1997-98 Odessa Jackalopes Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 26-37 (SO: 0-6) - 58 points
in the WPHL's Western Division
Coach: Joe Clark (26-37, 6 OTL)
Location: Odessa, Texas
Attendance: 140,716, Avg. 4,020 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Odessa Jackalopes RosterTeam Record: 26-37 (SO: 0-6) - 58 points
in the WPHL's Western Division
Coach: Joe Clark (26-37, 6 OTL)
Location: Odessa, Texas
Attendance: 140,716, Avg. 4,020 in 35 home dates
The Odessa Jackalopes of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 26 wins and 37 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 58 points in the WPHL's Western Division.
The Jackalopes scored 262 goals and allowed 360, most in the circuit. Sami Laine netted 56 goals for Odessa, and Dan Lavergne tallied 30 or more, too. Dan Lavergne contributed 41 assists. Bill Pye topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 4.47 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Joe Clark coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sami Laine | F | 64 | 56 | 28 | 84 | 59 | -23 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 280 | 20.0 |
| Dan Lavergne | C | 68 | 39 | 41 | 80 | 57 | -11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 222 | 17.6 |
| Don Margettie | W | 64 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 173 | -28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 223 | 9.4 |
| Nick Lamia | LW | 60 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 58 | -21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 15.0 |
| Patrick Lampron | D | 65 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 183 | -17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 181 | 8.3 |
| Paul Berrington | F | 32 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 42 | -8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 112 | 13.4 |
| Rick Girhiny | D | 68 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 44 | -22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 7.1 |
| Ryan Equale | F | 32 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 41 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 17.3 |
| Jeff Triano | D | 39 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 36 | -16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 4.0 |
| Jay Hern | LW | 48 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 56 | -17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 11.1 |
| Paul Fioroni | F | 43 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 239 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
| Tom MacDonald | C | 39 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 182 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 10.9 |
| Jacque Rodrigue | D | 18 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Matt Johnson | C | 19 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Shayne LeBreton | LW | 38 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 146 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Jon Pirrong | D | 26 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Pat Barton | RW | 17 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28.6 |
| Jeff Smith | D | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 54 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Tom Yurcich | D | 23 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Mark Finney | C | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 |
| Derek Pajot | D | 57 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 190 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Mike Henderson | LW | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 52 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Petri Aaltonen | RW | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Greg Bailey | D | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 168 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Joakim Blink | F | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Ryan Connolly | D | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mark Cupolo | LW | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Bob Gialanella | D | 23 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Derek Prue | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 |
| David Shute | LW | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Andrew Rodgers | RW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 106 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Andreas Sjolund | LW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Markku Ahola | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Craig Stephenson | C | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Matt McCoy | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Bergeron | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Frank Kannewurf | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Michael Tornquist | C | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Parrinello | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anastasio | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Golden | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Deschambeault | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 69 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Wheaton | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Pye | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Golden | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jim Mullin | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1199 | 262 | 394 | 656 | 2330 | -364 | 63 | 10 | 26 | 2273 | 11.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Pye | 42 | 2348 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 175 | 4.47 | 1611 | 1436 | .891 |
| Evgeni Ryabchikov | 7 | 344 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7.85 | 283 | 238 | .841 | |
| Kevin Deschambeault | 10 | 490 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5.51 | 308 | 263 | .854 |
| Michael Tornquist | 22 | 753 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 5.66 | 554 | 483 | .872 |
| Jim Mullin | 5 | 191 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4.08 | 120 | 107 | .892 |
| Ray Parrinello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |||||
| Totals | 87 | 4126 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 349 | 5.08 | 2877 | 2528 | .879 |
