1997-98 Tucson Gila Monsters Statistics
West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 16-43 (SO: 0-5) - 37 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Coach: Martin Raymond (16-43, 5 OTL)
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Attendance: 51,324, Avg. 1,604 in 32 home dates
1997-98 Tucson Gila Monsters RosterTeam Record: 16-43 (SO: 0-5) - 37 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Coach: Martin Raymond (16-43, 5 OTL)
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Attendance: 51,324, Avg. 1,604 in 32 home dates
The Tucson Gila Monsters of the West Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 16 wins and 43 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 37 points in the WCHL's South Division.
The Gila Monsters scored 213 goals, worst in the league and surrendered 334, most in the circuit. Chris Everett netted 31 goals for Tucson and contributed 42 assists. Pierre Gagnon topped the squad with 8 wins and a team-best 4.97 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Martin Raymond coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Everett | C | 58 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 38 | -22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 179 | 17.3 |
| Patrick Bisaillon | LW | 35 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 48 | -29 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 138 | 21.0 |
| Miloslav Cermak | RW | 63 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 31 | -26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 9.5 |
| Peter Romeo | RW | 42 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 97 | -29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 13.1 |
| Jason Ricci | D | 42 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 22 | -25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 5.3 |
| Trevor Jobe | C | 23 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 35 | -34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 11.8 |
| Bobby Rapoza | D | 59 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 45 | -33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 13.5 |
| Magnus Eliasson | RW | 34 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 67 | -31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 15.0 |
| Pat Dunn | R | 23 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 39 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Bob Cunningham | LW | 16 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 40 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 13.6 |
| Jon Rowe | D | 32 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 108 | -26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 4.1 |
| Jason Crane | RW | 63 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 82 | -32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 7.6 |
| Rodney Bowers | L | 19 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 |
| Zdenek Sikl | F | 14 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 20.5 |
| Alain Lemieux | C | 8 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 24 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27.8 |
| Eric Morin | D | 23 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | -15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 6.9 |
| Mike Torkoff | D | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 44 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Aigars Mironovics | D | 25 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 63 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9.5 |
| Joey Beaudry | D | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22.2 |
| David Piirto | D | 40 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 141 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Grant Chorney | RW | 44 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 262 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Dan Marcotte | RW | 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 59 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 |
| Derek Prue | C | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Christian Labonte | C | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 46 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Bob Thornton | C | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Bench | 64 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brad Michalski | C | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Jamie Wensley | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Sam Fields | D | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 110 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Jason Price | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Doug Roberts | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jason Carriere | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Phil James | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Simon Bibeau | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Dean Wilson | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Moreau | LW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Yerks | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Mike Whitton | LW/C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Jay Hern | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Kreutzer | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Weichselbaumer | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Andy Knick | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Shantz | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Cobb | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Pattinson | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Masotta | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvain Robert | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Todd Gibson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Austin | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Buzak | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Laviolette | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Gagnon | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1035 | 213 | 354 | 567 | 1788 | -471 | 66 | 9 | 12 | 1847 | 11.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Gagnon | 28 | 1630 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 4.97 | 1039 | 904 | .870 |
| Kevin Kreutzer | 22 | 1192 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 5.18 | 733 | 630 | .859 |
| Darcy Austin | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.20 | 210 | 179 | .852 |
| Bryan Masotta | 6 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4.38 | 144 | 125 | .868 |
| Scott Pattinson | 3 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.20 | 55 | 46 | .836 |
| Mike Buzak | 2 | 106 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.40 | 67 | 61 | .910 |
| Danny Laviolette | 4 | 184 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4.89 | 121 | 106 | .876 |
| Kevin Cobb | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | 20 | 16 | .800 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 3767 | 16 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 322 | 5.13 | 2389 | 2067 | .865 |
