1997-98 Central Texas Stampede Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 40-23 (SO: 0-6) - 86 points
in the WPHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Lee Norwood (40-23, 6 OTL)
Location: Belton, Texas
Attendance: 121,309, Avg. 3,466 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Central Texas Stampede RosterTeam Record: 40-23 (SO: 0-6) - 86 points
in the WPHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Lee Norwood (40-23, 6 OTL)
Location: Belton, Texas
Attendance: 121,309, Avg. 3,466 in 35 home dates
The Central Texas Stampede of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 40 wins and 23 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 86 points in the WPHL's Eastern Division.
The Stampede netted 258 goals and allowed 251. Layne Roland scored 53 goals for Central Texas, while Doug Smith tallied 30 or more, too. Dean Kolstad contributed 59 assists. Larry Dyck topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.39 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Lee Norwood coached the team. The 1997-98 Central Texas Stampede 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layne Roland | RW | 69 | 53 | 42 | 95 | 44 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 261 | 20.3 |
| Doug Smith | LW | 63 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 99 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 244 | 13.5 |
| Dean Kolstad | D | 66 | 14 | 59 | 73 | 92 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 6.1 |
| Ricky Jacob | C | 64 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 12.6 |
| Jason Taylor | LW | 57 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 160 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 116 | 19.0 |
| Josh Boni | C | 34 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 94 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 19.5 |
| Peter Zurba | LW | 62 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 311 | -4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 15.1 |
| Alex Rummo | C | 38 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 13.6 |
| Jacques Mailhot | R | 50 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 277 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 26.4 |
| Peter Jas | LW | 61 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 52 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 5.6 |
| Mike Dick | C | 45 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 31 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 17.4 |
| Matt Brenner | D | 60 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 30 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0.9 |
| Daniel Larin | RW | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 18.2 |
| Joe Tassone | RW | 36 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Don McGrath | D | 47 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 185 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Derek Prue | C | 19 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Jamie Hearn | D | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Darren Duncalfe | D | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Derek Nicolson | D | 50 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1.5 |
| Tommi Tarvainen | RW | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Gary Coupal | RW | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 79 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 |
| Brad Toporowski | D | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Jeff Rask | D | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Don Margettie | W | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Daryl Krauss | C | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Brad Wingfield | RW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Dwayne Gylywoychuk | D | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Francois Chaput | D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Paul Pipke | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| David Graff | L | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Antti Tirkkonen | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Parsons | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mark Dawkins | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 69 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Modopoulos | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Larry Dyck | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Shiryaev | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Greg Smith | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederik Beaubien | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Melnechuk | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1233 | 258 | 434 | 692 | 2054 | 21 | 73 | 5 | 40 | 2172 | 11.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Melnechuk | 11 | 544 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.21 | 285 | 265 | .930 |
| Larry Dyck | 35 | 1857 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 3.39 | 1040 | 935 | .899 |
| Frederik Beaubien | 4 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.87 | 67 | 52 | .776 |
| Greg Smith | 26 | 1312 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 4.02 | 764 | 676 | .885 |
| Mark Dawkins | 6 | 288 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.92 | 160 | 146 | .913 |
| Totals | 82 | 4132 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 242 | 3.51 | 2316 | 2074 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layne Roland | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Smith | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Kolstad | D | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Jacob | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Taylor | LW | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Boni | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Zurba | LW | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Mailhot | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Jas | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Brenner | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Larin | RW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don McGrath | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Hearn | D | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Coupal | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Toporowski | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Margettie | W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francois Chaput | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Graff | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Dyck | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 67 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
