1998-99 Shreveport Mudbugs Statistics
Team Record: 47-17 (SO: 0-5) - 99 points
in the WPHL's Eastern Division
Won League Championship
Coach: J.F. Laforest (47-17, 5 OTL)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Attendance: 171,878, Avg. 4,911 in 35 home dates
The Shreveport Mudbugs of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 47 wins and 17 losses, with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 99 points in the WPHL's Eastern Division.
The Mudbugs paced the league with 315 goals. Shreveport surrendered 234 goals. John Vecchiarelli scored 43 goals for the team, while Forbes MacPherson, Trevor Buchanan and Dale Henry each netted 30 or more as well. Forbes MacPherson recorded 52 assists. Hugo Hamelin earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Kevin St. Pierre added 15 or more victories also. Kevin St. Pierre registered a 3.21 goals against average, topping regularly-used goaltenders.
J.F. Laforest coached the team. The 1998-99 Shreveport Mudbugs won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vecchiarelli | RW | 55 | 43 | 46 | 89 | 128 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 247 | 17.4 |
| Forbes MacPherson | C | 67 | 32 | 52 | 84 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 210 | 15.2 |
| Toby Burkitt | C | 68 | 29 | 50 | 79 | 48 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 17.9 |
| Trevor Buchanan | RW | 68 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 161 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 181 | 17.7 |
| Dale Henry | L | 64 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 90 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 164 | 22.0 |
| Doug Lawrence | LW | 40 | 24 | 45 | 69 | 145 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 21.4 |
| Perry Neufeld | RW | 68 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 205 | 11.2 |
| Jim Sprott | D | 59 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 228 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 7.3 |
| Andrew Power | LW | 43 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 179 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 14.3 |
| Wade Simpson | D | 69 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 103 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 151 | 9.3 |
| Christian Lariviere | D | 68 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 83 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 4.1 |
| Tony Bergin | D | 64 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 7.1 |
| Chris Nadeau | D | 68 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 7.1 |
| Scott Muscutt | LW | 61 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 11.0 |
| Chris MacKenzie | C | 24 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13.2 |
| David Neilson | LW | 20 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 63 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 15.1 |
| Jason Taylor | LW | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Jay Hern | LW | 23 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Jake Deadmarsh | D | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Cory Bricknell | D | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 163 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Dan Harrison | D | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Darin Kimble | R | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Hugo Hamelin | G | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin St. Pierre | C | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 69 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Miloslav Cermak | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1168 | 315 | 549 | 864 | 1751 | 394 | 51 | 10 | 47 | 2393 | 13.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Hamelin | 39 | 2184 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 120 | 3.30 | 1078 | 958 | .889 |
| Kevin St. Pierre | 35 | 1946 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 104 | 3.21 | 954 | 850 | .891 |
| Totals | 74 | 4130 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 224 | 3.25 | 2032 | 1808 | .890 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vecchiarelli | RW | 12 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forbes MacPherson | C | 12 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toby Burkitt | C | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Buchanan | RW | 12 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Henry | L | 12 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Perry Neufeld | RW | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Sprott | D | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Power | LW | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Simpson | D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Lariviere | D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Bergin | D | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Nadeau | D | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Muscutt | LW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris MacKenzie | C | 12 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Taylor | LW | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Deadmarsh | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Hamelin | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin St. Pierre | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 214 | 55 | 93 | 148 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
