1998-99 Columbus Cottonmouths Statistics
Central Hockey League (CHL)
Team Record: 41-21 (SO: 0-8) - 91 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bruce Garber (41-21, 8 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Attendance: 148,723, Avg. 4,249 in 35 home dates
1998-99 Columbus Cottonmouths RosterTeam Record: 41-21 (SO: 0-8) - 91 points
in the CHL's Eastern Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bruce Garber (41-21, 8 OTL)
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Attendance: 148,723, Avg. 4,249 in 35 home dates
The Columbus Cottonmouths of the Central Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 41 wins and 21 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 91 points in the CHL's Eastern Division.
The Cottonmouths netted 276 goals and allowed 210. Robbie Sinclair scored 40 goals for Columbus, while Mike Martens tallied 30 or more, too. Mick Kempffer contributed 57 assists. Frankie Ouellette earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Corwin Saurdiff added 15 or more victories also. Frankie Ouellette earned a 2.76 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Bruce Garber coached the team. The 1998-99 Columbus Cottonmouths 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Martens | C | 64 | 37 | 41 | 78 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 195 | 19.0 |
| Mick Kempffer | D | 69 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 135 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 234 | 8.1 |
| Robbie Sinclair | RW | 70 | 40 | 34 | 74 | 8 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 217 | 18.4 |
| Tom Stewart | RW | 45 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 48 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 23.9 |
| Derek Crimin | C | 64 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 16.3 |
| Grady Manson | C | 69 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 99 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 170 | 11.2 |
| David Neilson | LW | 50 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 122 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 18.6 |
| Dan Brown | D | 52 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 2.9 |
| Marcel Richard | RW | 43 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 12.8 |
| Jerome Bechard | LW | 70 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 298 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 127 | 16.5 |
| Kevin Plager | RW | 45 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 137 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 9.0 |
| Roman Marakhovski | D | 51 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 |
| Claude Fillion | D | 30 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1.4 |
| Oleg Tsirkounov | F | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Bench | 70 | 11 | 11 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brad Prefontaine | D | 65 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 177 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0.0 |
| Brian Idalski | D | 62 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 116 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2.9 |
| Olaf Kjenstad | LW | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 29.4 |
| Corwin Saurdiff | G | 34 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Travis Riggin | F | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9.8 |
| Jean-Alain Schneider | D | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Tom Wilson | D | 51 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 243 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.0 |
| Jeff Mikesch | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Doug Mann | F | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 87 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Mike Bajurny | LW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Frankie Ouellette | G | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Metro | LW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Bud Smith | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Derek Marchand | F | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Nick Sinerate | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stewart Nowosad | D/LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Craig Willard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Dobbyn | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rusk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1169 | 276 | 426 | 702 | 2008 | 203 | 88 | 11 | 30 | 2244 | 12.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Ouellette | 40 | 2262 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 2.76 | 1129 | 1025 | .908 |
| Corwin Saurdiff | 34 | 1939 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 2.91 | 948 | 854 | .901 |
| Totals | 74 | 4201 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 198 | 2.83 | 2077 | 1879 | .905 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Martens | C | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Kempffer | D | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbie Sinclair | RW | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Stewart | RW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Crimin | C | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grady Manson | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Neilson | LW | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcel Richard | RW | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Bechard | LW | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Plager | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Marakhovski | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Fillion | D | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Prefontaine | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Idalski | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olaf Kjenstad | LW | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corwin Saurdiff | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Wilson | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frankie Ouellette | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Metro | LW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud Smith | F | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Taylor | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 174 | 35 | 57 | 92 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
