1997-98 Bakersfield Fog Statistics
West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 22-37 (SO: 0-5) - 49 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Keith Gretzky (22-37, 5 OTL)
Location: Bakersfield, California
Attendance: 59,942, Avg. 1,873 in 32 home dates
1997-98 Bakersfield Fog RosterTeam Record: 22-37 (SO: 0-5) - 49 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Keith Gretzky (22-37, 5 OTL)
Location: Bakersfield, California
Attendance: 59,942, Avg. 1,873 in 32 home dates
The Bakersfield Fog of the West Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 22 wins and 37 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 49 points in the WCHL's South Division.
The Fog netted 226 goals and allowed 330. Steve Dowhy scored 37 goals for Bakersfield and contributed 60 assists. Igor Galkin topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 4.52 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Keith Gretzky coached the team. The 1997-98 Bakersfield Fog lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dowhy | C | 63 | 37 | 60 | 97 | 96 | -45 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 198 | 18.7 |
| Jeff Gorman | F | 62 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 76 | -24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 201 | 9.5 |
| Jay Neal | RW | 55 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 72 | -32 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 165 | 15.2 |
| Kelly Hrycun | RW | 55 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 18 | -36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 13.0 |
| Lindsay Vallis | R | 41 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 34 | -30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 18.9 |
| John Devereaux | C | 63 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 39 | -34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 157 | 9.6 |
| Rob Milliken | D | 59 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 241 | -34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 11.0 |
| Brian McCarthy | C | 62 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 52 | -30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 9.5 |
| Wade Welte | LW | 57 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 346 | -42 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 9.2 |
| Don Lester | D | 32 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 55 | -20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 4.7 |
| Glen Mears | D/RW | 32 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 115 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 4.1 |
| Eric Weichselbaumer | C | 24 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 13.6 |
| Aigars Mironovics | D | 19 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 6.0 |
| Jeff Jubenville | RW | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 16.1 |
| Andrew Plumb | D | 36 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 67 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1.3 |
| Jodi Murphy | RW | 42 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 232 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Jim McGroarty | D/RW | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Jason White | D | 49 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 64 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
| Jeff Smith | D | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | -21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Brad Wingfield | RW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 46 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Bench | 64 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Pierce | LW | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 40 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Bob Thornton | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Jeff Petruic | LW | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Mike Whitton | LW/C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Joey Beaudry | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Sean Patrick | F | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Igor Galkin | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cherubini | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Doug Stromback | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddy Skazyk | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iannique Renaud | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Cobb | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kevin Kreutzer | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mark Majewski | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Danny Laviolette | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Scott Davis | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Austin | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pierre Gagnon | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Clayton Catellier | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Scott Pattinson | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bryan Masotta | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1092 | 226 | 367 | 593 | 1949 | -429 | 60 | 13 | 19 | 2031 | 11.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Gagnon | 28 | 1630 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 135 | 4.97 | 1174 | 1039 | .885 | |
| Kevin Kreutzer | 22 | 1192 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 5.18 | 836 | 733 | .877 | |
| Eddy Skazyk | 32 | 1677 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 5.69 | 1062 | 903 | .850 |
| Darcy Austin | 5 | 300 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.20 | 241 | 210 | .871 | |
| Igor Galkin | 39 | 2122 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 4.52 | 1372 | 1212 | .883 |
| Bryan Masotta | 6 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4.38 | 163 | 144 | .883 | |
| Kevin Cobb | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | 24 | 20 | .833 | |
| Scott Pattinson | 3 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.20 | 64 | 55 | .859 | |
| Danny Laviolette | 4 | 184 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.89 | 136 | 121 | .890 | |
| Totals | 140 | 7460 | 38 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 635 | 5.11 | 5072 | 4437 | .875 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dowhy | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Gorman | F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Neal | RW | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Hrycun | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindsay Vallis | R | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Devereaux | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Milliken | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian McCarthy | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Welte | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Weichselbaumer | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aigars Mironovics | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jodi Murphy | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McGroarty | D/RW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason White | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Smith | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Pierce | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Thornton | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Igor Galkin | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddy Skazyk | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
