1997-98 Chicago Wolves Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 55-24 (SO: 0-3) - 113 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Won League Championship
Coach: John Anderson (55-24, 3 OTL)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1997-98 Chicago Wolves RosterTeam Record: 55-24 (SO: 0-3) - 113 points
in the IHL's Midwest Division
Won League Championship
Coach: John Anderson (55-24, 3 OTL)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Wolves of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 55 wins and 24 losses, with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 113 points in the IHL's Midwest Division.
The Wolves scored 301 goals, best in the league. Chicago conceded 258 goals. Steve Maltais netted 46 goals for the team, and Scott Pearson tallied 30 or more, too. Steve Maltais contributed 57 assists. Wendell Young earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.07 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.
John Anderson coached the team. The 1997-98 Chicago Wolves won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Maltais | L | 82 | 46 | 57 | 103 | 120 | -6 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 371 | 12.4 |
| Chris Marinucci | C | 78 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 178 | 15.2 |
| Alexander Semak | C | 67 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 90 | -4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 201 | 12.9 |
| Steve Martins | C | 78 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 122 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 12.6 |
| Tom Tilley | D | 73 | 9 | 49 | 58 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 5.7 |
| Ravil Gusmanov | L | 56 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 26 | -12 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 141 | 19.1 |
| Scott Pearson | L | 78 | 34 | 17 | 51 | 225 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 15.3 |
| Bob Nardella | D | 65 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 195 | 6.7 |
| Jamie Baker | C | 53 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 80 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 9.5 |
| Tim Breslin | LW | 81 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 140 | 7.1 |
| Matt Martin | D | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 4.9 |
| Doug Barrault | R | 63 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 26 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 9.7 |
| Steve Larouche | C | 13 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 23.7 |
| Tim Bergland | R | 49 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 71 | 11.3 |
| Kevin Dahl | D | 45 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 61 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 9.9 |
| Alexander Godynyuk | D | 50 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 85 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 4.4 |
| Bench | 82 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marc Potvin | R | 81 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 170 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Marc Rodgers | R | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Jeff Bes | C | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Paul Koch | D | 70 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| Dave Paradise | C | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Craig Binns | D | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 56 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Dennis Vial | D | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Wendell Young | G | 51 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Oates | LW | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Mylymok | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jason Hehr | D/C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Chad Remackel | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Rick Emmett | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brad Barton | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Stephane Beauregard | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Proulx | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Reid | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ray LeBlanc | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Brochu | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dave Craievich | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Bell | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Marshall | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mark Richards | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1483 | 301 | 490 | 791 | 1751 | 57 | 90 | 13 | 42 | 2727 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray LeBlanc | 14 | 728 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2.80 | 340 | 306 | .900 |
| Mark Richards | 7 | 349 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.75 | 164 | 148 | .902 |
| Wendell Young | 51 | 2912 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 149 | 3.07 | 1434 | 1285 | .896 |
| Stephane Beauregard | 18 | 917 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 3.21 | 413 | 364 | .881 |
| Totals | 90 | 4906 | 55 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 248 | 3.03 | 2351 | 2103 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Maltais | L | 22 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Marinucci | C | 22 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Semak | C | 22 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Martins | C | 21 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Tilley | D | 22 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ravil Gusmanov | L | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Pearson | L | 22 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Nardella | D | 22 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Baker | C | 22 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Breslin | LW | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Martin | D | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Barrault | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Larouche | C | 22 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Bergland | R | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Dahl | D | 20 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Godynyuk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Potvin | R | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Rodgers | R | 22 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Vial | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Young | G | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Mylymok | D | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephane Beauregard | G | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Craievich | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 375 | 77 | 132 | 209 | 475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Young | 9 | 515 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2.80 | 0 | ||
| Stephane Beauregard | 14 | 820 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2.63 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 1335 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 2.70 | 0 |
