1998-99 Columbus Chill Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 39-24 (SO: 0-7) - 85 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Don Granato (39-24, 7 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 154,264, Avg. 4,408 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Columbus Chill RosterTeam Record: 39-24 (SO: 0-7) - 85 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Don Granato (39-24, 7 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 154,264, Avg. 4,408 in 35 home dates
The Columbus Chill of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 39 wins and 24 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 85 points in the ECHL's Northwest Division.
The Chill netted 257 goals and allowed 242. Richard Keyes scored 38 goals for Columbus, and Bret Meyers tallied 30 or more, too. Matt Oates contributed 57 assists. Jeff Salajko earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.16 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Don Granato coached the team. The 1998-99 Columbus Chill lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Oates | LW | 70 | 24 | 57 | 81 | 81 | -4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 220 | 10.9 |
| Richard Keyes | F | 65 | 38 | 32 | 70 | 91 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 249 | 15.3 |
| Bret Meyers | RW | 53 | 33 | 30 | 63 | 104 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 218 | 15.1 |
| Tim Fingerhut | LW | 62 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 148 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 215 | 11.2 |
| Mike Legg | RW | 49 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 24 | -10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 185 | 10.3 |
| Beau Bilek | D | 68 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 94 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 6.0 |
| Steve Moffatt | RW | 63 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 39 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 146 | 11.6 |
| Jason Christie | RW | 35 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 12.2 |
| Matt Golden | D | 61 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 98 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 6.4 |
| Jay Pecora | D | 50 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 45 | -16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 10.8 |
| Rob Woodward | LW | 50 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 48 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 10.4 |
| Martin Laroche | C | 37 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 10 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 11.1 |
| Matt Cooney | LW | 25 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 72 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 7.8 |
| Andrew Fagan | 63 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 257 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 8.1 | |
| Mark Pivetz | D | 59 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 3.2 |
| Vince Williams | D | 43 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8.5 |
| Matt Lahey | LW | 25 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 15.6 |
| Matt Peterson | D | 70 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 44 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 5.1 |
| John Gurskis | C | 23 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13.9 |
| Todd Norman | LW | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Rob Schriner | F | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Rob White | C | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Lee Hamilton | LW | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 82 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Root | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Fuss | LW/C | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Dan Cousineau | D/F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Kozyrev | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Raygor | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Chlebus | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Dan MacKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tyler McMillan | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Burke | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Salajko | G | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcel Kuris | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harlin Hayes | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1227 | 257 | 403 | 660 | 1614 | -97 | 79 | 9 | 39 | 2481 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlin Hayes | 18 | 934 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 3.40 | 505 | 452 | .895 |
| Jeff Salajko | 54 | 3077 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 162 | 3.16 | 1597 | 1435 | .899 |
| Marcel Kuris | 3 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.36 | 91 | 78 | .857 |
| Totals | 75 | 4190 | 39 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 228 | 3.26 | 2193 | 1965 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Oates | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Keyes | F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bret Meyers | RW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Fingerhut | LW | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beau Bilek | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Moffatt | RW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Christie | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Golden | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Pecora | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Woodward | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Laroche | C | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Cooney | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Fagan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Pivetz | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Peterson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob White | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cousineau | D/F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Salajko | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harlin Hayes | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 73 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 88 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlin Hayes | 2 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.12 | 45 | 43 | .956 |
| Jeff Salajko | 3 | 139 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.32 | 74 | 64 | .865 |
| Totals | 5 | 246 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.93 | 119 | 107 | .899 |
