1997-98 Fredericton Canadiens Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 33-32-10-5 - 81 points
in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Michel Therrien (33-32-10, 5 OTL)
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Attendance: 145,660, Avg. 3,642 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Fredericton Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 33-32-10-5 - 81 points
in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Michel Therrien (33-32-10, 5 OTL)
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Attendance: 145,660, Avg. 3,642 in 40 home dates
The Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 33 wins and 32 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 10 ties for 81 points in the AHL's Atlantic Division.
The Canadiens scored 245 goals and surrendered 244. Eric Houde netted 28 goals for Fredericton and contributed 42 assists. Jose Theodore topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.85 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Michel Therrien coached the team. The 1997-98 Fredericton Canadiens lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Houde | C | 71 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 168 | 16.7 |
| David Ling | R | 67 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 148 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 227 | 11.0 |
| Eric Belanger | C | 56 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 28 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 15.5 |
| Miloslav Guren | D | 78 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 174 | 8.6 |
| Francois Groleau | D | 63 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 70 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 10.1 |
| Terry Ryan | L | 71 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 256 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 145 | 14.5 |
| Jonathan Delisle | R | 78 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 138 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 11.6 |
| Alexei Lojkin | L | 61 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 9.5 |
| Josh Green | L | 43 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 12.3 |
| Stephane Robidas | D | 79 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 6.0 |
| Jan Nemecek | D | 65 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 43 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 5.4 |
| Matt Higgins | C | 50 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Roman Vopat | C | 29 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 93 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 11.8 |
| Nathan LaFayette | C | 28 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Martin Gendron | R | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Don MacLean | C | 39 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 32 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 8.0 |
| Chris Schmidt | C | 69 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 67 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 9.6 |
| Boyd Olson | C | 57 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 43 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Earl Cronan | LW | 28 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Brad Brown | D | 64 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 297 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9 |
| Dion Darling | D | 64 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 188 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1.7 |
| Gerry Fleming | L | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 101 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Brett Clark | D | 20 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Jimmy Drolet | D | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Steve McKenna | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 48 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Russ Guzior | C | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Arron Asham | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tomas Vokoun | G | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Ward | R | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jean-Francois Houle | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Jassen Cullimore | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Martin Hohenberger | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Scott King | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Yves Gagnon | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Morin | LW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Martin Villeneuve | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Gosselin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pavel Rosa | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Steve Cheredaryk | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1490 | 245 | 410 | 655 | 1990 | 73 | 68 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 2448 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 53 | 3053 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 145 | 2.85 | 1769 | 1624 | .918 |
| Tomas Vokoun | 31 | 1735 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 3.11 | 966 | 876 | .907 |
| Martin Villeneuve | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.03 | 30 | 28 | .933 |
| Totals | 85 | 4847 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 237 | 2.93 | 2765 | 2528 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Houde | C | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Belanger | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miloslav Guren | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Groleau | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ryan | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jonathan Delisle | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexei Lojkin | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Green | L | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephane Robidas | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Nemecek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Higgins | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Gendron | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don MacLean | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Schmidt | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Cronan | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Brown | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dion Darling | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Fleming | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Clark | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arron Asham | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Theodore | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Ward | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 101 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 4 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.29 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.29 | 0 |
