1997-98 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats Statistics
United Hockey League (UHL)
Team Record: 42-26 (SO: 0-6) - 90 points
in the UHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Kevin Devine (42-26, 6 OTL)
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 81,596, Avg. 2,205 in 37 home dates
1997-98 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats RosterTeam Record: 42-26 (SO: 0-6) - 90 points
in the UHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Kevin Devine (42-26, 6 OTL)
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 81,596, Avg. 2,205 in 37 home dates
The Thunder Bay Thunder Cats of the United Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 42 wins and 26 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 90 points in the UHL's West Division.
The Thunder Cats netted 337 goals and surrendered 304. Jason Firth and Brant Blackned scored 63 goals for Thunder Bay each, while Mike Figliomeni, Barry McKinlay and Neal Purdon each tallied 30 or more also. Jason Firth contributed 99 assists. J.F. Rivard earned 39 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.69 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Kevin Devine coached the team. The 1997-98 Thunder Bay Thunder 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Firth | C | 69 | 63 | 99 | 162 | 46 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 248 | 25.4 |
| Brant Blackned | LW | 73 | 63 | 70 | 133 | 78 | 43 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 304 | 20.7 |
| Mike Figliomeni | LW | 69 | 52 | 75 | 127 | 38 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 280 | 18.6 |
| Barry McKinlay | D | 74 | 36 | 90 | 126 | 40 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 246 | 14.6 |
| David Mayes | D | 67 | 10 | 57 | 67 | 49 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 6.4 |
| Neal Purdon | RW | 70 | 34 | 20 | 54 | 29 | -27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 189 | 18.0 |
| Craig Mittleholt | LW | 74 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 30 | -29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 186 | 8.6 |
| Normand Paquet | C | 72 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 31 | -16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 12.4 |
| Jamie Coon | F | 67 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 23 | -26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 14.4 |
| Derek Landmesser | D | 73 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 80 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 2.4 |
| Troy Kennedy | LW | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15.8 |
| Darrin Szczygiel | G | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Dave Gregory | D | 65 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 76 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.9 |
| Ken Tasker | RW | 55 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 281 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Joe Clarke | 42 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 44 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 5.0 | |
| Kevin Holliday | D | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 251 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Bench | 74 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sean McEachran | RW | 51 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 74 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| David Paxton | D | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Nicolas Cantin | L | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Erik Olsen | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Shawn Smith | F | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 48 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Kelly von Hiltgen | D | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Guay | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Wayne Strachan | RW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Allan Roulette | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Jason Payne | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Brett Thompson | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Hogan | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| J.F. Rivard | R | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil James | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Ivan Roulette | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jason Sirota | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Sawicki | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1298 | 337 | 566 | 903 | 1436 | 34 | 79 | 13 | 38 | 2296 | 14.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.F. Rivard | 69 | 3856 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 237 | 3.69 | 2150 | 1913 | .890 |
| Brett Thompson | 11 | 437 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6.45 | 287 | 240 | .836 |
| Jason Sirota | 4 | 140 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5.14 | 76 | 64 | .842 |
| Totals | 84 | 4433 | 42 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 296 | 4.01 | 2513 | 2217 | .882 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Firth | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brant Blackned | LW | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Figliomeni | LW | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McKinlay | D | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Mayes | D | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Mittleholt | LW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Normand Paquet | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Coon | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Landmesser | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrin Szczygiel | G | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Gregory | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Tasker | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Clarke | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Holliday | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erik Olsen | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Smith | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Payne | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Thompson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.F. Rivard | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Cava | C | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chester Gallant | RW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 86 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
