1997-98 Anchorage Aces Statistics
West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 36-20 (SO: 0-8) - 80 points
in the WCHL's North Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Walt Poddubny (36-20, 8 OTL)
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Attendance: 166,770, Avg. 5,212 in 32 home dates
1997-98 Anchorage Aces RosterTeam Record: 36-20 (SO: 0-8) - 80 points
in the WCHL's North Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Walt Poddubny (36-20, 8 OTL)
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Attendance: 166,770, Avg. 5,212 in 32 home dates
The Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 36 wins and 20 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 80 points in the WCHL's North Division.
The Aces netted 308 goals and allowed 261. Paul Williams scored 46 goals for Anchorage, while Dean Larson, Sean Rowe and Keith Street each tallied 30 or more as well. Keith Street contributed 90 assists. Sergei Tkachenko topped the squad with 20 wins, and Brian Renfrew added 15 or more wins, too. Sergei Tkachenko registered a 3.81 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Walt Poddubny coached the team. The 1997-98 Anchorage Aces lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Street | F | 64 | 30 | 90 | 120 | 64 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 257 | 11.7 |
| Dean Larson | C | 60 | 36 | 67 | 103 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 233 | 15.5 |
| Paul Williams | RW | 61 | 46 | 39 | 85 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 185 | 24.9 |
| Sean Rowe | RW | 56 | 35 | 42 | 77 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 227 | 15.4 |
| Chris Newans | D | 56 | 24 | 40 | 64 | 287 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 187 | 12.8 |
| Derek Donald | LW | 56 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 114 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 16.8 |
| Derek Gauthier | RW | 56 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 100 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 181 | 14.4 |
| George Wilcox | C | 59 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 192 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 14.7 |
| Bob Cunningham | LW | 36 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 63 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 107 | 18.7 |
| Steve MacSwain | RW | 41 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Hayden O'Rear | D | 53 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
| Dallas Ferguson | D | 62 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 |
| David Latta | L | 48 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 12.2 |
| Kord Cernich | D | 64 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 64 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 5.0 |
| Marc Laforge | D | 27 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 124 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Jason Shmyr | LW | 31 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 177 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10.8 |
| Jason Gibson | D | 51 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 270 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Shane Zimmer | RW | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 |
| Chad Richard | LW | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 144 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Brian Renfrew | G | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Clarke | RW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Marcel Chagnon | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Fred Scott | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Tkachenko | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Link Gaetz | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Todd Bethard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 64 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Longo | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Carlson | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Eric Morin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1066 | 308 | 521 | 829 | 2075 | 253 | 69 | 29 | 36 | 2159 | 14.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Tkachenko | 32 | 1860 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 3.81 | 1159 | 1041 | .898 |
| Brian Renfrew | 33 | 1970 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 132 | 4.02 | 1045 | 913 | .874 |
| Jeff Longo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 66 | 3830 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 250 | 3.92 | 2204 | 1954 | .887 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Street | F | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Larson | C | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Williams | RW | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Rowe | RW | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Newans | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Donald | LW | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Gauthier | RW | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Wilcox | C | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Cunningham | LW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve MacSwain | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hayden O'Rear | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Ferguson | D | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Latta | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kord Cernich | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Laforge | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Gibson | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Renfrew | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Tkachenko | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Brookbank | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 123 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
