1998-99 Topeka Scarecrows Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 28-38 (SO: 0-4) - 60 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Paul Kelly (28-38, 4 OTL)
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Attendance: 167,788, Avg. 4,794 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Topeka Scarecrows RosterTeam Record: 28-38 (SO: 0-4) - 60 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Paul Kelly (28-38, 4 OTL)
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Attendance: 167,788, Avg. 4,794 in 35 home dates
The Topeka Scarecrows of the Central Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 28 wins and 38 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 60 points in the CHL's Western Division.
The Scarecrows potted 189 goals, worst in the circuit and allowed 251. Brett Seguin scored 24 goals for Topeka and contributed 56 assists. Rod Branch topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.78 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Paul Kelly coached the team. The 1998-99 Topeka Scarecrows lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Seguin | C | 70 | 24 | 56 | 80 | 34 | -17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 187 | 12.8 |
| Joe Coombs | LW | 47 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 63 | -3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 123 | 15.4 |
| Oleg Tsirkounov | F | 44 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 177 | 10.7 |
| Troy Frederick | LW | 64 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 87 | -22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 14.8 |
| Ryan Phillips | LW | 49 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 40 | -22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 6.6 |
| Mike Rusk | D | 62 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 87 | -21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 2.5 |
| Jordan Shields | LW | 44 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 16 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 16.9 |
| Stephane Desjardins | D | 60 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 123 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 4.0 |
| Sergei Olympiev | L | 43 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 45 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 10.3 |
| Tom Stewart | RW | 26 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 50 | -16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 15.0 |
| Jan Melichar | D | 43 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 28 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 |
| Travis Riggin | F | 32 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 9.5 |
| Trevor Hanas | RW | 29 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 60 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 4.4 |
| Shawn Randall | RW | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 136 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 6.8 |
| Bench | 70 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Belanger | D | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Kyle Haviland | D | 63 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 147 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Joey Beaudry | D | 38 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 115 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Paul Godfrey | RW | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Dave Gregory | D | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 39 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Chris Bowen | LW | 47 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 96 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Scott Dickson | C | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 48 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Kevin Lune | D | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 75 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Alex Motley | C | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Chad Antonishyn | D | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 89 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.0 |
| Michal Podolka | G | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marco Emond | G | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Zbynek Neckar | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Rod Branch | G | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris King | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Adams | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Roy Gray | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mike Migen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Nilsson | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Virgil Rutili | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ken Eddy | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Andy Adams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Travis Sinden | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Klyn | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Pardy | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1153 | 189 | 275 | 464 | 1584 | -249 | 44 | 5 | 17 | 1988 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Podolka | 22 | 1183 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 3.85 | 650 | 574 | .883 |
| Rod Branch | 37 | 2181 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 101 | 2.78 | 1115 | 1014 | .909 |
| Andy Adams | 9 | 524 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4.35 | 261 | 223 | .854 |
| Travis Sinden | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.50 | 23 | 18 | .783 |
| Chris King | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 19 | 16 | .842 |
| Marco Emond | 5 | 219 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4.66 | 115 | 98 | .852 |
| Totals | 75 | 4187 | 28 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 240 | 3.44 | 2183 | 1943 | .890 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Seguin | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Coombs | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oleg Tsirkounov | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Frederick | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rusk | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Shields | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Desjardins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Olympiev | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Melichar | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Randall | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Haviland | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Beaudry | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Bowen | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zbynek Neckar | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Branch | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tilson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
