1998-99 Huntington Blizzard Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 31-33 (SO: 0-6) - 68 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Ray Edwards (31-33, 6 OTL)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Attendance: 78,860, Avg. 2,253 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Huntington Blizzard RosterTeam Record: 31-33 (SO: 0-6) - 68 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Ray Edwards (31-33, 6 OTL)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Attendance: 78,860, Avg. 2,253 in 35 home dates
The Huntington Blizzard of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 31 wins and 33 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 68 points in the ECHL's Northwest Division.
The Blizzard scored 221 goals and surrendered 253. Tracy Egeland netted 38 goals for Huntington, while Jim Bermingham accounted for 63 assists. Jim Mullin topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.57 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Ray Edwards coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bermingham | C | 64 | 16 | 63 | 79 | 85 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 252 | 6.3 |
| Kelly Harper | RW | 57 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 193 | 11.9 |
| Tracy Egeland | RW | 47 | 38 | 18 | 56 | 113 | -1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 22.8 |
| Karson Kaebel | C | 63 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 60 | -8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 154 | 13.6 |
| Jan Slavik | D | 68 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 5.1 |
| Jamie Sokolsky | D | 65 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 9.3 |
| Jason Bermingham | LW | 69 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 62 | -7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 182 | 12.1 |
| Karl Kaebel | LW | 70 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 42 | -11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 8.9 |
| Brodie Coffin | RW | 63 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 151 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 16.5 |
| Rich Bronilla | D | 62 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 30 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 3.7 |
| Derek Smith | C | 70 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 95 | -25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 129 | 6.2 |
| Kevin Paden | LW | 48 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 50 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 10.8 |
| Peter Brearley | RW | 39 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 10.6 |
| Rob Stanfield | D | 54 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 108 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Bill Baaki | RW | 57 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 54 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 6.3 |
| Mike Perna | D | 49 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 200 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| D.J. Harding | D | 70 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 39 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0.0 |
| Joe Craigen | C | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Mike Schultz | C | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Jim Mullin | G | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Boleski | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Steve Barnes | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Kreutzer | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Shaw | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Francis Larivee | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Pirrong | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Blaine Russell | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Owen Lessard | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jake Deadmarsh | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Petercak | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chad Lang | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1221 | 221 | 380 | 601 | 1420 | -85 | 43 | 9 | 31 | 2317 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Russell | 12 | 516 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2.91 | 331 | 306 | .924 |
| Francis Larivee | 16 | 767 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.74 | 410 | 375 | .915 |
| Chad Lang | 16 | 798 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 4.06 | 484 | 430 | .888 |
| Kevin Kreutzer | 13 | 651 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 3.87 | 370 | 328 | .886 |
| Jim Mullin | 30 | 1446 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 3.57 | 838 | 752 | .897 |
| Totals | 87 | 4178 | 31 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 242 | 3.48 | 2433 | 2191 | .901 |
