1997-98 Portland Pirates Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 33-33-12-2 - 80 points
in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bryan Trottier (33-33-12, 2 OTL)
Location: Portland, Maine
Attendance: 198,830, Avg. 4,971 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Portland Pirates RosterTeam Record: 33-33-12-2 - 80 points
in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bryan Trottier (33-33-12, 2 OTL)
Location: Portland, Maine
Attendance: 198,830, Avg. 4,971 in 40 home dates
The Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 33 wins and 33 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 12 ties for 80 points in the AHL's Atlantic Division.
The Pirates scored 241 goals and conceded 247. Ryan Mulhern and Jan Benda netted 25 goals for Portland each, and Andrew Brunette accounted for 46 assists. Mike O'Neill and Martin Brochu topped the squad with 16 wins each, while Martin Brochu recorded a 2.99 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Bryan Trottier coached the team. The 1997-98 Portland Pirates lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Brunette | L | 43 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 64 | -17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 16.7 |
| Ryan Mulhern | R | 71 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 85 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 11.1 |
| Jan Benda | C | 62 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 90 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 196 | 12.8 |
| Benoit Gratton | C | 58 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 137 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 12.2 |
| Kent Hulst | C | 77 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 74 | -19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 13.6 |
| Stewart Malgunas | D | 69 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 73 | -7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 182 | 7.7 |
| Steve Poapst | D | 76 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 5.4 |
| Rick Kowalsky | RW | 39 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 78 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 10.8 |
| Trevor Halverson | L | 43 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 181 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 14.0 |
| Patrick Boileau | D | 47 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 53 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 5.2 |
| Nolan Baumgartner | D | 70 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 70 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 1.6 |
| Kevin Kaminski | C | 40 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 242 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 10.5 |
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | L | 16 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 20.7 |
| David Harlock | D | 71 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 66 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 3.3 |
| Rick Mrozik | D | 75 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 52 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 2.6 |
| Mark Major | L | 79 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 343 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 117 | 11.1 |
| Dwayne Hay | L | 58 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 35 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 7.1 |
| Brad Church | L | 59 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 98 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 133 | 4.5 |
| Rob Bonneau | C | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Norm Batherson | C | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Todd Krygier | L | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Alexandre Volchkov | R | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Victor Gervais | LW | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Jan Bulis | C | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Glenn Stewart | LW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Jason Christie | RW | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Kayle Short | D | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Miika Elomo | L | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 54 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Joël Theriault | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 89 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Corey Neilson | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Stephane Madore | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Travis Tucker | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Mike O'Neill | G | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Brochu | G | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Ceman | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jon Rempel | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Leblanc | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mathieu Raby | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Chad Ackerman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Marty Clapton | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jason Mansoff | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howie Rosenblatt | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Saal | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kerry Toporowski | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sebastien Charpentier | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stas Tkatch | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Nikolishin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Van Drunen | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1462 | 241 | 416 | 657 | 2187 | -57 | 83 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 2615 | 9.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brochu | 37 | 1926 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 2.99 | 1058 | 962 | .909 |
| Mike O'Neill | 47 | 2640 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 3.07 | 1399 | 1264 | .904 |
| Sebastien Charpentier | 4 | 229 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.62 | 135 | 125 | .926 |
| Jason Saal | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.77 | 43 | 40 | .930 |
| Totals | 89 | 4860 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 244 | 3.01 | 2635 | 2391 | .907 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Brunette | L | 10 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Mulhern | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Benda | C | 8 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benoit Gratton | C | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent Hulst | C | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stewart Malgunas | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Poapst | D | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kowalsky | RW | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trevor Halverson | L | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Boileau | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nolan Baumgartner | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Kaminski | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 69 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | L | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Harlock | D | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Mrozik | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Major | L | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 52 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Church | L | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexandre Volchkov | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lorne Toews | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike O'Neill | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Brochu | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sean Selmser | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Hynnes | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 172 | 30 | 55 | 85 | 280 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brochu | 6 | 297 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.23 | 0 | ||
| Mike O'Neill | 6 | 305 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.15 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 602 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.19 | 0 |
