1997-98 Louisiana IceGators Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 43-17 (SO: 0-10) - 96 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Doug Shedden (43-17, 10 OTL)
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Attendance: 391,862, Avg. 11,196 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Louisiana IceGators RosterTeam Record: 43-17 (SO: 0-10) - 96 points
in the ECHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Doug Shedden (43-17, 10 OTL)
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Attendance: 391,862, Avg. 11,196 in 35 home dates
The Louisiana IceGators of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 43 wins and 17 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 96 points in the ECHL's Southwest Division.
The IceGators paced the circuit with 298 goals. Louisiana allowed 232 goals. Don Parsons scored 55 goals for the squad, while John Spoltore, Louis Dumont and Jay Murphy each tallied 30 or more, too. John Spoltore contributed 79 assists. Doug Bonner earned 36 wins for the team and a team-best 3.03 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Doug Shedden coached the team. The 1997-98 Louisiana IceGators lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Spoltore | C | 68 | 32 | 79 | 111 | 51 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 198 | 16.2 |
| Don Parsons | RW | 70 | 55 | 45 | 100 | 112 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 332 | 16.6 |
| Chris Valicevic | D | 70 | 19 | 73 | 92 | 62 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 336 | 5.7 |
| Louis Dumont | C | 66 | 31 | 48 | 79 | 71 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 225 | 13.8 |
| Jay Murphy | RW | 58 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 196 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 247 | 13.0 |
| Rob Weingartner | RW | 50 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 198 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 138 | 18.8 |
| Paul Rushforth | C | 50 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 136 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 11.4 |
| Gary Roach | D | 51 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 7.0 |
| Scott McKay | R | 48 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 55 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 18.0 |
| Mikhail Kravets | R | 28 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 18.2 |
| Stan Melanson | D | 62 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 190 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 8.4 |
| Matt Pagnutti | D | 68 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 63 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 4.3 |
| Jack Williams | D | 51 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 4.9 |
| Eric Cloutier | LW | 50 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 398 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 16.1 |
| Jason McQuat | RW | 47 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 251 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 14.3 |
| Mario Dumoulin | D | 31 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Ryan Shanahan | RW | 35 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 87 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Chad Nelson | D | 31 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 139 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 |
| John Varga | LW | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11.1 |
| Tobias Ablad | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Darrel Woodley | C | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Marty Yewchuk | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Ryan Pisiak | RW | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 262 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Chad Richard | LW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Doug Bonner | G | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Smit | G | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Matt Garzone | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Bryan Schoen | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Toporowski | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Doug Smith | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gerald Moriarity | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Bowen | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Ruddick | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1226 | 298 | 519 | 817 | 2726 | 129 | 98 | 11 | 43 | 2517 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Schoen | 19 | 1030 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 3.50 | 531 | 471 | .887 |
| Doug Bonner | 54 | 3164 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 3.03 | 1701 | 1541 | .906 |
| Totals | 73 | 4194 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 220 | 3.15 | 2232 | 2012 | .901 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Spoltore | C | 12 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Parsons | RW | 8 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Valicevic | D | 12 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Dumont | C | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Murphy | RW | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 53 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Weingartner | RW | 12 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Rushforth | C | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Roach | D | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott McKay | R | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Melanson | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Pagnutti | D | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Williams | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Cloutier | LW | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason McQuat | RW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Shanahan | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Varga | LW | 12 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Yewchuk | C | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Bonner | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Schoen | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Ruddick | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 203 | 54 | 87 | 141 | 467 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
