1997-98 Swift Current Broncos Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 44-19-9 - 97 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Todd McLellan (44-19-9)
Location: Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
1997-98 Swift Current Broncos RosterTeam Record: 44-19-9 - 97 points
in the WHL's East Division
Coach: Todd McLellan (44-19-9)
Location: Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
The Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 44 wins and 19 losses and 9 ties for 97 points in the WHL's East Division.
The Broncos netted 276 goals and allowed 220. Sergei Varlamov scored 66 goals for Swift Current, and Jeff Kirwan tallied 30 or more, too. Michal Rozsival accounted for 55 assists. Terry Friesen earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Lindsey Materi added 15 or more wins also. Terry Friesen recorded a 2.82 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Todd McLellan coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Varlamov | L | 72 | 66 | 53 | 119 | 132 | +36 | 16 | 8 |
| Jeff Kirwan | C | 67 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 10 | +27 | 15 | 1 |
| Michal Rozsival | D | 71 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 122 | +24 | 8 | 1 |
| Lawrence Nycholat | D | 71 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 108 | +13 | 6 | 0 |
| Jeremy Rondeau | LW | 70 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 84 | +5 | 7 | 0 |
| Chad Beagle | C | 51 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 89 | +19 | 4 | 1 |
| Jeff Henkelman | D | 71 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 85 | +12 | 3 | 0 |
| Kurt Drummond | C | 53 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 31 | +1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Schaeffer | C | 71 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 49 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Shybunka | C | 46 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 39 | +4 | 3 | 1 |
| Brett Allan | LW | 68 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 42 | +6 | 6 | 0 |
| Brent Twordik | C | 70 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 50 | +2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Mohagen | LW | 62 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 299 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| Layne Ulmer | C | 50 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 23 | -7 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Hulak | D | 70 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Reich | L | 22 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 47 | -3 | 2 | 1 |
| Quinn Sherdahl | RW | 57 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Milne | D | 71 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 259 | +2 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Green | L | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 4 | 0 |
| Tyler Murray | C | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 35 | -1 | 1 | 0 |
| Anton Bader | D | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dreu Volk | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | +6 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Beatch | D | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Purcell | RW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Serdachny | D | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Nedjelski | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Friesen | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Dyck | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Markell | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Materi | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Baum | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Sotiropoulos | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Motz | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1342 | 273 | 424 | 697 | 1712 | 155 | 92 | 13 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Friesen | 44 | 2639 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 2.82 | 1332 | 1208 | .907 |
| Lindsey Materi | 28 | 1612 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 3.28 | 724 | 636 | .878 |
| Tyson Motz | 4 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2.11 | 39 | 35 | .897 |
| Totals | 76 | 4365 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 216 | 2.97 | 2095 | 1879 | .897 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Varlamov | L | 12 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Kirwan | C | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michal Rozsival | D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Nycholat | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Rondeau | LW | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Beagle | C | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Henkelman | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Drummond | C | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Schaeffer | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Allan | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Twordik | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Mohagen | LW | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Layne Ulmer | C | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Hulak | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Reich | L | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Sherdahl | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Milne | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Murray | C | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Serdachny | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Nedjelski | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Friesen | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 228 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Friesen | 12 | 755 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 2.23 | 345 | 317 | .919 |
| Totals | 12 | 755 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 2.23 | 345 | 317 | .919 |
