1997-98 El Paso Buzzards Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 43-20 (SO: 0-6) - 92 points
in the WPHL's Western Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Todd Brost (43-20, 6 OTL)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Attendance: 148,224, Avg. 4,235 in 35 home dates
1997-98 El Paso Buzzards RosterTeam Record: 43-20 (SO: 0-6) - 92 points
in the WPHL's Western Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Todd Brost (43-20, 6 OTL)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Attendance: 148,224, Avg. 4,235 in 35 home dates
The El Paso Buzzards of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 43 wins and 20 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 92 points in the WPHL's Western Division.
The Buzzards paced the circuit with 338 goals. El Paso allowed 252 goals. Jamie Thompson scored 71 goals for the squad, while Jason Welch, Bill Trew and Chris MacKenzie each netted 30 or more, too. Jason Welch contributed 65 assists. Chris Gordon earned 24 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Jason Carey added 15 or more wins, too. Jason Carey recorded a 3.32 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Todd Brost coached the team. The 1997-98 El Paso Buzzards won the League Championship.
Click on column headings to sort.
Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Thompson | LW | 58 | 71 | 51 | 122 | 34 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 293 | 24.2 |
| Jason Welch | C | 60 | 31 | 65 | 96 | 70 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 232 | 13.4 |
| Bill Trew | RW/C | 69 | 39 | 42 | 81 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 257 | 15.2 |
| Chris MacKenzie | C | 46 | 33 | 46 | 79 | 39 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 148 | 22.3 |
| Mark Hilton | D | 52 | 8 | 55 | 63 | 43 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 5.9 |
| Sandy Lamarre | RW | 69 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 76 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 156 | 16.7 |
| Trent Eigner | D | 65 | 11 | 47 | 58 | 105 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 6.6 |
| Dan Carter | LW | 64 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 124 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 184 | 11.4 |
| Brent Scott | RW | 61 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 98 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 162 | 13.6 |
| Corey Heon | C | 65 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 133 | 21.8 |
| Corri Moffat | D | 64 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 6.8 |
| Martin Balleux | LW | 54 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 82 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 15.4 |
| Robert Haddock | D | 69 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 6.7 |
| Mark Sakala | D | 51 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5.0 |
| Rusty McKie | RW | 58 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 274 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 9.1 |
| Jason Rose | D | 39 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 104 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2.9 |
| Chris Morque | D | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Derek Riley | D | 37 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Tom Moores | F | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 108 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Michel Couvrette | C | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jason Carey | G | 31 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Costea | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Malcolm Cameron | RW | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Armatage | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Chris Gordon | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Leduc | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin MacKay | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Davis | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Dunnigan | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Corey Fletcher | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Imrie | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 69 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1214 | 338 | 571 | 909 | 1658 | 308 | 74 | 14 | 43 | 2524 | 13.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gordon | 44 | 2449 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 148 | 3.63 | 1224 | 1076 | .879 |
| Jason Carey | 31 | 1683 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 3.32 | 847 | 754 | .890 |
| Totals | 75 | 4132 | 43 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 241 | 3.50 | 2071 | 1830 | .884 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Thompson | LW | 15 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Welch | C | 14 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Trew | RW/C | 15 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris MacKenzie | C | 15 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Hilton | D | 15 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandy Lamarre | RW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent Eigner | D | 15 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Carter | LW | 14 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Scott | RW | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Heon | C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corri Moffat | D | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Balleux | LW | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Haddock | D | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Sakala | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rusty McKie | RW | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Morque | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Moores | F | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Carey | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Gordon | G | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 246 | 73 | 121 | 194 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
