1997-98 Memphis Riverkings Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 25-40 (SO: 0-5) - 55 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Herb Boxer (9-23, 2 OTL)
Coach: Kevin Evans (16-17, 3 OTL)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 148,302, Avg. 4,237 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Memphis Riverkings RosterTeam Record: 25-40 (SO: 0-5) - 55 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Herb Boxer (9-23, 2 OTL)
Coach: Kevin Evans (16-17, 3 OTL)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 148,302, Avg. 4,237 in 35 home dates
The Memphis Riverkings of the Central Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 25 wins and 40 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 55 points in the CHL's Western Division.
The Riverkings potted 239 goals and conceded 287. Randy Stevens scored 33 goals for Memphis, while Andrew Miller netted 30 or more, too. Scot Bell recorded 52 assists. Craig Lindsay topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.72 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Herb Boxer and Kevin Evans coached the team. The 1997-98 Memphis Riverkings lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Miller | RW | 65 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 79 | -7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 204 | 15.7 |
| Scot Bell | RW | 68 | 16 | 52 | 68 | 46 | -29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 8.6 |
| Derek Grant | C | 55 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 60 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 11.6 |
| Randy Stevens | RW | 60 | 33 | 29 | 62 | 55 | -19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 205 | 16.1 |
| Marc Boxer | LW | 62 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 154 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 9.4 |
| Bryan Cossette | D | 70 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 99 | -13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 8.4 |
| Dan Brown | D | 51 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 158 | -23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 8.5 |
| Eric Preston | RW | 36 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 18 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 5.2 |
| Patrick Clement | LW | 41 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 123 | -9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 16.7 |
| Kevin Oakenfold | LW | 52 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 124 | -28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 16.3 |
| Scott Kelsey | D | 57 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 201 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 2.8 |
| Alexei Budayev | C | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 9.5 |
| Sebastien Parent | LW | 11 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 23.8 |
| Bob Westerby | LW | 28 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 212 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 14.1 |
| Trent Gleason | D | 66 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 76 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0.8 |
| Dave Lylyk | F | 43 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Tavis Morrison | L | 33 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 40 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 14.6 |
| Derrek Harper | D | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 181 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| Carl Greenhous | D | 36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 47 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Tony Frenette | RW | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Jeff Schmidt | F | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Craig Lindsay | G | 53 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Thornborough | LW | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Denis Lamoureux | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Matt McElwee | RW | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Marcel Chagnon | D | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Fredrik Karlstrom | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Joey Beaudry | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Mike Flanagan | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Greg Dreveny | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cherubini | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Anderson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Quinten Van Horlick | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Roger Lewis | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dan Rublein | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Moberg | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Thorpe | D | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1152 | 239 | 403 | 642 | 1948 | -209 | 73 | 12 | 25 | 2315 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Thorpe | 19 | 981 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 4.46 | 607 | 534 | .880 |
| Craig Lindsay | 53 | 2966 | 18 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 184 | 3.72 | 1744 | 1560 | .894 |
| Greg Dreveny | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | 57 | 48 | .842 |
| Larry Moberg | 2 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6.05 | 68 | 56 | .824 |
| Totals | 76 | 4186 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 278 | 3.98 | 2476 | 2198 | .888 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Miller | RW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scot Bell | RW | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Grant | C | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Stevens | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Boxer | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Cossette | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Preston | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Clement | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Kelsey | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastien Parent | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Westerby | LW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent Gleason | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrek Harper | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Greenhous | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Frenette | RW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Lindsay | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis Lamoureux | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Thorpe | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 64 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
