1997-98 Utah Grizzlies Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 47-27 (SO: 0-8) - 102 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Butch Goring (47-27, 8 OTL)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 349,581, Avg. 8,526 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Utah Grizzlies RosterTeam Record: 47-27 (SO: 0-8) - 102 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Butch Goring (47-27, 8 OTL)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 349,581, Avg. 8,526 in 41 home dates
The Utah Grizzlies of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 47 wins and 27 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 102 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Grizzlies netted 276 goals and surrendered 234. Kip Miller scored 38 goals for Utah, and Mark Lawrence tallied 30 or more, too. Kip Miller contributed 59 assists. Philippe DeRouville topped the squad with 18 wins, while Wade Flaherty added 15 or more wins, too.
Butch Goring coached the team. The 1997-98 Utah Grizzlies 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kip Miller | C | 72 | 38 | 59 | 97 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 238 | 16.0 |
| Chris Taylor | C | 79 | 28 | 56 | 84 | 66 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 299 | 9.4 |
| Mark Lawrence | R | 80 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 102 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 271 | 13.3 |
| Fred Knipscheer | C | 58 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 69 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 192 | 10.9 |
| Dan Plante | R | 73 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 125 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 169 | 13.0 |
| Rastislav Pavlikovský | C | 74 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 11.5 |
| John LeBlanc | L | 69 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 160 | 15.6 |
| Jeff Sharples | D | 76 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 82 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 6.0 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 82 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 2.6 |
| Jaroslav Modry | D | 74 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 179 | 6.7 |
| Niklas Andersson | L | 21 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 8.8 |
| John Namestnikov | D | 62 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 48 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 5.4 |
| Greg Spenrath | D/F | 46 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 101 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 22.4 |
| Vladimir Orszagh | R | 62 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 133 | 9.8 |
| Jan Vopat | D | 38 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 12.1 |
| Sean O'Brien | D/F | 36 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 77 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.8 |
| Darcy Loewen | L | 34 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 99 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2.4 |
| Tyler Prosofsky | RW | 26 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 65 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Rhett Trombley | RW | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 205 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Jeff Libby | D | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Bench | 82 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Needham | D | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Jamie Thompson | LW | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Rod Miller | D | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Craig Lyons | RW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Mark McArthur | G | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Hilton | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Tobler | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Alain Savage | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Wade Flaherty | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brad Miller | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Lee Svangstu | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Zurba | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Soke | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Wingfield | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jim Storm | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Philippe DeRouville | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Fichaud | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Menicci | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Dougan | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Shmyr | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Horacek | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brett Larson | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Geoff Bumstead | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Graeme Townshend | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lee Schill | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Ram | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taj Melson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brian Curran | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Welch | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Paradis | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Scott LaGrand | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1477 | 276 | 448 | 724 | 1595 | 101 | 91 | 13 | 42 | 2696 | 10.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark McArthur | 20 | 1059 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 3.40 | 500 | 440 | .880 |
| Jamie Ram | 7 | 398 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.62 | 184 | 160 | .870 |
| Lee Schill | 4 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3.67 | 80 | 69 | .863 |
| Philippe DeRouville | 30 | 1524 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 2.56 | 772 | 707 | .916 |
| Wade Flaherty | 24 | 1341 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 1.79 | 629 | 589 | .936 |
| Scott LaGrand | 7 | 360 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3.00 | 163 | 145 | .890 |
| Eric Fichaud | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 23 | 20 | .870 |
| Totals | 93 | 4902 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 221 | 2.71 | 2351 | 2130 | .906 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kip Miller | C | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Taylor | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lawrence | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Knipscheer | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Plante | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rastislav Pavlikovský | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John LeBlanc | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sharples | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gord Dineen | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaroslav Modry | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Niklas Andersson | L | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Namestnikov | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Spenrath | D/F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vladimir Orszagh | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Loewen | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rhett Trombley | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Libby | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Needham | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark McArthur | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Miller | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philippe DeRouville | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Ram | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 68 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Ram | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.05 | 0 | ||
| Philippe DeRouville | 2 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.26 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 188 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.19 | 0 |
