1997-98 Huntington Blizzard Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 34-29 (SO: 0-7) - 75 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Charlie Huddy (34-29, 7 OTL)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Attendance: 89,736, Avg. 2,564 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Huntington Blizzard RosterTeam Record: 34-29 (SO: 0-7) - 75 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Charlie Huddy (34-29, 7 OTL)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Attendance: 89,736, Avg. 2,564 in 35 home dates
The Huntington Blizzard of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 34 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 75 points in the ECHL's Northwest Division.
The Blizzard scored 230 goals and gave up 259. Jim Bermingham netted 41 goals for Huntington, while Kelly Harper tallied 30 or more, too. Jim Bermingham accounted for 59 assists. Chad Lang topped the squad with 18 wins, and Chris Wickenheiser added 15 or more victories as well. Chris Wickenheiser earned a 3.38 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Charlie Huddy coached the team. The 1997-98 Huntington Blizzard 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bermingham | C | 67 | 41 | 59 | 100 | 116 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 272 | 15.1 |
| Kelly Harper | RW | 59 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 19.6 |
| Jan Slavik | D | 70 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 62 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 6.2 |
| Ray Edwards | RW | 48 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 174 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 160 | 13.1 |
| Kevin Paden | LW | 69 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 107 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 14.0 |
| Rich Bronilla | D | 68 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 72 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 230 | 3.0 |
| Tracy Egeland | RW | 45 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 107 | -15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 153 | 9.8 |
| Mark Zdan | C | 57 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 60 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 107 | 20.6 |
| Derek Smith | C | 70 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 35 | -14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 13.1 |
| Brodie Coffin | RW | 63 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 169 | -19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 16.5 |
| Travis Dillabough | LW | 59 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 44 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 10.0 |
| Mike Perna | D | 46 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 160 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2.2 |
| Eric Weichselbaumer | C | 27 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Jason Bermingham | LW | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 40 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 5.0 |
| Jamie Sokolsky | D | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Jake Deadmarsh | D | 50 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 82 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 |
| Valeri Ermolov | R | 33 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Jay McGee | D | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Marty Melnychuk | D | 62 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 296 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.9 |
| Jason Dageforde | W | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Kirkpatrick | F | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Garry Gruber | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Owen Lessard | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Chris Wickenheiser | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Dreveny | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stuart Logan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Blaine Russell | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Lang | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Holloway | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1184 | 230 | 396 | 626 | 1763 | -68 | 57 | 4 | 34 | 2164 | 10.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Lang | 40 | 2224 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 128 | 3.45 | 1223 | 1095 | .895 |
| Chris Wickenheiser | 32 | 1758 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 3.38 | 933 | 834 | .894 |
| Stuart Logan | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.28 | 12 | 8 | .667 | |
| Blaine Russell | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 36 | 30 | .833 |
| Greg Dreveny | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.00 | 74 | 62 | .838 |
| Totals | 76 | 4191 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 249 | 3.56 | 2278 | 2029 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bermingham | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Harper | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Slavik | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Edwards | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Paden | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Bronilla | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tracy Egeland | RW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Zdan | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Smith | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brodie Coffin | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Dillabough | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Perna | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Sokolsky | D | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Melnychuk | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Kirkpatrick | F | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Owen Lessard | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Lang | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 71 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
