1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division 6th Pacific
1997–98 record 26–43–13
Goals for 205
Goals against 261
Team information
General Manager Jack Ferreira
Coach Pierre Page
Captain Paul Kariya
Teemu Selanne (interim)
Arena Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

The 1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the fifth season in franchise history. The Ducks finished sixth in the Pacific and missed the playoffs.

Regular season

The Mighty Ducks were shut out a league high 11 times, tied with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning.[1]

Final standings

Pacific Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1Colorado Avalanche8239261723120595
2Los Angeles Kings8238331122722587
3Edmonton Oilers8235371021522480
4San Jose Sharks8234381021021678
5Calgary Flames8226411521725267
6Mighty Ducks of Anaheim8226431320526165
7Vancouver Canucks8225431422427364

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.

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Dallas StarsCEN82492211242167109
2x – Colorado AvalanchePAC8239261723120595
3Detroit Red WingsCEN82442315250196103
4St. Louis BluesCEN824529825620498
5Los Angeles KingsPAC8238331122722587
6Phoenix CoyotesCEN8235351222422782
7Edmonton OilersPAC8235371021522480
8San Jose SharksPAC8234381021021678
9Chicago BlackhawksCEN8230391319219973
10Toronto Maple LeafsCEN823043919423769
11Calgary FlamesPAC8226411521725267
12Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC8226431320526165
13Vancouver CanucksPAC8225431422427364

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won Division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 3, 19972–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)0–1–0
2WOctober 4, 19973–2Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)1–1–0
3TOctober 10, 19971–1 OTOttawa Senators (1997–98)1–1–1
4LOctober 13, 19970–3Boston Bruins (1997–98)1–2–1
5TOctober 15, 19972–2 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1997–98)1–2–2
6WOctober 17, 19972–1Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)2–2–2
7LOctober 19, 19972–5New York Islanders (1997–98)2–3–2
8WOctober 21, 19974–3@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)3–3–2
9LOctober 22, 19971–4Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)3–4–2
10WOctober 25, 19974–2@ New York Islanders (1997–98)4–4–2
11TOctober 26, 19973–3 OT@ New York Rangers (1997–98)4–4–3
12TOctober 28, 19972–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)4–4–4
13WOctober 30, 19973–0@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)5–4–4
14LNovember 2, 19973–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)5–5–4
15WNovember 5, 19975–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)6–5–4
16WNovember 7, 19974–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)7–5–4
17WNovember 8, 19973–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)8–5–4
18LNovember 10, 19974–6San Jose Sharks (1997–98)8–6–4
19LNovember 12, 19973–4 OTMontreal Canadiens (1997–98)8–7–4
20TNovember 14, 19973–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1997–98)8–7–5
21LNovember 16, 19970–4Dallas Stars (1997–98)8–8–5
22LNovember 18, 19972–4@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)8–9–5
23LNovember 19, 19970–4Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)8–10–5
24WNovember 22, 19972–0@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)9–10–5
25LNovember 24, 19970–5@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)9–11–5
26WNovember 26, 19972–0New Jersey Devils (1997–98)10–11–5
27WNovember 28, 19973–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)11–11–5
28LNovember 29, 19972–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)11–12–5
29TDecember 2, 19973–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)11–12–6
30LDecember 3, 19970–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)11–13–6
31LDecember 6, 19972–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)11–14–6
32LDecember 10, 19970–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)11–15–6
33WDecember 12, 19976–4Washington Capitals (1997–98)12–15–6
34LDecember 17, 19972–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)12–16–6
35LDecember 19, 19972–6Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)12–17–6
36LDecember 21, 19972–4San Jose Sharks (1997–98)12–18–6
37WDecember 22, 19975–1Calgary Flames (1997–98)13–18–6
38TDecember 27, 19975–5 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)13–18–7
39LDecember 28, 19970–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)13–19–7
40LDecember 30, 19971–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)13–20–7
41LJanuary 1, 19982–3@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)13–21–7
42WJanuary 3, 19984–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)14–21–7
43TJanuary 4, 19983–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)14–21–8
44LJanuary 7, 19982–3Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)14–22–8
45LJanuary 9, 19981–5Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)14–23–8
46WJanuary 11, 19982–1 OTDallas Stars (1997–98)15–23–8
47LJanuary 12, 19982–3 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)15–24–8
48LJanuary 14, 19980–2Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)15–25–8
49WJanuary 21, 19988–3Florida Panthers (1997–98)16–25–8
50WJanuary 22, 19984–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)17–25–8
51TJanuary 24, 19983–3 OTLos Angeles Kings (1997–98)17–25–9
52LJanuary 27, 19982–4@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)17–26–9
53LJanuary 28, 19982–5Calgary Flames (1997–98)17–27–9
54WFebruary 1, 19984–3 OTChicago Blackhawks (1997–98)18–27–9
55WFebruary 4, 19983–2New York Rangers (1997–98)19–27–9
56LFebruary 7, 19982–5Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)19–28–9
57LFebruary 25, 19982–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)19–29–9
58WFebruary 27, 19984–0@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)20–29–9
59LMarch 1, 19982–6St. Louis Blues (1997–98)20–30–9
60LMarch 4, 19980–2Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)20–31–9
61LMarch 6, 19980–3San Jose Sharks (1997–98)20–32–9
62LMarch 8, 19981–3Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)20–33–9
63LMarch 9, 19983–4 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)20–34–9
64LMarch 11, 19981–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)20–35–9
65LMarch 13, 19983–6@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)20–36–9
66WMarch 15, 19985–3Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)21–36–9
67LMarch 18, 19980–3@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)21–37–9
68TMarch 19, 19983–3 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)21–37–10
69WMarch 21, 19985–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)22–37–10
70WMarch 22, 19985–2@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)23–37–10
71WMarch 25, 19983–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)24–37–10
72TMarch 26, 19983–3 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)24–37–11
73LMarch 28, 19983–5@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)24–38–11
74LApril 1, 19981–5Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)24–39–11
75LApril 3, 19983–6@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)24–40–11
76TApril 5, 19983–3 OTCalgary Flames (1997–98)24–40–12
77WApril 8, 19984–2Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)25–40–12
78LApril 9, 19982–5@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)25–41–12
79TApril 13, 19982–2 OTColorado Avalanche (1997–98)25–41–13
80LApril 15, 19983–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)25–42–13
81WApril 18, 19984–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)26–42–13
82LApril 19, 19983–5St. Louis Blues (1997–98)26–43–13

