1997-98 Columbus Chill Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 33-30 (SO: 0-7) - 73 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Don Granato (33-30, 7 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 176,251, Avg. 5,036 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Columbus Chill RosterTeam Record: 33-30 (SO: 0-7) - 73 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Don Granato (33-30, 7 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 176,251, Avg. 5,036 in 35 home dates
The Columbus Chill of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 33 wins and 30 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 73 points in the ECHL's Northwest Division.
The Chill scored 221 goals and allowed 220. Lorne Toews and Tim Fingerhut netted 29 goals for Columbus each, and Mark Turner contributed 35 assists. Marc Magliarditi topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.14 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Don Granato coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Turner | C | 65 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 109 | -7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 186 | 13.4 |
| Tim Fingerhut | LW | 64 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 167 | -10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 219 | 13.2 |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 67 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 248 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 248 | 11.7 |
| Matt Oates | LW | 60 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 68 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 201 | 9.0 |
| Richard Keyes | F | 56 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 68 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 16.3 |
| Nick Checco | LW | 58 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 15.1 |
| Marty Wilford | D | 46 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 123 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 5.5 |
| Jay McNeill | RW | 44 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 31 | -13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 12.1 |
| Scott Kirton | RW | 33 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 74 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 8.9 |
| Beau Bilek | D | 66 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 3.2 |
| Mark Pivetz | D | 60 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 7.4 |
| Jeff Da Costa | D | 27 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 40 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 8.2 |
| Scott Blair | C | 45 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 112 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 12.5 |
| Derek Wood | C | 23 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 107 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Pete Vandermeer | L | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Willy Frericks | LW | 26 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Andrew Fagan | 53 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 199 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 5.1 | |
| Mark Yannetti | D | 46 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Justin McPolin | L | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 281 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Jason Disher | D | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 122 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Colin Muldoon | D | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Pat Thompson | R | 31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
| Darcy Cahill | C | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Robin Delacoure | D | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 68 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Marc Magliarditi | G | 28 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Williamson | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 |
| David Brumby | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Lavoie | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Paul Berrington | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Andy Adams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lloyd Shaw | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Salajko | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Bourque | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Blaine Russell | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Owen | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan McKinney | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1224 | 221 | 351 | 572 | 2173 | -9 | 61 | 9 | 33 | 2278 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Salajko | 18 | 1042 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 2.30 | 600 | 560 | .933 |
| David Brumby | 18 | 1015 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 2.72 | 557 | 511 | .917 |
| Marc Magliarditi | 28 | 1644 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 3.14 | 942 | 856 | .909 |
| Clint Owen | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3.50 | 71 | 64 | .901 |
| Andy Adams | 4 | 158 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.80 | 79 | 69 | .873 |
| Blaine Russell | 4 | 199 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.73 | 160 | 141 | .881 |
| Totals | 74 | 4178 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 208 | 2.99 | 2409 | 2201 | .914 |
