1997–98 Vancouver Canucks season
General Motors Place | |
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Average attendance | 17,120 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Syracuse Crunch |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Pavel Bure (51) |
Assists | Pavel Bure (39) |
Points | Pavel Bure (90) |
Penalty minutes | Donald Brashear (372) |
Plus/minus | Peter Zezel (+13) |
Wins | Arturs Irbe (14) |
Goals against average | Arturs Irbe (2.73) |
The
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.[2]
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.[3]
All-Star Game
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/NHL_AllStar_1998.gif/175px-NHL_AllStar_1998.gif)
The 48th
The International Showdown
The 48th game was held in the very same year as the
Final 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: 2–4–2; road: 1–4–0)
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November: 6–6–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–4–1)
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December: 2–9–3 (home: 1–5–1; road: 1–4–2)
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January: 3–9–2 (home: 2–3–1; road: 1–6–1)
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February: 4–1–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 0–0–1)
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March: 4–6–4 (home: 2–4–0; road: 2–2–4)
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April: 3–4–1 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–1–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = 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.
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
10 | Pavel Bure | RW | 82 | 51 | 39 | 90 | 5 | 48 |
11 | Mark Messier | C | 82 | 22 | 38 | 60 | −10 | 58 |
89 | Alexander Mogilny | RW | 51 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −6 | 36 |
19 | Markus Naslund | LW | 76 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 56 |
21 | Jyrki Lumme | D | 74 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −25 | 34 |
2 | Mattias Ohlund | D | 77 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 76 |
3 | Bret Hedican | D | 71 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 79 |
28 | Brian Noonan | RW | 82 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −19 | 62 |
20 | Dave Scatchard | C | 76 | 13 | 11 | 24 | −4 | 165 |
16 | Trevor Linden‡ | RW | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −13 | 49 |
26 | Mike Sillinger‡ | C | 48 | 10 | 9 | 19 | −14 | 34 |
8 | Donald Brashear | LW | 77 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 372 |
22 | Peter Zezel† | C | 25 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 2 |
27 | Todd Bertuzzi† | LW | 22 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 63 |
4 | Grant Ledyard‡ | D | 39 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 14 |
24 | Scott Walker | C | 59 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −8 | 164 |
9 | Brad May† | LW | 27 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 41 |
23 | Bryan McCabe† | D | 26 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 64 |
44 | Dave Babych‡ | D | 47 | 0 | 9 | 9 | −11 | 37 |
23 | Martin Gelinas‡ | LW | 24 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −6 | 10 |
5 | Dana Murzyn | D | 31 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −3 | 42 |
25 | Steve Staios | RW | 77 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 134 |
6 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 35 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −4 | 21 |
48 | Bert Robertsson | LW | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
29 | Gino Odjick‡ | LW | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 181 |
14 | Lonny Bohonos‡ | RW | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −9 | 4 |
36 | Chris McAllister | D | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −12 | 106 |
18 | Geoff Sanderson†‡ | LW | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
7 | David Roberts | LW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
9 | Lubomir Vaic | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
26 | Brandon Convery† | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Sean Burke†‡ | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
39 | Enrico Ciccone†‡ | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 47 |
7 | Jamie Huscroft† | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
34 | Jason Strudwick† | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 29 |
22 | Larry Courville | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 5 |
31 | Corey Hirsch | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Arturs Irbe | G | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | Kirk McLean‡ | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | Garth Snow† | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
27 | Mark Wotton | 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.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
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 |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Mattias Ohlund (Defence) | [6] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Pavel Bure | [7] |
Mark Messier[a] | |||
Team | Babe Pratt Trophy | Mattias Ohlund | [8] |
Cyclone Taylor Trophy | Pavel Bure | [8] | |
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy | Pavel Bure | [8] | |
Fred J. Hume Award | Brian Noonan | [9] | |
Molson Cup | Pavel Bure | [10] | |
Most Exciting Player Award | Pavel Bure | [9] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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500th game played | Kirk McLean | October 19, 1997 | [11] |
Transactions
Trades
January 2, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Sean Burke Geoff Sanderson Enrico Ciccone |
To Carolina Hurricanes Kirk McLean Martin Gelinas |
February 4, 1998 | To 1998 (Garrett Prosofsky )
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To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Sillinger |
February 4, 1998 | To 1999
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To Buffalo Sabres Geoff Sanderson |
February 5, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Peter Zezel |
To 1998 (Anton But)
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February 6, 1998 | To 1999 (Jarkko Ruutu )
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To New York Islanders Trevor Linden |
March 3, 1998 | To 1998 (Graig Mischler)
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To Boston Bruins Grant Ledyard |
March 4, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Garth Snow |
To Philadelphia Flyers Sean Burke |
March 7, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Brandon Convery |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Lonny Bohonos |
March 14, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Jamie Huscroft |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Enrico Ciccone |
March 23, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Jason Strudwick |
To New York Islanders Gino Odjick |
March 24, 1998 | To 1999 (Justin Morrison )
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To 1998 (Antero Niittymaki )
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Draft picks
Vancouver's picks at the
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 10 | Brad Ference (D) | ![]() |
Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
2 | 34 | Ryan Bonni (D) | ![]() |
Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
2 | 36 | Harold Druken (D) | ![]() |
Detroit Whalers (OHL) |
3 | 64 | Kyle Freadrich (LW) | ![]() |
Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
4 | 90 | Chris Stanley (C) | ![]() |
Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
5 | 114 | David Darguzas (C) | ![]() |
Edmonton Ice (WHL) |
5 | 117 | Matt Cockell (G) | ![]() |
Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
6 | 144 | Matt Cooke (LW) | ![]() |
Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
6 | 148 | Larry Shapley (D) | ![]() |
Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League )
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7 | 171 | Rod Leroux (D) | ![]() |
Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
8 | 201 | Denis Martynyuk (LW) | ![]() |
CSKA Moscow (Russian Pro Hockey League) |
9 | 227 | Peter Brady (G) | ![]() |
Powell River Paper Kings (BCJHL )
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Notes
- ^ Commissioner’s selection.
References
- "Vancouver Canucks 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- "1997-98 Vancouver Canucks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ "Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames Box Score — April 9, 1998".
- ^ "Vancouver Canucks 1997-98". Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ^ "1997-98 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1997-98 Vancouver Canucks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 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 Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
- ^ a b Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
- ^ 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
- ^ "New York Rangers Official Web-site -- Roster". New York Rangers. Archived from the original on May 22, 2000. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
1997-98… Appeared in his 500th career NHL game on Oct. 19 vs. Colorado
- ^ "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.