
1997-98 Plymouth Whalers Statistics
Team Record: 37-19-7-3 - 84 points
in the OHL's West Division
Coach: Peter DeBoer (37-19-7, 3 OTL)
Location: Plymouth, Michigan
The Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 37 wins and 19 losses (and 3 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 84 points in the OHL's West Division.
The Whalers potted 279 goals and surrendered 223. David Legwand scored 54 goals for Plymouth, while Andrew Taylor and Harold Druken netted 30 or more, too. David Legwand contributed 51 assists. Robert Esche earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.88 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Peter DeBoer coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Legwand | C | 59 | 54 | 51 | 105 | 56 | +50 | 18 | 1 |
Harold Druken | C | 64 | 38 | 44 | 82 | 12 | +16 | 8 | 0 |
Andrew Taylor | LW | 61 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 124 | +34 | 10 | 1 |
Yuri Babenko | C | 59 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 22 | +22 | 6 | 1 |
Jesse Boulerice | R | 53 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 170 | +14 | 3 | 0 |
Julian Smith | C | 60 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 8 | +7 | 1 | 2 |
Eric Gooldy | LW | 63 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 128 | +10 | 3 | 0 |
Randy Fitzgerald | LW | 54 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 104 | +9 | 0 | 1 |
Nikos Tselios | D | 41 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 27 | +22 | 2 | 0 |
Shaun Fisher | D | 51 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 29 | +23 | 1 | 0 |
Paul Mara | D | 25 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 30 | +3 | 3 | 0 |
Brian Passmore | C | 65 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 82 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
Steve Wasylko | C | 43 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 8 | +5 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Holdridge | D | 61 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 106 | +23 | 0 | 0 |
Sergei Fedotov | D | 38 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 33 | +4 | 2 | 0 |
Troy Smith | D | 63 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 72 | +22 | 0 | 0 |
Joel Trottier | RW | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
John-Paul Luciuk | LW/C | 36 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | +5 | 0 | 1 |
Pat Parthenais | C | 63 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 155 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Luc Rioux | D | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | +16 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Cadotte | C | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +2 | 2 | 1 |
Jamie Lalonde | LW | 54 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 171 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Lawmaster | D | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 86 | +6 | 2 | 0 |
Kristopher Purdy | LW | 39 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Esche | G | 48 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Burnham | RW | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 55 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Byrne | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
Terry Banjavic | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Holsinger | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Ridout | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Russell | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
Brandon Sacco | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stevie Lyle | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Jordan | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1241 | 279 | 442 | 721 | 1673 | 299 | 62 | 10 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Holsinger | 16 | 789 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 3.95 | 366 | 314 | .858 |
Robert Esche | 48 | 2810 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 135 | 2.88 | 1297 | 1162 | .896 |
Stevie Lyle | 6 | 346 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4.16 | 188 | 164 | .872 |
Brandon Sacco | 2 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 32 | 28 | .875 |
Totals | 72 | 4005 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 215 | 3.22 | 1883 | 1668 | .886 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Legwand | C | 15 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Harold Druken | C | 15 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Andrew Taylor | LW | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 25 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
Yuri Babenko | C | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
Jesse Boulerice | R | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Julian Smith | C | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
Eric Gooldy | LW | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Fitzgerald | LW | 15 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 46 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Nikos Tselios | D | 15 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Shaun Fisher | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Mara | D | 15 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Passmore | C | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Wasylko | C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Holdridge | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Sergei Fedotov | D | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Troy Smith | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
John-Paul Luciuk | LW/C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Parthenais | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Jamie Lalonde | LW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
Kristopher Purdy | LW | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Esche | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Holsinger | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 287 | 53 | 88 | 141 | 353 | -16 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Holsinger | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.64 | 16 | 14 | .875 |
Robert Esche | 15 | 870 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3.10 | 611 | 566 | .926 |
Totals | 17 | 903 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 3.12 | 627 | 580 | .925 |