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Binghamton Rangers
1996 Calder Cup Playoff Run
Syracuse Crunch Binghamton Rangers
5th in Central Division 1st in Southern Division
31-37-5-7 74 pts 39-31-7-3 88 pts

Series 'E' Syracuse Crunch vs. Binghamton Rangers
Date Result Attd G.W.G. Boxscore
Fri., 4/19/96 Crunch 5 @ Rangers 8 3,286 Jeff Neilsen Boxscore
Sat., 4/20/96 Crunch 6 @ Rangers 0 3,741 Reggie Savage Boxscore
Fri., 4/26/96 Rangers 3 @ Crunch 4 OT 5,513 Lonny Bohonos Boxscore
Sat., 4/27/96 Rangers 3 @ Crunch 6 5,596 Larry Courville Boxscore
Crunch wins series 'E' 3 games to 1

Teams GP W L GF GA PPG PIM MIN MAJ
Syracuse 4 3 1 21 14 5 117 27 4
Binghamton 4 1 3 14 21 8 130 34 3

Binghamton Rangers 1996 Playoff Stats
Player Pos. GP G A Pts PIM
Peter Ferraro R 4 1 6 7 22
Chris Ferraro C 4 4 2 6 13
Neil Eisenhut C 4 3 2 5 0
Chris Snell D 4 2 2 4 6
Sylvain Blouin L 4 0 3 3 4
Barry Richter D 3 0 3 3 0
Maxim Galanov D 4 1 1 2 0
Brad Jones L 4 1 1 2 0
Jeff Nielsen R 4 1 1 2 4
Dmitri Starostenko R 1 1 0 1 0
Cal McGowan C 4 0 1 1 2
Andrei Kudinov C 4 0 1 1 6
Andy Silverman D 4 0 0 0 6
Ryan VandenBussche R 4 0 0 0 9
Scott Malone D 4 0 0 0 21
Eric Cairns D 4 0 0 0 37
Rick Willis L 2 0 0 0 0
Jon Hillebrandt G 2 0 0 0 0
Kay Whitmore G 2 0 0 0 2
Lee Sorochan D 1 0 0 0 0
Shawn Reid D 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Shepard G 1 0 0 0 0
Jamie Ram G 1 0 0 0 0
      14 23 37 132 

Binghamton Rangers Goalie Stats
Name GP Min GA SO GAA W L SVS SA SAV%
Jon Hillebrandt 2 47 8 0 10.19 1 1 18 26 0.692
Kay Whitmore 2 126 9 0 4.27 0 2 59 68 0.868
Jamie Ram 1 34 1 0 1.76 0 0 18 19 0.947
207 18 0 1 3 95 113

Playoff Comparison
Rangers Opponents
Goals For 14 21
SHG 0 1
PPG 8-23 5-30
PP % 34.8 16.7
Avg. Shots 37.8 33.5
PIMS 130 117


Notes about this series:
  • The Rangers won the first game in the series and then lost 3 straight which was the first they did this since 1993.
  • The Ferraro Twins led the team in scoring, Peter had 1 goal amd 5 assists for 7 points, while brother Chris led the team with 4 goals scored then assisted on 2 others for 6 points.
  • Kay Whitmore who started his career with the Binghamton Whalers in 1987, played 11 games for the Syracuse Crunch in the 95-96 before playing 2 games in this series for the Binghamton Rangers.
  • The Crunch's 6-0 win in Binghamton on 4/20/1996 was the first AHL Playoffs win since 1939 when the Syracuse Stars played in the International American Hockey League.