1997-98 Medicine Hat Tigers Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 16-50-6 - 38 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Kurt Lackton (0-0)
Coach: Rick Carriere (0-0)
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
1997-98 Medicine Hat Tigers RosterTeam Record: 16-50-6 - 38 points
in the WHL's Central Division
Coach: Kurt Lackton (0-0)
Coach: Rick Carriere (0-0)
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
The Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 16 wins and 50 losses and 6 ties for 38 points in the WHL's Central Division.
The Tigers netted 188 goals, worst in the circuit and allowed 340. Jason Chimera scored 34 goals for Medicine Hat, while Jason Chimera and Robby Sandrock each contributed 32 assists. Scott Buhler topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.64 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Kurt Lackton and Rick Carriere coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Chimera | L | 72 | 34 | 32 | 66 | 93 | -34 | 13 | 0 |
| Aaron Millar | RW | 70 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 36 | -48 | 10 | 0 |
| Robby Sandrock | D | 67 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 91 | -52 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Temple | LW | 45 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 56 | -21 | 6 | 0 |
| Berkeley Buchko | C | 69 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 65 | -34 | 6 | 0 |
| Derek Holland | D | 48 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 129 | -35 | 3 | 0 |
| Henry Kuster | RW | 43 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 35 | -10 | 1 | 1 |
| Blair St. Martin | D | 71 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 366 | -43 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McDonald | F | 47 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 167 | -34 | 6 | 0 |
| Derek Rupprecht | C | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 17 | -38 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Boyd | LW | 44 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 41 | -30 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Elliott | D | 24 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | -25 | 6 | 0 |
| Brad Voth | W | 70 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 244 | -26 | 1 | 0 |
| Blair Simpson | D | 64 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 77 | -40 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Huppe | RW | 26 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | -17 | 2 | 0 |
| Trevor Wasyluk | LW | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -15 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Albrecht | LW | 51 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 129 | -21 | 2 | 0 |
| Konrad Brand | D | 71 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 121 | -30 | 1 | 0 |
| Jouni Kuokkanen | F | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -21 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kentel | LW | 25 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 28 | -18 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Peter | F | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | -13 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Thomson | C | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Finnerty | C | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | -11 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Van Bruggen | RW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Perry | C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Dyck | D | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 80 | -23 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Epp | C | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Buhler | G | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Scheffelmaier | D | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Lyseng | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Hill | RW | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | -18 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Johnston | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Schwartz | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frazer Donahue | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Ondrik | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braydon Denham | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaromir Smatrala | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Willie | D | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -33 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1343 | 188 | 293 | 481 | 2203 | -699 | 71 | 1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Schwartz | 19 | 1035 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 4.52 | 598 | 520 | .870 |
| Cam Ondrik | 16 | 689 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 4.62 | 470 | 417 | .887 |
| Scott Buhler | 47 | 2627 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 203 | 4.64 | 1546 | 1343 | .869 |
| Totals | 82 | 4351 | 16 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 334 | 4.61 | 2614 | 2280 | .872 |
