1998-99 Sarnia Sting Statistics
Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Team Record: 37-24-6-1 - 81 points
in the OHL's West Division
Coach: Mark Hunter (37-24-6, 1 OTL)
Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
1998-99 Sarnia Sting RosterTeam Record: 37-24-6-1 - 81 points
in the OHL's West Division
Coach: Mark Hunter (37-24-6, 1 OTL)
Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
The Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 37 wins and 24 losses (and 1 overtime losses) and 6 ties for 81 points in the OHL's West Division.
The Sting potted 279 goals and yielded 216. Ivan Novoseltsev scored 57 goals for Sarnia, while Jeff Heerema, Peter Sarno and Peter Cava each tallied 30 or more, too. Peter Sarno contributed 93 assists. Curtis Cruickshank topped the squad with 18 wins, plus Greg Hewitt added 15 or more wins, too. Curtis Cruickshank earned a 2.54 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Mark Hunter coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sarno | C | 68 | 37 | 93 | 130 | 49 | +32 | 7 | 1 |
| Ivan Novoseltsev | R | 68 | 57 | 39 | 96 | 45 | +26 | 15 | 5 |
| Peter Cava | C | 62 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 63 | +16 | 16 | 2 |
| Jeff Heerema | R | 62 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 113 | +24 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Willers | D | 68 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 32 | +39 | 9 | 0 |
| Ryan Van Buskirk | D | 66 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 85 | +24 | 3 | 0 |
| Robb Palahnuk | LW | 68 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 114 | +14 | 0 | 1 |
| Dusty Jamieson | LW | 54 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 10 | +19 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Price | F | 36 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 59 | +1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kevin Malcolm | RW | 64 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 184 | -8 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Berti | C | 68 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 114 | +2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Watson | D | 68 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 27 | +38 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Proskurnicki | LW | 36 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 136 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| David Cornacchia | D | 43 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 106 | +7 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Zehr | L | 14 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 43 | +7 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Hare | C | 52 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Albers | LW | 50 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 38 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Brekelmans | D | 68 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 69 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Knight | C | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Coleman | RW | 30 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +3 | 1 | 0 |
| Abe Herbst | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Halfkenny | D | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug MacIver | D | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Wolak | RW | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Hewitt | G | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek McKinlay | D | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mota | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Gutilla | D | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Cruickshank | G | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hooker | C/LW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Blackbird | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Guthrie | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick DesRochers | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1370 | 279 | 471 | 750 | 1516 | 244 | 73 | 10 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick DesRochers | 8 | 425 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.67 | 213 | 187 | .878 |
| Curtis Cruickshank | 28 | 1557 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 2.54 | 774 | 708 | .915 |
| Greg Hewitt | 39 | 1960 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 104 | 3.18 | 937 | 833 | .889 |
| Paul Guthrie | 6 | 168 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4.29 | 106 | 94 | .887 |
| Totals | 81 | 4110 | 37 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 208 | 3.04 | 2030 | 1822 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sarno | C | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Novoseltsev | R | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Cava | C | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Heerema | R | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Willers | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Van Buskirk | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Robb Palahnuk | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dusty Jamieson | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Price | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Malcolm | RW | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Berti | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Watson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Cornacchia | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Zehr | L | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hare | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Albers | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Brekelmans | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Coleman | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug MacIver | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Hewitt | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek McKinlay | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Gutilla | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Cruickshank | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 117 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 98 | -21 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Cruickshank | 4 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.07 | 42 | 36 | .857 |
| Greg Hewitt | 5 | 323 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.79 | 261 | 246 | .943 |
| Totals | 9 | 394 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.20 | 303 | 282 | .931 |
