1998-99 Wichita Thunder Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 34-26 (SO: 0-10) - 78 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bryan Wells (34-26, 10 OTL)
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Attendance: 173,089, Avg. 4,945 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Wichita Thunder RosterTeam Record: 34-26 (SO: 0-10) - 78 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Bryan Wells (34-26, 10 OTL)
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Attendance: 173,089, Avg. 4,945 in 35 home dates
The Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 34 wins and 26 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 78 points in the CHL's Western Division.
The Thunder netted 257 goals and allowed 262. Mark Karpen scored 35 goals for Wichita, and John Kachur tallied 30 or more, too. Travis Clayton accounted for 57 assists. Lance Leslie topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.45 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Bryan Wells coached the team. The 1998-99 Wichita Thunder 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Clayton | C | 69 | 25 | 57 | 82 | 95 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 11.4 |
| Mark Karpen | C | 69 | 35 | 46 | 81 | 44 | -5 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 278 | 12.6 |
| John Kachur | C | 65 | 32 | 25 | 57 | 60 | -1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 231 | 13.9 |
| Todd Howarth | C | 48 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 86 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 20.0 |
| Jim McGeough | C | 27 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 142 | 12.7 |
| Jason Duda | LW | 34 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 20 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 13.3 |
| Rhett Dudley | D | 53 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 149 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 5.4 |
| Chris Dashney | D | 61 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 94 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 3.6 |
| Sean O'Reilly | D | 67 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 253 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 5.5 |
| Trevor Folk | D | 64 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 186 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 5.7 |
| Kevin Powell | LW | 34 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 29 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 16.7 |
| Thomas Migdal | RW | 61 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 144 | 10.4 |
| Aaron Novak | LW | 55 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 8.7 |
| Nolan Weir | LW | 51 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 101 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 11.5 |
| Walker McDonald | RW | 32 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 86 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 13.6 |
| Mark Macera | D | 52 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 203 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 2.8 |
| Dan Brown | D | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 40 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Bench | 70 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Travis Tipler | LW | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 |
| Mike Donaghue | D | 25 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| Ron Aubrey | LW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 33 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Jason Modopoulos | LW | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 224 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Mike Olaski | RW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37.5 |
| Jason Neath | D | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Ryan Phillips | LW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Vernon Beardy | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Cory Dosdall | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Lance Leslie | G | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Sherban | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Geoff Derouin | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pascal Gasse | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Fortier | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Brian Langlot | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Dickson | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Brad Link | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Harvey | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Karl Johnston | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Greg Smith | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Bourhis | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Troy Yarosh | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1146 | 257 | 399 | 656 | 2158 | -27 | 80 | 8 | 27 | 2442 | 10.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Smith | 17 | 932 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 3.41 | 471 | 418 | .887 |
| Lance Leslie | 43 | 2484 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 143 | 3.45 | 1145 | 1002 | .875 |
| Pascal Gasse | 8 | 324 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3.70 | 149 | 129 | .866 |
| Geoff Derouin | 6 | 339 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4.60 | 177 | 151 | .853 |
| Brad Link | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.94 | 10 | 9 | .900 | |
| Brian Langlot | 1 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.45 | 38 | 33 | .868 |
| Totals | 76 | 4165 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 248 | 3.57 | 1990 | 1742 | .875 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Clayton | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Karpen | C | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kachur | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McGeough | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Duda | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rhett Dudley | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Dashney | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean O'Reilly | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Folk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Powell | LW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Migdal | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Novak | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walker McDonald | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Macera | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Brown | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travis Tipler | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Donaghue | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pascal Gasse | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Smith | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
