1997–98 Wichita Thunder season

The 1997–98 Wichita Thunder season was the sixth season of the CHL franchise in Wichita, Kansas.

The Thunder won the 1997–98 CHL Western Conference Champions, but were swept in the finals by the Columbus Cottonmouths.

Regular season

Division standings

Western Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
x-Oklahoma City Blazers	70	48	19	3	319	237	99
x-Wichita Thunder	70	35	31	4	302	303	74
x-Tulsa Oilers	70	34	31	5	308	274	73
x-Memphis RiverKings	70	25	40	5	239	287	55
e-Fort Worth Fire	70	13	53	4	214	397	30

y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention

Player statistics

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jim McGeough 68 38 39 77 - 78 Cory Dosdall 65 33 39 72 - 261 David Beauregard 57 42 29 71 - 86 Cam Plante 67 8 62 70 - 112 Jason Duda 60 32 33 65 - 62 Tyler Rice 61 35 27 62 - 176 Travis Clayton 70 27 35 62 - 84 Brian Stacey 37 18 20 38 - 63 Craig Coxe 31 9 29 38 - 75 Steve Magnusson 39 10 22 32 - 78 Eddy Marchant 43 12 16 28 - 129 Jude Boulianne 33 4 20 24 - 22 Sean O'Reilly 53 3 21 24 - 195 Dan Delisle 60 5 16 21 - 108 Curtis Voth 60 8 12 20 - 267 Clint Black 34 8 11 19 - 33 Chris Dashney 34 1 15 16 - 45 Todd Newton 22 3 4 7 - 56 Phil Daigle 6 1 5 6 - 2 Jeff Beaudin 23 1 5 6 - 62 Mike Flanagan 34 0 6 6 - 72 Evgeni Feldman 10 2 3 5 - 4 Joel Boschman 8 0 4 4 - 9 Vernon Beardy 15 0 3 3 - 9 Vinnie Jonasson 12 1 1 2 - 6 Pierre Lindahl 18 0 2 2 - 81 Rob Friesen 12 2 1 3 0 0 Blake Sheane 4 1 0 1 - 10 Jay Dobrescu 6 0 1 1 - 11 Todd Johnson 0 0 0 0 - 0 Jeff Salajko 0 0 0 0 - 0 Brian Langlot 1 0 0 0 - 0 Jody Lehman 2 0 0 0 - 0 Craig Lochhead 2 0 0 0 - 0 Andy Adams 3 0 0 0 - 2 Ray DeSouza 4 0 0 0 - 18 Mike Hiebert 4 0 0 0 - 11 Hugo Hamelin 30 0 0 0 - 20

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award
David Beauregard	CHL Rookie of the Year

See also

• 1997–98 CHL season

External links

• 1997–98 Wichita Thunder season at Hockey Database