1997-98 Houston Aeros Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 50-22 (SO: 0-10) - 110 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Tippett (50-22, 10 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 340,406, Avg. 8,303 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Houston Aeros RosterTeam Record: 50-22 (SO: 0-10) - 110 points
in the IHL's Southwest Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Dave Tippett (50-22, 10 OTL)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 340,406, Avg. 8,303 in 41 home dates
The Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 50 wins and 22 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 110 points in the IHL's Southwest Division.
The Aeros netted 268 goals and surrendered 214. David Oliver scored 38 goals for Houston, while Brian Wiseman contributed 72 assists. Ryan Bach earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.32 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Dave Tippett coached the team. The 1997-98 Houston Aeros 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wiseman | C | 78 | 26 | 72 | 98 | 86 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 162 | 16.0 |
| Greg Hawgood | D | 81 | 19 | 52 | 71 | 75 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 7.0 |
| David Oliver | R | 78 | 38 | 27 | 65 | 60 | -5 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 243 | 15.6 |
| Rob Valicevic | R | 72 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 47 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 209 | 13.9 |
| Ken McRae | C | 78 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 192 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 191 | 11.5 |
| Mark Freer | C | 74 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 41 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 8.3 |
| Cam Stewart | L | 63 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 125 | 14.4 |
| Mike Yeo | LW | 72 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 128 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 146 | 13.7 |
| Jeff Tory | D | 74 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 35 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 6.4 |
| Neil Brady | C | 65 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 7.2 |
| Brent Hughes | L | 79 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 128 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 14.3 |
| Mike Maurice | C | 36 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 14 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 11.0 |
| Paul Dyck | D | 81 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 82 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 5.7 |
| Blake Sloan | R | 70 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 3.2 |
| Trent Cull | D | 72 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 201 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 |
| Bench | 82 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Morissette | L | 67 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 254 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 |
| Gord Kruppke | D | 71 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 171 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3.8 |
| Robert Lang | C | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Kelly Perrault | D | 53 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 6.5 |
| Terry Hollinger | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Jamey Hicks | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Ryan Bach | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederic Chabot | G | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Pawluk | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tim Thomas | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Thuss | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Peter Skudra | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Uniacke | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Neil Donovan | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Kungle | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Steve Debus | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Findlay | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Christian Soucy | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Graeme Townshend | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Bell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Larry Dyck | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1476 | 268 | 432 | 700 | 1842 | 129 | 79 | 8 | 40 | 2448 | 10.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Skudra | 9 | 499 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2.77 | 237 | 214 | .903 |
| Christian Soucy | 5 | 288 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.88 | 106 | 97 | .915 |
| Ryan Bach | 43 | 2452 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 95 | 2.32 | 1109 | 1014 | .914 |
| Larry Dyck | 5 | 279 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.44 | 130 | 114 | .877 |
| Frederic Chabot | 22 | 1237 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 2.23 | 584 | 538 | .921 |
| Chuck Thuss | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 32 | 28 | .875 |
| Steve Debus | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.22 | 8 | 7 | .875 | |
| Tim Thomas | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.07 | 27 | 23 | .852 |
| Totals | 87 | 4901 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 198 | 2.42 | 2233 | 2035 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wiseman | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Hawgood | D | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Oliver | R | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Valicevic | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken McRae | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Freer | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Stewart | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Yeo | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Tory | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Brady | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Hughes | L | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Dyck | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blake Sloan | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent Cull | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Morissette | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gord Kruppke | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Perrault | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Hollinger | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederic Chabot | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvain Naud | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 68 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
