1997-98 Hershey Bears Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 36-31-7-6 - 85 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bob Hartley (36-31-7, 6 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 254,097, Avg. 6,352 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Hershey Bears RosterTeam Record: 36-31-7-6 - 85 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bob Hartley (36-31-7, 6 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 254,097, Avg. 6,352 in 40 home dates
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 36 wins and 31 losses (and 6 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 85 points in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division.
The Bears netted 238 goals and yielded 235. Christian Matte scored 33 goals for Hershey, while Rob Shearer tallied 30 or more, too. Mike Gaul recorded 47 assists. Petr Franek topped the squad with 19 wins, plus Marc Denis added 15 or more wins, too. Petr Franek recorded a 2.71 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Bob Hartley coached the team. The 1997-98 Hershey Bears lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Matte | R | 71 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 109 | -3 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 260 | 12.7 |
| Eric Veilleux | C | 78 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 127 | -18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 200 | 12.0 |
| Rob Shearer | C | 79 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 44 | -4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 184 | 16.3 |
| Yves Sarault | L | 63 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 250 | 9.2 |
| Mike Gaul | D | 60 | 12 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 8.0 |
| Josef Marha | C | 55 | 6 | 46 | 52 | 30 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 3.9 |
| Mike McHugh | L | 66 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 143 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 8.6 |
| Ville Nieminen | L | 74 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 150 | 9.3 |
| Pascal Trepanier | D | 43 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 105 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 186 | 7.0 |
| Steve Lingren | D | 63 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 89 | -17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 8.9 |
| Patrick Traverse | D | 71 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 67 | -11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 13.5 |
| Brad Larsen | L | 65 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 80 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 13.5 |
| Peter Ambroziak | L | 63 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 61 | -21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Cory Banika | LW | 55 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 266 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Mitch Lamoureux | C | 22 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 |
| Hugues Gervais | LW | 44 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 146 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6.4 |
| Bobby House | RW | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 |
| Dan Hinote | C | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Brian Corcoran | D | 53 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 151 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Christian Proulx | D | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 76 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Bob Needham | D | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
| Bobby Marshall | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Serge Aubin | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Keith Jones | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Dan Smith | D | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Jeff Sirkka | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jason Simon | L | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 170 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Eric Hallman | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Scott Malone | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| David Aebischer | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Denis | G | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Payette | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luke Curtin | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Wade Belak | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Graham Belak | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Mueller | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Richardson | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jonathan Sorg | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kevin MacDonald | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Petr Franek | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.P. O'Connor | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| David Van Drunen | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Martin Lamarche | LW | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1469 | 238 | 413 | 651 | 2362 | -115 | 106 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 2537 | 9.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Franek | 43 | 2169 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 98 | 2.71 | 1042 | 944 | .906 |
| Marc Denis | 47 | 2588 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 2.90 | 1237 | 1112 | .899 |
| David Aebischer | 2 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.80 | 34 | 29 | .853 |
| Totals | 92 | 4836 | 36 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 228 | 2.83 | 2313 | 2085 | .901 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Matte | R | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Veilleux | C | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Shearer | C | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yves Sarault | L | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gaul | D | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McHugh | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pascal Trepanier | D | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Lingren | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Traverse | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Larsen | L | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Ambroziak | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cory Banika | LW | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mitch Lamoureux | C | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugues Gervais | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Corcoran | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Serge Aubin | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Smith | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Sirkka | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Denis | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Labrecque | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petr Franek | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 120 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 122 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Denis | 6 | 346 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.60 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Labrecque | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 356 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.53 | 0 |
