1997-98 Brantford Smoke Statistics
United Hockey League (UHL)
Team Record: 33-27 (SO: 0-14) - 80 points
in the UHL's East Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Larry Trader (33-27, 14 OTL)
Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 54,196, Avg. 1,465 in 37 home dates
1997-98 Brantford Smoke RosterTeam Record: 33-27 (SO: 0-14) - 80 points
in the UHL's East Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Larry Trader (33-27, 14 OTL)
Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Attendance: 54,196, Avg. 1,465 in 37 home dates
The Brantford Smoke of the United Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 33 wins and 27 losses, with a 0-14 showing in shootouts for 80 points in the UHL's East Division.
The Smoke scored 312 goals and conceded 307. Paul Polillo netted 48 goals for Brantford, while John Vecchiarelli and Tom Stewart tallied 30 or more, too. Paul Polillo contributed 117 assists. Darryl Paquette earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.83 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Larry Trader coached the team. The 1997-98 Brantford Smoke 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Polillo | C | 71 | 48 | 117 | 165 | 41 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 331 | 14.5 |
| John Vecchiarelli | RW | 51 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 60 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 209 | 15.8 |
| Joe Hawley | C | 60 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 56 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 217 | 12.0 |
| Tom Stewart | RW | 73 | 31 | 40 | 71 | 74 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 20.8 |
| Bernie John | D | 60 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 186 | 8.1 |
| Ron Hoover | L | 41 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 143 | 18.9 |
| Chad Michalchuk | LW | 60 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 12.4 |
| Joe Coombs | LW | 41 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 14 | -14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 15.1 |
| Greg Pajor | L | 54 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 13.5 |
| Corey Isen | LW | 33 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 14.8 |
| Herb Raglan | R | 17 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 14.5 |
| Wayne MacPhee | D | 60 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Jason MacMillan | LW | 35 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 12.5 |
| Jason Renard | F | 13 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.4 |
| Alex Herbison | D | 59 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 24 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 4.0 |
| Brent Retter | D | 35 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Paul Mitton | LW | 21 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 23.8 |
| Emmanuel Labranche | RW | 60 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 138 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 6.1 |
| Wayne Muir | LW | 16 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 32 | -10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Paul Tzountzouris | D | 14 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Rob MacInnis | D | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Cory Bricknell | D | 51 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 178 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2.1 |
| Patrick Lacombe | D | 35 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 62 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.0 |
| Erik Kaminski | RW | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Terry Chitaroni | RW | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Rick Pracey | D | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Aussem | RW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Stephen Morden | RW | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Gelinas | G | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | D | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 74 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris MacKenzie | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Dustin McArthur | RW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Kevin Vaughan | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Darryl Paquette | G | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Young | LW | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Kade McAllister | F | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Brad Michalski | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dave Lorentz | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Powell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Minard | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Dykeman | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Bagu | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1252 | 312 | 533 | 845 | 1247 | 74 | 72 | 15 | 31 | 2438 | 12.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Pracey | 22 | 1062 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 4.07 | 606 | 534 | .881 |
| Darryl Paquette | 52 | 2835 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 181 | 3.83 | 1640 | 1459 | .890 |
| Ryan Gelinas | 4 | 224 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.82 | 141 | 123 | .872 |
| Mike Minard | 2 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.68 | 57 | 50 | .877 |
| Rob Dykeman | 6 | 232 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3.10 | 114 | 102 | .895 |
| Totals | 86 | 4427 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 290 | 3.93 | 2558 | 2268 | .887 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Polillo | C | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Vecchiarelli | RW | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Hawley | C | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Stewart | RW | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie John | D | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Hoover | L | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Michalchuk | LW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason MacMillan | LW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Renard | F | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Mitton | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Tzountzouris | D | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob MacInnis | D | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Lacombe | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erik Kaminski | RW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Chitaroni | RW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen Morden | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Paquette | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Young | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kade McAllister | F | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Dykeman | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Bagu | D | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 152 | 35 | 60 | 95 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
