1997-98 Spokane Chiefs Statistics
Western Hockey League (WHL)
Team Record: 45-23-4 - 94 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Mike Babcock (45-23-4)
Location: Spokane, Washington
1997-98 Spokane Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 45-23-4 - 94 points
in the WHL's West Division
Coach: Mike Babcock (45-23-4)
Location: Spokane, Washington
The Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 45 wins and 23 losses and 4 ties for 94 points in the WHL's West Division.
The Chiefs netted 288 goals and yielded 235. Greg Leeb scored 46 goals for Spokane, while Ty Jones, Trent Whitfield and Marian Cisar each tallied 30 or more, too. Greg Leeb recorded 50 assists. Aren Miller earned 38 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.24 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Mike Babcock coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Leeb | C | 68 | 46 | 50 | 96 | 54 | +30 | 16 | 1 |
| Ty Jones | R | 60 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 161 | +24 | 16 | 0 |
| Trent Whitfield | C | 65 | 38 | 44 | 82 | 97 | +22 | 11 | 3 |
| Marian Cisar | R | 52 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 34 | +23 | 10 | 4 |
| Derek Schutz | C | 67 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 113 | +2 | 6 | 3 |
| Perry Johnson | D | 65 | 9 | 44 | 53 | 61 | +19 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Ference | D | 54 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 213 | +16 | 5 | 0 |
| Zenith Komarniski | D | 43 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 90 | -4 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Vandermeer | D | 56 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 85 | +24 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Brown | LW | 41 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 35 | +9 | 2 | 0 |
| Brandin Cote | C | 66 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 84 | +3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Grimard | 67 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 81 | +12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kyle Rossiter | D | 61 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 190 | +2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Smyth | LW | 66 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Severson | L | 23 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 88 | -1 | 5 | 0 |
| Curtis Suter | D | 62 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 216 | +5 | 4 | 0 |
| Rick Berry | D | 22 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 31 | +4 | 1 | 0 |
| Lynn Loyns | L | 49 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 8 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Evans | C | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | +1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kris Graf | LW | 63 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 204 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Ossachuk | F | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 34 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Fischer | D | 47 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 44 | +7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Johnson | LW | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Forth | D | 50 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 64 | +10 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Maser | RW | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 119 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Waltze | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Reynoldson | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aren Miller | G | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regan Darby | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bellmore | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Fleming | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Kelly | C | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| David Haun | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Boschman | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +3 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1382 | 288 | 484 | 772 | 2314 | 204 | 90 | 11 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Haun | 11 | 493 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.92 | 201 | 177 | .881 |
| Aren Miller | 64 | 3466 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 3.24 | 1593 | 1406 | .883 |
| Shaun Fleming | 16 | 372 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.39 | 173 | 152 | .879 |
| Totals | 91 | 4331 | 45 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 232 | 3.21 | 1967 | 1735 | .882 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Leeb | C | 18 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Jones | R | 18 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Whitfield | C | 18 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marian Cisar | R | 18 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Schutz | C | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Johnson | D | 18 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Ference | D | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zenith Komarniski | D | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Vandermeer | D | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandin Cote | C | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Grimard | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Rossiter | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Smyth | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Severson | L | 18 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Suter | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Berry | D | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn Loyns | L | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Graf | LW | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Fischer | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Johnson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Forth | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Maser | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aren Miller | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Haun | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 346 | 60 | 97 | 157 | 406 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Haun | 15 | 773 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2.41 | 405 | 374 | .923 |
| Aren Miller | 7 | 320 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.50 | 154 | 130 | .844 |
| Totals | 22 | 1093 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 3.02 | 559 | 504 | .902 |
