1997-98 Beast of New Haven Roster

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 38-33-7-2 - 85 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Kevin McCarthy (38-33-7, 2 OTL)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Attendance: 179,471, Avg. 4,487 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Beast of New Haven Statistics

The Beast of New Haven of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 85 points in the AHL's New England Division.

The Beast of netted 256 goals and gave up 239. Herbert Vasiljevs scored 36 goals for New Haven, and Ryan Johnson contributed 48 assists. Mike Fountain earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.85 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

Kevin McCarthy coached the team. The 1997-98 Beast of New Haven lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Bates BattagliaLDecember 13, 19756'2"205LChicago, IL USA
Kevin BrownRMay 11, 19746'1"212RBirmingham, England
Ashley BuckbergerRWFebruary 19, 19756'2"205REsterhazy, SK Canada
Tom BuckleyCMay 26, 19766'1"209LBuffalo, NY USA
Chad CabanaLWOctober 1, 19746'1"209LBonnyville, AB Canada
Jeff DanielsLJune 24, 19686'1"200LOshawa, ON Canada
Dave DuerdenLApril 11, 19776'2"200LOshawa, ON Canada
Dallas EakinsDFebruary 27, 19676'2"195LDade City, FL USA
Sergei FedotovDJanuary 24, 19776'0"183LMoskva, Russia
Craig FergusonCApril 8, 19705'11"190LCastro Valley, CA USA
Mike FountainGJanuary 26, 19726'1"180LNorth York, ON Canada
Ashlin HalfnightDMarch 14, 19756'0"176LToronto, ON Canada
Steven HalkoDMarch 8, 19746'1"200REtobicoke, ON Canada
Hugh HamiltonDFebruary 11, 19776'1"183LSaskatoon, SK Canada
Dwayne HayLFebruary 11, 19776'1"203LLondon, ON Canada
John JakopinDMay 16, 19756'5"239RToronto, ON Canada
Ryan JohnsonCJune 14, 19766'1"211LThunder Bay, ON Canada
Greg KoehlerCFebruary 27, 19756'2"195LScarborough, ON Canada
Filip KubaDDecember 29, 19766'3"205LOstrava, Czech Republic
Oleg KvashaLJuly 26, 19786'5"230RMoscow, Russia
David LemanowiczGMarch 8, 19766'2"194LVancouver, BC Canada
Todd MacDonaldGJuly 5, 19756'0"165LCharlottetown, PE Canada
Ian MacNeilCApril 27, 19776'2"190LHalifax, NS Canada
Mark McMahonDFebruary 10, 19786'1"216LGeraldton, ON Canada
Mike MorroneLWJanuary 3, 19765'11"225LWindsor, ON Canada
David NemirovskyRAugust 1, 19766'2"205RToronto, ON Canada
Mike O'GradyDMarch 22, 19776'3"227LNeilberg, SK Canada
Mark ParrishRFebruary 2, 19775'11"205REdina, MN USA
Nolan PrattDAugust 14, 19756'3"207LFort McMurray, AB Canada
Byron RitchieCApril 24, 19775'10"190LBurnaby, BC Canada
Mike RucinskiDMarch 30, 19755'11"179LTrenton, MI USA
Wes SwinsonDMay 26, 19756'1"181LPeterborough, ON Canada
Tripp TracyGDecember 30, 19735'10"172RDetroit, MI USA
Herbert VasiljevsCMay 27, 19765'11"180RRiga, Latvia
Steve WashburnCApril 10, 19756'2"198LOttawa, ON Canada
Shane WillisRJune 13, 19776'1"195REdmonton, AB Canada
Peter WorrellLAugust 18, 19776'6"235LPierrefonds, QC Canada



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