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1997–98 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1997–98
year	1997
Team	Vancouver Canucks
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	13th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	7th
Record	25–43–14
HomeRecord	15–22–4
RoadRecord	10–21–10
GoalsFor	224
GoalsAgainst	273
GeneralManager	Pat Quinn (Oct.–Nov.)
Coach	Tom Renney (Oct.–Nov.)
Mike Keenan (Nov.–Apr.)
Captain	Mark Messier
AltCaptain	Dave Babych (Oct.–Mar.)
Pavel Bure
Trevor Linden (Oct.–Jan.)
Bryan McCabe (Mar.–Apr.)
Dana Murzyn (Jan.–Apr.)
Arena	General Motors Place
Attendance	17,120
MinorLeague	Syracuse Crunch
GoalsLeader	Pavel Bure (51)
AssistsLeader	Pavel Bure (39)
PointsLeader	Pavel Bure (90)
PIMLeader	Donald Brashear (372)
PlusMinusLeader	Peter Zezel (+13)
WinsLeader	Arturs Irbe (14)
GAALeader	Arturs Irbe (2.73)

Mike Keenan (Nov.–Apr.) Pavel Bure Trevor Linden (Oct.–Jan.) Bryan McCabe (Mar.–Apr.) Dana Murzyn (Jan.–Apr.)

The 1997–98 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 28th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). After missing the playoffs the season before, the team responded by signing Mark Messier to a three-year contract. The signing of Messier did little to improve the team, however, as they finished even worse than the year before, costing Head Coach Tom Renney and General Manager Pat Quinn their jobs. For the first time in NHL history, regular season games were played outside of North America, with the Canucks playing the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in Tokyo, Japan, to open up the regular season. Pavel Bure became the last Canuck to score 50 or more goals in a season. On April 9, 1998, the Canucks scored three short-handed goals in a 6–3 road win over the Calgary Flames.

In addition, the team introduced a new logo that would stay in use since its debut, with minor colour alterations.

The team was the last in NHL history to record over 2,000 penalty minutes, with 2,148.

Off-season

Forward Trevor Linden resigned the team captaincy, in favour of new arrival Mark Messier.

Regular season

The Canucks finished the regular season with the most power-play opportunities against, with 432. Although the Canucks allowed the most goals in the League, with 273, they scored the most short-handed goals, with 19.

All-Star Game

The 48th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, home to the Vancouver Canucks, on January 18, 1998.

The International Showdown

The 48th game was held in the very same year as the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, providing the NHL to show its players from all over the world. To this extent, the NHL had the All-Star teams consist of a team of North Americans playing against a team of stars from the rest of the world. The format change also helped to intensify the game, as national pride would also become a factor. These provisions only applied to the players — coaches would still be selected based on which teams were the best from each conference at the time of the break.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 3, 1997||3–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) ||1–0–0 || |- |2||October 4, 1997||2–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) ||1–1–0 || |- |3||October 9, 1997||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) ||1–1–1 || |- |4||October 11, 1997||3–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1997–98) ||1–2–1 || |- |5||October 13, 1997||3–0 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||October 17, 1997||0–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||2–3–1 || |- |7||October 19, 1997||4–4 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) ||2–3–2 || |- |8||October 21, 1997||5–1 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) ||3–3–2 || |- |9||October 23, 1997||1–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) ||3–4–2 || |- |10||October 25, 1997||2–3 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) ||3–5–2 || |- |11||October 26, 1997||1–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) ||3–6–2 || |- |12||October 29, 1997||0–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) ||3–7–2 || |- |13||October 30, 1997||1–8 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) ||3–8–2 || |- Notes:

