1997-98 Orlando Solar Bears Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 42-30 (SO: 0-10) - 94 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Curt Fraser (42-30, 10 OTL)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 296,013, Avg. 7,220 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Orlando Solar Bears RosterTeam Record: 42-30 (SO: 0-10) - 94 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Curt Fraser (42-30, 10 OTL)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 296,013, Avg. 7,220 in 41 home dates
The Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 42 wins and 30 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 94 points in the IHL's Northeast Division.
The Solar Bears netted 258 goals and allowed 251. Hubie McDonough scored 32 goals for Orlando, while Mark Beaufait contributed 61 assists. David Littman topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.66 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Curt Fraser coached the team. The 1997-98 Orlando Solar Bears lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Beaufait | C | 76 | 24 | 61 | 85 | 56 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 175 | 13.7 |
| Hubie McDonough | C | 80 | 32 | 33 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 153 | 20.9 |
| Grigori Panteleev | L | 63 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 166 | 16.3 |
| Todd Richards | D | 75 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 68 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 4.9 |
| Scott Hollis | RW | 48 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 141 | 11.3 |
| Bill Armstrong | C | 62 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 15.6 |
| Pat Neaton | D | 78 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 7.9 |
| Eric Nickulas | R | 76 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 153 | 14.4 |
| Ben Hankinson | R | 80 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 221 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 8.5 |
| Pat Mikesch | C | 64 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 7.3 |
| Jeff Buchanan | D | 61 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 131 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 4.6 |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 44 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Dave Chyzowski | L | 17 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 15.8 |
| Kevin Smyth | L | 43 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 59 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 12.3 |
| Barry Dreger | D | 73 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Trevor Sim | R | 36 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 12.5 |
| David Mackey | L | 31 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 68 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 6.5 |
| Bench | 82 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Reggie Savage | R | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 |
| Dave MacIntyre | D | 19 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.0 |
| Sean McCann | D | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Kelly Fairchild | C | 22 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Shawn Wansborough | LW | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Chris Lipuma | D | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Grant Richison | D | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Dave Smith | L | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Anders Bjork | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Jason Herter | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Mel Angelstad | L | 63 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 321 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Bes | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Clayton Norris | RW | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Frappier | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Drew Palmer | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Stacey | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Tracy Egeland | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Bester | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Geronazzo | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Scott LaGrand | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Janis Tomans | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Darcy Dallas | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Rucinski | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| David Littman | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Hilton | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Miller | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1485 | 258 | 394 | 652 | 2321 | 110 | 64 | 11 | 32 | 2364 | 10.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott LaGrand | 23 | 1264 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3.23 | 647 | 579 | .895 |
| David Littman | 44 | 2303 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 2.66 | 1184 | 1082 | .914 |
| Allan Bester | 26 | 1330 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 2.98 | 630 | 564 | .895 |
| Totals | 93 | 4897 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 236 | 2.89 | 2461 | 2225 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Beaufait | C | 17 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hubie McDonough | C | 17 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grigori Panteleev | L | 17 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Richards | D | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hollis | RW | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Neaton | D | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Nickulas | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Hankinson | R | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Mikesch | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Smyth | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Dreger | D | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Mackey | L | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Savage | R | 17 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Wansborough | LW | 17 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Richison | D | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anders Bjork | C | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Herter | D | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Angelstad | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Stacey | D | 17 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Bester | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Rucinski | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Littman | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 288 | 62 | 106 | 168 | 447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Littman | 16 | 966 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 2.98 | 0 | ||
| Allan Bester | 2 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.74 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 1042 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 3.11 | 0 |
