1997-98 Wichita Thunder Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 35-31 (SO: 0-4) - 74 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Bryan Wells (35-31, 4 OTL)
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Attendance: 176,026, Avg. 5,029 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Wichita Thunder RosterTeam Record: 35-31 (SO: 0-4) - 74 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Bryan Wells (35-31, 4 OTL)
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Attendance: 176,026, Avg. 5,029 in 35 home dates
The Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 31 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 74 points in the CHL's Western Division.
The Thunder scored 302 goals and surrendered 303. David Beauregard netted 42 goals for Wichita, while Cory Dosdall, Jason Duda, Jim McGeough and Tyler Rice each tallied 30 or more, too. Cam Plante contributed 62 assists. Rob Friesen topped the squad with 17 wins, plus Hugo Hamelin added 15 or more wins, too. Hugo Hamelin recorded a 3.99 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Bryan Wells coached the team. The 1997-98 Wichita Thunder lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McGeough | C | 68 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 78 | -5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 280 | 13.6 |
| Cory Dosdall | C | 65 | 33 | 39 | 72 | 261 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 180 | 18.3 |
| David Beauregard | L | 57 | 42 | 29 | 71 | 86 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 179 | 23.5 |
| Cam Plante | D | 67 | 8 | 62 | 70 | 112 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 7.8 |
| Jason Duda | LW | 60 | 32 | 33 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 218 | 14.7 |
| Tyler Rice | 61 | 35 | 27 | 62 | 176 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 240 | 14.6 | |
| Travis Clayton | C | 70 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 84 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 156 | 17.3 |
| Brian Stacey | D | 37 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 63 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 13.5 |
| Craig Coxe | C | 31 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 12.3 |
| Steve Magnusson | C | 39 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 78 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 15.4 |
| Eddy Marchant | R | 43 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 129 | -12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 11.2 |
| Jude Boulianne | D | 33 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 5.2 |
| Sean O'Reilly | D | 53 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 195 | -19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 2.6 |
| Dan Delisle | D | 60 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 5.7 |
| Curtis Voth | RW | 60 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 267 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 10.1 |
| Clint Black | C | 34 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 15.4 |
| Chris Dashney | D | 34 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 45 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 1.2 |
| Todd Newton | D | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Phil Daigle | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Jeff Beaudin | LW | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 62 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Mike Flanagan | D | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Evgeni Feldman | D | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Joel Boschman | D | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Vernon Beardy | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Vinnie Jonasson | D | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Rob Friesen | G | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Lindahl | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 81 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Blake Sheane | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Jay Dobrescu | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Andy Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Craig Lochhead | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hugo Hamelin | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jody Lehman | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray DeSouza | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brian Langlot | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hiebert | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1187 | 302 | 482 | 784 | 2321 | 18 | 71 | 21 | 35 | 2413 | 12.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jody Lehman | 2 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 64 | 57 | .891 |
| Rob Friesen | 41 | 2254 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 162 | 4.31 | 1195 | 1033 | .864 |
| Hugo Hamelin | 30 | 1608 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 3.99 | 877 | 770 | .878 |
| Andy Adams | 3 | 178 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.06 | 135 | 120 | .889 |
| Brian Langlot | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.83 | 22 | 19 | .864 | |
| Totals | 77 | 4183 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 294 | 4.22 | 2293 | 1999 | .872 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McGeough | C | 15 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Dosdall | C | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Beauregard | L | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Plante | D | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Duda | LW | 15 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Rice | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travis Clayton | C | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Coxe | C | 15 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean O'Reilly | D | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Delisle | D | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Voth | RW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Dashney | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Daigle | C | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel Boschman | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Salajko | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Johnson | F | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jody Lehman | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray DeSouza | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 239 | 47 | 70 | 117 | 603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
