1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 81st season in the National Hockey League (NHL), their last full season playing at Maple Leaf Gardens, and their last season playing in the Western Conference. Just a few days before the season's start, Mats Sundin became their 17th captain and their first European captain in their 80-year history. The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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Division | 6th Central |
Conference | 12th Western |
1997–98 record | 30–43–9 |
Home record | 16–20–5 |
Road record | 14–23–4 |
Goals for | 194 |
Goals against | 237 |
Team information | |
General manager | Ken Dryden |
Coach | Mike Murphy |
Captain | Mats Sundin |
Alternate captains | Wendel Clark Jamie Macoun (Oct-Mar) Vacant (Mar-Apr) |
Arena | Maple Leaf Gardens |
Average attendance | 15,707 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | St. John's Maple Leafs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mats Sundin (33) |
Assists | Mats Sundin (41) |
Points | Mats Sundin (74) |
Penalty minutes | Tie Domi (365) |
Plus/minus | Todd Warriner (+5) |
Wins | Felix Potvin (26) |
Goals against average | Felix Potvin (2.73) |
Off-season
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Regular season
editFinal 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: 3–6–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 2–2–1)
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November: 5–7–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–3–1)
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December: 5–6–3 (home: 3–2–3; road: 2–4–0)
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January: 4–8–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 3–5–1)
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February: 3–3–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 0–1–1)
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March: 6–8–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–5–0)
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April: 4–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–3–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- 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 Maple Leafs only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
13 | Mats Sundin | C | 82 | 33 | 41 | 74 | −3 | 49 |
20 | Mike Johnson | RW | 82 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −4 | 24 |
7 | Derek King | LW | 77 | 21 | 25 | 46 | −7 | 43 |
22 | Igor Korolev | RW | 78 | 17 | 22 | 39 | −18 | 22 |
72 | Mathieu Schneider | D | 76 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −12 | 44 |
19 | Fredrik Modin | RW | 74 | 16 | 16 | 32 | −5 | 32 |
94 | Sergei Berezin | LW | 68 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −3 | 10 |
11 | Steve Sullivan | C | 63 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −8 | 40 |
17 | Wendel Clark | LW | 47 | 12 | 7 | 19 | −21 | 80 |
18 | Alyn McCauley | C | 60 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −7 | 6 |
25 | Jason Smith | D | 81 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −5 | 100 |
28 | Tie Domi | RW | 80 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −5 | 365 |
8 | Todd Warriner | LW | 45 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 20 |
14 | Darby Hendrickson | C | 80 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −20 | 67 |
36 | Dmitri Yushkevich | D | 72 | 0 | 12 | 12 | −13 | 78 |
3 | Sylvain Cote† | D | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
33 | Jeff Brown†‡ | D | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
55 | Danny Markov | D | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
34 | Jamie Macoun‡ | D | 67 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −17 | 63 |
2 | Rob Zettler | D | 59 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −8 | 108 |
16 | Lonny Bohonos† | RW | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
12 | Kris King | LW | 82 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −13 | 199 |
21 | Martin Prochazka | LW | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 8 |
38 | Yannick Tremblay | D | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −6 | 6 |
24 | Per Gustafsson‡ | D | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −5 | 10 |
16 | Jamie Baker | C | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
33 | David Cooper | D | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
39 | Mike Kennedy‡ | RW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 14 |
42 | Kevyn Adams | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
31 | Marcel Cousineau | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | Glenn Healy | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | Felix Potvin | G | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
23 | Jeff Ware | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
26 | Craig Wolanin | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | 6 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
29 | Felix Potvin | 67 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 1882 | 176 | 2.73 | .906 | 5 | 3864 |
30 | Glenn Healy | 21 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 453 | 53 | 2.98 | .883 | 0 | 1068 |
31 | Marcel Cousineau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 17 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Mike Johnson (Forward) | [3] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Mats Sundin | [4] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Mike Johnson (December) | [5] | |
Team | Molson Cup | Felix Potvin | [6] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Jamie Macoun | November 8, 1997 | [7] |
Transactions
editThe Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1997–98 season.
Trades
editSeptember 30, 1997 | To St. Louis Blues Kelly Chase |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Future Considerations |
January 2, 1998 | To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 1999 – Yevgeny Pavlov |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Jeff Brown |
March 7, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks Brandon Convery |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Lonny Bohonos |
March 17, 1998 | To Ottawa Senators Per Gustafsson |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th round pick in 1998 – Dwight Wolfe |
March 24, 1998 | To Dallas Stars Mike Kennedy |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th round pick in 1998 – Michal Travnicek |
March 24, 1998 | To Detroit Red Wings Jamie Macoun |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1998 – Alexei Ponikarovsky |
March 24, 1998 | To Washington Capitals Jeff Brown |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Sylvain Cote |
June 27, 1998 | To Chicago Blackhawks 1st round pick in 1998 – Mark Bell 4th round pick in 1998 – Matthias Trattnig |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st round pick in 1998 – Nik Antropov 3rd round pick in 1998 – Jamie Hodson 5th round pick in 1998 – Morgan Warren |
Expansion Draft
editJune 26, 1998 | To Nashville Predators Rob Zettler |
Free agents
editDraft picks
editToronto's picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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3 | 57 | Jeff Farkas (Centre) | United States | Boston College (Hockey East) |
4 | 84 | Adam Mair (Right wing) | Canada | Owen Sound Platers (OHL) |
5 | 111 | Frantisek Mrazek (Left wing) | Czech Republic | HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic) |
6 | 138 | Eric Gooldy (Left wing) | United States | Detroit Whalers (OHL) |
7 | 165 | Hugo Marchand (Defence) | Canada | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) |
7 | 190 | Shawn Thornton (Right wing) | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
8 | 194 | Russ Bartlett (Centre) | United States | Phillips Exeter Academy (USHS-NH) |
9 | 221 | Jonathan Hedstrom (Left wing) | Sweden | Skellefteå AIK (Sweden) |
Farm teams
edit- The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.
References
edit- "Toronto Maple Leafs 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- "1997-98 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1997-98 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Toronto Maple Leafs 2015–16 Media Guide, p.373
- ^ Sicinski, Larry (November 8, 1997). "Macoun to lace up for Game 1,000". Toronto Star. p. D2.
- ^ "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.