1997-98 Detroit Vipers Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 47-20 (SO: 0-15) - 109 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Steve Ludzik (47-20, 15 OTL)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 526,759, Avg. 12,848 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Detroit Vipers RosterTeam Record: 47-20 (SO: 0-15) - 109 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Steve Ludzik (47-20, 15 OTL)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 526,759, Avg. 12,848 in 41 home dates
The Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 47 wins and 20 losses, with a 0-15 showing in shootouts for 109 points in the IHL's Northeast Division.
The Vipers netted 267 goals and allowed 232. Dan Kesa scored 40 goals for Detroit, and Steve Walker contributed 49 assists. Jeff Reese earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.22 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Steve Ludzik coached the team. The 1997-98 Detroit Vipers lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Kesa | R | 76 | 40 | 37 | 77 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 222 | 18.0 |
| Steve Walker | RW | 78 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 53 | -10 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 140 | 19.3 |
| Stan Drulia | R | 58 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 50 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 147 | 17.0 |
| John Gruden | D | 76 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 74 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 153 | 8.5 |
| Clayton Beddoes | C | 65 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 63 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 167 | 13.2 |
| Brent Fedyk | R | 40 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 15.0 |
| Peter Ciavaglia | C | 35 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 10 | -4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 15.1 |
| Jimmy Carson | C | 49 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 9.1 |
| Brad Shaw | D | 64 | 2 | 33 | 35 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 1.3 |
| Keith Aldridge | D | 79 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 89 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 204 | 6.4 |
| Darren Banks | L | 59 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 14.5 |
| Scott Thomas | R | 44 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 9.5 |
| Patrice Tardif | C | 28 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 24 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 14.7 |
| Andy Bezeau | LW | 54 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 309 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 9.8 |
| Phil Crowe | R | 55 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 160 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 7.5 |
| Tim Murray | D | 34 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Bob Jay | D | 66 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 88 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 5.5 |
| Ian Herbers | D | 70 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 5.7 |
| Jason Mansoff | D | 29 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9.7 |
| Bench | 82 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wayne Presley | R | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Michel Petit | D | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Brad Norton | D | 33 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Radim Bicanek | D | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Jeff Whittle | RW | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Alexander Vasilevski | R | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Harold Hersh | RW | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Trent McCleary | R | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Dave Paradise | C | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Mike Donnelly | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Duane Joyce | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jason Zent | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Janis Tomans | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Mezin | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin La�tre | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Derek Armstrong | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Cloutier | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Gordie Howe | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bryan McMullen | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Power | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Boyd | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Roche | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Parent | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johan Hedberg | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jason Glover | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Coleman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Gatis Tseplis | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Stephane Brochu | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Dmitri Rodin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Marc Magliarditi | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Van Drunen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Louis Bernard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Albert | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Erich Goldmann | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jani Hurme | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Steve Roberts | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Trigg | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Smith | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Denny Felsner | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Luch Nasato | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Zdenek Skorepa | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Reese | G | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1488 | 267 | 454 | 721 | 1782 | 104 | 91 | 16 | 40 | 2530 | 10.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Hedberg | 16 | 726 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 2.64 | 318 | 286 | .899 |
| Marc Magliarditi | 10 | 512 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.52 | 190 | 160 | .842 |
| Rich Parent | 7 | 417 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.16 | 161 | 146 | .907 |
| Jeff Reese | 46 | 2570 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 95 | 2.22 | 1143 | 1048 | .917 |
| Andrei Mezin | 4 | 178 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.70 | 54 | 46 | .852 |
| Jani Hurme | 6 | 290 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.14 | 142 | 122 | .859 |
| Bryan McMullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Trigg | 1 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.14 | 32 | 28 | .875 |
| Scott Roche | 4 | 146 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3.29 | 61 | 53 | .869 |
| Totals | 95 | 4897 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 212 | 2.60 | 2101 | 1889 | .899 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Kesa | R | 20 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Walker | RW | 23 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Drulia | R | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gruden | D | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clayton Beddoes | C | 22 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Ciavaglia | C | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Carson | C | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Shaw | D | 23 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Aldridge | D | 23 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Banks | L | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrice Tardif | C | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Bezeau | LW | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Crowe | R | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Jay | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Herbers | D | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Presley | R | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Norton | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duane Joyce | D | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvain Cloutier | C | 21 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Parent | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Reese | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 395 | 70 | 107 | 177 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Parent | 5 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.29 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Reese | 22 | 1276 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 2.45 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 1433 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 2.43 | 0 |
