1997-98 Austin Ice Bats Statistics
Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL)
Team Record: 35-23 (SO: 0-11) - 81 points
in the WPHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jim Burton (28-17, 10 OTL)
Coach: Paul Lawless (7-6, 1 OTL)
Location: Austin, Texas
Attendance: 216,776, Avg. 6,194 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Austin Ice Bats RosterTeam Record: 35-23 (SO: 0-11) - 81 points
in the WPHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Jim Burton (28-17, 10 OTL)
Coach: Paul Lawless (7-6, 1 OTL)
Location: Austin, Texas
Attendance: 216,776, Avg. 6,194 in 35 home dates
The Austin Ice Bats of the Western Professional Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 23 losses, with a 0-11 showing in shootouts for 81 points in the WPHL's Eastern Division.
The Ice Bats netted 247 goals and yielded 255. Tim Findlay scored 42 goals for Austin, while Ryan Pawluk tallied 30 or more, too. Ryan Pawluk contributed 60 assists. Chad Erickson earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.5 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
Jim Burton and Paul Lawless coached the team. The 1997-98 Austin Ice Bats 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Pawluk | LW | 65 | 36 | 60 | 96 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 234 | 15.4 |
| Tim Findlay | RW | 50 | 42 | 32 | 74 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 197 | 21.3 |
| Brett Seguin | C | 53 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 24 | -16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 155 | 14.2 |
| Andy Ross | RW | 69 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 60 | -18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 178 | 15.2 |
| Rob Hartnell | RW | 60 | 27 | 12 | 39 | 203 | -19 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 19.0 |
| Jeff Kungle | D | 62 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 3.0 |
| Richard Uniacke | C | 32 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 108 | 13.0 |
| Todd Harris | D | 48 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 5.6 |
| Troy Binnie | LW | 19 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 17.5 |
| Ken Ruddick | D | 32 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 28 | -16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 4.4 |
| Mike Jackson | RW | 40 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 186 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 11.9 |
| Joe Van Volsen | F | 29 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 12 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 14.1 |
| Chris Morque | D | 48 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 131 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 11.1 |
| Dean Mando | LW | 35 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 52 | -20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 9.8 |
| Keith Moran | RW | 54 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 10.8 |
| Kyle Haviland | D | 60 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 170 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Chris Haskett | C | 58 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 69 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 7.5 |
| Ryan Anderson | D | 69 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 309 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Darrin MacKay | LW | 39 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Jeremy Thompson | RW | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 222 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Corey Fletcher | D | 35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Rob Schriner | F | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Bruce Shoebottom | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 37 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Chad Erickson | G | 52 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mullin | G | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Keith O'Brien | LW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Paul Lawless | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Jay Hutton | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Jason Rose | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Curtis Fry | C/RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Kelly Perrault | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Hansen | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Doug Horan | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 69 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bryan Fairfield | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Riley | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Steve Jones | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Soucy | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1193 | 247 | 402 | 649 | 1811 | -109 | 65 | 17 | 35 | 2117 | 11.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Soucy | 11 | 659 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3.46 | 367 | 329 | .896 | |
| Jim Mullin | 8 | 412 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.35 | 217 | 194 | .894 |
| Chad Erickson | 52 | 3048 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 178 | 3.50 | 1731 | 1553 | .897 |
| Bryan Fairfield | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.29 | 5 | 4 | .800 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 4133 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 3.48 | 2320 | 2080 | .897 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Pawluk | LW | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Findlay | RW | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brett Seguin | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Ross | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Kungle | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Harris | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Jackson | RW | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Van Volsen | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Mando | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Moran | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Haviland | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Anderson | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Thompson | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Schriner | F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Shoebottom | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Fry | C/RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Hansen | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Soucy | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 85 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Soucy | 5 | 321 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.62 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5 | 321 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.62 | 0 |
