1997-98 Michigan K-Wings Statistics
International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 36-39 (SO: 0-7) - 79 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Claude Noel (36-39, 7 OTL)
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Attendance: 145,000, Avg. 3,537 in 41 home dates
1997-98 Michigan K-Wings RosterTeam Record: 36-39 (SO: 0-7) - 79 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Claude Noel (36-39, 7 OTL)
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Attendance: 145,000, Avg. 3,537 in 41 home dates
The Michigan K-Wings of the International Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 36 wins and 39 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 79 points in the IHL's Central Division.
The K-Wings scored 223 goals and allowed 261. Chris Tancill netted 30 goals for Michigan and contributed 39 assists. Manny Fernandez earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.76 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Claude Noel coached the team. The 1997-98 Michigan K-Wings 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Tancill | C | 70 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 86 | -6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 255 | 11.8 |
| Peter Douris | R | 78 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 29 | -6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 247 | 10.5 |
| Derrick Smith | L | 64 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 39 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 9.7 |
| Alexander Galchenyuk | C | 66 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 42 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 10.9 |
| Marty Flichel | RW | 74 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 56 | -12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 10.7 |
| John Emmons | C | 81 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 85 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 9.0 |
| Brad Lukowich | D | 60 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 104 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 5.6 |
| Jamie Wright | L | 53 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 31 | -7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 161 | 9.3 |
| Petr Buzek | D | 60 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 58 | -13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 7.8 |
| Lee Jinman | C | 61 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 54 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 6.7 |
| Jason Botterill | L | 50 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 82 | -13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 9.3 |
| Tony Hrkac | C | 20 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 13.0 |
| Ryan Gillis | D | 81 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 77 | -25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 133 | 5.3 |
| Jeff Mitchell | R | 62 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 206 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 11.8 |
| Frederic Bouchard | D | 53 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 46 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 2.4 |
| Bench | 82 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jed Fiebelkorn | LW | 46 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 64 | -17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 13.0 |
| Aris Brimanis | D | 35 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 4.8 |
| Dan Keczmer | D | 44 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 29 | -25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1.4 |
| Brad Berry | D | 67 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 60 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 4.1 |
| Sergey Gusev | D | 36 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 36 | -14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 3.4 |
| Kevin Sawyer | L | 60 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 398 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3.4 |
| Ric Jackman | D | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Dan Hendrickson | C | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Juha Lind | L | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Patrick Cote | L | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Dmitri Rodin | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Manny Fernandez | G | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Spoltore | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vladislav Boulin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Bezeau | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Willis | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Carrier | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cory Johnson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brian Ridolfi | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Roman Turek | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Kriss | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Martin Legault | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Secord | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jason Glover | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Darren Maloney | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Eldred | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mark Vilneff | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Kolenda | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Dyck | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Dezainde | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brian Clifford | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmanuel Labranche | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwight Parrish | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sal Manganaro | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1479 | 223 | 352 | 575 | 1735 | -250 | 73 | 4 | 23 | 2497 | 8.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Willis | 31 | 1584 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 3.52 | 769 | 676 | .879 |
| Manny Fernandez | 55 | 3022 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 139 | 2.76 | 1656 | 1517 | .916 |
| Roman Turek | 2 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.52 | 69 | 64 | .928 |
| Steve Carrier | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| Martin Legault | 1 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.36 | 19 | 15 | .789 |
| Larry Dyck | 2 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.04 | 66 | 56 | .848 |
| Totals | 92 | 4902 | 36 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 251 | 3.07 | 2580 | 2329 | .903 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Tancill | C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Douris | R | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Smith | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexander Galchenyuk | C | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Flichel | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Emmons | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Lukowich | D | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Petr Buzek | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Botterill | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Gillis | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Mitchell | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jed Fiebelkorn | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aris Brimanis | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergey Gusev | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Sawyer | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ric Jackman | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Fernandez | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Dyck | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bermingham | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Fernandez | 2 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.77 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.77 | 0 |
