1998-99 Port Huron Border Cats Statistics
United Hockey League (UHL)
Team Record: 41-26 (SO: 0-7) - 89 points
in the UHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Puhalski (41-26, 7 OTL)
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Attendance: 97,386, Avg. 2,632 in 37 home dates
1998-99 Port Huron Border Cats RosterTeam Record: 41-26 (SO: 0-7) - 89 points
in the UHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Greg Puhalski (41-26, 7 OTL)
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Attendance: 97,386, Avg. 2,632 in 37 home dates
The Port Huron Border Cats of the United Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 41 wins and 26 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 89 points in the UHL's Central Division.
The Border Cats scored 261 goals and gave up 239. Bob McKillop netted 34 goals for Port Huron, and Paul Polillo contributed 79 assists. Olie Sundstrom topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 2.98 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Greg Puhalski coached the team. The 1998-99 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Polillo | C | 73 | 28 | 79 | 107 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 224 | 12.5 |
| Chris Bergeron | C | 53 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 225 | 11.6 |
| Bob McKillop | RW | 58 | 34 | 30 | 64 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 202 | 16.8 |
| Kevin Brown | RW | 45 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 131 | 17.6 |
| Adam Robbins | C | 70 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 85 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 138 | 11.6 |
| Wayne Muir | LW | 47 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 83 | -16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 138 | 11.6 |
| Kraig Nienhuis | L | 29 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 10.8 |
| Bernie John | D | 70 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 3.5 |
| Bruce Watson | LW | 66 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 136 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 9.2 |
| Kevin Boyd | LW | 49 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 11.9 |
| Nikolai Syrtsov | D | 58 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 5.4 |
| Jeff Blum | D | 71 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 79 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 5.5 |
| Brian Dobbin | R | 21 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 14.1 |
| Lee Cole | L | 68 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 246 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 3.3 |
| Mike O'Grady | D | 46 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 32 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11.8 |
| Mark Kotary | C | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 15.2 |
| Paul Rosebush | LW | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14.3 |
| Curtis Sayler | RW | 66 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 201 | -25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 |
| Mike Bondy | D | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Bench | 74 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fedor Fedorov | C | 42 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Brian Mueller | D | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Winter | D | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Rob Fitzgerald | C | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Andrei Sryubko | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Jim Logan | LW | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Steve Martell | RW | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Bruce Rendall | LW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Olie Sundstrom | L | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eoin McInerney | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hiebert | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tuomas Makinen | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jon Hillebrandt | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis LeBlanc | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Caley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Carmichael | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Dark | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Konstantin Simchuk | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrin Fisher | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jason Ricci | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Dave Chudomel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Wally Wuttunee | D | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1277 | 261 | 434 | 695 | 1441 | 90 | 63 | 12 | 34 | 2509 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konstantin Simchuk | 8 | 405 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.22 | 207 | 192 | .928 |
| Eoin McInerney | 12 | 572 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.30 | 294 | 253 | .861 |
| Ryan Caley | 4 | 240 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2.00 | 116 | 108 | .931 |
| Matt Carmichael | 11 | 536 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 4.59 | 316 | 275 | .870 |
| Olie Sundstrom | 33 | 1712 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 85 | 2.98 | 779 | 694 | .891 |
| Jon Hillebrandt | 17 | 967 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 2.30 | 510 | 473 | .927 |
| Totals | 85 | 4432 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 227 | 3.07 | 2222 | 1995 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Polillo | C | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Bergeron | C | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob McKillop | RW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brown | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Robbins | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kraig Nienhuis | L | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie John | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Watson | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nikolai Syrtsov | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Blum | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Dobbin | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Cole | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Kotary | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Rosebush | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Sayler | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Bondy | D | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrei Sryubko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Logan | LW | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Hillebrandt | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 121 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
