1998-99 Fresno Falcons Statistics
West Coast Hockey League (WCHL)
Team Record: 35-31 (SO: 0-4) - 74 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Guy Gadowsky (35-31, 4 OTL)
Location: Fresno, California
Attendance: 89,893, Avg. 2,568 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Fresno Falcons RosterTeam Record: 35-31 (SO: 0-4) - 74 points
in the WCHL's South Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Guy Gadowsky (35-31, 4 OTL)
Location: Fresno, California
Attendance: 89,893, Avg. 2,568 in 35 home dates
The Fresno Falcons of the West Coast Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 35 wins and 31 losses, with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 74 points in the WCHL's South Division.
The Falcons netted 257 goals and yielded 296. Glen Gulutzan scored 32 goals for Fresno, while Blaine Moore contributed 41 assists. Jeff Ferguson earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 4.06 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Guy Gadowsky coached the team. The 1998-99 Fresno Falcons 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Gulutzan | C | 50 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 50 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 116 | 27.6 |
| Christian Skoryna | C | 51 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 89 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 16.8 |
| Paul Rushforth | C | 52 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 148 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 136 | 18.4 |
| Blaine Moore | C | 61 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 101 | -3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 170 | 12.4 |
| Mike Larkin | D | 55 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 109 | -9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 6.1 |
| John Batten | D | 42 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 176 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 7.3 |
| Mike Mathers | LW | 49 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 35 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 8.0 |
| Bill Lincoln | RW | 59 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 39 | -21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 11.6 |
| Greg Spenrath | D/F | 49 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 223 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 9.3 |
| Jari Suorsa | RW | 44 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 149 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 13.5 |
| Jacques Mailhot | R | 50 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 289 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 13.5 |
| Jouni Lahtinen | F | 39 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 11.5 |
| Brandy Semchuk | R | 39 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 40 | -9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 7.6 |
| Pierre Dufour | D | 31 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Mark Franks | RW | 22 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 6 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 20.3 |
| Jason Knox | D | 49 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 5.5 |
| Tero Aaltonen | D | 58 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 141 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.9 |
| Fred Hettle | D | 54 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 58 | -20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3.3 |
| Mark Spence | F | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 16.7 |
| Stu Kulak | R | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Bench | 70 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Wilkie | D | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Serge Roy | D | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Anthony Zurfluh | D | 51 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 91 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Converse | RW | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Sacha Molin | LW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Jason Lowe | RW | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 23.1 |
| Jeff Ferguson | G | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dean Wilson | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Rob Pallin | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Wes Gentles | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Todd Shestok | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Johnson | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Nilsson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ken Riplinger | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Austin | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1157 | 257 | 431 | 688 | 2172 | -109 | 60 | 8 | 25 | 2156 | 11.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Shestok | 18 | 850 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.38 | 488 | 426 | .873 |
| Jeff Ferguson | 59 | 3337 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 226 | 4.06 | 1942 | 1716 | .884 |
| Totals | 77 | 4187 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 288 | 4.13 | 2430 | 2142 | .881 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Gulutzan | C | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Skoryna | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Rushforth | C | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blaine Moore | C | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Larkin | D | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mathers | LW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lincoln | RW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Spenrath | D/F | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jari Suorsa | RW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Mailhot | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Franks | RW | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Knox | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tero Aaltonen | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Spence | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stu Kulak | R | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wilkie | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Serge Roy | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sacha Molin | LW | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Ferguson | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 118 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
