1997-98 Albany River Rats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-20-11-6 - 103 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: John Cunniff (43-20-11, 6 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 183,381, Avg. 4,585 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Albany River Rats RosterTeam Record: 43-20-11-6 - 103 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: John Cunniff (43-20-11, 6 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 183,381, Avg. 4,585 in 40 home dates
The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 43 wins and 20 losses (and 6 overtime losses) and 11 ties for 103 points in the AHL's Empire Division.
The River Rats scored 290 goals and surrendered 223. Brendan Morrison netted 35 goals for Albany, and Steve Brule tallied 30 or more, too. Brendan Morrison and Bryan Helmer each contributed 49 assists. Peter Sidorkiewicz topped the squad with 21 wins, while Richard Shulmistra added 15 or more victories as well. Richard Shulmistra earned a 2.31 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
John Cunniff coached the team. The 1997-98 Albany River Rats lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Morrison | C | 72 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 44 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 204 | 17.2 |
| Steve Brule | R | 80 | 34 | 43 | 77 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 269 | 12.6 |
| Bryan Helmer | D | 80 | 14 | 49 | 63 | 101 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 272 | 5.1 |
| John Madden | C | 74 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 8.8 |
| Vadim Sharifijanov | R | 72 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 69 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 215 | 10.7 |
| Peter Zezel | C | 35 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 12.0 |
| Eric Bertrand | L | 76 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 256 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 186 | 10.8 |
| Sergei Brylin | C | 44 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 60 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 123 | 17.1 |
| Jay Pandolfo | L | 51 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 11.7 |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 71 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 4.8 |
| Sergei Vyshedkevich | D | 54 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 10.1 |
| Jeff Williams | LW | 58 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 20 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 11.1 |
| Richard Rochefort | D/F | 59 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 9.3 |
| Jiri Bicek | R | 50 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 22 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 11.9 |
| Bobby House | RW | 19 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 14.5 |
| Dody Wood | C | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 185 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6.2 |
| Colin White | D | 76 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 235 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 3.0 |
| Geordie Kinnear | D | 78 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 206 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 |
| Dan Ratushny | D | 39 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 11.9 |
| Sasha Lakovic | L | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 11.5 |
| Bryan Muir | D | 41 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 3.2 |
| Ken Sutton | D | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Petr Sykora | R | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 36.4 |
| Zdenek Skorepa | RW | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 |
| Patrik Elias | L | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Paul Traynor | D | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Rob Skrlac | R | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 256 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Dean | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Judd Lambert | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederic Henry | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Shulmistra | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Cunniff | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sheldon Souray | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Josh DeWolf | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brad Bombardir | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1499 | 290 | 480 | 770 | 1967 | 194 | 85 | 18 | 43 | 7 | 2916 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 43 | 2422 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 115 | 2.85 | 1110 | 995 | .896 |
| Richard Shulmistra | 35 | 2022 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 2.31 | 955 | 877 | .918 |
| Frederic Henry | 4 | 199 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.41 | 108 | 100 | .926 |
| Judd Lambert | 4 | 213 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.51 | 104 | 88 | .846 |
| Totals | 86 | 4856 | 43 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 217 | 2.68 | 2277 | 2060 | .905 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Morrison | C | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Brule | R | 13 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Helmer | D | 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Madden | C | 13 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vadim Sharifijanov | R | 12 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Bertrand | L | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sergei Vyshedkevich | D | 13 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Williams | LW | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rochefort | D/F | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jiri Bicek | R | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dody Wood | C | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 55 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Colin White | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geordie Kinnear | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Ratushny | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sasha Lakovic | L | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Muir | D | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zdenek Skorepa | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shulmistra | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 225 | 43 | 77 | 120 | 367 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 2 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shulmistra | 13 | 696 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 2.76 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 786 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 2.90 | 0 |
