1997-98 Birmingham Bulls Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 39-23 (SO: 0-8) - 86 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dennis Desrosiers (39-23, 8 OTL)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 167,844, Avg. 4,796 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Birmingham Bulls RosterTeam Record: 39-23 (SO: 0-8) - 86 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dennis Desrosiers (39-23, 8 OTL)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Attendance: 167,844, Avg. 4,796 in 35 home dates
The Birmingham Bulls of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 39 wins and 23 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 86 points in the ECHL's Southwest Division.
The Bulls scored 293 goals and conceded 257. Dany Bousquet netted 50 goals for Birmingham, while Mike Barrie and Jamey Hicks tallied 30 or more also. Jamey Hicks contributed 75 assists. Marc Delorme topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.18 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Dennis Desrosiers coached the team. The 1997-98 Birmingham Bulls lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamey Hicks | C | 70 | 44 | 75 | 119 | 70 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 215 | 20.5 |
| Dany Bousquet | LW | 70 | 50 | 49 | 99 | 84 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 305 | 16.4 |
| Mike Barrie | C | 69 | 41 | 37 | 78 | 250 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 287 | 14.3 |
| Kory Mullin | D | 66 | 7 | 55 | 62 | 111 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 192 | 3.6 |
| Craig Lutes | RW | 70 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 59 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 249 | 11.6 |
| Hugo Belanger | C | 65 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 83 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 15.2 |
| Brad Zavisha | L | 70 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 90 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 185 | 10.3 |
| Robert DeCiantis | C | 66 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 108 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 232 | 10.3 |
| Todd Holt | RW | 65 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 16.5 |
| Stefan Rivard | C | 65 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 182 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 9.7 |
| Lance Brady | D | 67 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 60 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 1.8 |
| Garry Gulash | D | 60 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 387 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 5.4 |
| Mark Donahue | RW | 43 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 11.0 |
| Dennis Pinfold | D | 38 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 241 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Jay McGee | D | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Johnston | D | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Marc Delorme | G | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kerry Toporowski | D | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Dan Jablonic | RW | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Kevin Popp | D | 70 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 187 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Chad Wilchynski | D | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| David Bahl | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Greg Dreveny | F | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mario Dumoulin | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Charbonneau | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Igor Yankovitch | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Bourque | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Todd MacDonald | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Veisor | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Coles | F/D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tim Thomas | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Hamilton | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1248 | 293 | 482 | 775 | 2277 | 207 | 68 | 19 | 39 | 2604 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Thomas | 6 | 360 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.17 | 231 | 218 | .944 |
| Mike Veisor | 6 | 292 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.90 | 169 | 150 | .888 |
| Marc Delorme | 23 | 1339 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 3.18 | 798 | 727 | .911 |
| Patrick Charbonneau | 28 | 1489 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 3.67 | 938 | 847 | .903 |
| Todd MacDonald | 3 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.67 | 89 | 81 | .910 |
| Greg Dreveny | 10 | 533 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4.95 | 331 | 287 | .867 |
| Totals | 76 | 4193 | 39 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 246 | 3.52 | 2556 | 2310 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamey Hicks | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dany Bousquet | LW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Barrie | C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kory Mullin | D | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Lutes | RW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Belanger | C | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Zavisha | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert DeCiantis | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Holt | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Rivard | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Brady | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Gulash | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Donahue | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay McGee | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Delorme | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Popp | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Bahl | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 100 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
