1998-99 Las Vegas Thunder Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 35-39 (SO: 0-8) - 78 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Coach: Bob Bourne (35-39, 8 OTL)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 205,065, Avg. 5,002 in 41 home dates
1998-99 Las Vegas Thunder RosterTeam Record: 35-39 (SO: 0-8) - 78 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Coach: Bob Bourne (35-39, 8 OTL)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 205,065, Avg. 5,002 in 41 home dates
The Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 35 wins and 39 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 78 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Thunder netted 247 goals and conceded 307. Russell Romaniuk scored 43 goals for Las Vegas, and Jason McBain contributed 37 assists. Petr Franek topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.42 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Bob Bourne coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Romaniuk | L | 82 | 43 | 20 | 63 | 91 | -17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 180 | 23.9 |
| Jason McBain | D | 65 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 4.5 |
| Scott Hollis | RW | 53 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 67 | -9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 149 | 13.4 |
| Sean Berens | C | 61 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 62 | -9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 165 | 14.5 |
| Patrice Lefebvre | R | 42 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 40 | -16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 16.9 |
| Lee Jinman | C | 52 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 36 | -4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 12.6 |
| Stefan Ustorf | F | 40 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 40 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 10.1 |
| Taj Melson | D | 72 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 48 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 5.8 |
| Shawn Wansborough | LW | 62 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 144 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 6.4 |
| Brad Miller | D | 73 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 264 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 4.5 |
| Nick Naumenko | D | 34 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 37 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 5.1 |
| Jean-Francois Jomphe | C | 32 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 63 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Randy Burridge | L | 25 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 12.7 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 13 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 14.0 |
| Kevin Kaminski | C | 39 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 217 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 14.6 |
| Bench | 82 | 15 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ryan Mulhern | R | 23 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 8 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 14.5 |
| Chris Taylor | C | 14 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| David Shaw | D | 24 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Louie DeBrusk | L | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 160 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Andrei Vasilyev | L | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Dean Ewen | LW | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 251 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Ashley Buckberger | RW | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| Andrei Sryubko | 51 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 164 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 | |
| Trevor Roenick | RW | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 43 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Sami Helenius | D | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 193 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3.6 |
| Peter Zurba | LW | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 89 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Mike Wilson | D | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Bryan Helmer | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Phil Crowe | R | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Yevgeny Shaldybin | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Drew Bannister | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 73 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Keith McCambridge | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 56 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Alexander Alexeev | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Yevstigneyev | RW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Kevin St. Jacques | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Danny Briere | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Petr Franek | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luch Nasato | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 52 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Vadim Sharapov | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dampy Brar | RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Brad Mehalko | RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Mike Gaffney | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Michel Petit | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Konstantin Simchuk | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Smyth | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Hakan Jansson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Giannetti | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Podalinski | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Scott Langkow | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Mercer | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sam Fields | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Larson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Chad Wagner | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nikolai Syrtsov | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Edgars Zaltkovskis | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Scott Drevitch | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brad Isbister | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brad Guzda | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Quinnell | C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Ray Clarke | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Taylor | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Igor Bonderev | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Tim Lovell | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1479 | 247 | 379 | 626 | 2597 | -249 | 73 | 12 | 20 | 2396 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Langkow | 27 | 1402 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 4.15 | 796 | 699 | .878 |
| Petr Franek | 37 | 1879 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 107 | 3.42 | 1071 | 964 | .900 |
| Konstantin Simchuk | 30 | 1471 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 3.06 | 754 | 679 | .901 |
| Brad Guzda | 3 | 138 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.35 | 75 | 65 | .867 |
| Paul Taylor | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.67 | 7 | 6 | .857 |
| Totals | 98 | 4899 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 290 | 3.55 | 2703 | 2413 | .893 |
