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1997–98 Calgary Flames season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1997–98
year	1997
Team	Calgary Flames
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	11th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	5th
Record	26–41–15
HomeRecord	18–17–6
RoadRecord	8–24–9
GoalsFor	217
GoalsAgainst	252
GeneralManager	Al Coates
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Todd Simpson
AltCaptain	Theoren Fleury
Andrew Cassels
Arena	Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Attendance	16,940
MinorLeague	Saint John Flames
Roanoke Express
GoalsLeader	Theoren Fleury (27)
Cory Stillman (27)
AssistsLeader	Theoren Fleury (51)
PointsLeader	Theoren Fleury (78)
PIMLeader	Theoren Fleury (197)
PlusMinusLeader	Jim Dowd (+10)
Michael Nylander (+10)
WinsLeader	Rick Tabaracci (13)
GAALeader	Rick Tabaracci (2.88)

Andrew Cassels Roanoke Express Cory Stillman (27) Michael Nylander (+10)

The 1997–98 Calgary Flames season was the 18th National Hockey League season in Calgary. After a disappointing 1996–97 season, the Flames looked to newly hired coach Brian Sutter to return the Flames to the playoffs.

The off-season featured the trade of highly popular forward Gary Roberts shortly before the season began. Roberts missed the entire 1996–97 NHL season due to injury after playing only 35 games in 1995–96. Feeling that playing in the Eastern Conference with its lower travel would help aid him in his comeback, the Flames agreed to trade Roberts. He was dealt, along with starting goaltender Trevor Kidd to the Carolina Hurricanes for Andrew Cassels and Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

The season would serve as a bitter disappointment for the Flames from start to end, as the Flames would struggle to score goals all season long, ultimately finishing with the worst record in Calgary history at 26–41–15, while 67 points was the lowest in franchise history since the expansion Atlanta Flames managed just 65 in 1972–73. The Flames finished eleven points behind the 8th place San Jose Sharks, missing the playoffs for the second straight season.

Theoren Fleury was named to the North American team at the 1998 NHL All Star Game, where he recorded two assists playing on a line with Wayne Gretzky and Mark Recchi. Defenceman Derek Morris was named a Rookie All Star.

Fleury also represented Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Prior to the start of the season, the Flames purchased the Western Hockey League's Calgary Hitmen for approximately $1.5 million. The struggling franchise was nearly destroyed by the fallout of the Graham James scandal.

