1998-99 Albany River Rats Roster

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 46-26-6-2 - 100 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John Cunniff (46-26-6, 2 OTL)
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 183,639, Avg. 4,591 in 40 home dates
1998-99 Albany River Rats Statistics

The Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 46 wins and 26 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 6 ties for 100 points in the AHL's Empire Division.

The River Rats scored 275 goals and allowed 230. Jeff Williams netted 46 goals for Albany, while John Madden, Steve Brule and Eric Bertrand each tallied 30 or more, too. John Madden contributed 60 assists. Mike Buzak topped the squad with 22 wins, and Frederic Henry added 15 or more wins also. Mike Buzak recorded a 2.57 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

John Cunniff coached the team. The 1998-99 Albany River Rats lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
George AwadaFJune 2, 19756'2"209RSt. Paul, MN USA
Eric BertrandLApril 16, 19756'1"198LSt. Ephrem, QC Canada
Jiri BicekRDecember 3, 19785'10"190LKosice, Slovakia
Steve BruleRJanuary 15, 19756'0"200RMontreal, QC Canada
Mike BuzakGFebruary 10, 19736'3"209LEdson, AB Canada
David CunniffLWOctober 9, 19705'10"181LSouth Boston, MA USA
Pierre DagenaisLMarch 4, 19786'4"217LBlainville, QC Canada
Jean-Francois DamphousseGJuly 21, 19796'0"180LSt. Alexis-des-Monts, QC Canada
Scott DanielsLSeptember 19, 19696'3"215LMistawasis, SK Canada
Josh DeWolfDJuly 25, 19776'2"203LBloomington, MN USA
Bryan DuceRWJanuary 15, 19786'0"185RThunder Bay, ON Canada
Sascha GocDApril 14, 19796'6"220RCalw, Germany
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
Wes MasonLWDecember 12, 19776'2"194LWindsor, ON Canada
Willie MitchellDApril 23, 19776'3"205LPort McNeill, BC Canada
Bryan MuirDJune 8, 19736'3"224LWinnipeg, MB Canada
Rob PattisonLWSeptember 18, 19716'0"194LOakville, ON Canada
Henrik RehnbergDJuly 20, 19776'2"207L
Richard RochefortD/FJanuary 7, 19775'10"190RAstorville, ON Canada
Matt RuchtyLWNovember 27, 19696'1"225LKitchener, ON Canada
Alexander SemakCFebruary 11, 19665'10"185RUfa, Russia
Vadim SharifijanovRDecember 23, 19756'0"205LUfa, Russia
Richard ShulmistraGApril 1, 19716'2"185RSudbury, ON Canada
Rob SkrlacRJune 10, 19766'5"245LPort McNeill, BC Canada
Ken SuttonDNovember 5, 19696'1"205LEdmonton, AB Canada
Chris ThompsonLWApril 10, 19786'2"205LPrince Albert, SK
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



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