1998-99 Worcester IceCats Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 34-36-8-2 - 78 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Gilbert (34-36-8, 2 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 246,176, Avg. 6,154 in 40 home dates
1998-99 Worcester IceCats RosterTeam Record: 34-36-8-2 - 78 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Gilbert (34-36-8, 2 OTL)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Attendance: 246,176, Avg. 6,154 in 40 home dates
The Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 34 wins and 36 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 8 ties for 78 points in the AHL's New England Division.
The IceCats netted 237 goals and allowed 260. Jochen Hecht scored 21 goals for Worcester and contributed 35 assists. Brent Johnson topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.99 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Greg Gilbert coached the team. The 1998-99 Worcester IceCats lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jochen Hecht | C | 74 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 48 | -2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 9.1 |
| Shayne Toporowski | R | 75 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 124 | -13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 9.4 |
| Stephane Roy | C | 64 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 201 | 8.0 |
| Andrej Podkonicky | L | 61 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 153 | 12.4 |
| Marty Reasoner | C | 44 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 24 | -4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 11.6 |
| Lubos Bartecko | L | 49 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 11.6 |
| Derek Bekar | L | 51 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 6 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 131 | 12.2 |
| Tyson Nash | L | 55 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 143 | -2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 8.8 |
| Daniel Corso | C | 63 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 26 | -13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 13.1 |
| Kevin Sawyer | L | 70 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 299 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 7.5 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 53 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 82 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 4.7 |
| Terry Yake | C | 24 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 26 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14.0 |
| Tyler Willis | RW | 55 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 227 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 9.9 |
| Bryce Salvador | D | 69 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 129 | -13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 4.5 |
| Jamal Mayers | R | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 34 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 18.0 |
| Bryan Helmer | D | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 11.1 |
| Jeremiah McCarthy | D | 59 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 4.7 |
| Jan Horacek | D | 53 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 119 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9 |
| Reed Low | R | 77 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 239 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Matt Smith | D | 44 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 2.9 |
| Jamie Thompson | LW | 25 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 13.7 |
| Ricard Persson | D | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 |
| Tyler Harlton | D | 58 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Derek Diener | D | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1.6 |
| Jason Widmer | D | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 |
| Geoff Smith | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Brent Johnson | G | 49 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Quinn Hancock | C/LW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Marek Ivan | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Darren Maloney | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| J.F. Boutin | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Andrei Petrakov | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rich Parent | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kris Porter | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Mullin | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Roche | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Murphy | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Libor Zabransky | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1506 | 237 | 375 | 612 | 2108 | -84 | 69 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 2799 | 8.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Parent | 20 | 1100 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 3.05 | 522 | 466 | .893 |
| Brent Johnson | 49 | 2925 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 146 | 2.99 | 1402 | 1256 | .896 |
| Scott Roche | 9 | 339 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3.19 | 169 | 151 | .893 |
| Dan Murphy | 8 | 410 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.80 | 169 | 143 | .846 |
| Jim Mullin | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.05 | 22 | 19 | .864 |
| Totals | 87 | 4833 | 34 | 38 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 249 | 3.09 | 2284 | 2035 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jochen Hecht | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shayne Toporowski | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephane Roy | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrej Podkonicky | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Reasoner | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Bekar | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tyson Nash | L | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Sawyer | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryce Salvador | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Helmer | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeremiah McCarthy | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Horacek | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reed Low | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Thompson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jaroslav Obsut | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geoff Smith | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brent Johnson | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ladislav Nagy | L | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 98 | -28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Johnson | 4 | 238 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.03 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 238 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.03 | 0 |