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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 Canucks only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
10	RW	82	51	39	90	5	48
11	C	82	22	38	60	−10	58
89	RW	51	18	27	45	−6	36
19	LW	76	14	20	34	5	56
21	D	74	9	21	30	−25	34
2	D	77	7	23	30	3	76
3	D	71	3	24	27	3	79
28	RW	82	10	15	25	−19	62
20	C	76	13	11	24	−4	165
16	RW	42	7	14	21	−13	49
26	C	48	10	9	19	−14	34
8	LW	77	9	9	18	−9	372
22	C	25	5	12	17	13	2
27	LW	22	6	9	15	2	63
4	D	39	2	13	15	−2	14
24	C	59	3	10	13	−8	164
9	LW	27	9	3	12	0	41
23	D	26	1	11	12	10	64
44	D	47	0	9	9	−11	37
23	LW	24	4	4	8	−6	10
5	D	31	5	2	7	−3	42
25	RW	77	3	4	7	−3	134
6	D	35	3	3	6	−4	21
48	LW	30	2	4	6	2	24
29	LW	35	3	2	5	−3	181
14	RW	31	2	1	3	−9	4
36	D	36	1	2	3	−12	106
18	LW	9	0	3	3	−1	4
7	LW	13	1	1	2	−1	4
9	C	5	1	1	2	−2	2
26	C	7	0	2	2	0	0
1	G	16	0	1	1		14
39	D	13	0	1	1	−2	47
7	D	7	0	1	1	2	0
34	D	11	0	1	1	−3	29
22	LW	11	0	0	0	−7	5
31	G	1	0	0	0		0
32	G	41	0	0	0		2
1	G	29	0	0	0		0
30	G	12	0	0	0		4
27	D	5	0	0	0	−2	6

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
32	Arturs Irbe	41	14	11	6	982	91	2.73	.907	2	1999
1	Kirk McLean	29	6	17	4	800	97	3.68	.879	1	1583
30	Garth Snow	12	3	6	0	262	26	3.09	.901	0	504
1	Sean Burke	16	2	9	4	396	49	3.51	.876	0	838
31	Corey Hirsch	1	0	0	0	34	5	6.05	.853	0	50

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL All-Rookie Team	Mattias Ohlund (Defence)
[NHL All-Star Game](1998-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Pavel Bure
Mark Messier
Babe Pratt Trophy	Mattias Ohlund
Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Pavel Bure
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Pavel Bure
Fred J. Hume Award	Brian Noonan
Molson Cup	Pavel Bure
Most Exciting Player Award	Pavel Bure

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	500th game played
Mattias Ohlund	October 3, 1997
Dave Scatchard
Lubomir Vaic	October 30, 1997
Chris McAllister	November 1, 1997
Bert Robertsson	November 8, 1997
Kirk McLean	October 19, 1997

Transactions

Trades

March 24, 1998	To Vancouver Canucks 3rd round pick in [1999](1999-nhl-entry-draft) (Justin Morrison)	To Philadelphia Flyers Dave Babych
6th round pick in [1998](1998-nhl-entry-draft) (Antero Niittymaki)

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	10	Brad Ference (D)	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
2	34	Ryan Bonni (D)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	36	Harold Druken (D)	Canada	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
3	64	Kyle Freadrich (LW)	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
4	90	Chris Stanley (C)	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
5	114	David Darguzas (C)	Canada	Edmonton Ice (WHL)
5	117	Matt Cockell (G)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	144	Matt Cooke (LW)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
6	148	Larry Shapley (D)	Canada	Welland Jr. Canadians (Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League)
7	171	Rod Leroux (D)	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	201	Denis Martynyuk (LW)		CSKA Moscow (Russian Pro Hockey League)
9	227	Peter Brady (G)	Canada	Powell River Paper Kings (BCJHL)

Notes

References

"Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames Box Score — April 9, 1998".
"Vancouver Canucks 1997-98".
"1997-98 NHL Summary".
"1997-98 Vancouver Canucks Schedule".
"Postseason All-Star Teams".
"1998 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
"1997-98 NHL Debuts".
"New York Rangers Official Web-site -- Roster".
"1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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