1998-99 Birmingham Bulls Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 37-29 (SO: 0-4) - 78 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Dennis Desrosiers (37-29, 4 OTL)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 156,015, Avg. 4,458 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Birmingham Bulls RosterTeam Record: 37-29 (SO: 0-4) - 78 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Dennis Desrosiers (37-29, 4 OTL)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 156,015, Avg. 4,458 in 35 home dates
The Birmingham Bulls of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 37 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 78 points in the ECHL's Southwest Division.
The Bulls scored 251 goals and conceded 267, most in the circuit. Hugo Belanger netted 34 goals for Birmingham, and Jamey Hicks contributed 75 assists. Frederic Deschenes topped the squad with 20 wins, while Scott Bailey added 15 or more wins, too. Frederic Deschenes earned a 3.45 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Dennis Desrosiers coached the team. The 1998-99 Birmingham Bulls lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamey Hicks | C | 65 | 16 | 75 | 91 | 60 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 154 | 10.4 |
| Hugo Belanger | C | 70 | 34 | 40 | 74 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 15.6 |
| Craig Lutes | RW | 68 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 64 | -5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 214 | 10.7 |
| Stefan Rivard | C | 70 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 149 | -7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 204 | 10.3 |
| Robert DeCiantis | C | 39 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 24 | -6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 140 | 17.1 |
| Patrick Nadeau | RW | 38 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 22.9 |
| Kelly Perrault | D | 50 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 59 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 4.2 |
| Chad Power | RW | 30 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 151 | 14.6 |
| Joe Seroski | RW | 29 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 105 | 11.4 |
| Tyler Prosofsky | RW | 27 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 115 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 16.9 |
| Mike Barrie | C | 23 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 85 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 11.6 |
| Justin Martin | RW | 70 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 8.6 |
| Jeff Scharf | C | 41 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 6.0 |
| Tyler Johnston | D | 66 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 67 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 5.7 |
| Adam Lewis | LW | 54 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 80 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Kory Mullin | D | 48 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0.9 |
| Emmanuel Labranche | RW | 56 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 216 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 5.5 |
| Dennis Pinfold | D | 43 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 323 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 5.1 |
| Kevin Popp | D | 59 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 300 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.8 |
| Jay McGee | D | 61 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 49 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1.8 |
| Scott Bailey | G | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rick Smith | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Yves Bertrand | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Frederic Deschenes | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Niklas Henrikkson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Chad Cavanagh | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Chad Wilchynski | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ken Tasker | RW | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Passero | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Randy Best | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Everett Caldwell | RW | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Polera | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Bradette | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Wuttunee | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Joe Spencer | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Andersen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Dreveny | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1225 | 251 | 396 | 647 | 2020 | -53 | 64 | 7 | 37 | 2433 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic Deschenes | 39 | 2224 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 128 | 3.45 | 1289 | 1161 | .901 |
| Scott Bailey | 27 | 1557 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 3.47 | 911 | 821 | .901 |
| Martin Bradette | 3 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.60 | 45 | 34 | .756 |
| Greg Dreveny | 8 | 312 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5.77 | 193 | 163 | .845 |
| Totals | 77 | 4193 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 259 | 3.71 | 2438 | 2179 | .894 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamey Hicks | C | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Belanger | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Lutes | RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Rivard | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Nadeau | RW | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Power | RW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Seroski | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Martin | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Scharf | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Johnston | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Lewis | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kory Mullin | D | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmanuel Labranche | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Pinfold | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Bailey | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Smith | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Cavanagh | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Passero | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 90 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 72 | -31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bailey | 5 | 299 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.21 | 205 | 184 | .898 |
| Totals | 5 | 299 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.21 | 205 | 184 | .898 |
