IHL 1995/96

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The 1995/96 season was the 51st regular season of the International Hockey League . During the regular season, the 19 teams played 82 games each. In the play-offs, the Utah Grizzlies prevailed and won the second Turner Cup in their club's history.

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

Central GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Orlando Solar Bears 82 52 24 0 6th 352 307 110
Detroit Vipers 82 48 28 0 6th 310 274 102
Cleveland Lumberjacks 82 43 27 0 12 334 330 98
Atlanta Knights 82 32 41 0 9 282 348 73
Houston Eros 82 29 45 0 8th 262 328 66
Midwest GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Milwaukee Admirals 82 40 32 0 10 290 307 90
Chicago Wolves 82 40 34 0 8th 288 310 88
Peoria Rivermen 82 39 38 0 5 274 290 83
Kansas City Blades 82 39 38 0 5 288 326 83
Minnesota Moose 82 30th 45 0 7th 254 332 67
North GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Cincinnati Cyclones 82 51 22nd 0 9 318 247 111
Michigan K-Wings 82 40 24 0 18th 290 272 98
Indianapolis Ice 82 43 33 0 6th 304 295 92
Fort Wayne Comet 82 39 35 0 8th 276 296 86
South GP W. L. T OTL GF GA Pts
Las Vegas Thunder 82 57 17th 0 8th 380 249 122
Utah grizzlies 82 49 29 0 4th 291 232 102
San Francisco Spiders 82 40 32 0 10 278 283 90
Phoenix Roadrunners 82 36 35 0 11 267 281 83
Los Angeles Ice Dogs 82 32 36 0 14th 305 336 78

Turner Cup Playoffs

  Turner Cup round of 16   Turner Cup Quarter Finals   Turner Cup semi-finals   Turner Cup Final
                                     
N1 Cincinnati Cyclones 3                  
C4 Atlanta Knights 0  
N1 Cincinnati Cyclones 4th
  N2 Michigan K-Wings 3  
N2 Michigan K-Wings 3
 
C3 Cleveland Lumberjacks 0  
N1 Cincinnati Cyclones 3
  C1 Orlando Solar Bears 4th  
C1 Orlando Solar Bears 3      
 
N4 Fort Wayne Comet 2  
C1 Orlando Solar Bears 4th
  C2 Detroit Vipers 3  
C2 Detroit Vipers 3
 
N3 Indianapolis Ice 2  
C1 Orlando Solar Bears 0
  S2 Utah grizzlies 4th
S1 Las Vegas Thunder 3            
 
S4 Phoenix Roadrunners 1  
S1 Las Vegas Thunder 4th
  M2 Chicago Wolves 1  
M2 Chicago Wolves 3
 
S3 San Francisco Spiders 1  
S1 Las Vegas Thunder 2
  S2 Utah grizzlies 4th  
S2 Utah grizzlies 3      
 
M4 Kansas City Blades 2  
S2 Utah grizzlies 4th
  M3 Peoria Rivermen 3  
M1 Milwaukee Admirals 2
 
M3 Peoria Rivermen 3  

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Turner Cup
winner of the IHL playoffs 		Utah grizzlies
Fred A. Huber Trophy
Best team of the regular season 		Las Vegas Thunder

Individual trophies

Award player team
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy
MVP of the regular season 		Stéphane Beauregard San Francisco Spiders
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy
Best Scorer 		Rob Brown Chicago Wolves
Governor's Trophy
Best Defender 		Greg Hawgood Las Vegas Thunder
James Norris Memorial Trophy
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals against 		Mark McArthur Utah grizzlies
Tommy Salo
Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy
Best Rookie 		Konstantin Schafranow Fort Wayne Comet
Ken McKenzie Trophy
Best American Rookie 		Brett Lievers Utah grizzlies
Commissioner's Trophy
Best Trainer 		Butch Goring Utah grizzlies
Ironman Award
player with all season appearances and consistently high performances 		Sergejs Žoltoks Las Vegas Thunder
IHL Man of the Year
Player / person with a special commitment to society 		Graeme Townshend Houston Eros
Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy
MVP of the Turner Cup Playoffs 		Tommy Salo Utah grizzlies

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