1997-98 Columbus Cottonmouths Statistics
Team Record: 51-13 (SO: 0-6) - 108 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Bruce Garber (51-13, 6 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Attendance: 163,806, Avg. 4,680 in 35 home dates
The Columbus Cottonmouths of the Central Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 51 wins and 13 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 108 points in the CHL's Eastern Division.
The Cottonmouths scored 341 goals, best in the league. Columbus gave up 219 goals, the lowest total in the circuit. Chris Bergeron netted 65 goals for the team, while Randy Murphy, Marcel Richard and Olaf Kjenstad each tallied 30 or more also. Olaf Kjenstad contributed 70 assists. Frankie Ouellette earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Greg Taylor added 15 or more wins, too. Frankie Ouellette earned a 2.97 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Bruce Garber coached the team. The 1997-98 Columbus Cottonmouths won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Kjenstad | LW | 69 | 55 | 70 | 125 | 183 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 243 | 22.6 |
| Chris Bergeron | C | 65 | 65 | 54 | 119 | 97 | 46 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 317 | 20.5 |
| Randy Murphy | C | 70 | 37 | 63 | 100 | 64 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 197 | 18.8 |
| Marcel Richard | RW | 61 | 39 | 57 | 96 | 45 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 213 | 18.3 |
| Bobby Marshall | D | 55 | 11 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 7.0 |
| Mick Kempffer | D | 61 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 99 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 7.7 |
| Kevin Plager | RW | 59 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 111 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 155 | 13.5 |
| Trevor Jobe | C | 12 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 23.1 |
| Jerome Bechard | LW | 51 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 247 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 8.5 |
| Grady Manson | C | 29 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 16.9 |
| David Wainwright | D | 57 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 109 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 107 | 11.2 |
| Derek Marchand | F | 67 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 126 | 8.7 |
| Mike Martens | C | 11 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 35.1 |
| John Sicinski | C | 30 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 13.2 |
| Claude Fillion | D | 30 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 111 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Brian Idalski | D | 48 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 |
| Marty Diamond | RW | 19 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Brad Prefontaine | D | 62 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 272 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 1.8 |
| Doug Mann | F | 40 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Steven Toll | RW | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Eric Germain | D | 57 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 113 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Tom Wilson | D | 62 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 252 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.3 |
| Peter Romeo | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Kevin Hastings | LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Greg Taylor | G | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Sinerate | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Frankie Ouellette | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Jackson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1192 | 341 | 534 | 875 | 2399 | 438 | 94 | 22 | 51 | 2384 | 14.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Ouellette | 35 | 2001 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 99 | 2.97 | 1022 | 923 | .903 |
| Greg Taylor | 38 | 2173 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 110 | 3.04 | 1088 | 978 | .899 |
| Dan Jackson | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | |
| Totals | 74 | 4194 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 209 | 2.99 | 2118 | 1909 | .901 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Kjenstad | LW | 13 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Bergeron | C | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Murphy | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcel Richard | RW | 13 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Marshall | D | 13 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Kempffer | D | 13 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Plager | RW | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Bechard | LW | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grady Manson | C | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Marchand | F | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Martens | C | 13 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Fillion | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Idalski | D | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Prefontaine | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Mann | F | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Germain | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Wilson | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Taylor | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frankie Ouellette | G | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 208 | 64 | 101 | 165 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
