1997-98 Toledo Storm Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 41-21 (SO: 0-8) - 90 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Greg Puhalski (41-21, 8 OTL)
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Attendance: 169,404, Avg. 4,840 in 35 home dates
1997-98 Toledo Storm RosterTeam Record: 41-21 (SO: 0-8) - 90 points
in the ECHL's Northwest Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Greg Puhalski (41-21, 8 OTL)
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Attendance: 169,404, Avg. 4,840 in 35 home dates
The Toledo Storm of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 41 wins and 21 losses, with a 0-8 showing in shootouts for 90 points in the ECHL's Northwest Division.
The Storm scored 251 goals and allowed 210. Robert Thorpe netted 39 goals for Toledo, and Andrew Williamson tallied 30 or more also. Sean Venedam contributed 43 assists. Nick Vitucci earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.76 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Greg Puhalski coached the team. The 1997-98 Toledo Storm 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Venedam | F | 70 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 91 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 234 | 12.4 |
| Robert Thorpe | LW | 69 | 39 | 26 | 65 | 80 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 231 | 16.9 |
| Kevin Brown | RW | 68 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 189 | 13.8 |
| Andrew Williamson | RW | 49 | 32 | 23 | 55 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 159 | 20.1 |
| Dennis Holland | C | 52 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 67 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 166 | 10.8 |
| Louis Bernard | D | 64 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 62 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 3.8 |
| Jason Gladney | D | 45 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 7.2 |
| Jeremy Rebek | D | 70 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 69 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 5.4 |
| Mike Loach | RW | 60 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 12.4 |
| Rick Judson | LW | 32 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 14 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 7.9 |
| Tony Prpic | RW | 27 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 67 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 7.6 |
| Ron Newhook | C | 59 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 42 | -13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 13.7 |
| Mark Deazeley | D | 41 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 123 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 15.1 |
| Mike Kolenda | D | 62 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 2.4 |
| Andrei Sryubko | 50 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 165 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.8 | |
| Lee Cole | L | 59 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 244 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Gordy Hunt | G | 19 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 14.0 |
| Bruce MacDonald | RW | 49 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 6.9 |
| Alexandre Jacques | RW | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28.6 |
| Greg Lakovic | L | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 52 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Shawn Maltby | C | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Greg Labenski | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Sean Ortiz | LW | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Jaynen Rissling | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Scott Burt | LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mark McCoy | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Brian Blad | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Terzo | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Nick Vitucci | G | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dave Arsenault | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donovan Nunweiler | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 70 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andy Suhy | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1210 | 251 | 384 | 635 | 1548 | 75 | 70 | 14 | 41 | 2380 | 10.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Vitucci | 49 | 2826 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 130 | 2.76 | 1592 | 1462 | .918 |
| Dave Arsenault | 22 | 1261 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2.85 | 729 | 669 | .918 |
| Donovan Nunweiler | 3 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4.24 | 58 | 51 | .879 |
| Totals | 74 | 4186 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 197 | 2.82 | 2379 | 2182 | .917 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Venedam | F | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Thorpe | LW | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brown | RW | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Williamson | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Holland | C | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louis Bernard | D | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Gladney | D | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Rebek | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Loach | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Judson | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Prpic | RW | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Deazeley | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Kolenda | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei Sryubko | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Labenski | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Burt | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Terzo | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Vitucci | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 119 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
