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1997–98 Dallas Stars season
Fifth NHL season
Fifth NHL season
| Field | Value |
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| League | NHL |
| Season | 1997–98 |
| year | 1997 |
| Team | Dallas Stars |
| Conference | Western |
| ConferenceRank | 1st |
| Division | Central |
| DivisionRank | 1st |
| Record | 49–22–11 |
| HomeRecord | 26–8–7 |
| RoadRecord | 23–14–4 |
| GoalsFor | 242 |
| GoalsAgainst | 167 |
| GeneralManager | Bob Gainey |
| Coach | Ken Hitchcock |
| Captain | Derian Hatcher |
| Arena | Reunion Arena |
| Attendance | 16,489 |
| MinorLeague | Michigan K-Wings |
| Dayton Bombers | |
| GoalsLeader | Joe Nieuwendyk (39) |
| AssistsLeader | Sergei Zubov (47) |
| PointsLeader | Joe Nieuwendyk (69) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Mike Modano (+25) |
| PIMLeader | Pat Verbeek (170) |
| WinsLeader | Ed Belfour (37) |
| GAALeader | Ed Belfour (1.88) |
| DivisionWin | Yes |
| PresidentsTrophy | Yes |
Dayton Bombers
The 1997–98 Dallas Stars season was the fifth National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 31st overall). The most notable aspect of the season was winning the Presidents' Trophy.
Regular season
The Stars tied the Edmonton Oilers for most power-play goals scored, with 77, and had the best power-play percentage in the league, at 20.00%.
Final standings
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 1, 1997||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||October 4, 1997||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1997–98) ||0–1–1 || |- |3||October 7, 1997||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||1–1–1 || |- |4||October 8, 1997||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) ||1–2–1 || |- |5||October 10, 1997||7–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||October 14, 1997||5–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1997–98) ||3–2–1 || |- |7||October 16, 1997||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1997–98) ||4–2–1 || |- |8||October 18, 1997||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) ||5–2–1 || |- |9||October 19, 1997||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) ||5–3–1 || |- |10||October 21, 1997||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) ||5–4–1 || |- |11||October 24, 1997||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) ||6–4–1 || |- |12||October 25, 1997||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) ||7–4–1 || |- |13||October 28, 1997||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1997–98) ||8–4–1 || |- |14||October 29, 1997||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) ||9–4–1 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 22, 1998 || 4–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Stars lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 24, 1998 || 5–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Stars lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 26, 1998 || 1–4 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks || Stars lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 28, 1998 || 0–1 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 30, 1998 || 3–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Stars lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 2, 1998 || 3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks || Stars win 4–2 ||
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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 Stars only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | C | 73 | 39 | 30 | 69 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 9 | C | 52 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 16 | RW | 82 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 15 | 170 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 26 | |||
| 56 | D | 73 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 15 | RW | 81 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 9 | 61 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −5 | 14 | |||
| 5 | D | 79 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 17 | 51 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 26 | RW | 72 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 23 | LW | 49 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2 | D | 70 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 132 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 39 | |||
| 21 | C | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 27 | D | 57 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 33 | C | 53 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |||
| 10 | C | 59 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 104 | |||||||||
| 29 | RW | 72 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −2 | 96 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 47 | |||
| 14 | LW | 65 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |||
| 24 | D | 74 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 12 | LW | 59 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 46 | |||||||||
| 41 | C | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | C | 58 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −4 | 57 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 12 | |||
| 3 | D | 80 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 131 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | |||
| 46 | LW | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 12 | RW | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 11 | C | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 6 | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 10 | C | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | |||
| 22 | D | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 37 | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 18 | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| 38 | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 19 | |||||||||
| 34 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 15 | |||||||||
| 39 | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 39 | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 36 | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 41 | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Ed Belfour | 61 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 1335 | 112 | 1.88 | .916 | 9 | 3581 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 399 | 31 | 1.79 | .922 | 1 | 1039 | ||
| 1 | Roman Turek | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 496 | 49 | 2.22 | .901 | 1 | 1324 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 30 | Manny Fernandez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1.74 | .943 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 |
Awards and records
Awards
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (annual) | League | |||||
| (in-season) | Team | |||||
| Frank J. Selke Trophy | Jere Lehtinen | |||||
| Lester Patrick Trophy | Neal Broten | |||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](1998-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Ed Belfour | |||||
| Ken Hitchcock (coach) | ||||||
| Jere Lehtinen | ||||||
| Mike Modano | ||||||
| Darryl Sydor | ||||||
| Sergei Zubov | ||||||
| NHL Rookie of the Month | Roman Turek (February) | |||||
| Star of the Game Award | Mike Modano |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Gusev | October 1, 1997 | |||
| Juha Lind | ||||
| Jeff Mitchell | November 12, 1997 | |||
| Jamie Wright | November 16, 1997 | |||
| Brad Lukowich | March 4, 1998 | |||
| Petr Buzek | March 12, 1998 | |||
| Jason Botterill | March 13, 1998 |
Draft picks
Dallas'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 | 25 | Brenden Morrow | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) | |
| 2 | 52 | Roman Lyashenko | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) | |
| 3 | 77 | Steve Gainey | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) | |
| 4 | 105 | Marcus Kristoffersson | Mora IK (Sweden) | |
| 5 | 132 | Teemu Elomo | TPS (Finland) | |
| 6 | 160 | Alexei Timkin | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) | |
| 7 | 189 | Jeff McKercher | Barrie Colts (OHL) | |
| 8 | 216 | Alexei Komarov | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) | |
| 9 | 242 | Brett McLean | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
References
References
- "1997-98 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN.
- "1997-98 NHL Summary".
- "1997-98 Dallas Stars Schedule".
- "Frank J. Selke Trophy".
- "Lester Patrick Trophy".
- "1998 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- "NHL Rookies of the Month".
- Dallas Stars 2014–15 Organizational Compendium, p.269
- "1997-98 NHL Debuts".
- "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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