1997-98 Kamloops Blazers Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 37-32-3 - 77 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Marc Habscheid (37-32-3)
Location: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
1997-98 Kamloops Blazers RosterTeam Record: 37-32-3 - 77 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Marc Habscheid (37-32-3)
Location: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
The Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses and 3 ties for 77 points in the WHL's West Division.
The Blazers scored 234 goals and surrendered 253. Ajay Baines netted 34 goals for Kamloops, while Micki DuPont contributed 41 assists. Randy Petruk earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.04 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Marc Habscheid coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Kinney | L | 66 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 32 | -14 | 12 | 0 |
| Ajay Baines | C | 72 | 34 | 25 | 59 | 88 | -16 | 12 | 2 |
| Mike Brown | L | 72 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 305 | -13 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Shrum | C | 65 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 57 | +2 | 8 | 3 |
| Shane Belter | D | 57 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 69 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Gainey | L | 68 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 93 | +1 | 6 | 3 |
| Micki DuPont | D | 71 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 93 | -11 | 7 | 0 |
| Alan Manness | RW | 64 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Jason Norrie | RW | 39 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 81 | -15 | 3 | 1 |
| Wade Burt | RW | 70 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 74 | +3 | 1 | 0 |
| Shawn Thompson | D | 69 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 84 | +5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris St. Croix | D | 46 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 51 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| Robyn Regehr | D | 65 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 120 | +6 | 0 | 0 |
| Gennady Razin | D | 70 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 64 | -14 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Perry | C | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | +3 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Mackie | D | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 47 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gable Gross | LW | 60 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 88 | -7 | 1 | 0 |
| Nils Antons | F | 40 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 48 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Petruk | G | 57 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Draney | LW | 42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Thorpe | LW | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Scott | RW | 58 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 169 | -21 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Scantlebury | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Hobson | C | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Epp | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Dombrowski | D | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | -12 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Starling | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Kehler | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Hickes | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Rishaug | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clayton Pool | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Aulin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnet Stevenson | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1388 | 240 | 392 | 632 | 1783 | -141 | 81 | 12 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Stevenson | 11 | 525 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.66 | 274 | 242 | .883 |
| Randy Petruk | 57 | 3097 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 3.04 | 1653 | 1496 | .905 |
| Clayton Pool | 15 | 699 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 4.81 | 427 | 371 | .869 |
| Totals | 83 | 4321 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 245 | 3.40 | 2354 | 2109 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Kinney | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajay Baines | C | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Brown | L | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shrum | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Belter | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gainey | L | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micki DuPont | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Manness | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Norrie | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Burt | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Thompson | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris St. Croix | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robyn Regehr | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gennady Razin | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mackie | D | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gable Gross | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Antons | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Petruk | G | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Draney | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Thorpe | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Scott | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Dombrowski | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garnet Stevenson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 134 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Stevenson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Randy Petruk | 7 | 426 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.96 | 275 | 254 | .924 |
| Totals | 8 | 428 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.94 | 276 | 255 | .924 |
