cory Vandenberghe

Most shorthanded goals:

1 (2-way tie), Jon Pappone, Dave Schuster

Most game-winning goals:

2 (2-way tie), Dave Schuster, Mike Schroeder

Most PIM:

14 (2-way tie), Tim Bullock, George Farner

Fewest PIM:

0, Kevin Noreen (second year running)

Most penalties leading to opponent goal:

2 (tied), Rich Elling

Number of goals scored via the “Flying ‘V’™”:

3, Dave Schuster (1/7/2017); Cory Vandenberghe (2/26/2017) (twice)

Number of goals scored from Schuster’s Office™:

0?

Goaltending

Most saves per game:

35 (2/26/2017 vs. Black Ice)

Fewest saves per game:

9 (11/12/2016 vs. Scarlet Rebellion)

Fewest saves per game in a win:

9 (11/12/2016 vs. Scarlet Rebellion)

Most saves per game in a win:

32 (2/19/2017 vs. Blade Runners)

Most saves per game in a loss:

35 (2/26/2017 vs. Black Ice)

Attendance:

Most games played:

19 (Bill McCormick and Scott Bredael)

Most scratches (non-sub):

10 (Derek Elling)

Most on-ice season-ending injuries:

2 (Ryan Langseth and Derek Elling)

Number of on-ice non-season-ending-but-sending-to-IR injuries:

Too many...

Officiating

Number of games with fewer than two refs:

1 (1/29/2017 vs. Les Étoiles du Nord)

Number of games with fewer than one scorekeeper:

0

Ref with most Spider games this season:

Brian Matthews (5)

Ref with most curious penalty call(s):

Brian Matthews

Spiders Stat leader board

C3 West leader board — regular season (Spiders)

Opponent leader board

Who had the Spiders’ number — to rack up their own numbers — this season?

Game-by-game stats

View game-by-game team statistics for the 2016–17 season.