1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season
1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 7th Western |
1997–98 record | 35–35–12 |
Home record | 19–16–6 |
Road record | 16–19–6 |
Goals for | 224 |
Goals against | 227 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bobby Smith |
Coach | Jim Schoenfeld |
Captain | Keith Tkachuk |
Arena | America West Arena |
Average attendance | 15,404 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Falcons Mississippi Sea Wolves |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Keith Tkachuk (40) |
Assists | Cliff Ronning (44) |
Points | Keith Tkachuk (66) |
Penalty minutes | Rick Tocchet (157) |
Plus/minus | Teppo Numminen (+25) |
Wins | Nikolai Khabibulin (30) |
Goals against average | Jimmy Waite (2.12) |
The 1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' second season in Phoenix, the franchise's 19th season in the NHL, its second season in Phoenix, and its 26th season overall. The Coyotes made the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs, losing in the first round to the Detroit Red Wings.
This was the team's final season of its original tenure in the Central Division, which it had joined while still based in Winnipeg, before being realigned into the Pacific Division the following season. The Coyotes would return to the Central in 2021.
Off-season
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Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 242 | 167 | 109 |
2 | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 250 | 196 | 103 |
3 | 4 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 256 | 204 | 98 |
4 | 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 224 | 227 | 82 |
5 | 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 192 | 199 | 73 |
6 | 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 194 | 237 | 69 |
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
Playoffs
[edit]The series began in Detroit. In Game 1, Detroit won 6–3, but in Game 2, the Coyotes came back and won 7–4. The series then shifted to Phoenix, where the Coyotes were victorious in Game 3, 3–2. However, the Coyotes' 2–1 series lead was short lived, as Detroit won 4–2 in Game 4. For Game 5 back in Detroit, the Red Wings won 3–1. In Game 6, the series went back to Phoenix, where Detroit won the game 5–2 and the series 4–2.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 5–5–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–3–1)
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November: 7–6–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–4–0)
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December: 5–5–5 (home: 0–2–3; road: 5–3–2)
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January: 7–4–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–3–2)
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February: 0–5–1 (home: 0–3–1; road: 0–2–0)
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March: 4–7–1 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–2–1)
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April: 7–3–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 4–2–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Coyotes only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Coyotes only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
7 | Keith Tkachuk | LW | 69 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 9 | 147 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 10 |
97 | Jeremy Roenick | C | 79 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 5 | 103 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
77 | Cliff Ronning | C | 80 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
15 | Craig Janney | C | 68 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 82 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
92 | Rick Tocchet | RW | 68 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 1 | 157 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
11 | Dallas Drake | RW | 60 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 17 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
22 | Mike Gartner | RW | 60 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −4 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 18 |
21 | Bob Corkum | C | 76 | 12 | 9 | 21 | −7 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
10 | Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 46 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −2 | 0 |
4 | Gerald Diduck | D | 78 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 20 |
16 | Brad Isbister | LW | 66 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
26 | John Slaney | D | 55 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Darrin Shannon | LW | 58 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
36 | Juha Ylonen | C | 55 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Shane Doan | RW | 33 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −3 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 |
5 | Deron Quint | D | 32 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Jay More‡ | D | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Mike Stapleton | C | 64 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −4 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
44 | Norm Maciver | D | 41 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −11 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
33 | Jim McKenzie | LW | 64 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −7 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Keith Carney† | D | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
24 | Michel Petit† | D | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
32 | Jocelyn Lemieux | RW | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Murray Baron | D | 45 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −10 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
8 | Jim Johnson | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Mark Janssens† | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
54 | Daniel Briere | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Jason Doig | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
48 | Sean Gagnon | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Chad Kilger‡ | LW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
72 | Jeff Christian | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Jim Cummins† | RW | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
31 | Scott Langkow | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
29 | Scott Levins | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Brad Tiley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Jimmy Waite | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 70 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 1835 | 184 | 2.74 | .900 | 4 | 4026 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 13 | 4.21 | .877 | 0 | 185 |
28 | Jimmy Waite | 17 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 322 | 28 | 2.12 | .913 | 1 | 793 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 11 | 3.85 | .887 | 0 | 171 |
31 | Scott Langkow | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 10 | 4.39 | .833 | 0 | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Keith Tkachuk (Left Wing) | [3] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Nikolai Khabibulin | [4] |
Keith Tkachuk | |||
Team | Hardest Working Player Award | Dallas Drake | [5] |
Leading Scorer Award | Keith Tkachuk | [5] | |
Man of the Year Award | Jim McKenzie | [5] | |
Team MVP Award | Keith Tkachuk | [5] | |
Three-Star Award | Keith Tkachuk | [5] |
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]March 4, 1998 | To Chicago Blackhawks Chad Kilger Jay More | To Phoenix Coyotes Keith Carney Jim Cummins |
March 24, 1998 | To New York Islanders 9th round pick in 1998 (Jason Doyle) | To Phoenix Coyotes Mark Janssens |
June 11, 1998 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Craig Janney | To Phoenix Coyotes Louie DeBrusk 5th round pick in 1998 (Jay Leach) |
June 18, 1998 | To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Jim McKenzie | To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Francois Jomphe |
June 27, 1998 | To San Jose Sharks 5th round pick in 1999 (Marc-Andre Thinel) | To Phoenix Coyotes 5th round pick in 1998 (Josh Blackburn) |
Waivers
[edit]September 28, 1997 | From Chicago Blackhawks Jimmy Waite |
Free agents
[edit]Player | New Team |
Kris King | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Jeff Finley | New York Rangers |
Pat Jablonski | Carolina Hurricanes |
Brent Thompson | New York Rangers |
Kevin Dahl | Calgary Flames |
Igor Korolev | Toronto Maple Leafs |
Draft picks
[edit]Phoenix's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 43 | Juha Gustafsson | ![]() | Kiekko-Espoo (Finland) |
4 | 96 | Scott McCallum | ![]() | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
5 | 123 | Curtis Suter | ![]() | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
6 | 151 | Robert Francz | ![]() | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
8 | 207 | Aleksandrs Andrejevs | ![]() | Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) |
9 | 233 | Wyatt Smith | ![]() | University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Phoenix Coyotes 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- "1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 5, 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.
- ^ a b c d e Arizona Coyotes 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.290
- ^ "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.