1997-98 Beast of New Haven Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 38-33-7-2 - 85 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Kevin McCarthy (38-33-7, 2 OTL)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Attendance: 179,471, Avg. 4,487 in 40 home dates
1997-98 Beast of New Haven RosterTeam Record: 38-33-7-2 - 85 points
in the AHL's New England Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Kevin McCarthy (38-33-7, 2 OTL)
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Attendance: 179,471, Avg. 4,487 in 40 home dates
The Beast of New Haven of the American Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses (and 2 overtime losses) and 7 ties for 85 points in the AHL's New England Division.
The Beast of netted 256 goals and gave up 239. Herbert Vasiljevs scored 36 goals for New Haven, and Ryan Johnson contributed 48 assists. Mike Fountain earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.85 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Kevin McCarthy coached the team. The 1997-98 Beast of New Haven lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | R | 67 | 28 | 44 | 72 | 65 | -13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 271 | 10.3 |
| Ryan Johnson | C | 64 | 19 | 48 | 67 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 13.4 |
| Herbert Vasiljevs | C | 76 | 36 | 30 | 66 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 190 | 18.9 |
| Craig Ferguson | C | 64 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 183 | 13.1 |
| Jeff Daniels | L | 71 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 34 | -11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 199 | 12.1 |
| Bates Battaglia | L | 48 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 48 | -9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 14.2 |
| Ian MacNeil | C | 68 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 15.2 |
| Byron Ritchie | C | 65 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 97 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 94 | 13.8 |
| Oleg Kvasha | L | 57 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 11.6 |
| Peter Worrell | L | 50 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 309 | -3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 15.8 |
| David Nemirovsky | R | 29 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 14.9 |
| Mike Rucinski | D | 65 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 50 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 5.1 |
| John Jakopin | D | 60 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 151 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 2.0 |
| Steven Halko | D | 65 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 44 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 0.7 |
| Nolan Pratt | D | 54 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 135 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 2.7 |
| Ashley Buckberger | RW | 66 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 6.7 |
| Filip Kuba | D | 77 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 4.0 |
| Ashlin Halfnight | D | 64 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Dave Duerden | L | 36 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Chad Cabana | LW | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 15.6 |
| Steve Washburn | C | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Hugh Hamilton | D | 51 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 |
| Dwayne Hay | L | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Mike O'Grady | D | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Mike Fountain | G | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Swinson | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Tom Buckley | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Mark Parrish | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Mark McMahon | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Shane Willis | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Todd MacDonald | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Morrone | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Fedotov | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tripp Tracy | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Lemanowicz | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Koehler | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1497 | 256 | 417 | 673 | 1595 | 6 | 74 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 2469 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd MacDonald | 13 | 790 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2.28 | 424 | 394 | .929 |
| David Lemanowicz | 16 | 880 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 3.34 | 443 | 394 | .889 |
| Mike Fountain | 50 | 2922 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 139 | 2.85 | 1434 | 1295 | .903 |
| Tripp Tracy | 4 | 237 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.54 | 119 | 105 | .882 |
| Totals | 83 | 4829 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 232 | 2.88 | 2420 | 2188 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | R | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Johnson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Vasiljevs | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Ferguson | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Daniels | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bates Battaglia | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ian MacNeil | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oleg Kvasha | L | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Worrell | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nemirovsky | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Rucinski | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Jakopin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Halko | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ashley Buckberger | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Filip Kuba | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ashlin Halfnight | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chad Cabana | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Washburn | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Hamilton | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Hay | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike O'Grady | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark McMahon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd MacDonald | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 62 | -30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
