1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 33-39 (SO: 0-10) - 76 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Chris McSorley (0-0)
Coach: Clint Malarchuk (6-9-4)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 273,109, Avg. 6,661 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder RosterTeam Record: 33-39 (SO: 0-10) - 76 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Chris McSorley (0-0)
Coach: Clint Malarchuk (6-9-4)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 273,109, Avg. 6,661 in 41 home dates
The Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 33 wins and 39 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 76 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Thunder scored 260 goals and yielded 305. Ken Quinney netted 34 goals for Las Vegas, while Joe Day and Jesse Belanger tallied 30 or more also. Patrice Lefebvre accounted for 89 assists. Manny Legace topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.16 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Chris McSorley and Clint Malarchuk coached the team. The 1997-98 Las Vegas 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrice Lefebvre | R | 77 | 27 | 89 | 116 | 113 | -13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 18.4 |
| Ken Quinney | L | 82 | 34 | 57 | 91 | 19 | -24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 253 | 13.4 |
| Jesse Belanger | C | 54 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 221 | 14.5 |
| Steve Bancroft | D | 70 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 148 | -13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 231 | 6.5 |
| Joe Day | C | 82 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 183 | -32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 159 | 18.9 |
| Jeff Christian | L | 30 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 90 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 9.8 |
| Trevor Roenick | RW | 69 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 105 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 13.9 |
| Rob Pattison | LW | 61 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 68 | -23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 10.7 |
| Justin Kurtz | D | 63 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 11.8 |
| Sergei Yerkovich | D | 69 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 130 | -14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 4.9 |
| David Shaw | D | 26 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Bench | 82 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trent McCleary | R | 54 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 120 | -17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Russell Romaniuk | L | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 26.1 |
| Darcy Loewen | L | 42 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 117 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 |
| Ilja Byakin | D | 52 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 40 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 4.7 |
| Rodrigo Lavinsh | D | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 53 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Sergei Klimovich | C | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Brett Punchard | LW | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | -10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 |
| Barry Potomski | L | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 143 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Andrei Bashkirov | L | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Tyler Prosofsky | RW | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Radoslav Suchy | D | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| John Slaney | D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Thom Cullen | D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Dan Shermerhorn | C | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Linden | R | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Christian Lariviere | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Brian Curran | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rhett Trombley | RW | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Keith McCambridge | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tim Cheveldae | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Paul Davis | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Paxton Schulte | L | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Chad Wagner | RW | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 210 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Wilkie | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sami Helenius | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Brent Bilodeau | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Jason Mansoff | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Manny Legace | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Drevitch | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Chris McSorley | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Sryubko | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Rastislav Pavlikovský | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Angelstad | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pavel Mikulchik | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Konstantin Simchuk | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1457 | 260 | 414 | 674 | 2210 | -296 | 90 | 15 | 20 | 2342 | 11.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Cheveldae | 38 | 1942 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 3.95 | 1051 | 923 | .878 |
| Konstantin Simchuk | 16 | 846 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 3.19 | 436 | 391 | .897 |
| Manny Legace | 41 | 2106 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 111 | 3.16 | 1254 | 1143 | .911 |
| Totals | 95 | 4894 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 284 | 3.48 | 2741 | 2457 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrice Lefebvre | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Quinney | L | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Belanger | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Day | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Christian | L | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Roenick | RW | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Yerkovich | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent McCleary | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russell Romaniuk | L | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodrigo Lavinsh | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Potomski | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Curran | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith McCambridge | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paxton Schulte | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sami Helenius | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Mansoff | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Legace | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Ricard | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 68 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Legace | 4 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.05 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.05 | 0 |
