1998-99 Kansas City Blades Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 44-31 (SO: 0-7) - 95 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Paul MacLean (44-31, 7 OTL)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 246,427, Avg. 6,010 in 41 home dates
1998-99 Kansas City Blades RosterTeam Record: 44-31 (SO: 0-7) - 95 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Paul MacLean (44-31, 7 OTL)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 246,427, Avg. 6,010 in 41 home dates
The Kansas City Blades of the International Hockey League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 44 wins and 31 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 95 points in the IHL's Midwest Division.
The Blades netted 256 goals and allowed 270. Jason Cirone scored 42 goals for Kansas City, while David Ling tallied 30 or more, too. David Ling contributed 42 assists. Patrick Lalime earned 39 wins for the squad and a team-best 3.01 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Paul MacLean coached the team. The 1998-99 Kansas City Blades 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ling | R | 82 | 30 | 42 | 72 | 112 | -8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 297 | 10.1 |
| Jason Cirone | C | 82 | 42 | 26 | 68 | 151 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 256 | 16.4 |
| Eric Perrin | C | 82 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 71 | -7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 11.3 |
| Jean-Guy Trudel | L | 76 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 66 | -8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 189 | 12.7 |
| Pat Ferschweiler | RW/D | 80 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 66 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 5.3 |
| Dan Ratushny | D | 70 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 38 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 5.1 |
| Dave Chyzowski | L | 67 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 147 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 13.9 |
| Dale Craigwell | C | 61 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 14 | -19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 11.5 |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 77 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 52 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 4.0 |
| Brendan Yarema | C | 69 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 163 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 9.2 |
| Dody Wood | C | 60 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 286 | -8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 9.9 |
| David Vallieres | LW | 61 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 10.0 |
| Ryan Mulhern | R | 59 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 82 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 7.1 |
| Jon Rohloff | D | 41 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 42 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 4.6 |
| Steven Low | D | 64 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 100 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 3.2 |
| Lonnie Loach | L | 22 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 | -10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 13.8 |
| Bench | 82 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Naumenko | D | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 4.0 |
| Dan Harrison | D | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Grant Richison | D | 65 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0.0 |
| Brian Bonin | C | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 4.4 |
| Rocky Welsing | D | 45 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 4.4 |
| Brent Bilodeau | D | 35 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 66 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Ference | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Trevor Sherban | D | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Patrick Lalime | G | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Rud | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Marty Melnychuk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Smith | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walker McDonald | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuomas Gronman | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Brian Leitza | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Kelly | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Brian Sullivan | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Hoople | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1482 | 256 | 407 | 663 | 1776 | -92 | 63 | 8 | 31 | 2770 | 9.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Sebastien Aubin | 13 | 751 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3.28 | 412 | 371 | .900 |
| Patrick Lalime | 66 | 3789 | 39 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 190 | 3.01 | 1898 | 1708 | .900 |
| Greg Smith | 3 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.84 | 35 | 32 | .914 |
| Brian Leitza | 3 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.58 | 88 | 78 | .886 |
| Ryan Hoople | 3 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4.58 | 66 | 56 | .848 |
| Totals | 88 | 4900 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 254 | 3.11 | 2499 | 2245 | .898 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ling | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Cirone | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Perrin | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Guy Trudel | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Ferschweiler | RW/D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Ratushny | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Craigwell | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brendan Yarema | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dody Wood | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Vallieres | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Rohloff | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Loach | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Naumenko | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Richison | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Ference | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Lalime | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 54 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lalime | 3 | 179 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2.01 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 179 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2.01 | 0 |
