1997-98 Rochester Americans Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 30-38-12 - 72 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Brian McCutcheon (30-38-12)
Location: Rochester, New York
Attendance: 253,659, Avg. 6,341 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Rochester Americans RosterTeam Record: 30-38-12 - 72 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Brian McCutcheon (30-38-12)
Location: Rochester, New York
Attendance: 253,659, Avg. 6,341 in 40 home dates
The Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 30 wins and 38 losses and 12 ties for 72 points in the AHL's Empire Division.
The Americans netted 238 goals and allowed 260. Vaclav Varada scored 30 goals for Rochester, while Craig Charron contributed 53 assists. Martin Biron topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.93 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Brian McCutcheon coached the team. The 1997-98 Rochester Americans lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Charron | C | 75 | 25 | 53 | 78 | 51 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 226 | 11.1 |
| Vaclav Varada | R | 45 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 74 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 18.8 |
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 75 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 192 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 10.5 |
| Dan Frawley | R | 75 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 175 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 10.6 |
| Martin Menard | F | 47 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 30 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 16.8 |
| Steven King | R | 28 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 105 | 14.3 |
| Mike Hurlbut | D | 45 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 48 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 6.9 |
| Matt Davidson | R | 72 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 12 | -18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 14.4 |
| Patrice Tardif | C | 41 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 17.1 |
| Sergei Klimentiev | D | 57 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 94 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 3.2 |
| Denis Hamel | L | 74 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 98 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 8.1 |
| Dane Jackson | R | 28 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 18.2 |
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 53 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 83 | -11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 7.5 |
| Scott Nichol | C | 35 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 113 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 15.5 |
| Shayne Wright | D | 70 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 122 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 1.8 |
| Dean Melanson | D | 73 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 228 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 6.0 |
| Tim Murray | D | 26 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Mike Casselman | L | 25 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.0 |
| Rumun Ndur | D | 50 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 207 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 75 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 211 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 4.9 |
| Derek Wood | C | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 5.0 |
| Jay McKee | D | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Greg Walters | LW | 33 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 81 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| Pete Vandermeer | L | 30 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Mike Harder | F | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 17.4 |
| Matt Ruchty | LW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Jason Holland | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Tom Nemeth | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jared Bednar | D | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Mark Dutiaume | LW | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| David Seitz | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Dmitri Rodin | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Martin Biron | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Lavigne | D | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 118 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Justin Krall | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Trefilov | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Zanutto | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Steve Shields | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Hillebrandt | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Wetherill | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Shane Kenny | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chad Remackel | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Bales | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Fitzsimmons | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kris Cantu | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Bienvenue | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1484 | 238 | 369 | 607 | 2522 | -11 | 67 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2396 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Hillebrandt | 3 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.97 | 44 | 39 | .886 |
| Martin Biron | 41 | 2312 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 113 | 2.93 | 1220 | 1107 | .907 |
| Mike Bales | 39 | 2229 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 3.42 | 1187 | 1060 | .893 |
| Andrei Trefilov | 3 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.61 | 79 | 73 | .924 |
| Jason Fitzsimmons | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | |
| Steve Shields | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.05 | 26 | 23 | .885 |
| Totals | 88 | 4844 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 254 | 3.15 | 2560 | 2306 | .901 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Charron | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Metcalfe | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Frawley | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven King | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hurlbut | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Davidson | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denis Hamel | L | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dane Jackson | R | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erik Rasmussen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shayne Wright | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Melanson | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Casselman | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rumun Ndur | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Wood | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Vandermeer | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Harder | F | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Holland | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Burridge | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Biron | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 96 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Biron | 4 | 239 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.02 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 239 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.02 | 0 |
