1997-98 Orlando Solar Bears Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 42-30 (SO: 0-10) - 94 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Curt Fraser (42-30, 10 OTL)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 296,013, Avg. 7,220 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Orlando Solar Bears RosterTeam Record: 42-30 (SO: 0-10) - 94 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Curt Fraser (42-30, 10 OTL)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Attendance: 296,013, Avg. 7,220 in 41 home dates
The Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 42 wins and 30 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 94 points in the IHL's Northeast Division.
The Solar Bears netted 258 goals and allowed 251. Hubie McDonough scored 32 goals for Orlando, while Mark Beaufait contributed 61 assists. David Littman topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.66 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Curt Fraser coached the team. The 1997-98 Orlando Solar Bears 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Beaufait | C | 76 | 24 | 61 | 85 | 56 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 175 | 13.7 |
| Hubie McDonough | C | 80 | 32 | 33 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 153 | 20.9 |
| Grigori Panteleev | L | 63 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 166 | 16.3 |
| Todd Richards | D | 75 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 68 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 4.9 |
| Scott Hollis | RW | 48 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 141 | 11.3 |
| Bill Armstrong | C | 62 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 15.6 |
| Pat Neaton | D | 78 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 7.9 |
| Eric Nickulas | R | 76 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 153 | 14.4 |
| Ben Hankinson | R | 80 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 221 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 8.5 |
| Pat Mikesch | C | 64 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 7.3 |
| Jeff Buchanan | D | 61 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 131 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 4.6 |
| Marc Dupuis | D | 44 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Dave Chyzowski | L | 17 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 15.8 |
| Kevin Smyth | L | 43 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 59 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 12.3 |
| Barry Dreger | D | 73 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Trevor Sim | R | 36 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 12.5 |
| David Mackey | L | 31 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 68 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 6.5 |
| Bench | 82 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Reggie Savage | R | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 |
| Dave MacIntyre | D | 19 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.0 |
| Sean McCann | D | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8.1 |
| Kelly Fairchild | C | 22 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Shawn Wansborough | LW | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Grant Richison | D | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Chris Lipuma | D | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Anders Bjork | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Dave Smith | L | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Mel Angelstad | L | 63 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 321 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Jason Herter | D | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Chad Dameworth | D | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Bes | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Clayton Norris | RW | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brian Stacey | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Tracy Egeland | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Frappier | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Drew Palmer | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Dallas | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Rucinski | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Hilton | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Miller | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| David Littman | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Geronazzo | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Allan Bester | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Janis Tomans | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Scott LaGrand | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1485 | 258 | 394 | 652 | 2321 | 110 | 64 | 11 | 32 | 2364 | 10.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott LaGrand | 23 | 1264 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3.23 | 647 | 579 | .895 |
| David Littman | 44 | 2303 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 2.66 | 1184 | 1082 | .914 |
| Allan Bester | 26 | 1330 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 2.98 | 630 | 564 | .895 |
| Totals | 93 | 4897 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 236 | 2.89 | 2461 | 2225 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Beaufait | C | 17 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hubie McDonough | C | 17 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grigori Panteleev | L | 17 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Richards | D | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hollis | RW | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Neaton | D | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Nickulas | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Hankinson | R | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Mikesch | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Smyth | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Dreger | D | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Mackey | L | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Savage | R | 17 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Wansborough | LW | 17 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grant Richison | D | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anders Bjork | C | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Angelstad | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Herter | D | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Stacey | D | 17 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Rucinski | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Littman | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Bester | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 288 | 62 | 106 | 168 | 447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Littman | 16 | 966 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 2.98 | 0 | ||
| Allan Bester | 2 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.74 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 1042 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 3.11 | 0 |
