1998-99 Hershey Bears Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 37-32-10-1 - 85 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mike Foligno (37-32-10, 1 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 251,510, Avg. 6,288 in 40 home dates
1998-99 Hershey Bears RosterTeam Record: 37-32-10-1 - 85 points
in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mike Foligno (37-32-10, 1 OTL)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 251,510, Avg. 6,288 in 40 home dates
The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 10 ties for 85 points in the AHL's Mid-Atlantic Division.
The Bears scored 242 goals and surrendered 224. Christian Matte netted 31 goals for Hershey, while Serge Aubin tallied 30 or more, too. Christian Matte accounted for 47 assists. Marc Denis topped the squad with 20 wins, and David Aebischer added 15 or more victories also. David Aebischer registered a 2.45 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Mike Foligno coached the team. The 1998-99 Hershey Bears 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Matte | R | 60 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 48 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 173 | 17.9 |
| Serge Aubin | C | 64 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 58 | -2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 17.6 |
| Rob Shearer | C | 77 | 24 | 42 | 66 | 43 | -19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 186 | 12.9 |
| Mitch Lamoureux | C | 70 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 58 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 11.7 |
| Chris Armstrong | D | 65 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 7.6 |
| Ville Nieminen | L | 67 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 127 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 156 | 15.4 |
| Mike Gaul | D | 43 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 8.6 |
| Paul Brousseau | R | 39 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 15 | -6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 8.7 |
| Brian Willsie | R | 72 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 28 | -8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 12.8 |
| Yuri Babenko | C | 74 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 142 | 7.7 |
| Evgeny Lazarev | D | 53 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 6.6 |
| Dan Hinote | C | 65 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 3.1 |
| Shannon Finn | D | 42 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 5.5 |
| Dan Smith | D | 54 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 72 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Brian White | D | 71 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4.8 |
| Bruce Richardson | C | 44 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 |
| Jeff Buchanan | D | 38 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 102 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Nick Bootland | RW | 62 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 3.8 |
| Rick Berry | D | 62 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 153 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3.6 |
| Scott Parker | R | 32 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 143 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| Brad Larsen | L | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Ted Crowley | D | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1.5 |
| Brent Gretzky | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Eric Messier | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Chris Dingman | L | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 102 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Alex Tanguay | L | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Erich Goldmann | D | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Calvin Elfring | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Lindsay Vallis | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Troy Crowder | R | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Wade Belak | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Emmanuel Labranche | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Marc Denis | G | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Aebischer | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Thompson | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Travis Tucker | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ryan Brown | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sami Helenius | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Scott Ricci | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Greg Callahan | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Alexander Riazantsev | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ben Storey | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1507 | 242 | 405 | 647 | 1795 | 15 | 84 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 2484 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Denis | 52 | 2908 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 137 | 2.83 | 1584 | 1447 | .914 |
| David Aebischer | 38 | 1932 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 2.45 | 991 | 912 | .920 |
| Totals | 90 | 4840 | 37 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 216 | 2.68 | 2575 | 2359 | .916 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Matte | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Serge Aubin | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Shearer | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mitch Lamoureux | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Armstrong | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ville Nieminen | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gaul | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Brousseau | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Willsie | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yuri Babenko | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Hinote | C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Smith | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian White | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Richardson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Buchanan | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Parker | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Larsen | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Dingman | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Tanguay | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Denis | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Aebischer | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Skoula | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sami Helenius | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 91 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Denis | 3 | 143 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.94 | 0 | ||
| David Aebischer | 3 | 152 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.37 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 295 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.64 | 0 |
