1997-98 Syracuse Crunch Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 35-32-11-2 - 83 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jack McIlhargey (35-32-11, 2 OTL)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 218,588, Avg. 5,465 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Syracuse Crunch RosterTeam Record: 35-32-11-2 - 83 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jack McIlhargey (35-32-11, 2 OTL)
Location: Syracuse, New York
Attendance: 218,588, Avg. 5,465 in 40 home dates
The Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 32 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 11 ties for 83 points in the AHL's Empire Division.
The Crunch scored 272 goals and yielded 285. Brian Bonin netted 31 goals for Syracuse, while Peter Schaefer accounted for 44 assists. Corey Hirsch earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.19 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Jack McIlhargey coached the team. The 1997-98 Syracuse Crunch 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bonin | C | 67 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 46 | -4 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 159 | 19.5 |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 75 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 90 | -18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 182 | 12.6 |
| Peter Schaefer | L | 73 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 41 | -8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 11.9 |
| Robert Dome | R | 36 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 77 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 18.9 |
| Jan Hrdina | C | 72 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 82 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 13.1 |
| Brent Sopel | D | 76 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 70 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 4.6 |
| Tyson Nash | L | 74 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 184 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 13.2 |
| David Roberts | L | 37 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 121 | 14.0 |
| Sven Butenschon | D | 65 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 66 | -7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 10.4 |
| Mark Wotton | D | 56 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 80 | -4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 7.3 |
| Dave Roche | L | 73 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 307 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 148 | 8.1 |
| Lubomir Vaic | C | 50 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 14.3 |
| Lonny Bohonos | R | 17 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 15.0 |
| Tuomas Gronman | D | 33 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 45 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 6.1 |
| Serge Aubin | C | 55 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 57 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 5.7 |
| Darren Sinclair | LW | 57 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7.7 |
| Larry Courville | L | 29 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 84 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 11.1 |
| Bert Robertsson | D | 42 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 87 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 9.4 |
| Chad Allan | D | 73 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 121 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 2.9 |
| Bobby House | RW | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 16.7 |
| Robb Gordon | C | 40 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 35 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Alek Stojanov | R | 41 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 215 | -18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 6.9 |
| Alexei Krivchenkov | D | 25 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.0 |
| Dennis Pinfold | D | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 121 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Paul Ferone | LW | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 85 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Ryan Savoia | C | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Convery | C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Corey Hirsch | G | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jon Larson | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Alexandre Laporte | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Chris McAllister | D | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Mikael Tjallden | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jason Mansoff | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Craig Paterson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drew Palmer | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tim Keyes | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joaquin Gage | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Irwin | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Chad Ackerman | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Petri Gynther | F/D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Greg Callahan | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Eric Hallman | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dwight Parrish | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1482 | 272 | 456 | 728 | 2142 | -96 | 88 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 2632 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Hirsch | 60 | 3512 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 187 | 3.19 | 1911 | 1724 | .902 |
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | 8 | 380 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4.11 | 179 | 153 | .855 |
| Tim Keyes | 15 | 831 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 4.26 | 464 | 405 | .873 |
| Joaquin Gage | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 58 | 51 | .879 |
| Totals | 85 | 4843 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 279 | 3.46 | 2612 | 2333 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bonin | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Domenic Pittis | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Schaefer | L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Hrdina | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Sopel | D | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tyson Nash | L | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Roberts | L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sven Butenschon | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Wotton | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Roche | L | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lubomir Vaic | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darren Sinclair | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Robertsson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chad Allan | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby House | RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alek Stojanov | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Pinfold | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Corey Hirsch | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris McAllister | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Strudwick | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 137 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Hirsch | 5 | 297 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.02 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 297 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.02 | 0 |
