1997-98 New Mexico Scorpions Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 42-20 (SO: 0-7) - 91 points
in the WPHL's Western Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Garry Unger (42-20, 7 OTL)
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 170,532, Avg. 4,872 in 35 home dates
1997-98 New Mexico Scorpions RosterTeam Record: 42-20 (SO: 0-7) - 91 points
in the WPHL's Western Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Garry Unger (42-20, 7 OTL)
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 170,532, Avg. 4,872 in 35 home dates
The New Mexico Scorpions of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 42 wins and 20 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 91 points in the WPHL's Western Division.
The Scorpions scored 324 goals and yielded 236. David Lessard and Sylvain Naud netted 50 goals for New Mexico each, while Mike Sanderson and George Dupont tallied 30 or more, too. George Dupont contributed 79 assists. Tony Martino topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.57 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Garry Unger coached the team. The 1997-98 New Mexico Scorpions 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Dupont | C | 69 | 30 | 79 | 109 | 208 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 176 | 17.0 |
| David Lessard | F | 62 | 50 | 37 | 87 | 96 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 261 | 19.2 |
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 54 | 50 | 36 | 86 | 154 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 253 | 19.8 |
| Craig Hamelin | C | 53 | 24 | 55 | 79 | 43 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 12.1 |
| Eric Ricard | D | 69 | 16 | 62 | 78 | 120 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 175 | 9.1 |
| Mike Sanderson | C | 61 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 104 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 214 | 15.9 |
| Todd Marcellus | LW | 67 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 52 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 13.6 |
| Derek Crawford | LW | 53 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 159 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 17.6 |
| Darcy Pengelly | LW | 69 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 183 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 181 | 9.4 |
| Regan Harper | D | 64 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 56 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 7.5 |
| Aldo Iaquinta | D | 69 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 96 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 5.6 |
| Tyler Boucher | C | 55 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 185 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 16.4 |
| Francois Chaput | D | 23 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Hugo Bertrand | D | 40 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Kelly Morel | D | 47 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 4.7 |
| Darren Wright | D | 62 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 178 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 1.7 |
| Nick Hriczov | F | 47 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 123 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Carl Paradis | LW | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Curtis Regnier | F | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | -6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 19.4 |
| Jordan Shields | LW | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Tony Martino | G | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Barnes | RW | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Brad Wingfield | RW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 95 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Eric Morin | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Frederik Beaubien | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Moore | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 69 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Derek Shybunka | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Siegel | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1186 | 324 | 536 | 860 | 2150 | 450 | 73 | 13 | 42 | 2415 | 13.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Shybunka | 12 | 661 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 3.27 | 333 | 297 | .892 |
| Marc Siegel | 7 | 387 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.72 | 231 | 207 | .896 |
| Tony Martino | 38 | 2218 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 3.57 | 1172 | 1040 | .887 |
| Frederik Beaubien | 16 | 865 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 2.29 | 474 | 441 | .930 |
| Totals | 73 | 4131 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 225 | 3.27 | 2210 | 1985 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Dupont | C | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Lessard | F | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 10 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Hamelin | C | 10 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Ricard | D | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sanderson | C | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Marcellus | LW | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Crawford | LW | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Pengelly | LW | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Regan Harper | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aldo Iaquinta | D | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Boucher | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Morel | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Wright | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Regnier | F | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Martino | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Wingfield | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Morin | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Siegel | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 171 | 47 | 72 | 119 | 362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
