1997-98 Johnstown Chiefs Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 23-41 (SO: 0-6) - 52 points
in the ECHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Nick Fotiu (6-20-4)
Coach: Scott Allen (17-21-2)
Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 95,304, Avg. 2,723 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Johnstown Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 23-41 (SO: 0-6) - 52 points
in the ECHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Nick Fotiu (6-20-4)
Coach: Scott Allen (17-21-2)
Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 95,304, Avg. 2,723 in 35 home dates
The Johnstown Chiefs of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 23 wins and 41 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 52 points in the ECHL's Northeast Division.
The Chiefs potted 219 goals and conceded 297. Lukas Smital scored 39 goals for Johnstown, while Martin Masa contributed 42 assists. Dan Dennis topped the squad with 12 wins, and Steve Plouffe recorded a 3.9 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Nick Fotiu and Scott Allen coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lukas Smital | RW | 62 | 39 | 26 | 65 | 95 | -25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 243 | 16.0 |
| Martin Masa | RW | 59 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 183 | -13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 154 | 14.9 |
| Carl Fleury | F | 46 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 89 | -4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 17.8 |
| Harold Hersh | RW | 49 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 55 | -18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 198 | 10.1 |
| Ian Smith | D | 51 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 47 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 8.8 |
| Scott Stephens | RW | 66 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 50 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 11.3 |
| Dan Harrison | D | 66 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 153 | -24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 4.8 |
| Francois Archambault | RW | 49 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 51 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 11.9 |
| Reg Cardinal | LW | 49 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 55 | -14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 15.3 |
| Brian Callahan | LW | 49 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 91 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 9.6 |
| Yuri Krivokhija | L | 28 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 34 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 5.6 |
| Greg Callahan | D | 63 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 214 | -29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 3.3 |
| Jonathan Sorg | D | 70 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 119 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 4.8 |
| Markus Draxler | RW | 40 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 56 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 12.9 |
| Dave Tremblay | C | 19 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | -15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 11.5 |
| Kelly Leroux | D | 62 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 160 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25.0 |
| Ivo Jan | C | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Eric Hallman | D | 24 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.0 |
| Mike Rusk | D | 28 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 31 | -17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Chad Richard | LW | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mark Yannetti | D | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Ryan Savoia | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Steve Plouffe | G | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Bruininks | RW | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 35 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Martin Woods | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 54 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Chris Fawcett | RW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Greg Foulidis | F | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Brian Scott | F | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Garrett Burnett | L | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 331 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Dean Campanale | LW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Dan Dennis | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fredrik Svensson | LW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Frankel | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tim O'Brien | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Quinten Van Horlick | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Olympiev | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Marc Siegel | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis Lamoureux | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jerry Petrucci | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Bowen | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1224 | 219 | 353 | 572 | 2118 | -273 | 61 | 11 | 23 | 2141 | 10.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Dennis | 36 | 1764 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 4.15 | 995 | 873 | .877 |
| Steve Plouffe | 44 | 2354 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 153 | 3.90 | 1382 | 1229 | .889 |
| Marc Siegel | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 36 | 29 | .806 |
| Totals | 81 | 4178 | 23 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 282 | 4.05 | 2413 | 2131 | .883 |
