1997–98 Calgary Flames season
1997–98 Calgary Flames | |
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Division | 5th Pacific |
Conference | 11th Western |
1997–98 record | 26–41–15 |
Home record | 18–17–6 |
Road record | 8–24–9 |
Goals for | 217 (14th) |
Goals against | 252 (22nd) |
Team information | |
General manager | Al Coates |
Coach | Brian Sutter |
Captain | Todd Simpson |
Alternate captains | Theoren Fleury Andrew Cassels |
Arena | Canadian Airlines Saddledome |
Average attendance | 16,940 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Saint John Flames Roanoke Express |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Theoren Fleury (27) Cory Stillman (27) |
Assists | Theoren Fleury (51) |
Points | Theoren Fleury (78) |
Penalty minutes | Theoren Fleury (197) |
Plus/minus | Jim Dowd (+10) Michael Nylander (+10) |
Wins | Rick Tabaracci (13) |
Goals against average | Rick Tabaracci (2.88) |
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.[1]
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.[2]
Fleury also represented Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[3]
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.[4]
Regular season
On Friday, October 17, 1997, the Flames scored three short-handed goals in a 6-5 win over the Colorado Avalanche.[5]
Season standings
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
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October: 3–8–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 0–4–1)
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November: 2–7–5 (home: 1–3–1; road: 1–4–4)
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December: 6–8–1 (home: 4–5–0; road: 2–3–1)
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January: 3–6–3 (home: 1–1–2; road: 2–5–1)
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February: 2–1–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 0–0–0)
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March: 8–6–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–5–1)
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April: 2–5–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–3–1)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
14 | Theoren Fleury | RW | 82 | 27 | 51 | 78 | 0 | 197 |
16 | Cory Stillman | LW | 72 | 27 | 22 | 49 | −9 | 40 |
18 | Marty McInnis | LW | 75 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 1 | 34 |
21 | Andrew Cassels | C | 81 | 17 | 27 | 44 | −7 | 32 |
13 | German Titov | C | 68 | 18 | 22 | 40 | −1 | 38 |
92 | Michael Nylander | C | 65 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 35 |
12 | Jarome Iginla | RW | 70 | 13 | 19 | 32 | −10 | 29 |
53 | Derek Morris | D | 82 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 88 |
32 | Cale Hulse | D | 79 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 169 |
5 | Tommy Albelin | D | 69 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 32 |
3 | James Patrick | D | 60 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −2 | 26 |
17 | Hnat Domenichelli | LW | 31 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 6 |
34 | Jim Dowd | C | 48 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
44 | Jonas Hoglund‡ | LW | 50 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −9 | 16 |
15 | Sandy McCarthy‡ | RW | 52 | 8 | 5 | 13 | −18 | 170 |
6 | Joel Bouchard | D | 44 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 57 |
2 | Jamie Allison | D | 43 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 104 |
8 | Valeri Bure† | RW | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
42 | Ed Ward | LW | 64 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 122 |
33 | Zarley Zalapski‡ | D | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −12 | 41 |
7 | Chris Dingman | LW | 70 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −11 | 149 |
27 | Todd Simpson | D | 53 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −10 | 109 |
24 | Jason Wiemer† | LW | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −1 | 28 |
23 | Aaron Gavey | C | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −5 | 24 |
30 | Dwayne Roloson | G | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
29 | Erik Andersson | C | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 8 |
19 | Chris O'Sullivan | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
11 | Eric Landry | C | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
4 | Kevin Dahl | D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
20 | Todd Hlushko | LW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
26 | Ladislav Kohn | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
31 | Rick Tabaracci | G | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
57 | Steve Begin | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
43 | Travis Brigley | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
39 | Eric Charron | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
24 | Denis Gauthier | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 16 |
1 | Tyler Moss | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Marty Murray | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Mike Peluso‡ | LW | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 113 |
55 | Rocky Thompson | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
58 | Sergei Varlamov | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Rick Tabaracci | 42 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1087 | 116 | 2.88 | .893 | 0 | 2419 |
30 | Dwayne Roloson | 39 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 997 | 110 | 2.99 | .890 | 0 | 2205 |
1 | Tyler Moss | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 186 | 20 | 3.27 | .892 | 0 | 367 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Derek Morris (Defence) | [8] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Theoren Fleury | [9] |
Team | Molson Cup | Theoren Fleury | [10] |
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award | Ed Ward | [11] |
Transactions
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1997–98 season.[12]
Trades
June 21, 1997 | To Calgary Flames Rick Tabaracci | To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th round pick in 1998 |
August 25, 1997 | To Calgary Flames Andrew Cassels Jean-Sebastien Giguere | To Carolina Hurricanes Gary Roberts Trevor Kidd |
February 1, 1998 | To Calgary Flames Valeri Bure 4th round pick in 1998 | To Montreal Canadiens Zarley Zalapski Jonas Hoglund |
March 24, 1998 | To Calgary Flames Jason Wiemer | To Tampa Bay Lightning Sandy McCarthy 3rd round pick in 1998 5th round pick in 1998 |
Free agents
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Draft picks
Calgary's picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[13]
Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | ||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
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
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.[14] 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.[15]
See also
References
- Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 114.
- "Calgary Flames 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- "1997-98 Calgary Flames Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ Dolezar, Jon A., Say it aint so: Calgary Flames, cnnsi.com, August 8, 2001, Accessed January 13, 2007.
- ^ All Star Selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 22.
- ^ New York Rangers press release Archived 2006-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, July 8, 1999, accessed January 20, 2007.
- ^ Miller, Mark (June 14, 1997). "Hitmen finally go up in Flames". Calgary Sun. p. S5.
- ^ "Colorado Avalanche at Calgary Flames Box Score — October 17, 1997".
- ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1997-98 Calgary Flames Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1998". NHL.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Hanlon, Peter; Kelso, Sean (eds.), 2010–11 Calgary Flames Media Guide, Calgary Flames Hockey Club, p. 143
- ^ "JAROME IGINLA SELECTED AS RECIPIENT OF RALPH SCURFIELD HUMANITARIAN AWARD". Calgary Flames. April 9, 2002. Archived from the original on October 21, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ Calgary Flames 1997–2003 transactions, hockeynut.com, accessed January 14, 2007.
- ^ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed January 12, 2007.
- ^ 1997–98 AHL playoffs @ hockeydb.com, accessed January 20, 2007.
- ^ Saint John Flames player stats @ hockeydb.com, accessed January 20, 2007.