1998-99 Tri-City Americans Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 43-23-6 - 92 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Don Hay (43-23-6)
Location: Kennewick, Washington
1998-99 Tri-City Americans RosterTeam Record: 43-23-6 - 92 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Don Hay (43-23-6)
Location: Kennewick, Washington
The Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 43 wins and 23 losses and 6 ties for 92 points in the WHL's West Division.
The Americans scored 311 goals and gave up 219. Dylan Gyori netted 53 goals for Tri-City, while Ken McKay, Scott Gomez and Jaroslav Kristek each tallied 30 or more, too. Scott Gomez contributed 78 assists. Jeff Blair topped the squad with 19 wins, plus Aaron Baker added 15 or more wins, too. Jeff Blair recorded a 2.95 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Don Hay coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Gyori | C | 69 | 53 | 65 | 118 | 112 | +50 | 18 | 2 |
| Scott Gomez | C | 58 | 30 | 78 | 108 | 55 | +43 | 9 | 1 |
| Jaroslav Kristek | R | 70 | 38 | 48 | 86 | 55 | +30 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken McKay | F | 64 | 37 | 45 | 82 | 46 | +46 | 9 | 1 |
| Darrell Hay | D | 72 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 87 | +27 | 7 | 2 |
| Blake Evans | C | 72 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 131 | +1 | 8 | 1 |
| Josef Melichar | D | 65 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 125 | +30 | 4 | 0 |
| Jody Lapeyre | RW | 61 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 65 | +6 | 1 | 1 |
| K.C. Timmons | D/F | 69 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 113 | +5 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Huppe | RW | 18 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 4 | 0 |
| Jordan Landry | RW | 59 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 131 | +8 | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Johansson | C/LW | 48 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 20 | +12 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad Ference | D | 20 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 116 | +15 | 5 | 0 |
| Nathan Barrett | C | 33 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Katcher | D | 60 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 136 | +12 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryley Layden | C | 51 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 34 | -4 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Green | F | 45 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | +2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Lee | RW | 56 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 120 | -3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jarrett Thompson | C | 33 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 86 | +8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Muzechka | D | 70 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 137 | +30 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Almeida | C | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 1 | 0 |
| Regan Darby | D | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 152 | +10 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Anderson | D | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | +7 | 2 | 0 |
| David Boychuk | D | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 43 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Bader | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 47 | +8 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Henkelman | LW | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Guindon | LW | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Baker | G | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Ward | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jorde | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +6 | 0 | 0 |
| David Darguzas | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Ewasiuk | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Peat | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | +5 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew DeSousa | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Thomas | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Blair | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1374 | 311 | 514 | 825 | 1976 | 346 | 99 | 9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Ward | 21 | 846 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.41 | 369 | 335 | .908 |
| Jay Ewasiuk | 5 | 263 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.65 | 141 | 125 | .887 |
| Jeff Blair | 30 | 1586 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 78 | 2.95 | 703 | 625 | .889 |
| Aaron Baker | 31 | 1650 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 3.20 | 729 | 641 | .879 |
| Totals | 87 | 4345 | 43 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 216 | 2.98 | 1942 | 1726 | .889 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Gyori | C | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Gomez | C | 10 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaroslav Kristek | R | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken McKay | F | 12 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Hay | D | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Evans | C | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josef Melichar | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jody Lapeyre | RW | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.C. Timmons | D/F | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Huppe | RW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Landry | RW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Johansson | C/LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Ference | D | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Katcher | D | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryley Layden | C | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Green | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lee | RW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Muzechka | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Bader | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Guindon | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Ward | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Blair | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 228 | 44 | 69 | 113 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Ward | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 12 | 11 | .917 |
| Jeff Blair | 12 | 722 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2.58 | 367 | 336 | .916 |
| Totals | 13 | 742 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 2.59 | 379 | 347 | .916 |
