1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder Roster

International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 33-39 (SO: 0-10) - 76 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Chris McSorley (0-0)
Coach: Clint Malarchuk (6-9-4)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 273,109, Avg. 6,661 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder Statistics

The Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 33 wins and 39 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 76 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.

The Thunder scored 260 goals and yielded 305. Ken Quinney netted 34 goals for Las Vegas, while Joe Day and Jesse Belanger tallied 30 or more also. Patrice Lefebvre accounted for 89 assists. Manny Legace topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.16 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Chris McSorley and Clint Malarchuk coached the team. The 1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Mel AngelstadLOctober 31, 19726'2"214LSaskatoon, SK Canada
Steve BancroftDOctober 6, 19706'1"214LToronto, ON Canada
Andrei BashkirovLJune 22, 19706'0"215LShelehov, Russia
Jesse BelangerCJune 15, 19696'1"190RSt. Georges Beauce, QC Canada
Brent BilodeauDMarch 27, 19736'4"229LDallas, TX USA
Ilja ByakinDFebruary 2, 19635'9"185LSverdlovsk, Ukraine
Tim CheveldaeGFebruary 15, 19685'10"195LMelville, SK Canada
Jeff ChristianLJuly 30, 19706'2"210LBurlington, ON Canada
Thom CullenDJuly 14, 19756'2"190St. Lambert, QUE Canada
Brian CurranDNovember 5, 19636'5"220LToronto, ON Canada
Jean-Paul DavisDFebruary 10, 19726'0"187LOshawa, ON Canada
Joe DayCMay 11, 19685'11"180LChicago, IL USA
Scott DrevitchDSeptember 9, 19655'10"176RBrookline, MA USA
Sami HeleniusDJanuary 22, 19746'6"230LHelsinki, Finland
Sergei KlimovichCMarch 8, 19746'3"189RNovosibrisk, Russia
Justin KurtzDJanuary 14, 19776'0"188LWinnipeg, MB Canada
Christian LariviereDApril 25, 19706'2"194LMontreal, QC Canada
Rodrigo LavinshDAugust 3, 1974Riga, Latvia
Patrice LefebvreRJune 28, 19675'6"160LMontreal, QC Canada
Manny LegaceGFebruary 4, 19735'9"204LAlliston, ON Canada
Jamie LindenRJuly 19, 19726'3"185RMedicine Hat, AB Canada
Darcy LoewenLFebruary 26, 19695'10"185LCalgary, AB Canada
Jason MansoffDNovember 12, 19725'11"201LEdmonton, AB Canada
Mike MauriceCApril 22, 19666'1"209LHamilton, ON Canada
Keith McCambridgeDFebruary 1, 19746'2"205LThompson, MB Canada
Trent McClearyRSeptember 8, 19726'0"182RSwift Current, SK Canada
Chris McSorleyCMarch 22, 19625'11"187LHamilton, ON Canada
Pavel MikulchikDSeptember 16, 19756'0"187RMinsk, BLR
Petr NedvedCDecember 9, 19716'3"196LLiberec, Czech Republic
Rob PattisonLWSeptember 18, 19716'0"194LOakville, ON Canada
Rastislav PavlikovskýCMarch 2, 19775'11"198LIlava, SVK
Barry PotomskiLNovember 24, 19726'2"215LWindsor, ON Canada
Tyler ProsofskyRWFebruary 19, 19766'1"209LSaskatoon, SK Canada
Brett PunchardLWJuly 12, 19746'0"190LScarborough, ON Canada
Ken QuinneyLMay 23, 19655'10"186RNew Westminster, BC Canada
Eric RicardDFebruary 16, 19696'4"236LSt-Cesaire, QC Canada
Trevor RoenickRWOctober 7, 19746'1"201RDerby, CT USA
Russell RomaniukLJune 9, 19706'0"195LWinnipeg, MB Canada
Paxton SchulteLJuly 16, 19726'2"217LOnoway, AB Canada
David ShawDMay 25, 19646'2"205RSt. Thomas, ON Canada
Dan ShermerhornCJuly 15, 19735'11"201LCalgary, AB Canada
Konstantin SimchukGFebruary 26, 19746'0"174LKiev, UKR
John SlaneyDFebruary 7, 19726'0"189LSt. John's, NL Canada
Andrei SryubkoOctober 21, 1975Kiev, Ukraine
Radoslav SuchyDApril 7, 19766'2"204LKezmarok, Slovakia
Lorne ToewsLWJune 17, 19736'5"212LWinnipeg, MB Canada
Rhett TrombleyRWDecember 9, 19746'3"225RNew Westminster, BC Canada
Chad WagnerRWNovember 12, 19746'5"225LCalgary, AB Canada
Bob WilkieDFebruary 11, 19696'2"215RCalgary, AB Canada
Sergei YerkovichDMarch 9, 19746'3"207LMinsk, BLR



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