1997-98 Wheeling Nailers Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 37-24 (SO: 0-9) - 83 points
in the ECHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Peter Laviolette (37-24, 9 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 119,887, Avg. 3,425 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Wheeling Nailers RosterTeam Record: 37-24 (SO: 0-9) - 83 points
in the ECHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Peter Laviolette (37-24, 9 OTL)
Location: Wheeling, West Virginia
Attendance: 119,887, Avg. 3,425 in 35 home dates
The Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 37 wins and 24 losses, with a 0-9 showing in shootouts for 83 points in the ECHL's Northeast Division.
The Nailers scored 255 goals and yielded 255. Mike Latendresse netted 30 goals for Wheeling and accounted for 45 assists. David Brumby topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.85 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Peter Laviolette coached the team. The 1997-98 Wheeling Nailers 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Latendresse | LW | 70 | 30 | 45 | 75 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 203 | 14.8 |
| Alex Matvichuk | C | 70 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 78 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 15.9 |
| Jeremy Brown | C | 66 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 54 | -13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 180 | 15.6 |
| Marquis Mathieu | C | 58 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 276 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 162 | 16.0 |
| J.F. Boutin | L | 64 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 134 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 122 | 18.9 |
| Matt Garzone | D | 63 | 10 | 41 | 51 | 78 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 5.8 |
| Scott Kirton | RW | 37 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 77 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 13.8 |
| Joe Harney | D | 65 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 76 | -18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 6.5 |
| Dan Jablonic | RW | 53 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 63 | -4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 10.8 |
| Chris Jensen | R | 39 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 120 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 9.9 |
| Dmitri Tarabrin | RW | 60 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 77 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 85 | 14.1 |
| Karl Infanger | D | 70 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 102 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 5.1 |
| Trevor Demmans | D | 25 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 10.0 |
| Mike Melas | C | 17 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 17.6 |
| Stefan Brannare | LW | 67 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 213 | -18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 9.1 |
| Fredrik Svensson | LW | 49 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 38 | -13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12.8 |
| Sergei Radchenko | D | 39 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 125 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Jason Disher | D | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 111 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Matt Van Horlick | D | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 182 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Patrick Charbonneau | D | 43 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.0 |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jon Rowe | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Bayne Koen | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Stephen Douglas | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Collins | RW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 156 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Thomas Derungs | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Jeremy Parsons | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| David Neilson | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Quinten Van Horlick | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bob Gohde | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| John Sicinski | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| David Brumby | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Bailey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Vincent Ferraiuolo | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Rucinski | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| David Aebischer | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Popa | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Joe Smaza | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Sharkevitch | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Brown | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Tapp | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vlad Nayadun | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| David Dragone | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Owen | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff McArthur | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Dickson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1252 | 255 | 427 | 682 | 2271 | -19 | 89 | 12 | 37 | 2180 | 11.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Aebischer | 10 | 564 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3.19 | 212 | 182 | .858 |
| Clint Owen | 7 | 333 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.60 | 153 | 133 | .869 |
| David Brumby | 23 | 1348 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 2.85 | 555 | 491 | .885 |
| Olie Sundstrom | 27 | 1428 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 3.95 | 669 | 575 | .859 |
| Kurt Brown | 8 | 371 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3.72 | 157 | 134 | .854 |
| Vincent Ferraiuolo | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| David Dragone | 3 | 140 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.57 | 96 | 83 | .865 |
| Totals | 79 | 4187 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 244 | 3.50 | 1844 | 1600 | .868 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Latendresse | LW | 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Matvichuk | C | 15 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Brown | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marquis Mathieu | C | 15 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 38 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.F. Boutin | L | 15 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Garzone | D | 15 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Harney | D | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Jablonic | RW | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Jensen | R | 15 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dmitri Tarabrin | RW | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Infanger | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Demmans | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Melas | C | 15 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Brannare | LW | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Disher | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 33 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Van Horlick | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Brumby | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Fillion | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Pisiak | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 252 | 41 | 71 | 112 | 382 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
