1997-98 Fayetteville Force Statistics
Team Record: 25-42 (SO: 0-3) - 53 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Coach: Alan May (25-42, 3 OTL)
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Attendance: 139,554, Avg. 3,987 in 35 home dates
The Fayetteville Force of the Central Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 25 wins and 42 losses, with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 53 points in the CHL's Eastern Division.
The Force netted 247 goals and conceded 348. Jeffrey Azar scored 39 goals for Fayetteville, while Aaron Boh recorded 43 assists. Paul Taylor topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.45 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Alan May coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Azar | D | 68 | 39 | 36 | 75 | 41 | -22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 231 | 16.9 |
| Steven Toll | RW | 50 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 41 | -21 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 168 | 13.7 |
| Aaron Boh | D | 56 | 15 | 43 | 58 | 230 | -45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 270 | 5.6 |
| Mark Green | LW | 26 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 26 | -12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 17.0 |
| Roddy MacCormick | RW | 70 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 175 | -24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 10.6 |
| Aaron Cain | D | 70 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 211 | -45 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 198 | 9.6 |
| Mike Martens | C | 25 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 101 | 10.9 |
| Armand Latulippe | D | 70 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 16 | -40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 5.4 |
| Alain Latreille | F | 49 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 20 | -8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 151 | 12.6 |
| Casey Hungle | RW | 47 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 56 | -21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 10.7 |
| Bob Brandon | LW | 53 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 141 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 9.8 |
| Mike Gamble | C | 24 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 51 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 9.1 |
| Mike Torkoff | D | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 7.6 |
| Karson Kaebel | C | 13 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27.8 |
| Ryan Reid | D | 49 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 362 | -17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 8.2 |
| Randy Best | D | 43 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 95 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Ryan Schmidt | D | 62 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 108 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| John Sicinski | C | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 |
| Jason Rushton | RW | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Jon Pirrong | D | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 53 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Kevin Hastings | LW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 88 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Darren McLean | D | 50 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 248 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2.2 |
| Todd Newton | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| George Hartford | F | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Robert Plante | D | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 171 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Darby Walker | F | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 77 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| David Andrew | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Joey Centrella | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Josh Ray | F | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Mike Bzdel | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Lance Robson | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Coles | F/D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Paul Taylor | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Condon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Wheaton | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent Mann | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kris Nichols | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Adams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sean O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Hiebert | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Troy Seibel | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1187 | 247 | 382 | 629 | 2565 | -421 | 70 | 14 | 25 | 2521 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Mann | 22 | 959 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 4.57 | 568 | 495 | .871 |
| Troy Seibel | 27 | 1291 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 4.97 | 836 | 729 | .872 |
| Paul Taylor | 25 | 1443 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 4.45 | 927 | 820 | .885 |
| Andy Adams | 9 | 473 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 6.22 | 288 | 239 | .830 |
| Sean Condon | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10.71 | 28 | 23 | .821 |
| Kris Nichols | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| Totals | 85 | 4194 | 25 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 341 | 4.88 | 2648 | 2307 | .871 |
