1997-98 Worcester IceCats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 34-31-9-6 - 83 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Greg Gilbert (34-31-9, 6 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 262,222, Avg. 6,556 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Worcester IceCats RosterTeam Record: 34-31-9-6 - 83 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Greg Gilbert (34-31-9, 6 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 262,222, Avg. 6,556 in 40 home dates
The Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 34 wins and 31 losses (and 6 overtime losses) and 9 ties for 83 points in the AHL's New England Division.
The IceCats netted 267 goals and conceded 268. Michal Handzus and Robert Petrovicky scored 27 goals for Worcester each, and Michal Handzus accounted for 36 assists. Frederic Cassivi topped the squad with 20 wins, while Brent Johnson recorded a 3.19 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Greg Gilbert coached the team. The 1997-98 Worcester IceCats lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Handzus | C | 69 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 54 | -8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 186 | 14.5 |
| Robert Petrovicky | C | 65 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 97 | -5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 195 | 13.8 |
| Stephane Roy | C | 77 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 9.7 |
| Bob Lachance | C | 70 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 12.2 |
| Mike Prokopec | R | 62 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 112 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 13.6 |
| Nick Naumenko | D | 71 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 63 | -7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 223 | 5.4 |
| Chris Kenady | R | 63 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 84 | -4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 14.0 |
| Jamal Mayers | R | 61 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 117 | -5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 192 | 9.9 |
| Jason Zent | L | 66 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 67 | -3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 141 | 17.7 |
| Terry Virtue | D | 74 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 233 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 136 | 5.9 |
| Terry Hollinger | D | 55 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 34 | -13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6.7 |
| Shayne Toporowski | R | 73 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 128 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 5.3 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 62 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 111 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 144 | 5.6 |
| Lubos Bartecko | L | 34 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 24 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 13.5 |
| Ivan Ciernik | L | 53 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 9.1 |
| Libor Zabransky | D | 54 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 61 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 2.7 |
| Ricard Persson | D | 32 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 2.4 |
| Justin Hocking | D | 79 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 198 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 4.8 |
| Bryce Salvador | D | 46 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Dennis Wright | LW | 46 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 117 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 |
| Derek Diener | D | 32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Mike Maneluk | R | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Tyler Willis | RW | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 140 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Reed Low | R | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 75 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Erich Goldmann | D | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Matt Smith | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Frederic Cassivi | G | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Sirois | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brent Johnson | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Samy Nasreddine | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Billy-Jay Johnston | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1504 | 267 | 437 | 704 | 2238 | -78 | 86 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 2820 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic Cassivi | 45 | 2593 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 140 | 3.24 | 1290 | 1150 | .891 |
| Brent Johnson | 42 | 2240 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 3.19 | 1175 | 1056 | .899 |
| Totals | 87 | 4833 | 34 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 259 | 3.22 | 2465 | 2206 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Handzus | C | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Petrovicky | C | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephane Roy | C | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lachance | C | 11 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Prokopec | R | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Naumenko | D | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Kenady | R | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamal Mayers | R | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Zent | L | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Virtue | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shayne Toporowski | R | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lubos Bartecko | L | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Ciernik | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Libor Zabransky | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricard Persson | D | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Justin Hocking | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryce Salvador | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reed Low | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederic Cassivi | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Johnson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 197 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 325 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic Cassivi | 6 | 326 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.31 | 0 | ||
| Brent Johnson | 6 | 332 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.43 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 658 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3.37 | 0 |
