1997-98 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 35-24 (SO: 0-11) - 81 points
in the ECHL's Southeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: John Marks (35-24, 11 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 210,190, Avg. 6,005 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 35-24 (SO: 0-11) - 81 points
in the ECHL's Southeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: John Marks (35-24, 11 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 210,190, Avg. 6,005 in 35 home dates
The Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 24 losses, with a 0-11 showing in shootouts for 81 points in the ECHL's Southeast Division.
The Checkers scored 251 goals and conceded 237. David Brosseau netted 40 goals for Charlotte, while Darryl Noren and Mike Hartman tallied 30 or more as well. P.C. Drouin contributed 46 assists. Paxton Schafer topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.1 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
John Marks coached the team. The 1997-98 Charlotte Checkers lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Noren | C | 57 | 30 | 44 | 74 | 69 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 214 | 14.0 |
| P.C. Drouin | L | 62 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 57 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 13.9 |
| David Brosseau | RW | 67 | 40 | 21 | 61 | 64 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 236 | 16.9 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 53 | 30 | 18 | 48 | 79 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 151 | 19.9 |
| Bill McCauley | D | 58 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 58 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 11.9 |
| Stephane Soulliere | C | 42 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 9.9 |
| Matt Alvey | RW | 38 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 19.5 |
| Jason Kelly | D | 68 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 117 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 3.4 |
| Eric Boulton | L | 53 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 202 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 12.2 |
| Justin Gould | D | 56 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 5.7 |
| Mikhail Nemirovsky | RW | 25 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 13.2 |
| Derek Crimin | C | 59 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 16 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 7.5 |
| Kurt Seher | D | 62 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 2.9 |
| Pierre Gendron | C | 27 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 14.3 |
| Andre Roy | L | 27 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 132 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 14.5 |
| Milt Mastad | D | 50 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 5.9 |
| Bob Maudie | C | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 6.3 |
| Eric Flinton | LW | 21 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 19.4 |
| Dean Moore | LW | 31 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24.1 |
| Dale Purinton | D | 34 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 186 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Antti Laaksonen | L | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19.0 |
| Tom Brown | D | 56 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Jay Kenney | D | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Paxton Schafer | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Gratton | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Richard Uniacke | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Nelson | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Andrei Yakhanov | D | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.0 |
| Eric Naud | LW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Charles Paquette | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Anderson | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Van Horlick | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bayne Koen | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Shepard | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quinten Van Horlick | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Heil | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1214 | 251 | 388 | 639 | 1662 | 179 | 54 | 9 | 35 | 2191 | 11.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton Schafer | 44 | 2538 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 131 | 3.10 | 1331 | 1200 | .902 |
| Trevor Anderson | 7 | 378 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3.49 | 195 | 173 | .887 |
| Jeff Heil | 22 | 1240 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 3.34 | 661 | 592 | .896 |
| Ken Shepard | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.14 | 12 | 10 | .833 | |
| Totals | 75 | 4185 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 224 | 3.21 | 2199 | 1975 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Noren | C | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P.C. Drouin | L | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Brosseau | RW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hartman | L | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McCauley | D | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Alvey | RW | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Kelly | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Boulton | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Gould | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Crimin | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Gendron | C | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Roy | L | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Mastad | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antti Laaksonen | L | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brown | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Kenney | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paxton Schafer | G | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Yakhanov | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Paquette | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 119 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 125 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton Schafer | 7 | 428 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.94 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 428 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.94 | 0 |
