1998-99 Tupelo T-Rex Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 20-45 (SO: 0-4) - 44 points
in the WPHL's Eastern Division
Coach: Peter Esdale (1-11)
Coach: David Latta (19-34, 4 OTL)
Location: Tupelo, Mississippi
Attendance: 97,128, Avg. 2,775 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Tupelo T-Rex RosterTeam Record: 20-45 (SO: 0-4) - 44 points
in the WPHL's Eastern Division
Coach: Peter Esdale (1-11)
Coach: David Latta (19-34, 4 OTL)
Location: Tupelo, Mississippi
Attendance: 97,128, Avg. 2,775 in 35 home dates
The Tupelo T-Rex of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 20 wins and 45 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 44 points in the WPHL's Eastern Division.
The T-Rex scored 195 goals and yielded 316, most in the circuit. Dave Szabo netted 33 goals for Tupelo, and Joe Van Volsen accounted for 39 assists. Bob Bell topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.31 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Peter Esdale and David Latta coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Van Volsen | F | 65 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 120 | -49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 13.1 |
| Dave Szabo | F | 66 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 25 | -52 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 237 | 13.9 |
| Dan Juden | RW | 62 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 16 | -34 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 193 | 12.4 |
| Troy Stevens | C | 66 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 60 | -40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 7.6 |
| Brad Gratton | C | 36 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 4 | -20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 9.0 |
| Jeff Schachterle | G | 59 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 84 | -23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 13.5 |
| Jon Gaskins | LW | 43 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 65 | -18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 8.7 |
| Ken Hemenway | D | 66 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 53 | -38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 6.1 |
| Marc Salsman | RW | 36 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 80 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 114 | 12.3 |
| Mike Mayhew | RW | 28 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 79 | -16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 15.2 |
| Caleb Wyse | F | 58 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 44 | -23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 7.4 |
| Rob Striar | D | 43 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 133 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Pirre Persson | 66 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 71 | -56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.6 | |
| Kelly von Hiltgen | D | 30 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 148 | -19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Jodi Murphy | RW | 63 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 207 | -33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Ken Blum | LW | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Brandon Nichols | D | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Dmitry Ustyuzhanin | L | 21 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Sergei Marchkov | LW | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Jayme Adduono | LW | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 40 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Jeff Jubenville | RW | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Paul Berrington | F | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Andrew Plumb | D | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 44 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Steve Herniman | D | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 64 | -29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Brian Rasmussen | RW | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 48 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Chad Ramsay | D | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Pat Barton | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Mattias Cederlund | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Marty Wells | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Zubov | L | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Bob Bell | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Anders Sorensen | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Matt Parker | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Henrik Smangs | G | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Nichol | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andreas Troberg | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Maurice Hall | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francois Leblanc | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 69 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brad Michalski | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Audy | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Mead | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jiro Nihei | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1224 | 195 | 305 | 500 | 1549 | -636 | 59 | 10 | 20 | 2031 | 9.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrik Smangs | 31 | 1497 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 4.33 | 982 | 874 | .890 |
| Jiro Nihei | 12 | 565 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.99 | 347 | 300 | .865 |
| Bob Bell | 29 | 1642 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 4.31 | 983 | 865 | .880 |
| Rick Nichol | 2 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4.80 | 66 | 58 | .879 |
| Francois Leblanc | 7 | 319 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4.51 | 198 | 174 | .879 |
| Totals | 81 | 4123 | 20 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 305 | 4.44 | 2576 | 2271 | .882 |
