1997-98 New Orleans Brass Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 36-24 (SO: 0-10) - 82 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ted Sator (36-24, 10 OTL)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 155,143, Avg. 4,433 in 35 home dates
1997-98 New Orleans Brass RosterTeam Record: 36-24 (SO: 0-10) - 82 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ted Sator (36-24, 10 OTL)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 155,143, Avg. 4,433 in 35 home dates
The New Orleans Brass of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 36 wins and 24 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 82 points in the ECHL's Southwest Division.
The Brass netted 278 goals and surrendered 263. Joe Seroski scored 43 goals for New Orleans, while Jeff Lazaro tallied 30 or more, too. Jeff Lazaro contributed 64 assists. Martin Villeneuve earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.33 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Ted Sator coached the team. The 1997-98 New Orleans Brass 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Lazaro | L | 70 | 37 | 64 | 101 | 151 | -5 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 327 | 11.3 |
| Joe Seroski | RW | 68 | 43 | 36 | 79 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 205 | 21.0 |
| Scott King | RW | 56 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 150 | 17.3 |
| Jean-Francois Houle | LW | 53 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 119 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 150 | 16.7 |
| Eric Brûle | D | 69 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 105 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 224 | 8.5 |
| Darryl LaFrance | RW | 42 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 20.0 |
| Mikhail Nemirovsky | RW | 43 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 55 | -3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 115 | 16.5 |
| Martin Woods | D | 52 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 177 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 8.4 |
| Kevin Pozzo | D | 54 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 114 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 4.3 |
| Todd Norman | LW | 34 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 18 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 15.7 |
| Russ Guzior | C | 54 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 10.6 |
| Steve Cheredaryk | D | 59 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 214 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 4.0 |
| Pierre Gendron | C | 42 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 61 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 10.3 |
| Jason Downey | D | 67 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 295 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0.0 |
| Bill McKay | D | 65 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 117 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Eric Montreuil | C | 34 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 109 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 7.2 |
| Trevor Sim | R | 13 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 23 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10.8 |
| Kyle Peterson | LW | 25 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 9.6 |
| Stephane Soulliere | C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 32 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Chris Rowland | RW | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Francois Archambault | RW | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 34 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Brad Symes | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Dean Moore | LW | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 67 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Jimmy Drolet | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Peter McCague | LW | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Martin Villeneuve | G | 54 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Hohenberger | LW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Mike Rusk | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Sokolsky | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Mikhail Kravets | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Blaine Russell | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Cronan | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Minard | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| John Blessman | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Chris Bowen | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Charbonneau | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hultberg | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Preston | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Dovigi | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1227 | 278 | 450 | 728 | 2105 | 39 | 98 | 20 | 36 | 2423 | 11.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Minard | 11 | 429 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4.20 | 235 | 205 | .872 |
| Martin Villeneuve | 54 | 2959 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 3.33 | 1758 | 1594 | .907 |
| Patrick Charbonneau | 6 | 327 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3.85 | 190 | 169 | .889 |
| Patrick Dovigi | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.50 | 75 | 62 | .827 |
| Olie Sundstrom | 3 | 171 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.51 | 76 | 66 | .868 |
| John Hultberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| Blaine Russell | 4 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.61 | 91 | 80 | .879 |
| Totals | 81 | 4190 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 249 | 3.57 | 2426 | 2177 | .897 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Lazaro | L | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Seroski | RW | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott King | RW | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Francois Houle | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Brûle | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl LaFrance | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Woods | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Pozzo | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Norman | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Guzior | C | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Cheredaryk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Downey | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McKay | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Sim | R | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Moore | LW | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Drolet | D | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Villeneuve | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Hohenberger | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 120 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
