1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 33-39 (SO: 0-10) - 76 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Chris McSorley (0-0)
Coach: Clint Malarchuk (6-9-4)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 273,109, Avg. 6,661 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder RosterTeam Record: 33-39 (SO: 0-10) - 76 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Chris McSorley (0-0)
Coach: Clint Malarchuk (6-9-4)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance: 273,109, Avg. 6,661 in 41 home dates
The Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 33 wins and 39 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 76 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Thunder scored 260 goals and yielded 305. Ken Quinney netted 34 goals for Las Vegas, while Jesse Belanger and Joe Day tallied 30 or more also. Patrice Lefebvre accounted for 89 assists. Manny Legace topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.16 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Chris McSorley and Clint Malarchuk coached the team. The 1997-98 Las Vegas Thunder 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrice Lefebvre | R | 77 | 27 | 89 | 116 | 113 | -13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 18.4 |
| Ken Quinney | L | 82 | 34 | 57 | 91 | 19 | -24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 253 | 13.4 |
| Jesse Belanger | C | 54 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 221 | 14.5 |
| Steve Bancroft | D | 70 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 148 | -13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 231 | 6.5 |
| Joe Day | C | 82 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 183 | -32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 159 | 18.9 |
| Jeff Christian | L | 30 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 90 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 9.8 |
| Trevor Roenick | RW | 69 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 105 | -17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 13.9 |
| Rob Pattison | LW | 61 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 68 | -23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 10.7 |
| Justin Kurtz | D | 63 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 11.8 |
| Sergei Yerkovich | D | 69 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 130 | -14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 4.9 |
| David Shaw | D | 26 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Bench | 82 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trent McCleary | R | 54 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 120 | -17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Russell Romaniuk | L | 22 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 26.1 |
| Darcy Loewen | L | 42 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 117 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7.8 |
| Rodrigo Lavinsh | D | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 53 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Ilja Byakin | D | 52 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 40 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 4.7 |
| Sergei Klimovich | C | 25 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Brett Punchard | LW | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | -10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 |
| Barry Potomski | L | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 143 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Tyler Prosofsky | RW | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Andrei Bashkirov | L | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Radoslav Suchy | D | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| John Slaney | D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Thom Cullen | D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Dan Shermerhorn | C | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Linden | R | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Christian Lariviere | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Brian Curran | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rhett Trombley | RW | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Sami Helenius | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Brent Bilodeau | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Scott Drevitch | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jason Mansoff | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Manny Legace | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jean-Paul Davis | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Keith McCambridge | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tim Cheveldae | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Wilkie | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Paxton Schulte | L | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Chad Wagner | RW | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 210 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Lorne Toews | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pavel Mikulchik | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Konstantin Simchuk | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris McSorley | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Sryubko | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Rastislav Pavlikovský | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Angelstad | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1457 | 260 | 414 | 674 | 2210 | -296 | 90 | 15 | 20 | 2342 | 11.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Cheveldae | 38 | 1942 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 128 | 3.95 | 1051 | 923 | .878 |
| Konstantin Simchuk | 16 | 846 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 3.19 | 436 | 391 | .897 |
| Manny Legace | 41 | 2106 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 111 | 3.16 | 1254 | 1143 | .911 |
| Totals | 95 | 4894 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 284 | 3.48 | 2741 | 2457 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrice Lefebvre | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Quinney | L | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Belanger | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Day | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Christian | L | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevor Roenick | RW | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergei Yerkovich | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent McCleary | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russell Romaniuk | L | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodrigo Lavinsh | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Potomski | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Curran | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sami Helenius | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Mansoff | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Legace | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith McCambridge | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paxton Schulte | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Ricard | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 68 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Legace | 4 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.05 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 237 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.05 | 0 |
