1998-99 Asheville Smoke Statistics
United Hockey League (UHL)
Team Record: 36-35 (SO: 0-3) - 75 points
in the UHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Keith Gretzky (36-35, 3 OTL)
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Attendance: 124,429, Avg. 3,363 in 37 home dates
1998-99 Asheville Smoke RosterTeam Record: 36-35 (SO: 0-3) - 75 points
in the UHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Keith Gretzky (36-35, 3 OTL)
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Attendance: 124,429, Avg. 3,363 in 37 home dates
The Asheville Smoke of the United Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 36 wins and 35 losses, with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 75 points in the UHL's Eastern Division.
The Smoke scored 292 goals and allowed 331. Shawn Ulrich netted 39 goals for Asheville, while Lindsay Vallis accounted for 73 assists. Danny Laviolette earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.19 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Keith Gretzky coached the team. The 1998-99 Asheville Smoke 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Vallis | R | 66 | 27 | 73 | 100 | 46 | -19 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 283 | 9.5 |
| Shawn Ulrich | C | 67 | 39 | 57 | 96 | 71 | -50 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 259 | 15.1 |
| Brent Gretzky | C | 32 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 29 | -5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 15.6 |
| Rob Milliken | D | 61 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 119 | -29 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 5.6 |
| Jim McGroarty | D/RW | 61 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 36 | -27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 11.1 |
| Fredrik Svensson | LW | 68 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 13.2 |
| Wade Welte | LW | 67 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 258 | -40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 11.2 |
| Frank DeFrenza | F | 36 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 30 | -21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 12.3 |
| Andrew Luciuk | LW | 38 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 31 | -13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 131 | 12.2 |
| Jon Pirrong | D | 70 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 97 | -13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 9.4 |
| Chris Newans | D | 21 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 81 | -10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 6.0 |
| Jason Dexter | C | 26 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 | -9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 20.7 |
| Jeff Jubenville | RW | 34 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 26 | -15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 11.5 |
| Dan Davies | L | 63 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 95 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 20.4 |
| Lubos Krajcovic | RW | 54 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 24 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 5.9 |
| Askhat Rakhmatulin | G | 31 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 7.7 |
| Dale Greenwood | L | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 23.1 |
| Bob Brandon | LW | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Kris Schultz | LW | 70 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 281 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Jeff Foster | D | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 2.4 |
| Joakim Wassberger | G | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Chris Torkoff | R | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Bench | 74 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Myles Zomok | RW | 62 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 53 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 |
| Jeff Smith | D | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 46 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Gairin Smith | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Bill Laird | C | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Eric Kelly | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Andy Johnson | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Marc Salsman | RW | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Per Schlyter | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Joey Centrella | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Lee Schill | G | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Ferm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Tymchak | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jason Lehman | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Kurt Roberts | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Danny Laviolette | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Guidinger | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris King | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Christensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Simms | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Paleczny | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dave MacLean | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Gessell | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mark Howell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1297 | 292 | 453 | 745 | 1761 | -317 | 95 | 19 | 32 | 2813 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Laviolette | 44 | 2434 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 170 | 4.19 | 1480 | 1310 | .885 |
| Lee Schill | 34 | 1919 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 140 | 4.38 | 1243 | 1103 | .887 |
| Chris King | 2 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7.06 | 50 | 42 | .840 |
| Totals | 80 | 4421 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 318 | 4.32 | 2773 | 2455 | .885 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Vallis | R | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Ulrich | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Milliken | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McGroarty | D/RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fredrik Svensson | LW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Welte | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Luciuk | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Pirrong | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Jubenville | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Davies | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lubos Krajcovic | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Askhat Rakhmatulin | G | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kris Schultz | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Foster | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Kelly | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Schill | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Tymchak | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Lehman | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Laviolette | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kris Knoblauch | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 72 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
