1997-98 St. John's Maple Leafs Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 25-32-18-5 - 73 points
in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Al MacAdam (25-32-18, 5 OTL)
Location: Saint John's, Canada
Attendance: 128,710, Avg. 3,218 in 40 home dates
1997-98 St. John's Maple Leafs RosterTeam Record: 25-32-18-5 - 73 points
in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Al MacAdam (25-32-18, 5 OTL)
Location: Saint John's, Canada
Attendance: 128,710, Avg. 3,218 in 40 home dates
The St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 25 wins and 32 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 18 ties for 73 points in the AHL's Atlantic Division.
The Maple Leafs scored 233 goals and surrendered 254. Jason Podollan netted 30 goals for St. John's, and Mark Deyell contributed 45 assists. Marcel Cousineau topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.03 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Al MacAdam coached the team. The 1997-98 St. John's Maple Leafs 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Deyell | C | 72 | 20 | 45 | 65 | 75 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 13.9 |
| Brandon Convery | C | 49 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 35 | -6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 183 | 14.8 |
| Jason Podollan | R | 70 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 116 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 253 | 11.9 |
| David Cooper | D | 60 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 117 | -7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 202 | 9.4 |
| Kevyn Adams | C | 58 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 99 | -5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 192 | 8.9 |
| Aaron Brand | C | 79 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 152 | 6.6 |
| Shawn Carter | C | 80 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 117 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 9.9 |
| Todd Gillingham | LW | 50 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 157 | -7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 12.8 |
| Nathan Dempsey | D | 68 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 85 | -12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 157 | 7.6 |
| Mike Kennedy | R | 49 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 86 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 9.0 |
| Danny Markov | D | 52 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 124 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3.7 |
| Per Gustafsson | D | 25 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10 | -5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Greg Bullock | C | 34 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Lonny Bohonos | R | 11 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 13.5 |
| Zdenek Nedved | R | 45 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 |
| D.J. Smith | D | 65 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 237 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 4.7 |
| Clayton Norris | RW | 59 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 265 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6.6 |
| Rob Butz | LW | 40 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Greg Smyth | D | 63 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 353 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7.9 |
| Yannick Tremblay | D | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.8 |
| Kelly Fairchild | C | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | -8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Ryan Pepperall | RW | 63 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 50 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Warren Norris | C | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Jeff Ware | D | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 182 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Thornton | R | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 225 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Guy Lehoux | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Marcel Cousineau | G | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Larivee | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rusk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Peter Cava | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Kolesar | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Schoen | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Sessa | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Doug Bonner | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marek Posmyk | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Kaberle | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1506 | 233 | 374 | 607 | 2768 | -86 | 80 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 2540 | 9.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Larivee | 30 | 1460 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 3.25 | 755 | 676 | .895 |
| Doug Bonner | 2 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.50 | 74 | 71 | .959 |
| Marcel Cousineau | 57 | 3306 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 3.03 | 1800 | 1633 | .907 |
| Totals | 89 | 4886 | 25 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 249 | 3.06 | 2629 | 2380 | .905 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Deyell | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Podollan | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Cooper | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevyn Adams | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Brand | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shawn Carter | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Gillingham | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nathan Dempsey | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Markov | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lonny Bohonos | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zdenek Nedved | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D.J. Smith | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clayton Norris | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Smyth | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yannick Tremblay | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Pepperall | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Ware | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Lehoux | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Cousineau | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Cousineau | 4 | 254 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.36 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 254 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.36 | 0 |
