1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season

1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	4th Central
Conference	7th Western
1997–98 record	35–35–12
Goals for	224
Goals against	227
Team information
General manager	Bobby Smith
Coach	Jim Schoenfeld
Captain	Keith Tkachuk
Arena	America West Arena

The 1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' second season in Phoenix, the franchise's 19th season in the NHL and 26th season overall. The Coyotes made the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs, losing in the first round to the Detroit Red Wings.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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	7	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	35	12	224	227	82
5	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	39	13	192	199	73
6	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	194	237	69

Western Conference[1]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
3	W	October 5, 1997	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	2–1–0
4	L	October 8, 1997	2–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	2–2–0
5	T	October 11, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	2–2–1
6	W	October 13, 1997	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	3–2–1
7	W	October 19, 1997	5–3	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	4–2–1
8	L	October 21, 1997	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	4–3–1
9	T	October 23, 1997	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	4–3–2
10	W	October 26, 1997	6–1	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	5–3–2
11	L	October 29, 1997	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	5–4–2
12	L	October 30, 1997	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	5–5–2
13	W	November 2, 1997	3–1	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	6–5–2
14	L	November 5, 1997	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	6–6–2
15	L	November 6, 1997	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	6–7–2
16	W	November 8, 1997	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	7–7–2
17	W	November 11, 1997	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	8–7–2
18	L	November 13, 1997	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	8–8–2
19	W	November 15, 1997	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	9–8–2
20	W	November 17, 1997	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	10–8–2
21	L	November 20, 1997	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	10–9–2
22	W	November 22, 1997	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	11–9–2
23	W	November 25, 1997	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	12–9–2
24	L	November 27, 1997	1–4	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	12–10–2
25	L	November 29, 1997	2–5	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	12–11–2
26	W	December 1, 1997	3–2	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	13–11–2
27	L	December 3, 1997	1–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	13–12–2
28	T	December 5, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	13–12–3
29	L	December 6, 1997	0–4	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	13–13–3
30	L	December 8, 1997	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	13–14–3
31	T	December 10, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	13–14–4
32	T	December 12, 1997	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	13–14–5
33	T	December 14, 1997	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	13–14–6
34	L	December 17, 1997	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	13–15–6
35	W	December 19, 1997	6–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	14–15–6
36	L	December 20, 1997	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	14–16–6
37	T	December 23, 1997	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	14–16–7
38	W	December 26, 1997	4–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	15–16–7
39	W	December 27, 1997	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	16–16–7
40	W	December 29, 1997	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	17–16–7
41	W	January 1, 1998	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	18–16–7
42	W	January 3, 1998	2–1	New York Islanders (1997–98)	19–16–7
43	L	January 6, 1998	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	19–17–7
44	L	January 8, 1998	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	19–18–7
45	W	January 9, 1998	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	20–18–7
46	T	January 11, 1998	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	20–18–8
47	W	January 14, 1998	3–2	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	21–18–8
48	L	January 20, 1998	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	21–19–8
49	W	January 21, 1998	6–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	22–19–8
50	L	January 24, 1998	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	22–20–8
51	W	January 26, 1998	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	23–20–8
52	T	January 28, 1998	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	23–20–9
53	T	January 30, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	23–20–10
54	W	January 31, 1998	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	24–20–10
55	L	February 3, 1998	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	24–21–10
56	L	February 5, 1998	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	24–22–10
57	T	February 7, 1998	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1997–98)	24–22–11
58	L	February 25, 1998	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	24–23–11
59	L	February 26, 1998	0–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	24–24–11
60	L	February 28, 1998	0–4	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	24–25–11
61	L	March 2, 1998	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	24–26–11
62	L	March 6, 1998	4–5 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	24–27–11
63	T	March 8, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	24–27–12
64	L	March 10, 1998	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	24–28–12
65	W	March 12, 1998	5–4	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	25–28–12
66	W	March 14, 1998	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	26–28–12
67	L	March 16, 1998	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	26–29–12
68	L	March 19, 1998	3–4	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	26–30–12
69	L	March 21, 1998	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	26–31–12
70	W	March 22, 1998	3–1	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	27–31–12
71	W	March 24, 1998	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	28–31–12
72	L	March 28, 1998	0–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	28–32–12
73	W	April 1, 1998	5–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	29–32–12
74	W	April 3, 1998	6–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	30–32–12
75	L	April 5, 1998	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	30–33–12
76	W	April 7, 1998	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	31–33–12
77	L	April 9, 1998	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	31–34–12
78	W	April 11, 1998	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	32–34–12
79	W	April 12, 1998	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	33–34–12
80	W	April 14, 1998	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	34–34–12
81	W	April 16, 1998	3–2	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	35–34–12
82	L	April 18, 1998	4–5	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	35–35–12

