1997-98 Grand Rapids Griffins Statistics
Team Record: 38-31 (SO: 0-13) - 89 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Allison (30-25, 7 OTL)
Coach: Bob McNamara (8-6, 6 OTL)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 438,924, Avg. 10,705 in 41 home dates
The Grand Rapids Griffins of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 38 wins and 31 losses, with a 0-13 showing in shootouts for 89 points in the IHL's Northeast Division.
The Griffins scored 225 goals and allowed 242. Michel Picard netted 28 goals for Grand Rapids and contributed 41 assists. Ian Gordon earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Patrick Lalime registered a 2.61 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.
Dave Allison and Bob McNamara coached the team. The 1997-98 Grand Rapids Griffins 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% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michel Picard | L | 58 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 206 | 13.6 |
Mark Greig | R | 69 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 103 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 244 | 10.7 |
Glen Metropolit | C | 79 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 90 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 10.8 |
Ed Patterson | R | 81 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 226 | -3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 148 | 8.1 |
Travis Richards | D | 81 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 7.7 |
Sean Tallaire | RW | 73 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 65 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 147 | 8.8 |
Greg Bullock | C | 35 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 14.5 |
Todd Nelson | D | 75 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 6.1 |
Kerry Huffman | D | 73 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 2.7 |
Danton Cole | R | 81 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 36 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 9.0 |
Matt Ruchty | LW | 64 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 259 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 11.1 |
Chris Lindberg | L | 18 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 17.0 |
Brian Sullivan | R | 54 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 15.2 |
Shane Hnidy | D | 77 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 6.5 |
Claude Boivin | L | 31 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 17.6 |
Tom Ashe | D | 53 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 7.9 |
Greg Clancy | C | 50 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 15.0 |
Bruce Ramsay | LW | 62 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 310 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 15.2 |
Jason Weaver | LW | 44 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 56 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 7.5 |
Dean Trboyevich | D | 66 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.5 |
Bench | 82 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Darcy Simon | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
Vaclav Nedomansky | RW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 |
Mark Cornforth | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
Ruslan Batyrshin | D | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
Pokey Reddick | G | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ian Gordon | G | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Feasby | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Lavigne | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Jamie Linden | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Blair Manning | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cory Johnson | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Travis Tucker | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Mark Vilneff | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don McSween | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Scott Drevitch | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
Shawn Reid | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Patrick Lalime | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1480 | 225 | 348 | 573 | 2133 | 78 | 66 | 7 | 32 | 2244 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pokey Reddick | 10 | 575 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.44 | 309 | 276 | .893 |
Ian Gordon | 49 | 2573 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 2.68 | 1242 | 1127 | .907 |
Patrick Lalime | 31 | 1749 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 2.61 | 929 | 853 | .918 |
Totals | 90 | 4897 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 224 | 2.74 | 2480 | 2256 | .910 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Greig | R | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glen Metropolit | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Patterson | R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Travis Richards | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Bullock | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Todd Nelson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kerry Huffman | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danton Cole | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Matt Ruchty | LW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shane Hnidy | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Claude Boivin | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Ashe | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jason Weaver | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vaclav Nedomansky | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Cornforth | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ian Gordon | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jamie Linden | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maxim Spiridonov | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Patrick Lalime | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 51 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Lalime | 1 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.12 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.12 | 0 |