Phoenix Mustangs

The Phoenix Mustangs were a professional minor league ice hockey team in the West Coast Hockey League. The Mustangs played at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the grounds of the Arizona State Fair, from the 1997-1998 season through the 2000-2001 season. The Mustangs came into existence after the demise of the International Hockey League's Phoenix Roadrunners who lost funding from a local Indian community and ceased operations after the 1996-1997 season. Their arrival rekindled a decades long rivalry between Phoenix and San Diego based teams in several minor leagues.

The Mustangs were quite successful on the ice their first three seasons, including winning the WCHL's Taylor Cup Championship in 2000 with a four game sweep of the Tacoma Sabercats, with an exciting sudden-death overtime victory at the Coliseum in game four. The Mustangs were not so blessed the following season, finishing last in their final season in 2001. The Mustangs were unable to secure a new lease with the Coliseum for the 2001–2002 season and were forced to cease operations.

All-Time Roster

Goaltenders

"# Name HT WT DOB Hometown" 30 David Goverde 6'1" 200 4/9/70 Toronto, Ont. 39 Patrick Couture 5'11" 180 5/28/78 Quebec City, Que. 35 Eddy Skazyk 5'11" 170 9/4/74 Lockport, Man. Christof Grunthal 6'0" 175 10/10/71 Germany 35 Eric Patry 6'3" 185 3/5/77 Gatineau, Que. 35 Gene Bono 6'2" 196 10/15/74 Sandwich, Mass. Gert Prohaska 6'2" 200 3/21/76 Klagenfurt, Austria 33 Rick Nichol 33 Mike Thomas 30 Mike Buzak

Center

"# Name HT WT DOB Hometown" 28 E.J. Bradley Rob Hinks Denis Chalifoux Francois Sasseville 10 Len Hachborn 5'10" 180 9/9/61 Brantford, Ont. 19 Claude Morin 5'10" 172 9/29/71 Ste. Foy, Que. 19 C. J. Yoder 6'2" 190 7/17/75 Hershey, Penn. 52 Doug McCarthy 5'10" 180 11/4/62 Edmonton, Alb. Jim McGroarty 5'8" 180 4/24/72 Toronto, Ont. Joe Wassilyn 5'11" 203 1/20/74 Toronto, Ont. 16 Kevin St. Jacques 5'11 190 2/25/71 Edmonton,Alb 15/16 Michel Couvrette 5'10 193 11/11/65 Verdun, France 16/17 Ralph Barahona 5'10" 185 11/16/65 Lakewood, Cal. Steve Caley 5'9" 175 8/13/78 Toronto, Ont. 26 Savo Mitrovic 5'11" 200 2/4/69 Etobicoke, Ont. 6 Warren Sachs 5'8" 180 2/18/77 Saskatoon, Sask.

Left wing

"# Name HT WT DOB Hometown" 19 Jeff Shevalier Eric Bellerose Darren Banks Ben Gustavson 15 John Kosobud 6'0" 205 8/26/72 Fargo, No. Dak. 20 Lorne Toews 6'0" 200 6/17/73 Winnipeg, Man. 26 Eric Perricone 5'11" 186 11/21/78 St. Jean, Que. 33 Carlin Nordstrom 6-2" 213 2/20/73 Saskatoon, Sask. Dean Campanale 5'11" 185 11/22/74 Quincy, Mass. 23 Dave Lylyk 6'2" 190 12/22/75 Whitby, Ont. 11 Hugo Belanger 6'0" 190 5/28/70 St. Hubert, Que. 3 Jessy Grenier 6'2" 215 7/21/76 Chandler, Que. 17 Juri Holik 6'1" 185 9/14/76 Jihlava, Czech Rep. 19 Michel Massie 6'0" 192 7/2/77 Montréal, Que. 20 Matt Oliver 6'1" 210 3/16/74 Euclid, Oh. Mario Roberge 5'11" 185 1/23/64 Quebec City, Que. 16 Mark Spence 6'1" 190 4/21/75 Montreal, Que. 32 Mario Therrien 6'3" 225 5/18/72 Ste. Anne des Plaines, Que. 23 Rusty Saglo 6'1" 190 5/8/78 Kiev, Ukraine 18 Tony Iob 5'11" 202 1/2/71 Renfrow, Ont. 27 Thierry Ryckman 6'0" 190 4/21/75 Rimouski, Que.

