1997-98 Phoenix Mustangs Statistics
West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 36-25 (SO: 0-3) - 75 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Brad McCaughey (36-25, 3 OTL)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 109,459, Avg. 3,421 in 32 home dates
1997-98 Phoenix Mustangs RosterTeam Record: 36-25 (SO: 0-3) - 75 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Brad McCaughey (36-25, 3 OTL)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 109,459, Avg. 3,421 in 32 home dates
The Phoenix Mustangs of the West Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 36 wins and 25 losses, with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 75 points in the WCHL's South Division.
The Mustangs netted 267 goals and yielded 235. Hugo Belanger scored 40 goals for Phoenix, while Troy Stephens tallied 30 or more, too. Hugo Belanger contributed 79 assists. David Goverde earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.39 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Brad McCaughey coached the team. The 1997-98 Phoenix Mustangs 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Belanger | LW | 63 | 40 | 79 | 119 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 196 | 20.4 |
| Troy Stephens | C | 63 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 81 | -6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 21.6 |
| Guy Leveque | C | 48 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 143 | 16.8 |
| Savo Mitrovic | C | 54 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 83 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 16.4 |
| Sean Whyte | R | 53 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 93 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 161 | 11.8 |
| Darren Veitch | D | 59 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 40 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 5.2 |
| Tom Menicci | D | 63 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 53 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 186 | 6.5 |
| Jason Trzcinski | LW | 61 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 143 | 13.3 |
| Patrice Robitaille | C/RW | 30 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 19.3 |
| Jamie Allan | RW | 47 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 254 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 9.4 |
| Sebastien Fortier | LW | 56 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 10.9 |
| Trevor Converse | RW | 34 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 21.4 |
| Mark Costea | D | 33 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 16 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 13.0 |
| Martin Smith | F | 24 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 12.3 |
| Jacque Rodrigue | D | 32 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 52 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Jason MacIntyre | D | 19 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 86 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Zdenek Sikl | F | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25.0 |
| Jeff Rask | D | 29 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Barry Cummins | D | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Mike Tobin | D | 61 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 211 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 4.8 |
| Don Lester | D | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2.3 |
| Troy Frederick | LW | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17.4 |
| Ken Ruddick | D | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 64 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Bell | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Michel Couvrette | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Corbett | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Todd Gibson | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Mark Sakala | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| David Goverde | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Buzak | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Thomas | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Adams | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Arnold | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Laniuk | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Nichol | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1080 | 267 | 423 | 690 | 1656 | 95 | 78 | 16 | 33 | 2053 | 13.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Goverde | 53 | 3149 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 3.39 | 1710 | 1532 | .896 |
| Rick Nichol | 5 | 258 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.02 | 139 | 126 | .906 |
| Mike Buzak | 6 | 357 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4.54 | 181 | 154 | .851 |
| Mike Thomas | 2 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.71 | 29 | 23 | .793 |
| Totals | 66 | 3827 | 36 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 224 | 3.51 | 2059 | 1835 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Belanger | LW | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Stephens | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Leveque | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Savo Mitrovic | C | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Whyte | R | 9 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Veitch | D | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Menicci | D | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Trzcinski | LW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrice Robitaille | C/RW | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Allan | RW | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastien Fortier | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zdenek Sikl | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Rask | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tobin | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Lester | D | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Goverde | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Laniuk | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Nichol | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 144 | 34 | 53 | 87 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Goverde | 9 | 492 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4.63 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 492 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4.63 | 0 |
