1997-98 Fort Wayne Komets Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 47-29 (SO: 0-6) - 100 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John Torchetti (47-29, 6 OTL)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 278,629, Avg. 6,796 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Fort Wayne Komets RosterTeam Record: 47-29 (SO: 0-6) - 100 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: John Torchetti (47-29, 6 OTL)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 278,629, Avg. 6,796 in 41 home dates
The Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 47 wins and 29 losses, with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 100 points in the IHL's Central Division.
The Komets scored 270 goals and surrendered 243. Viacheslav Butsayev netted 36 goals for Fort Wayne, while Konstantin Shafranov contributed 52 assists. Bruce Racine and Bruce Racine apiece earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.51 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
John Torchetti coached the team. The 1997-98 Fort Wayne Komets 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacheslav Butsayev | C | 76 | 36 | 51 | 87 | 128 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 230 | 15.7 |
| Konstantin Shafranov | R | 67 | 28 | 52 | 80 | 50 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 15.6 |
| Andrei Bashkirov | L | 65 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 16 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 160 | 17.5 |
| Lee Davidson | C | 76 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 54 | -11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 8.7 |
| Steffon Walby | RW | 77 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 53 | -20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 178 | 15.7 |
| Dan Currie | L | 77 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 17 | -28 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 194 | 14.9 |
| Chris Armstrong | D | 79 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 66 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 4.4 |
| Tom Pederson | D | 78 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 87 | -23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 192 | 6.3 |
| Guy Dupuis | D | 77 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 108 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 5.6 |
| Ian Boyce | LW | 66 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 101 | 14.9 |
| Robin Bawa | R | 58 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 125 | -12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 15.6 |
| Norm Batherson | C | 54 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 13.1 |
| Ed Campbell | D | 50 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 147 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 10.5 |
| Roman Oksiuta | R | 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 50 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 10.9 |
| Eric Boguniecki | C | 35 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Derek Eberle | D | 44 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Mike Taylor | C | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Bench | 82 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Nemeth | D | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Trevor Halverson | L | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Todd Reirden | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Wes Swinson | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Nick Stajduhar | D | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Trevor Doyle | D | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 201 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Rob Weingartner | RW | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Kevin Weekes | G | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Boulton | L | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Racine | G | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlin Nordstrom | RW | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 86 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Stephane Brochu | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Paul Willett | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Dave Duerden | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Boh | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Grant Richison | D | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Kurt Mallett | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Richard Shulmistra | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwight Parrish | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Turner | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Gaëtan Poirier | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Fingerhut | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chad Cabana | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Scott LaGrand | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Judd Lambert | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Pisiak | RW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kirk Llano | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Scourletis | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bob Woods | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Racine | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Marc Magliarditi | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Bronilla | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Scott Kirton | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1517 | 270 | 437 | 707 | 1675 | 64 | 76 | 9 | 41 | 2410 | 11.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Weekes | 12 | 719 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2.84 | 415 | 381 | .918 |
| Bruce Racine | 45 | 2605 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 2.51 | 1471 | 1362 | .926 | |
| Bruce Racine | 45 | 2605 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 2.51 | 1362 | 1253 | .920 |
| Scott LaGrand | 11 | 488 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3.44 | 308 | 280 | .909 |
| Richard Shulmistra | 11 | 656 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 3.11 | 330 | 296 | .897 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | 2 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4.03 | 56 | 48 | .857 |
| Judd Lambert | 4 | 196 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.67 | 83 | 71 | .855 |
| Marc Magliarditi | 2 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.03 | 60 | 54 | .900 |
| Totals | 132 | 7507 | 77 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 340 | 2.72 | 4085 | 3745 | .917 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacheslav Butsayev | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Konstantin Shafranov | R | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Bashkirov | L | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Davidson | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steffon Walby | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Currie | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Armstrong | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Pederson | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Dupuis | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Boyce | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Oksiuta | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Boguniecki | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Eberle | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Reirden | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Doyle | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Racine | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlin Nordstrom | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott LaGrand | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Woods | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Racine | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 72 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Racine | 3 | 152 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.95 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Racine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 6 | 152 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.95 | 0 |
