1997-98 Long Beach Ice Dogs Statistics
Team Record: 53-20 (SO: 0-9) - 115 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: John Van Boxmeer (53-20, 9 OTL)
Location: Long Beach, California
Attendance: 166,283, Avg. 4,056 in 41 home dates
The Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 53 wins and 20 losses, with a 0-9 showing in shootouts for 115 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Ice Dogs led the league with just 210 goals allowed. Long Beach scored 282 goals. Patrik Augusta netted 41 goals for the squad, while Andrei Vasilyev tallied 30 or more also. Dan Lambert contributed 59 assists. Kay Whitmore earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team, plus Mike Buzak added 15 or more wins, too. Mike Buzak recorded a 1.97 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
John Van Boxmeer coached the team. The 1997-98 Long Beach Ice Dogs lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Augusta | R | 82 | 41 | 40 | 81 | 84 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 280 | 14.6 |
| Dan Lambert | D | 81 | 19 | 59 | 78 | 112 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 240 | 7.9 |
| Andrei Vasilyev | L | 62 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 60 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 19.2 |
| Doug Ast | C | 82 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 75 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 217 | 10.1 |
| Vitali Yachmenev | L | 59 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 151 | 15.2 |
| Kevin Todd | C | 30 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 54 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 111 | 16.2 |
| Victor Ignatjev | D | 71 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 102 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 5.8 |
| Darryl Williams | L | 82 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 184 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 12.5 |
| Mark Ferner | D | 65 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0.9 |
| Russell Romaniuk | L | 49 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 94 | 17.0 |
| Stephane Morin | C | 27 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 12.7 |
| Steven Finn | D | 75 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 134 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 6.7 |
| John Byce | R | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 21.4 |
| Rob Kenny | F | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 72 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 8.5 |
| Claude Jutras | RW | 44 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 261 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 11.1 |
| Patrik Stefan | C | 25 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 9.3 |
| Shawn Penn | LW | 66 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 261 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 16.1 |
| Zdenek Nedved | R | 19 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Bench | 82 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Vachon | C | 56 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 113 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Mark Hardy | D | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Collin Bauer | D | 39 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Jocelyn Lemieux | R | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 |
| Mike Matteucci | D | 79 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 258 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 |
| Mike Josephson | LW | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Dan Bylsma | R | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Denis Tsygurov | D | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Joby Messier | D | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 45 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Joe Blaznek | LW/C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| B.J. MacPherson | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Pavel Rosa | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brian Chapman | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dmitri Rodin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Philippe Boucher | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Stephane St. Amour | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Buzak | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Van Volsen | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Storr | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Prosofsky | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Knox | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Brian White | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin St. Jacques | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kay Whitmore | G | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1474 | 282 | 454 | 736 | 2183 | 260 | 90 | 12 | 43 | 2512 | 11.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Storr | 11 | 629 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2.96 | 300 | 269 | .897 |
| Kay Whitmore | 46 | 2516 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 109 | 2.60 | 1066 | 957 | .898 |
| Mike Buzak | 31 | 1763 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 1.97 | 885 | 827 | .934 |
| Totals | 88 | 4908 | 53 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 198 | 2.42 | 2251 | 2053 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Augusta | R | 17 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Lambert | D | 17 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Vasilyev | L | 17 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Ast | C | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vitali Yachmenev | L | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Todd | C | 13 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Ignatjev | D | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Williams | L | 17 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Ferner | D | 16 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Morin | C | 13 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steven Finn | D | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Byce | R | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Kenny | F | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Jutras | RW | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrik Stefan | C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Penn | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Hardy | D | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Matteucci | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Blaznek | LW/C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pavel Rosa | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evan Marble | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Buzak | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kay Whitmore | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 291 | 60 | 103 | 163 | 453 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Whitmore | 14 | 838 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3.08 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 14 | 838 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3.08 | 0 |
