1997-98 Cleveland Lumberjacks Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 35-37 (SO: 0-10) - 80 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Perry Ganchar (35-37, 10 OTL)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 372,762, Avg. 9,092 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Cleveland Lumberjacks RosterTeam Record: 35-37 (SO: 0-10) - 80 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Perry Ganchar (35-37, 10 OTL)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 372,762, Avg. 9,092 in 41 home dates
The Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 37 losses, with a 0-10 showing in shootouts for 80 points in the IHL's Central Division.
The Lumberjacks netted 228 goals and allowed 262. Brett Harkins scored 32 goals for Cleveland and contributed 62 assists. Pat Jablonski topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.02 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Perry Ganchar coached the team. The 1997-98 Cleveland Lumberjacks lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Harkins | C | 80 | 32 | 62 | 94 | 82 | -7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 197 | 16.2 |
| Brad Lauer | L | 68 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 74 | -3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 10.6 |
| Jock Callander | C | 72 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 105 | -12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 217 | 9.2 |
| Martin St. Louis | R | 56 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 24 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 11.5 |
| Eric Perrin | C | 69 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 34 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 176 | 6.8 |
| Joe Dziedzic | L | 65 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 176 | -12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 199 | 10.6 |
| Dave Baseggio | D | 62 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 70 | -10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 7.4 |
| Rob Pearson | R | 46 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 118 | -6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 15.5 |
| Jason McBain | D | 65 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 62 | -15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 5.5 |
| Chris Longo | RW | 81 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 80 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 6.4 |
| Mark Cornforth | D | 68 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 146 | -19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 4.3 |
| John Craighead | R | 49 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 233 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 12.5 |
| Jim Paek | D | 75 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 7.6 |
| Lane Lambert | R | 39 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 60 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 5.8 |
| Dale DeGray | D | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1.7 |
| Stefan Bergkvist | D | 71 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Vadim Epanchintsev | C | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.3 |
| Bench | 82 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rusty Fitzgerald | C | 34 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 5.6 |
| Ryan Mougenel | RW | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 58 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Burke Murphy | F | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Jason Ruff | L | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Jason Bonsignore | C | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 28.6 |
| Rick Hayward | D | 41 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 191 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Steve Wilson | D | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Darren Wetherill | D | 51 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 89 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Rick Girard | C/LW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Steve Kelly | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Sean Tallaire | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Pat Jablonski | G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexei Krivchenkov | D | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Christian Campeau | RW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Rob Dumas | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Rucinski | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sal Manganaro | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Tamburro | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cail MacLean | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Osborne | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Eric Lavigne | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| J.P. O'Connor | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| David Brumby | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Draper | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Dartsch | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Simon | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Derek Wilkinson | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1482 | 228 | 384 | 612 | 2151 | -107 | 75 | 6 | 27 | 2500 | 9.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Wilkinson | 25 | 1295 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 2.92 | 676 | 613 | .907 |
| Mike Tamburro | 19 | 1059 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 3.29 | 562 | 504 | .897 |
| Tom Draper | 9 | 497 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2.41 | 255 | 235 | .922 |
| Pat Jablonski | 34 | 1950 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 3.02 | 1078 | 980 | .909 |
| David Brumby | 2 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.42 | 35 | 31 | .886 |
| Totals | 89 | 4900 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 243 | 2.98 | 2606 | 2363 | .907 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Harkins | C | 10 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Lauer | L | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jock Callander | C | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Dziedzic | L | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Baseggio | D | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Pearson | R | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason McBain | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Longo | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Paek | D | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lane Lambert | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale DeGray | D | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Bergkvist | D | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rusty Fitzgerald | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Ruff | L | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Bonsignore | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Girard | C/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kelly | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Tallaire | RW | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Campeau | RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Lavigne | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Draper | G | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Wilkinson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 171 | 35 | 62 | 97 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Wilkinson | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.22 | 0 | ||
| Tom Draper | 10 | 582 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.30 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 609 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.25 | 0 |
