1997-98 Port Huron Border Cats Statistics
United Hockey League (UHL)
Team Record: 31-33 (SO: 0-10) - 72 points
in the UHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug Crossman (31-33, 10 OTL)
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Attendance: 97,290, Avg. 2,629 in 37 home dates
1997-98 Port Huron Border Cats RosterTeam Record: 31-33 (SO: 0-10) - 72 points
in the UHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug Crossman (31-33, 10 OTL)
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Attendance: 97,290, Avg. 2,629 in 37 home dates
The Port Huron Border Cats of the United Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 31 wins and 33 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 72 points in the UHL's East Division.
The Border Cats netted 256 goals and surrendered 303. Brian Dobbin scored 38 goals for Port Huron, and Bob McKillop tallied 30 or more, too. Brian Dobbin contributed 46 assists. Igor Karpenko earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.77 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Doug Crossman coached the team. The 1997-98 Port Huron Border Cats 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dobbin | R | 71 | 38 | 46 | 84 | 54 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 238 | 16.0 |
| Bob McKillop | RW | 72 | 35 | 25 | 60 | 37 | -16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 246 | 14.2 |
| Ryan Black | LW | 54 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 154 | 14.9 |
| Don Martin | D | 60 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 114 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 17.5 |
| Gary Miller | D | 73 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 102 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 10.1 |
| Gairin Smith | D | 49 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 135 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 9.9 |
| John Finstrom | C | 63 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 78 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 4.7 |
| Jeff Blum | D | 62 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 56 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 8.5 |
| Akil Adams | D | 45 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 2.9 |
| J.D. Eaton | RW | 47 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 107 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 13.0 |
| John Nelson | RW | 20 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 36 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Dale Greenwood | L | 35 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Curtis Sayler | RW | 69 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 217 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 8.3 |
| Erik Olsen | D | 52 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 53 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 4.0 |
| Gaëtan Poirier | LW | 23 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 18 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Shayne Stevenson | R | 18 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 20.5 |
| Chris Scourletis | D | 48 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 154 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Joel Gardner | C | 20 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 13.9 |
| Steve Martell | RW | 22 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Jason Renard | F | 25 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 132 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Jeff Hare | C | 29 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 7.7 |
| Bench | 74 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stephen Sangermano | C | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 23.5 |
| Paul Holden | D | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Michael Dark | D | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Brad Michalski | C | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Sergei Stakhovich | RW | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Mike O'Grady | D | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| David Geris | D | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 67 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 4.0 |
| Andrei Bashkirov | L | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Dave Duerden | L | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Ferraris | D | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 41 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.5 |
| Bob Clouston | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Chris Stevenson | R | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Igor Karpenko | G | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Beedon | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Lorenzo | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Butt | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Caley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bogdan Savenko | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jean Blouin | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1305 | 256 | 405 | 661 | 1651 | -44 | 42 | 16 | 22 | 2349 | 10.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Karpenko | 56 | 3186 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 200 | 3.77 | 1740 | 1540 | .885 | |
| Ryan Caley | 6 | 357 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3.53 | 192 | 171 | .891 |
| Johnny Lorenzo | 17 | 797 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 4.74 | 394 | 331 | .840 |
| Kevin Butt | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 46 | 44 | .957 |
| Roger Beedon | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.89 | 18 | 14 | .778 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4427 | 31 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 290 | 3.93 | 2390 | 2100 | .879 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dobbin | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob McKillop | RW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Martin | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Miller | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gairin Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Finstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Blum | D | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Eaton | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Greenwood | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Sayler | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shayne Stevenson | R | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Scourletis | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Martell | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hare | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen Sangermano | C | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Holden | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Dark | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferraris | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Igor Karpenko | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Caley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
