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1997–98 Colorado Avalanche season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
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| League | NHL |
| Season | 1997–98 |
| year | 1997 |
| Team | Colorado Avalanche |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 2nd |
| Division | Pacific |
| DivisionRank | 1st |
| Record | 39–26–17 |
| HomeRecord | 21–10–10 |
| RoadRecord | 18–16–7 |
| GoalsFor | 231 |
| GoalsAgainst | 205 |
| GeneralManager | Pierre Lacroix |
| Coach | Marc Crawford |
| Captain | Joe Sakic |
| AltCaptain | Claude Lemieux |
| Adam Foote | |
| Arena | McNichols Sports Arena |
| Attendance | 16,061 |
| MinorLeague | Hershey Bears |
| GoalsLeader | Joe Sakic (27) |
| AssistsLeader | Peter Forsberg (66) |
| PointsLeader | Peter Forsberg (91) |
| PIMLeader | Jeff Odgers (213) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Uwe Krupp (+21) |
| WinsLeader | Patrick Roy (31) |
| GAALeader | Craig Billington (2.32) |
| DivisionWin | yes |
Adam Foote The 1997–98 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's third season.
Regular season
Season standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 1, 1997||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (1997–98) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||October 3, 1997||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) ||1–0–1 || |- |3||October 5, 1997||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) ||2–0–1 || |- |4||October 7, 1997||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||3–0–1 || |- |5||October 9, 1997||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1997–98) ||4–0–1 || |- |6||October 11, 1997||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) ||4–0–2 || |- |7||October 15, 1997||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) ||5–0–2 || |- |8||October 17, 1997||5–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) ||5–1–2 || |- |9||October 19, 1997||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) ||5–1–3 || |- |10||October 22, 1997||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1997–98) ||6–1–3 || |- |11||October 24, 1997||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||6–1–4 || |- |12||October 25, 1997||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) ||6–2–4 || |- |13||October 28, 1997||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||7–2–4 || |- |14||October 30, 1997||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) ||7–2–5 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 22, 1998 || 2–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers || Oilers lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 24, 1998 || 5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 26, 1998 || 5–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 28, 1998 || 3–1 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers || Avalanche lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 30, 1998 || 1–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers || Avalanche lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 2, 1998 || 0–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || May 4, 1998 || 0–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers || Oilers win 4–3 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | C | 72 | 25 | 66 | 91 | 6 | 94 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 13 | LW | 75 | 26 | 40 | 66 | −2 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |||
| 19 | C | 64 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 22 | RW | 78 | 26 | 27 | 53 | −7 | 115 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 8 | D | 66 | 13 | 38 | 51 | −12 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −3 | 14 | |||
| 18 | RW | 73 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 0 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |||
| 28 | LW | 82 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | |||
| 4 | D | 78 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 20 | LW | 68 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 26 | C | 81 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −10 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 12 | |||
| 17 | RW | 70 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 52 | D | 77 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 23 | |||
| 29 | LW | 62 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 20 | |||||||||
| 24 | D | 67 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 5 | D | 72 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 16 | RW | 68 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 213 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 25 | |||
| 12 | RW | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 48 | |||||||||
| 11 | RW | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −4 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 13 | |||
| 2 | D | 81 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | |||
| 10 | C | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | D | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 9 | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 | RW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 20 | |||
| 27 | D | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 140 | |||||||||
| 33 | G | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 27 | |||||||||
| 15 | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1 | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 40 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 10 | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 24 |
Goaltending
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | 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
Awards
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref | League | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (annual) | League | ||||
| (in-season) | |||||
| NHL First All-Star Team | Peter Forsberg (Center) | ||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](1998-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Peter Forsberg | ||||
| Valeri Kamensky | |||||
| Jari Kurri | |||||
| Sandis Ozolinsh | |||||
| Patrick Roy | |||||
| Joe Sakic | |||||
| NHL Rookie of the Month | Eric Messier (October) |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Trepanier | October 1, 1997 | |||
| Brad Larsen | March 21, 1998 |
Transactions
Draft picks
Colorado's draft picks at the 1997 NHL entry draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Notes
References
References
- "1997-98 Colorado Avalanche Schedule".
- "Postseason All-Star Teams".
- "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
- "1998 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- (January 17, 1998). "All-Star game a fitting tribute to Kurri".
- "NHL Rookies of the Month".
- "1997-98 NHL Debuts".
- "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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