1997 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers Statistics
A-League (A-League)
Team Record: 16-12 (SO: 3-2) - 42 points
Finishing 1st in the A-League's Central Division
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
1997 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers RosterTeam Record: 16-12 (SO: 3-2) - 42 points
Finishing 1st in the A-League's Central Division
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
The New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of the A-League ended the 1997 season with a record of 16 wins and 12 losses, with a 3-2 showing in shootouts for 42 points finishing first in the A-League's Central Division.
The Riverboat Gamblers chalked up 45 goals and allowed 42. Stern John scored 16 goals for New Orleans, while Gabriel Gentile, Glenn Benjamin and Mickey Trotman each contributed five or more, too. Mickey Trotman accounted for 8 assists. Russell Payne topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 0.89 goals against average, best among goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | PKG | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stern John | F | 21 | 21 | 1817 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 22.5 |
| Mickey Trotman | F | 27 | 27 | 2450 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 12.3 |
| Gabriel Gentile | M | 26 | 24 | 2112 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 21.7 |
| Glenn Benjamin | M | 27 | 26 | 2306 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Billy Owens | M | 24 | 20 | 1641 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 |
| Ricky Blanchard | M | 20 | 20 | 1629 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Juan Sastoque | F | 9 | 2 | 410 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Louie Smotherman | M | 21 | 11 | 1062 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Wade Webber | D | 2 | 2 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Clint Browne | D | 13 | 2 | 542 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Linus Rhode | F | 18 | 3 | 551 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Dan De Oliveira | M | 5 | 5 | 395 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Cuauhtemoc Suarez | M | 1 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erik Storkson | F | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dan Stebbins | F | 1 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brian Haynes | M | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Mooney | G | 2 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miguel Camarera | M | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Dade | D | 2 | 2 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tom Dutra | G | 3 | 2 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Farrer | D | 3 | 3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Bush | F | 5 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gabe Jones | F | 5 | 1 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Wellington | F | 7 | 1 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Quinn O'sullivan | G | 8 | 6 | 628 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dustin Hansen | M | 10 | 2 | 317 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Rebuck | M | 11 | 4 | 473 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Russell Payne | G | 20 | 19 | 1682 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Brown | D | 24 | 23 | 2049 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Colin Rocke | D | 25 | 25 | 2256 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Restrepo | D | 26 | 26 | 2310 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dale Edwards | D | 27 | 27 | 2358 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 397 | 307 | 28576 | 45 | 28 | 353 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 339 | 13.3 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dutra | 3 | 2 | 186:00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russell Payne | 20 | 19 | 1682:00 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 1.34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quinn O'sullivan | 8 | 6 | 628:00 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1.58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Mooney | 2 | 1 | 110:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 28 | 2606:00 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | PKG | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stern John | F | 4 | 4 | 362 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mickey Trotman | F | 4 | 4 | 359 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabriel Gentile | M | 4 | 4 | 354 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Benjamin | M | 4 | 4 | 335 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Blanchard | M | 4 | 4 | 334 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Sastoque | F | 3 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louie Smotherman | M | 4 | 3 | 278 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Browne | D | 2 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Daniels | M | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| W Sastoque | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Haynes | M | 1 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabe Jones | F | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quinn O'sullivan | G | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dustin Hansen | M | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Rebuck | M | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russell Payne | G | 4 | 4 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Brown | D | 4 | 4 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colin Rocke | D | 4 | 4 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Restrepo | D | 4 | 4 | 362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Edwards | D | 3 | 3 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 57 | 44 | 3983 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Payne | 4 | 4 | 323:00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quinn O'sullivan | 1 | 0 | 39:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5 | 4 | 362:00 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.49 | 0 | 0 |