Right wing

"# Name HT WT DOB Hometown" 23 Jeremy Yablonski 6'0" 210 3/21/80 Meadow Lake, Sask. 28 Dennis Ivanov 6'4" 208 4/21/78 Elektrostal, Russia 16/2/34 Daniel Shank 20 Kevin Kerr 55 Kevin Brown 11 Ken Shipman 6'0" 200 10/2/70 Burnaby, B.C. Janis Tomans Frank Defrenza 17 Craig Martin Jason Rushton Eric Silverman 18 Bobby McKillop 5'11" 185 3/19/70 Kitchener, Ont. 10 Clint Collins 6'0" 192 8/2/74 Vancouver, B.C. 25 Martin Lacroix 5'11" 180 1/4/70 Montreal, Que. 12 David Haynes 6'1" 210 8/20/75 Kitchener, Ont. 17 Serge Roberge 6'1" 202 3/31/65 Quebec City, Que. Darcy Anderson 6'0" 195 7/25/74 North Bay, Ont. Daniel Larin 5'11" 205 11/20/67 Laval, Que. Eric Tuott 5'7" 175 7/22/75 Anchorage, Alaska 91 Jamie Allan 6'0" 185 3/18/70 Kingston, Ont. 8 John Badduke 6'3" 225 6/21/72 Watson, Sask. Jason Gudmundson 5'9" 170 4/9/74 Arborg, Man. Jason Melong 5'9" 184 4/24/71 Kirkland Lake, Ont. 23 Iannique Renaud 6'3" 215 9/19/75 Winnipeg, Man. 26 Peter Rozic 6'0" 202 2/17/74 Jesenice, Slovenia 10 Rusty McKie 6'1" 190 10/5/74 Toledo, Ohio 17 Richard Peacock 5'10" 220 3/26/78 Enderby, B.C.

Defense

"# Name HT WT DOB Hometown" 2 Jean-Francois Picard 5'11" 190 4/4/79 Montreal, Que. 7 Steve Woodburn 6'0" 195 10/24/63 Montreal, Que. 16 Tobias Ablad 5'11" 207 4/2/71 Stockholm, Sweden 22 Curtis Menzul 6'3" 215 4/6/76 Winnipeg, Man. 24 Arturs Kupaks 6'0" 190 7/14/73 Riga, Latvia 22/32 Corey Laniuk 6'2" 220 1/30/77 Vancouver, B.C. 7 Mike DeAngelis 33 Steve Sabo Jason Johnson Patrick Lundback 22 Kevin Epp 6'0" 189 8/27/74 Cranbrook, B.C. Ryan Schmidt 10 Robert Fail 28 Kristoffer Eriksson 5'11" 204 6/4/75 Vaxholm, Sweden Ryan Poulton Jonas Bergdal Brian LaChance [David Bilik] Miroslav Dvorak Derrick Gosselin Sam Fields Simon Poirer 12 Alexandre Alepin 5'11" 205 9/18/75 Montreal, Que. 7 Bob Rapoza 6'2" 220 6/29/74 Fall River, Mass. 6 Darryl Olsen 6'0" 225 10/7/66 Calgary, Alb. 9 Sean Whyte 6'1" 220 5/4/80 Sudbury, Ont. 24 Dave Doucet 5'10" 200 5/29/73 Kimberley, B.C. 5 Darren Meek 5'10" 190 9/25/71 Williams Lake, B.C. Daniel Schwarz 6'2" 202 2/27/78 Augsburg, Germany 5 Darren Veitch 6'0" 200 4/24/60 Saskatoon, Sask. 10 Jon Dunmar 6'1" 220 4/24/73 Westport, Conn. 8 Jason Rose 6'0" 180 1/12/75 Martensville, Sask. 22 Kevin Epp 6'0" 189 8/27/74 Cranbrook, B.C. Kevin Mackie 6'2" 200 2/9/82 Victoria, B.C. Rick Macdonald 5'11" 200 1/24/76 Evergreen Park, Ill. Rob Palin 5'9" 190 11/19/66 Chisholm, Minn. 55 Steve Herniman 6'4" 215 6/9/68 Windsor, Ont. Tim Lozinik 6'1" 200 1/28/77 St. Albert, Alb. 21 Tom Menicci 5'10" 190 7/23/71 Smithtown, N.Y. Zbynek Neckar 6'2" 210 9/22/78 Pisek, Czech Rep. 44 Ken Ruddick 55 Johnathan Shockey 4 Jason MacIntyre 2 Mark Costea 55 Jacque Rodrigue 77 Mike Tobin 7 Don Lester 3 Dave Piirto 32 Steve Adams

External links

* [http://www.phoenixmustangs.com/ Phoenix Mustangs] Mustangs historical site
* [http://www.jr2inc.com/ game photos] by Jennifer Rosevear