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Playoffs

The Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs despite qualifying the previous year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Teemu Selanne7352348630
Steve Rucchin7217365313
Dmitri Mironov6663036115
Scott Young7313203322
Paul Kariya2217143123
Matt Cullen616212723
Sean Pronger625152030
Joe Sacco558111924
Tomas Sandstrom77981764
J. J. Daigneault532151728
Ted Drury736101682
Travis Green225111616
Ruslan Salei665101570
Dave Karpa7811112217
Frank Banham21921112
Josef Marha1274110
Warren Rychel635611198
Kevin Todd27471112
Mark Janssens55459116
Jeff Nielsen3245916
Jason Marshall72369189
Jeremy Stevenson45358101
Pavel Trnka4834740
Drew Bannister2706647
Mike Crowley82248
Jean-Francois Jomphe91348
Brent Severyn37134133
Darren Van Impe191344
Espen Knutsen193036
Doug Houda2412352
Peter Leboutillier1211255
Richard Park150228
Jamie Pushor1002210
Shawn Antoski910118
Bobby Dollas2201127
Guy Hebert460114
Mikhail Shtalenkov400110
Dan Trebil210112
Antti Aalto30000
Tom Askey70000
Mike Leclerc70006
Marc Moro10000
Barry Nieckar10002
Tony Tuzzolino10002
Bob Wren30000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Guy Hebert266046132461302.9313391209.9033
Mikhail Shtalenkov204940131851103.221031921.8931
Tom Askey2737012122.64113101.8940
Team:4982822643132523.0324832231.8994

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Draft picks

Anaheim'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)
118Michael Holmqvist SwedenDjurgardens IF (Sweden)
245Maxim Balmochnykh RussiaLada Togliatti (Russia)
372Jay Legault CanadaLondon Knights (OHL)
5125Luc Vaillancourt CanadaBeauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
7178Tony Mohagen CanadaSeattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7181Mat Snesrud United StatesNorth Iowa Huskies (USHL)
8209Rene Stussi  SwitzerlandHC Thurgau (Switzerland)
9235Tommi Degerman FinlandBoston University (Hockey East)

See also

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1997–98

*Played Occasional Games in Anaheim

References

  1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1998.html
  2. "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. "1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  4. "1997-98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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