1997-98 Albany River Rats Roster

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-20-11-6 - 103 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: John Cunniff (43-20-11, 6 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 183,381, Avg. 4,585 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Albany River Rats Statistics

The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 43 wins and 20 losses (and 6 overtime losses) and 11 ties for 103 points in the AHL's Empire Division.

The River Rats scored 290 goals and surrendered 223. Brendan Morrison netted 35 goals for Albany, and Steve Brule tallied 30 or more, too. Brendan Morrison and Bryan Helmer each contributed 49 assists. Peter Sidorkiewicz topped the squad with 21 wins, while Richard Shulmistra added 15 or more victories as well. Richard Shulmistra earned a 2.31 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

John Cunniff coached the team. The 1997-98 Albany River Rats lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Eric BertrandLApril 16, 19756'1"198LSt. Ephrem, QC Canada
Jiri BicekRDecember 3, 19785'10"190LKosice, Slovakia
Brad BombardirDMay 5, 19726'1"205LPowell River, BC Canada
Steve BruleRJanuary 15, 19756'0"200RMontreal, QC Canada
Sergei BrylinCJanuary 13, 19745'10"190LMoscow, Russia
David CunniffLWOctober 9, 19705'10"181LSouth Boston, MA USA
Kevin DeanDApril 1, 19696'3"210LMadison, WI USA
Josh DeWolfDJuly 25, 19776'2"203LBloomington, MN USA
Patrik EliasLApril 13, 19766'1"195LTrebic, Czech Republic
Bryan HelmerDJuly 15, 19726'1"208RSault Ste. Marie, ON Canada
Frederic HenryGAugust 9, 19775'11"179LCap-Rouge, QC Canada
Bobby HouseRWJanuary 7, 19736'1"198RWhitehorse, YT Canada
Geordie KinnearDJuly 9, 19736'1"195LSimcoe, ON Canada
Vlastimil KroupaDApril 27, 19756'3"215LMost, Czech Republic
Sasha LakovicLSeptember 7, 19716'0"220LEast Vancouver, BC Canada
Judd LambertGJune 3, 19746'1"176LRichmond, BC Canada
John MaddenCMay 4, 19735'11"190LBarrie, ON Canada
Brendan MorrisonCAugust 15, 19755'11"181LPitt Meadows, BC Canada
Bryan MuirDJune 8, 19736'3"224LWinnipeg, MB Canada
Jay PandolfoLDecember 27, 19746'1"190LWinchester, MA USA
Dan RatushnyDOctober 29, 19706'1"205RNepean, ON Canada
Richard RochefortD/FJanuary 7, 19775'10"190RAstorville, ON Canada
Vadim SharifijanovRDecember 23, 19756'0"205LUfa, Russia
Richard ShulmistraGApril 1, 19716'2"185RSudbury, ON Canada
Peter SidorkiewiczGJune 29, 19635'9"180LDabrown Bialostocka, Poland
Zdenek SkorepaRWAugust 10, 19766'0"203LDuchov, CZE
Rob SkrlacRJune 10, 19766'5"245LPort McNeill, BC Canada
Sheldon SourayDJuly 13, 19766'4"227LElk Point, AB Canada
Ken SuttonDNovember 5, 19696'1"205LEdmonton, AB Canada
Petr SykoraRNovember 19, 19766'0"190LPlzen, Czech Republic
Paul TraynorDSeptember 14, 19776'2"190LThunder Bay, ON Canada
Sergei VyshedkevichDJanuary 3, 19756'0"195LDedovsk, Russia
Colin WhiteDDecember 12, 19776'4"215LNew Glasgow, NS Canada
Jeff WilliamsLWFebruary 11, 19766'0"192LPointe-Claire, QC Canada
Dody WoodCMarch 18, 19726'0"200LChetwynd, BC Canada
Peter ZezelCApril 22, 19655'11"220LToronto, ON Canada



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