1997-98 Huntsville Channel Cats Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 40-22 (SO: 0-8) - 88 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Larry Floyd (40-22, 8 OTL)
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Attendance: 109,325, Avg. 3,124 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Huntsville Channel Cats RosterTeam Record: 40-22 (SO: 0-8) - 88 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Larry Floyd (40-22, 8 OTL)
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Attendance: 109,325, Avg. 3,124 in 35 home dates
The Huntsville Channel Cats of the Central Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 40 wins and 22 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 88 points in the CHL's Eastern Division.
The Channel Cats scored 333 goals and allowed 281. Chris George netted 52 goals for Huntsville, while Mike Degurse, Jonathan Dubois and Ryan Wood each tallied 30 or more, too. Jonathan Dubois accounted for 87 assists. Steve Pottie earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.91 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Larry Floyd coached the team. The 1997-98 Huntsville Channel Cats 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Dubois | C | 70 | 37 | 87 | 124 | 220 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 159 | 23.3 |
| Chris George | RW | 70 | 52 | 57 | 109 | 47 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 385 | 13.5 |
| Igor Bonderev | D | 68 | 23 | 61 | 84 | 63 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 213 | 10.8 |
| Ryan Wood | LW | 64 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 51 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 193 | 18.1 |
| Mike Degurse | LW | 56 | 38 | 27 | 65 | 335 | -2 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 216 | 17.6 |
| Ron Handy | C | 46 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 50 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 161 | 16.8 |
| Donald MacPherson | D | 47 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 72 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 13.4 |
| John Gibson | D | 67 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 80 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 4.3 |
| Mike Bondy | D | 61 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 12.4 |
| Phil Daigle | C | 61 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 333 | -5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 12.5 |
| Mark Macera | D | 55 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 143 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 5.2 |
| Tony Frenette | RW | 29 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 12.5 |
| Chris MacDonald | RW | 32 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 42 | -11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 13.2 |
| Tom Moulton | D | 70 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 164 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 4.6 |
| Matt Stone | RW | 53 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 237 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 10.2 |
| Craig Arseneau | D | 22 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 44 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 9.1 |
| David Green | C | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16.0 |
| Mark Collicutt | 55 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 210 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 | |
| Dave DeFrancesco | D | 43 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 102 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.6 |
| Steve Pottie | C | 54 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Schachterle | G | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Steve Chelios | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| John McCabe | LW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Phil James | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Evgeni Feldman | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Eddy Marchant | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Mike Coons | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Oakenfold | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Tim Westgate | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Hugo Hamelin | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1157 | 333 | 535 | 868 | 2374 | 181 | 94 | 18 | 40 | 2614 | 12.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Coons | 19 | 962 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.87 | 568 | 506 | .891 |
| Steve Pottie | 54 | 3112 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 203 | 3.91 | 1816 | 1613 | .888 |
| Hugo Hamelin | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.00 | 77 | 71 | .922 |
| Totals | 75 | 4194 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 271 | 3.88 | 2461 | 2190 | .890 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Dubois | C | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris George | RW | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Igor Bonderev | D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Wood | LW | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Degurse | LW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Handy | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donald MacPherson | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gibson | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Bondy | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Macera | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Moulton | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Collicutt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Pottie | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Chelios | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McCabe | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddy Marchant | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Oakenfold | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Hamelin | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 49 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
