1997-98 Hamilton Bulldogs Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 36-22-17-5 - 94 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Lorne Molleken (36-22-17, 5 OTL)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 197,791, Avg. 4,945 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Hamilton Bulldogs RosterTeam Record: 36-22-17-5 - 94 points
in the AHL's Empire Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Lorne Molleken (36-22-17, 5 OTL)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 197,791, Avg. 4,945 in 40 home dates
The Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 36 wins and 22 losses (and 5 overtime losses) and 17 ties for 94 points in the AHL's Empire Division.
The Bulldogs scored 264 goals and allowed 242. Scott Fraser netted 29 goals for Hamilton, and Jeff Daw recorded 35 assists. Jean-Francois Labbe earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.85 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Lorne Molleken coached the team. The 1997-98 Hamilton Bulldogs 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Daw | C | 79 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 184 | 15.2 |
| Scott Fraser | R | 50 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 180 | 16.1 |
| Barrie Moore | L | 70 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 64 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 224 | 9.8 |
| Mike Watt | L | 63 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 65 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 15.7 |
| Doug Friedman | L | 55 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 235 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 15.2 |
| Steve Potvin | C | 66 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 84 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 16.5 |
| Craig Millar | D | 60 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 113 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 5.8 |
| Joe Hulbig | L | 46 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 52 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 14.7 |
| Bill Bowler | C | 46 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 22 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 9.0 |
| Dennis Bonvie | R | 57 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 295 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 12.8 |
| Georges Laraque | R | 46 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 154 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 14.1 |
| Dan LaCouture | L | 77 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 31 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 14.9 |
| Scott Ferguson | D | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 150 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 6.4 |
| Alex Zhurik | F | 63 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1.3 |
| Jason Bowen | D | 51 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 108 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 7.0 |
| Alexander Vasilevski | R | 41 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Ladislav Benysek | D | 53 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 22.9 |
| Mark Kolesar | C | 27 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 47 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| Bryan Muir | D | 28 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 3.6 |
| Terran Sandwith | D | 54 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 |
| Boyd Devereaux | C | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 |
| Sean Brown | D | 43 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 166 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Steve Kelly | C | 11 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Matthieu Descoteaux | D | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3.1 |
| Drake Berehowsky | D | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Jeff Lazaro | L | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Peter Sarno | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jason Bonsignore | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Darryl LaFrance | RW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Joe Seroski | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Steve Passmore | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris Wickenheiser | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Pozzo | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jean-Francois Labbe | G | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Chimera | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Martin Woods | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pierre Gendron | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Minard | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1462 | 264 | 425 | 689 | 2225 | 155 | 63 | 12 | 36 | 8 | 2436 | 10.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Francois Labbe | 52 | 3138 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 149 | 2.85 | 1705 | 1556 | .913 |
| Steve Passmore | 27 | 1655 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 3.15 | 868 | 781 | .900 |
| Mike Minard | 2 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.50 | 51 | 49 | .961 |
| Chris Wickenheiser | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | 6 | .857 | |
| Totals | 83 | 4893 | 36 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 239 | 2.93 | 2631 | 2392 | .909 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Daw | C | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barrie Moore | L | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Watt | L | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Friedman | L | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 40 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Potvin | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Millar | D | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hulbig | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Bonvie | R | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Georges Laraque | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan LaCouture | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Ferguson | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Zhurik | F | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Bowen | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ladislav Benysek | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Kolesar | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terran Sandwith | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boyd Devereaux | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sean Brown | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matthieu Descoteaux | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Lazaro | L | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Passmore | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Francois Labbe | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 157 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 227 | -47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Francois Labbe | 7 | 414 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.90 | 0 | ||
| Steve Passmore | 3 | 133 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6.32 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 547 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3.73 | 0 |
