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 |
| 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 | |
| Kevin Weekes | G | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| Carlin Nordstrom | RW | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 86 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 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 |
| Dave Duerden | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | ||||||
| Kirk Llano | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 |
| Marc Magliarditi | G | 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 | |
| Gaëtan Poirier | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |
| Bob Woods | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Racine | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Scott LaGrand | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