Playoffs

(W3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (W6) Phoenix Coyotes

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.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Keith Tkachuk	LW	69	40	26	66	147	9	11	0	8
Jeremy Roenick	C	79	24	32	56	103	5	6	1	3
Cliff Ronning	C	80	11	44	55	36	5	3	0	0
Craig Janney	C	68	10	43	53	12	5	4	0	0
Teppo Numminen	D	82	11	40	51	30	25	6	0	2
Rick Tocchet	RW	68	26	19	45	157	1	8	0	6
Dallas Drake	RW	60	11	29	40	71	17	3	0	2
Mike Gartner	RW	60	12	15	27	24	-4	4	0	2
Bob Corkum	C	76	12	9	21	28	-7	0	5	0
Oleg Tverdovsky	D	46	7	12	19	12	1	4	0	1
Gerald Diduck	D	78	8	10	18	118	14	1	0	4
Brad Isbister	LW	66	9	8	17	102	4	1	0	1
John Slaney	D	55	3	14	17	24	-3	1	0	1
Darrin Shannon	LW	58	2	12	14	26	4	0	0	0
Juha Ylonen	C	55	1	11	12	10	-3	0	1	0
Shane Doan	RW	33	5	6	11	35	-3	0	0	3
Deron Quint	D	32	4	7	11	16	-6	1	0	1
Jay More	D	41	5	5	10	53	0	0	1	0
Mike Stapleton	C	64	5	5	10	36	-4	1	1	1
Norm Maciver	D	41	2	6	8	38	-11	0	1	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	64	3	4	7	146	-7	0	0	0
Keith Carney	D	20	1	6	7	18	5	1	0	0
Michel Petit	D	32	4	2	6	77	-4	1	0	0
Jocelyn Lemieux	RW	30	3	3	6	27	0	1	0	0
Murray Baron	D	45	1	5	6	106	-10	0	0	0
Jim Johnson	D	16	2	1	3	18	0	0	0	0
Mark Janssens	C	7	1	2	3	4	4	0	0	0
Nikolai Khabibulin	G	70	0	2	2	22	0	0	0	0
Daniel Briere	C	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Jason Doig	D	4	0	1	1	12	-4	0	0	0
Sean Gagnon	D	5	0	1	1	14	1	0	0	0
Chad Kilger	LW	10	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Jeff Christian	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Jim Cummins	RW	20	0	0	0	47	-7	0	0	0
Scott Langkow	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Levins	C/RW	2	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Brad Tiley	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Waite	G	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Nikolai Khabibulin	4026	70	30	28	10	184	2.74	4	1835	1651	.900
Jimmy Waite	793	17	5	6	1	28	2.12	1	322	294	.913
Scott Langkow	137	3	0	1	1	10	4.38	0	60	50	.833
Team:	4956	82	35	35	12	222	2.69	5	2217	1995	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Rick Tocchet	RW	6	6	2	8	25	3	0	0
Jeremy Roenick	C	6	5	3	8	4	2	2	2
Oleg Tverdovsky	D	6	0	7	7	0	0	0	0
Keith Tkachuk	LW	6	3	3	6	10	0	0	0
Cliff Ronning	C	6	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Craig Janney	C	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Murray Baron	D	6	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Gerald Diduck	D	6	0	2	2	20	0	0	0
Bob Corkum	C	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Shane Doan	RW	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
Mike Gartner	RW	5	1	0	1	18	1	0	0
Dallas Drake	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Nikolai Khabibulin	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Norm Maciver	D	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Darrin Shannon	LW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Keith Carney	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Jim Cummins	RW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Brad Isbister	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mark Janssens	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teppo Numminen	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michel Petit	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Mike Stapleton	C	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Waite	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Nikolai Khabibulin	185	4	2	1	13	4.22	106	93	.877
Jimmy Waite	171	4	0	3	11	3.86	97	86	.887
Team:	356	6	2	4	24	4.04	203	179	.882

[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Transactions

Trades

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

September 28, 1997	From Chicago Blackhawks Jimmy Waite

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Ted Crowley	Boston Bruins
Rick Tocchet	Washington Capitals
Darin Kimble	New Jersey Devils
Jeff Christian	Pittsburgh Penguins
Martin Simard	Colorado Avalanche
John Slaney	Los Angeles Kings
Brad Tiley	Los Angeles Kings
Radoslav Suchy	Undrafted Free Agent
Michel Petit	Philadelphia Flyers

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

Roster

1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes

Goaltenders

Defensemen

3 – Keith Carney
4 – Gerald Diduck
5 – Deron Quint
6 – Jay More
8 – Jim Johnson
10 – Oleg Tverdovsky
24 – Michel Petit
26 – John Slaney
27 – Teppo Numminen
36 – Murray Baron
38 – Brad Tiley
44 – Norm Maciver
48 – Sean Gagnon
55 – Jason Doig

Wingers

7 – Keith Tkachuk - C
11 – Dallas Drake
14 – Mike Stapleton
16 – Brad Isbister
19 – Shane Doan
20 – Jim Cummins
22 – Mike Gartner
29 – Scott Levins
32 – Jocelyn Lemieux
33 – Jim McKenzie
34 – Darrin Shannon
72 – Jeff Christian
92 – Rick Tocchet
97 – Jeremy Roenick

Centres

15 – Craig Janney
18 – Mark Janssens
18 – Chad Kilger
21 – Bob Corkum
36 – Juha Ylonen
54 – Daniel Briere
77 – Cliff Ronning
GM: Bobby Smith
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld

Draft picks

Phoenix'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)
2	43	Juha Gustafsson	Finland	Kiekko-Espoo (Finland)
4	96	Scott McCallum	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
5	123	Curtis Suter	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6	151	Robert Francz	Germany	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
8	207	Aleksandrs Andrejevs	Latvia	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
9	233	Wyatt Smith	United States	University of Minnesota (WCHA)

References

"1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
"1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

"1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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[1] "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[2] "1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(W3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (W6) Phoenix Coyotes

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Trades

Waivers

Free agents

Roster

Draft picks

See also

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