1998-99 Albany River Rats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 46-26-6-2 - 100 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John Cunniff (46-26-6, 2 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 183,639, Avg. 4,591 in 40 home dates
1998-99 Albany River Rats RosterTeam Record: 46-26-6-2 - 100 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John Cunniff (46-26-6, 2 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 183,639, Avg. 4,591 in 40 home dates
The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 46 wins and 26 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 6 ties for 100 points in the AHL's Empire Division.
The River Rats scored 275 goals and allowed 230. Jeff Williams netted 46 goals for Albany, while Steve Brule, Eric Bertrand and John Madden each tallied 30 or more, too. John Madden contributed 60 assists. Mike Buzak topped the squad with 22 wins, and Frederic Henry added 15 or more wins also. Mike Buzak recorded a 2.57 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
John Cunniff coached the team. The 1998-99 Albany River Rats lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Madden | C | 75 | 38 | 60 | 98 | 44 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 334 | 11.4 |
| Steve Brule | R | 78 | 32 | 52 | 84 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 302 | 10.6 |
| Jeff Williams | LW | 74 | 46 | 27 | 73 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 259 | 17.8 |
| Eric Bertrand | L | 78 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 160 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 229 | 14.8 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 70 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 9.0 |
| Jiri Bicek | R | 79 | 15 | 45 | 60 | 102 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 9.1 |
| Ken Sutton | D | 75 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 118 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 6.1 |
| Sergei Vyshedkevich | D | 79 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 234 | 4.7 |
| Pierre Dagenais | L | 69 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 37 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 10.4 |
| Richard Rochefort | D/F | 70 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 114 | 14.0 |
| Josh DeWolf | D | 75 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 111 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0.9 |
| Rob Pattison | LW | 40 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 16.1 |
| Colin White | D | 77 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 265 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 1.7 |
| Geordie Kinnear | D | 55 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 162 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.4 |
| Sascha Goc | D | 55 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Matt Ruchty | LW | 29 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 134 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 12.0 |
| David Cunniff | LW | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Wes Mason | LW | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 |
| Scott Daniels | L | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Henrik Rehnberg | D | 55 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 49 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Willie Mitchell | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| George Awada | F | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Vadim Sharifijanov | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Rob Skrlac | R | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 203 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Sasha Lakovic | L | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Frederic Henry | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Judd Lambert | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Buzak | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Duce | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Richard Shulmistra | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby House | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Muir | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Jean-Francois Damphousse | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Thompson | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1512 | 275 | 457 | 732 | 2070 | 224 | 69 | 15 | 46 | 4 | 2917 | 9.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Shulmistra | 12 | 596 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3.42 | 293 | 259 | .884 |
| Mike Buzak | 48 | 2382 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 2.57 | 1193 | 1091 | .915 |
| Frederic Henry | 35 | 1690 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 2.98 | 887 | 803 | .905 |
| Judd Lambert | 2 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.76 | 50 | 47 | .940 |
| Jean-Francois Damphousse | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.05 | 28 | 25 | .893 |
| Totals | 98 | 4829 | 46 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 226 | 2.81 | 2451 | 2225 | .908 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Madden | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Brule | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Williams | LW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Bertrand | L | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexander Semak | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jiri Bicek | R | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Sutton | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sergei Vyshedkevich | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Dagenais | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rochefort | D/F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh DeWolf | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Pattison | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Colin White | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geordie Kinnear | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sascha Goc | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Ruchty | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Cunniff | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henrik Rehnberg | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Awada | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Skrlac | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Buzak | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shulmistra | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 92 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Shulmistra | 2 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.81 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.81 | 0 |
