The 1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 72nd season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League. The Blackhawks did not qualify for the 1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs, which snapped their 28 year playoff streak.
1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 5th Central |
Conference | 9th Western |
1997–98 record | 30–39–13 |
Home record | 14–19–8 |
Road record | 16–20–5 |
Goals for | 192 |
Goals against | 199 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Murray |
Coach | Craig Hartsburg |
Captain | Chris Chelios |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 18,350 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Indianapolis Ice Columbus Chill |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tony Amonte (31) Eric Daze (31) |
Assists | Tony Amonte (42) |
Points | Tony Amonte (73) |
Penalty minutes | Jim Cummins (178) |
Plus/minus | Tony Amonte (+21) |
Wins | Jeff Hackett (21) |
Goals against average | Jeff Hackett (2.20) |
Offseason
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Regular season
editThe Blackhawks were shut out a league-high 11 times, tied with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Tampa Bay Lightning. With the 10 shutouts that Blackhawks goaltenders recorded, a total of 21 of Chicago's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout. The Blackhawks also tied the Florida Panthers, New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins for the most short-handed goals allowed, with 16.[1][2] Also, the Blackhawks missed the playoffs for the first time since 1969.
Final standings
editNo. | 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
Schedule and results
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October: 4–10–0 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–5–0)
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November: 6–3–4 (home: 2–1–2; road: 4–2–2)
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December: 4–5–3 (home: 1–4–2; road: 3–1–1)
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January: 7–4–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 3–2–0)
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February: 2–4–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 2–3–0)
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March: 6–7–3 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–4–2)
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April: 1–6–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 0–3–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
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 Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 82 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 21 | 66 |
36 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 70 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 16 | 61 |
55 | Eric Daze | RW | 80 | 31 | 11 | 42 | 4 | 22 |
20 | Gary Suter | D | 73 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 1 | 74 |
7 | Chris Chelios | D | 81 | 3 | 39 | 42 | −7 | 151 |
22 | Greg Johnson† | C | 69 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −2 | 38 |
11 | Jeff Shantz | C | 61 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 36 |
25 | Sergei Krivokrasov | LW | 58 | 10 | 13 | 23 | −1 | 33 |
2 | Eric Weinrich | D | 82 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 106 |
19 | Ethan Moreau | LW | 54 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 73 |
14 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 82 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −6 | 57 |
38 | James Black | RW | 52 | 10 | 5 | 15 | −8 | 8 |
4 | Keith Carney‡ | D | 60 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −7 | 73 |
23 | Jean-Yves Leroux | LW | 66 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −2 | 55 |
46 | Dmitri Nabokov | C | 25 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −1 | 10 |
17 | Kevin Miller | RW | 37 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 |
15 | Chad Kilger† | C | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Christian Laflamme | D | 72 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 59 |
12 | Brent Sutter | RW | 52 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −6 | 28 |
33 | Reid Simpson† | LW | 38 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 102 |
54 | Brian Felsner | LW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
6 | Michal Sykora | D | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −10 | 12 |
24 | Bob Probert | LW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −7 | 48 |
39[a] | Craig Mills | RW | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
8 | Cam Russell | D | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 79 |
15 | Jim Cummins‡ | RW | 55 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −9 | 178 |
4 | Jayson More† | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
26 | Todd White | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Trent Yawney | D | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 76 |
16 | Jarrod Skalde†‡†‡ | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
40 | Chris Terreri | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
34 | Ryan VandenBussche† | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
32 | Daniel Cleary | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
16 | Martin Gendron†‡ | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
31 | Jeff Hackett | G | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
56 | Ryan Huska | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Andrei Trefilov† | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Petri Varis | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Jeff Hackett | 58 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 1520 | 126 | 2.20 | .917 | 8 | 3441 |
40 | Chris Terreri | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 519 | 49 | 2.41 | .906 | 2 | 1222 |
29 | Andrei Trefilov† | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 145 | 17 | 3.41 | .883 | 0 | 299 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Tony Amonte | [5] |
Chris Chelios |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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600th assist | Chris Chelios | March 7, 1998 | |
1,000th game played | Chris Chelios | April 16, 1998 | [6] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
editChicago's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[7]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 13 | Daniel Cleary | Canada | Belleville Bulls (OHL) |
1 | 16 | Ty Jones | United States | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
2 | 39 | Jeremy Reich | Canada | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
3 | 67 | Michael Souza | United States | University of New Hampshire (Hockey East) |
5 | 110 | Ben Simon | United States | University of Notre Dame (CCHA) |
5 | 120 | Pete Gardiner | Canada | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) |
5 | 130 | Kyle Calder | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
6 | 147 | Heath Gordon | United States | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) |
7 | 174 | Jerad Smith | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
8 | 204 | Sergei Shikhanov | Russia | Lada Togliatti (Russia) |
9 | 230 | Chris Feil | United States | Ohio State University (CCHA) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Mills wore number 46 for a single game on January 10.
References
edit- "Chicago Blackhawks 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- "1997-98 Chicago Blackhawks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "1997-98 NHL Schedule and Results".
- ^ "1997-98 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1997-98 Chicago Blackhawks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "1981 NHL Entry Draft -- Chris Chelios". www.hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
Played in 1,000th NHL game for Chicago on April 16, 1998, vs. New Jersey.
- ^ "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.