Regular season

On Friday, October 17, 1997, the Flames scored three short-handed goals in a 6-5 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 1 || Detroit || 3 – 1 || Calgary || || Tabaracci || 17,893 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || October 3 || Colorado || 4 – 1 || Calgary || || Tabaracci || 15,327 || 0–2–0 || 0 || |- | 3 || October 7 || Toronto || 2 – 1 || Calgary || || Tabaracci || 16,831 || 0–3–0 || 0 || |- | 4 || October 9 || NY Rangers || 1 – 1 || Calgary || OT || Roloson || 16,756 || 0–3–1 || 1 || |- | 5 || October 12 || Calgary || 4 – 4 || Detroit || OT || Tabaracci || 19,983 || 0–3–2 || 2 || |- | 6 || October 14 || Calgary || 4 – 5 || Dallas || OT || Roloson || 14,892 || 0–4–2 || 2 || |- | 7 || October 17 || Colorado || 5 – 6 || Calgary || OT || Tabaracci || 16,432 || 1–4–2 || 4 || |- | 8 || October 18 || Boston || 3 – 0 || Calgary || || Tabaracci || 16,673 || 1–5–2 || 4 || |- | 9 || October 22 || Calgary || 1 – 4 || Buffalo || || Tabaracci || 11,222 || 1–6–2 || 4 || |- | 10 || October 23 || Calgary || 3 – 4 || Philadelphia || || Roloson || 19,319 || 1–7–2 || 4 || |- | 11 || October 25 || Calgary || 3 – 4 || Toronto || || Tabaracci || 15,726 || 1–8–2 || 4 || |- | 12 || October 28 || Pittsburgh || 3 – 6 || Calgary || || Moss || 15,645 || 2–8–2 || 6 || |- | 13 || October 30 || Phoenix || 2 – 4 || Calgary || || Moss || 15,761 || 3–8–2 || 8 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Flames only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
14	RW	82	27	51	78	0	197
16	LW	72	27	22	49	−9	40
18	LW	75	19	25	44	1	34
21	C	81	17	27	44	−7	32
13	C	68	18	22	40	−1	38
92	C	65	13	23	36	10	35
12	RW	70	13	19	32	−10	29
53	D	82	9	20	29	1	88
32	D	79	5	22	27	1	169
5	D	69	2	17	19	9	32
3	D	60	6	11	17	−2	26
17	LW	31	9	7	16	4	6
34	C	48	6	8	14	10	12
44	LW	50	6	8	14	−9	16
15	RW	52	8	5	13	−18	170
6	D	44	5	7	12	0	57
2	D	43	3	8	11	3	104
8	RW	16	5	4	9	0	2
42	LW	64	4	5	9	−1	122
33	D	35	2	7	9	−12	41
7	LW	70	3	3	6	−11	149
27	D	53	1	5	6	−10	109
24	LW	12	4	1	5	−1	28
23	C	26	2	3	5	−5	24
30	G	39	0	4	4		10
29	C	12	2	1	3	−4	8
19	D	12	0	2	2	4	10
11	C	12	1	0	1	−2	4
4	D	19	0	1	1	−3	6
20	LW	13	0	1	1	0	27
26	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0
31	G	42	0	1	1		14
57	C	5	0	0	0	0	23
43	LW	5	0	0	0	0	23
39	D	2	0	0	0	0	4
24	D	10	0	0	0	−5	16
1	G	6	0	0	0		0
28	C	2	0	0	0	1	2
8	LW	23	0	0	0	−6	113
55	D	12	0	0	0	0	61
58	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SO
31	Rick Tabaracci	42	13	22	6	1087	116	2.88	.893	2419
30	Dwayne Roloson	39	11	16	8	997	110	2.99	.890	2205
1	Tyler Moss	6	2	3	1	186	20	3.27	.892	367

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL All-Rookie Team	Derek Morris (Defence)
[NHL All-Star Game](1998-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Theoren Fleury
Molson Cup	Theoren Fleury
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award	Ed Ward

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Steve Begin	October 1, 1997
Chris Dingman
Derek Morris
Denis Gauthier	October 9, 1997
Erik Andersson	October 17, 1997
Tyler Moss	October 28, 1997
Eric Landry	November 15, 1997
Rocky Thompson	January 28, 1998
Travis Brigley	April 11, 1998
Sergei Varlamov	April 17, 1998

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1997–98 season.

Trades

March 24, 1998	To Calgary Flames	To Tampa Bay Lightning

Free agents

Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1997 NHL entry draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics	GP	G	A	Pts
1	6	Daniel Tkaczuk	C	Barrie Colts (OHL)	19	4	7	11	14
2	32	Evan Lindsay		G	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	42	John Tripp	RW	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	43	2	7	9	35
2	51	Dmitri Kokorev	D	Moscow Dynamo (RSL)
3	60	Derek Schultz	C	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	70	Erik Andersson	LW	University of Denver (NCAA)	12	2	1	3	8
4	92	Chris St. Croix	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	100	Ryan Ready	LW	Belleville Bulls (OHL)	7	0	1	1	0
5	113	Martin Moise	RW	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
6	140	Ilya Demidov	D	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	167	Jeremy Rondeau	LW	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9	223	Dustin Paul	RW	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

Farm teams

[[Saint John Flames]]

The Baby Flames finished the 1997–98 American Hockey League season with a franchise record 43 wins, as their 43–24–13 record led the Flames to the Atlantic Division title, the first division championship in team history. The Flames marched to the Calder Cup finals, defeating the St. John's Maple Leafs 3–1, the Portland Pirates 4–2, and Hartford Wolf Pack 4–1. The Flames fell to the Philadelphia Phantoms 4–2 in the finals, however. Hnat Domenichelli led the Flames with 33 goals, while Ladislav Kohn led the team with 56 points. Tyler Moss played the majority of the games in goal, leading the team with 19 wins in 39 games, while his 2.49 GAA was just behind the 2.46 posted by Jean-Sebastien Giguere in 31 games.

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 114.

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