1998-99 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats Statistics
United Hockey League (UHL)
Team Record: 47-20 (SO: 0-7) - 101 points
in the UHL's Western Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Tom Warden (47-20, 7 OTL)
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 80,538, Avg. 2,177 in 37 home dates
1998-99 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats RosterTeam Record: 47-20 (SO: 0-7) - 101 points
in the UHL's Western Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Tom Warden (47-20, 7 OTL)
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 80,538, Avg. 2,177 in 37 home dates
The Thunder Bay Thunder Cats of the United Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 47 wins and 20 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 101 points in the UHL's Western Division.
The Thunder Cats scored 325 goals and conceded 247. Wayne Strachan netted 57 goals for Thunder Bay, while Jason Firth, Brant Blackned and Neal Purdon each tallied 30 or more, too. Jason Firth contributed 91 assists. J.F. Rivard earned 34 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.1 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Tom Warden coached the team. The 1998-99 Thunder Bay Thunder Cats lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Firth | C | 73 | 50 | 91 | 141 | 32 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 226 | 22.1 |
| Wayne Strachan | RW | 72 | 57 | 71 | 128 | 91 | 56 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 308 | 18.5 |
| Brant Blackned | LW | 70 | 41 | 55 | 96 | 60 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 249 | 16.5 |
| Normand Paquet | C | 74 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 32 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 177 | 12.4 |
| Neal Purdon | RW | 58 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 152 | 21.1 |
| Mike Henderson | LW | 57 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 287 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 20.0 |
| David Mayes | D | 72 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 68 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 170 | 5.9 |
| Derek Landmesser | D | 72 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 180 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 4.0 |
| Barry McKinlay | D | 34 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 86 | 17.4 |
| Dan Myre | C | 59 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 16.4 |
| Darrin Szczygiel | G | 53 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 7.8 |
| Allan Roulette | D | 63 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 12.0 |
| Nikolai Pronin | RW | 41 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8.7 |
| Jason Lehman | D | 59 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 7.8 |
| Sean McEachran | RW | 66 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 186 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 22.7 |
| Shawn Smith | F | 46 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Kevin Holliday | D | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 352 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Jason Payne | LW | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 83 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 21.7 |
| Jeff Smith | D | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 34 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15.8 |
| Jason Garatti | D | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Bench | 74 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.F. Rivard | R | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Disher | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dave Stewart | W | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Harkie Singh | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Brenzavich | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Cupolo | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Grant Gessell | R | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Walker | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Fullerton | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| J.C. Larocque | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chad MacLeod | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1262 | 325 | 531 | 856 | 1922 | 467 | 54 | 25 | 44 | 2248 | 14.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.F. Rivard | 55 | 3159 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 163 | 3.10 | 1751 | 1588 | .907 |
| Dan Brenzavich | 23 | 1160 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 3.00 | 657 | 599 | .912 |
| Chad MacLeod | 3 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.57 | 59 | 45 | .763 |
| Totals | 81 | 4430 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 235 | 3.18 | 2467 | 2232 | .905 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Firth | C | 13 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Strachan | RW | 13 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brant Blackned | LW | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Normand Paquet | C | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neal Purdon | RW | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Henderson | LW | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Mayes | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Landmesser | D | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McKinlay | D | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrin Szczygiel | G | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Roulette | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nikolai Pronin | RW | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean McEachran | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Smith | F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Holliday | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.F. Rivard | R | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Disher | D | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Stewart | W | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Fullerton | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 229 | 33 | 55 | 88 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
