1997-98 Grand Rapids Griffins Statistics

International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 38-31 (SO: 0-13) - 89 points
in the IHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Allison (30-25, 7 OTL)
Coach: Bob McNamara (8-6, 6 OTL)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Attendance: 438,924, Avg. 10,705 in 41 home dates

1997-98 Grand Rapids Griffins Roster

The Grand Rapids Griffins of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 38 wins and 31 losses, with a 0-13 showing in shootouts for 89 points in the IHL's Northeast Division.

The Griffins scored 225 goals and allowed 242. Michel Picard netted 28 goals for Grand Rapids and contributed 41 assists. Ian Gordon earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Patrick Lalime registered a 2.61 goals against average, best among regularly-used goaltenders.

Dave Allison and Bob McNamara coached the team. The 1997-98 Grand Rapids Griffins 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%
Michel Picard	L	58	28	41	69	42	5	6	1	3	206	13.6
Mark Greig	R	69	26	36	62	103	9	9	2	0	244	10.7
Glen Metropolit	C	79	20	35	55	90	19	5	1	2	186	10.8
Ed Patterson	R	81	12	31	43	226	-3	5	2	4	148	8.1
Travis Richards	D	81	12	20	32	70	10	6	0	2	155	7.7
Sean Tallaire	RW	73	13	17	30	65	-7	3	0	5	147	8.8
Greg Bullock	C	35	9	19	28	58	5	5	1	1	62	14.5
Todd Nelson	D	75	6	21	27	36	15	5	0	2	99	6.1
Kerry Huffman	D	73	4	23	27	60	4	2	0	0	150	2.7
Danton Cole	R	81	13	13	26	36	-5	4	0	2	145	9.0
Chris Lindberg	L	18	8	14	22	25	7	1	0	0	47	17.0
Matt Ruchty	LW	64	8	14	22	259	14	2	0	4	72	11.1
Brian Sullivan	R	54	12	7	19	49	0	3	0	2	79	15.2
Shane Hnidy	D	77	6	12	18	210	2	0	0	1	93	6.5
Claude Boivin	L	31	12	5	17	69	10	4	0	0	68	17.6
Tom Ashe	D	53	5	8	13	38	6	3	0	1	63	7.9
Greg Clancy	C	50	9	3	12	26	-6	0	0	1	60	15.0
Bruce Ramsay	LW	62	5	6	11	310	6	1	0	1	33	15.2
Jason Weaver	LW	44	4	5	9	56	-2	1	0	0	53	7.5
Dean Trboyevich	D	66	2	5	7	94	0	0	0	0	44	4.5
Bench		82	6		6	36		0	0	0	0
Darcy Simon	D	13	1	3	4	56	7	0	0	0	17	5.9
Vaclav Nedomansky	RW	7	3	0	3	4	-2	1	0	1	25	12.0
Mark Cornforth	D	8	1	2	3	20	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
Ruslan Batyrshin	D	22	0	2	2	54	-6	0	0	0	9	0.0
Pokey Reddick	G	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Lavigne	D	4	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Jamie Linden	R	2	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ian Gordon	G	49	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Feasby	D	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Don McSween	D	2	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Drevitch	D	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	9	0.0
Shawn Reid	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrick Lalime	G	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Blair Manning	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cory Johnson	LW	8	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0	7	0.0
Travis Tucker	D	2	0	0	0	7	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Mark Vilneff	D	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		1480	225	348	573	2133	78	66	7	32	2244	10.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Pokey Reddick	10	575	5	5	0	0	0	33	3.44	309	276	.893
Ian Gordon	49	2573	23	16	4	1	1	115	2.68	1242	1127	.907
Patrick Lalime	31	1749	10	10	9	4	2	76	2.61	929	853	.918
Totals	90	4897	38	31	13	5	3	224	2.74	2480	2256	.910

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mark Greig	R	3	0	4	4	4
Glen Metropolit	C	3	1	1	2	0
Ed Patterson	R	3	2	1	3	8
Travis Richards	D	3	1	1	2	4
Greg Bullock	C	3	0	1	1	4
Todd Nelson	D	3	0	0	0	2
Kerry Huffman	D	3	0	0	0	2
Danton Cole	R	3	1	1	2	0
Matt Ruchty	LW	3	1	2	3	20
Shane Hnidy	D	3	0	2	2	23
Claude Boivin	L	3	0	0	0	8
Tom Ashe	D	3	1	0	1	6
Jason Weaver	LW	2	0	1	1	0
Vaclav Nedomansky	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Mark Cornforth	D	3	0	0	0	17
Jamie Linden	R	1	0	0	0	0
Ian Gordon	G	2	0	0	0	0
Maxim Spiridonov	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Patrick Lalime	G	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		51	7	14	21	98

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Patrick Lalime	1	77	0	1	0	0	0	4	3.12		0
Totals	1	77	0	1	0	0	0	4	3.12		0

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