1997–98 Colorado Avalanche season
Appearance
1997–98 Colorado Avalanche | |
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Pacific Division champions | |
Division | 1st Pacific |
Conference | 2nd Western |
1997–98 record | 39–26–17 |
Home record | 21–10–10 |
Road record | 18–16–7 |
Goals for | 231 |
Goals against | 205 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pierre Lacroix |
Coach | Marc Crawford |
Captain | Joe Sakic |
Alternate captains | Claude Lemieux Adam Foote |
Arena | McNichols Sports Arena |
Average attendance | 16,061 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hershey Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Joe Sakic (27) |
Assists | Peter Forsberg (66) |
Points | Peter Forsberg (91) |
Penalty minutes | Jeff Odgers (213) |
Plus/minus | Uwe Krupp (+21) |
Wins | Patrick Roy (31) |
Goals against average | Craig Billington (2.32) |
The 1997–98 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's third season.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 231 | 205 | 95 |
2 | 5 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 227 | 225 | 87 |
3 | 7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 215 | 224 | 80 |
4 | 8 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 210 | 216 | 78 |
5 | 11 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 217 | 252 | 67 |
6 | 12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 205 | 261 | 65 |
7 | 13 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 25 | 43 | 14 | 224 | 273 | 64 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 242 | 167 | 109 |
2 | x – Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 231 | 205 | 95 |
3 | Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 250 | 196 | 103 |
4 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 256 | 204 | 98 |
5 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 227 | 225 | 87 |
6 | Phoenix Coyotes | CEN | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 224 | 227 | 82 |
7 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 215 | 224 | 80 |
8 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 210 | 216 | 78 |
9 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 192 | 199 | 73 |
10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 194 | 237 | 69 |
11 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 26 | 41 | 15 | 217 | 252 | 67 |
12 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 205 | 261 | 65 |
13 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 25 | 43 | 14 | 224 | 273 | 64 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won Division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 7–2–5 (home: 4–0–3; road: 3–2–2)
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November: 6–4–3 (home: 2–2–1; road: 4–2–2)
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December: 8–2–4 (home: 5–0–3; road: 3–2–1)
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January: 5–5–4 (home: 3–3–3; road: 2–2–1)
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February: 5–1–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–0–0)
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March: 6–7–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 4–4–0)
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April: 2–5–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–4–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]1998 Stanley Cup playoffs[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers – Oilers win 4–3
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
21 | Peter Forsberg | C | 72 | 25 | 66 | 91 | 6 | 94 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 12 |
13 | Valeri Kamensky | LW | 75 | 26 | 40 | 66 | −2 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
19 | Joe Sakic | C | 64 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
22 | Claude Lemieux | RW | 78 | 26 | 27 | 53 | −7 | 115 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
8 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 66 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −12 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −3 | 14 |
18 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 73 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 0 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
28 | Eric Lacroix | LW | 82 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |
4 | Uwe Krupp | D | 78 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
20 | Rene Corbet | LW | 68 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Stephane Yelle | C | 81 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −10 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 12 |
17 | Jari Kurri | RW | 70 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
52 | Adam Foote | D | 77 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 23 |
29 | Eric Messier | LW | 62 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
24 | Jon Klemm | D | 67 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | Alexei Gusarov | D | 72 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
16 | Jeff Odgers† | RW | 68 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 213 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 25 |
12 | Shean Donovan† | RW | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Keith Jones | RW | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 13 |
2 | Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 81 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
10 | Josef Marha‡ | C | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Aaron Miller | D | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
9 | Mike Ricci‡ | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Tom Fitzgerald† | RW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 20 |
27 | Francois Leroux | D | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 140 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Patrick Roy | G | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
6 | Wade Belak | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Yves Sarault | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Pascal Trepanier | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Craig Billington | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 | Brad Larsen | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Christian Matte | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Warren Rychel† | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 24 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Patrick Roy | 65 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 1825 | 153 | 2.39 | .916 | 4 | 3835 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 191 | 18 | 2.51 | .906 | 0 | 430 |
1 | Craig Billington | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 588 | 45 | 2.32 | .923 | 1 | 1162 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | − | 0 | 1 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL First All-Star Team | Peter Forsberg (Center) | [3] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Peter Forsberg[a] | [5] |
Valeri Kamensky | |||
Jari Kurri[b] | |||
Sandis Ozolinsh[a] | |||
Patrick Roy[a] | |||
Joe Sakic | |||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Eric Messier (October) | [7] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
[edit]Colorado's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 26 | Kevin Grimes | ![]() |
Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
2 | 53 | Graham Belak | ![]() |
Edmonton Ice (WHL) |
3 | 55 | Rick Berry | ![]() |
Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
3 | 78 | Ville Nieminen | ![]() |
Tappara (Finland) |
4 | 87 | Brad Larsen | ![]() |
Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
5 | 133 | Aaron Miskovich | ![]() |
Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
6 | 161 | David Aebischer | ![]() |
HC Fribourg-Gotteron (Switzerland) |
8 | 217 | Doug Schmidt | ![]() |
Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) |
9 | 243 | Kyle Kidney | ![]() |
Salisbury School (USHS-CT) |
9 | 245 | Steve Lafleur | ![]() |
Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Colorado Avalanche 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- "1997-98 Colorado Avalanche Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1997-98 Colorado Avalanche Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1998". NHL.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Harris, Beth (January 17, 1998). "All-Star game a fitting tribute to Kurri". New Bedford Standard-Times. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
Not voted as a starter by the fans and not selected as a reserve by the league, he was one of four players chosen by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.