1997-98 Fort Worth Fire Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 13-53 (SO: 0-4) - 30 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Coach: Mike Gamble (0-8, 1 OTL)
Coach: Bob Wedlake (3-11)
Coach: Mike Krushelnyski (10-34, 3 OTL)
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Attendance: 73,813, Avg. 2,109 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Fort Worth Fire RosterTeam Record: 13-53 (SO: 0-4) - 30 points
in the CHL's Western Division
Coach: Mike Gamble (0-8, 1 OTL)
Coach: Bob Wedlake (3-11)
Coach: Mike Krushelnyski (10-34, 3 OTL)
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Attendance: 73,813, Avg. 2,109 in 35 home dates
The Fort Worth Fire of the Central Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 13 wins and 53 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 30 points in the CHL's Western Division.
The Fire scored 214 goals, worst in the league and conceded 397, most in the circuit. Phil Miaskowski and Dan Menard netted 27 goals for Fort Worth each, while Craig Conley and Phil Miaskowski each contributed 34 assists. Nathan Grobins topped the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 5.01 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Mike Gamble, Bob Wedlake and Mike Krushelnyski coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Miaskowski | F | 57 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 76 | -32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 201 | 13.4 |
| Dan Menard | C | 63 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 143 | -40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 20.0 |
| Craig Conley | RW | 47 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 101 | -49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 15.7 |
| Cosmo Clarke | LW | 54 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 22 | -12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 14.0 |
| Chris Kostopoulos | F | 57 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 60 | -55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 13.2 |
| Shawn Randall | RW | 69 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 147 | -58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 9.4 |
| Virgil Rutili | D | 69 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 43 | -61 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 9.3 |
| Rob Hrytsak | C | 35 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 58 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 18.6 |
| Steve Wagg | C | 56 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 52 | -34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 17.3 |
| Ryan Harnett | L | 47 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 20 | -42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 8.0 |
| Mike Lobinowich | C | 40 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 76 | -31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 8.0 |
| Richie Walcott | RW | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 89 | -21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 12.9 |
| Ray DeSouza | D | 49 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 131 | -23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 9.2 |
| Jason Carriere | LW | 27 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 73 | -27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Steve Dykstra | D | 23 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 32 | -32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Craig Lochhead | D | 38 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 59 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| D.J. MacPhail | D | 19 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Roland Monilaws | D | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 57 | -35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Chad Antonishyn | D | 55 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 134 | -55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2.8 |
| Carlos Assayag | RW | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 32 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Brian Holk | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 88 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 |
| Chris Gallardi | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Mike Gamble | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Jay Niemiec | LW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Hiebert | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 167 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Jack Greig | LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Francois Albert | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 |
| George Swarbrick | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Nathan Grobins | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly von Hiltgen | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Justin Lund | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rex Bellomy | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Dow | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Gizowski | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Kreutzer | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Paleczny | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Beamin | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Scott Donaldson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Walsten | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cherubini | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tobias Johansson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Matwijiw | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Harnisch | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Zunic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Dan Skene | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Swarbrick | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Chad Turner | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tomas Pisa | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Greg Lovell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Rodgers | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mattias Cederlund | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jerry Andersson | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Ola Persson | R | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1171 | 214 | 335 | 549 | 2015 | -753 | 61 | 6 | 13 | 1888 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Grobins | 43 | 2349 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 196 | 5.01 | 1527 | 1331 | .872 |
| Ola Persson | 28 | 1407 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 6.14 | 832 | 688 | .827 |
| Greg Lovell | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21.18 | 16 | 10 | .625 | |
| Scott Donaldson | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13.95 | 34 | 24 | .706 |
| Kevin Kreutzer | 2 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.04 | 73 | 63 | .863 |
| Stan Matwijiw | 5 | 260 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5.54 | 168 | 144 | .857 |
| Totals | 80 | 4195 | 13 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 390 | 5.58 | 2650 | 2260 | .853 |
