1997–98 San Jose Sharks season

1997–98 San Jose Sharks
Division	4th Pacific
1997–98 record	34–38–10
Goals for	210
Goals against	216
Team information
General Manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Todd Gill (Oct-Mar) ; Vacant (Mar-Apr)

The 1997–98 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). Following their second last-place finish in as many years, the Sharks unceremoniously fired first-year head coach Al Sims; he was replaced by Darryl Sutter, who had previously coached the Chicago Blackhawks. At the time of his hiring, Sutter was the first head coach in franchise history to have previously coached another NHL team.

The Sharks' coaching switch was accompanied by a handful of player acquisitions and debuts. Of these, the addition of five-time NHL All-Star goaltender Mike Vernon proved most important. On August 18th, 1997, the Sharks acquired Vernon from the Detroit Red Wings for a pair of second-round picks; at the time of the trade, Vernon was only two months removed from backstopping the Red Wings to victory in the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals. Additionally, the Sharks drafted highly-touted forward Patrick Marleau with the second overall pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Despite a lackluster rookie season, Marleau would enjoy considerable success with the Sharks over the following two decades. Lastly, 1996 first-found pick Marco Sturm was added to the roster early in the season. Sturm and Marleau, in particular, supplemented a burgeoning collection of young forwards that already included mainstays Jeff Friesen and Owen Nolan.

In Sutter's first season at the helm, the Sharks' play improved substantially. While they once again failed to post a winning record, the team managed to clinch the Western Conference's eighth (and final) playoff berth. In the first round of the 1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Sharks faced the top-seeded Dallas Stars. The Sharks quickly dropped their first two games in Dallas; upon returning to San Jose, however, the Sharks rallied to tie the series at two games apiece. An upset was not to be, however, as the Stars responded with a pair of one-goal victories to win the series in six games. Despite a quick exit from the playoffs, the 1997-98 season would prove to be a turning point for the franchise. After finishing with the Western Conference's worst record in four of their first six seasons of play, the Sharks would miss the postseason just twice between 1998 and 2018.

Regular season

Captain Todd Gill is traded to the St. Louis Blues, in March.

Final standings

Pacific Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	26	17	231	205	95
2	Los Angeles Kings	82	38	33	11	227	225	87
3	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	37	10	215	224	80
4	San Jose Sharks	82	34	38	10	210	216	78
5	Calgary Flames	82	26	41	15	217	252	67
6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	26	43	13	205	261	65
7	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.

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
1	L	October 1, 1997	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	0–1–0
2	W	October 4, 1997	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	1–1–0
3	L	October 7, 1997	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	1–2–0
4	L	October 9, 1997	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	1–3–0
5	W	October 11, 1997	5–2	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	2–3–0
6	L	October 13, 1997	2–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	2–4–0
7	L	October 16, 1997	2–5	New York Islanders (1997–98)	2–5–0
8	L	October 19, 1997	3–5	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	2–6–0
9	L	October 22, 1997	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	2–7–0
10	W	October 25, 1997	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	3–7–0
11	W	October 27, 1997	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	4–7–0
12	L	October 29, 1997	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	4–8–0
13	L	October 31, 1997	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	4–9–0
14	L	November 1, 1997	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	4–10–0
15	T	November 4, 1997	0–0 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	4–10–1
16	L	November 7, 1997	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	4–11–1
17	W	November 8, 1997	3–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	5–11–1
18	W	November 10, 1997	6–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	6–11–1
19	L	November 12, 1997	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	6–12–1
20	L	November 13, 1997	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	6–13–1
21	L	November 15, 1997	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	6–14–1
22	W	November 18, 1997	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	7–14–1
23	W	November 20, 1997	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	8–14–1
24	W	November 22, 1997	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	9–14–1
25	T	November 24, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	9–14–2
26	L	November 25, 1997	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	9–15–2
27	L	November 28, 1997	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	9–16–2
28	L	November 30, 1997	1–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	9–17–2
29	L	December 1, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	9–18–2
30	W	December 4, 1997	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	10–18–2
31	T	December 10, 1997	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	10–18–3
32	W	December 12, 1997	1–0	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	11–18–3
33	W	December 14, 1997	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	12–18–3
34	W	December 16, 1997	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	13–18–3
35	T	December 18, 1997	0–0 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	13–18–4
36	W	December 21, 1997	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	14–18–4
37	L	December 26, 1997	0–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	14–19–4
38	L	December 29, 1997	1–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	14–20–4
39	T	December 30, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	14–20–5
40	W	January 2, 1998	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	15–20–5
41	L	January 3, 1998	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	15–21–5
42	L	January 6, 1998	1–5	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	15–22–5
43	W	January 10, 1998	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	16–22–5
44	L	January 12, 1998	1–3	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	16–23–5
45	L	January 14, 1998	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	16–24–5
46	T	January 15, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	16–24–6
47	W	January 21, 1998	7–1	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	17–24–6
48	W	January 23, 1998	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	18–24–6
49	T	January 24, 1998	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	18–24–7
50	W	January 27, 1998	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	19–24–7
51	L	January 29, 1998	0–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	19–25–7
52	W	January 31, 1998	5–2	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	20–25–7
53	L	February 2, 1998	2–3	New York Rangers (1997–98)	20–26–7
54	W	February 4, 1998	3–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	21–26–7
55	L	February 5, 1998	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	21–27–7
56	L	February 7, 1998	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	21–28–7
57	W	February 26, 1998	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	22–28–7
58	L	February 28, 1998	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	22–29–7
59	L	March 2, 1998	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	22–30–7
60	W	March 5, 1998	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	23–30–7
61	W	March 6, 1998	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	24–30–7
62	W	March 9, 1998	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	25–30–7
63	L	March 11, 1998	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	25–31–7
64	L	March 12, 1998	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	25–32–7
65	W	March 14, 1998	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	26–32–7
66	W	March 16, 1998	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	27–32–7
67	L	March 18, 1998	1–3	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	27–33–7
68	L	March 21, 1998	0–2	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	27–34–7
69	L	March 22, 1998	1–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	27–35–7
70	L	March 24, 1998	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	27–36–7
71	W	March 26, 1998	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	28–36–7
72	W	March 28, 1998	4–1	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	29–36–7
73	L	March 30, 1998	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	29–37–7
74	W	April 1, 1998	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	30–37–7
75	T	April 2, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	30–37–8
76	W	April 4, 1998	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	31–37–8
77	W	April 7, 1998	6–0	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	32–37–8
78	W	April 9, 1998	5–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	33–37–8
79	T	April 11, 1998	1–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	33–37–9
80	T	April 15, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	33–37–10
81	L	April 16, 1998	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	33–38–10
82	W	April 18, 1998	4–1	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	34–38–10

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Playoffs

In a Conference Quarter-final series, the Sharks met the #1 seeded and Presidents' Trophy-winning Dallas Stars. The Sharks were eliminated by the Stars in six games.

**Dallas (1) vs. San Jose (8)**
Date	Away	Home	OT
April 22	San Jose 1	4 Dallas
April 24	San Jose 2	5 Dallas
April 26	Dallas 1	4 San Jose
April 28	Dallas 0	1 San Jose	OT
April 30	San Jose 2	3 Dallas
May 2	Dallas 3	2 San Jose	OT
Dallas wins series 4–2.

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jeff Friesen	LW	79	31	32	63	40	8	7	6	7
Owen Nolan	RW	75	14	27	41	144	-2	3	1	1
John MacLean	RW	51	13	19	32	28	0	5	0	2
Patrick Marleau	C	74	13	19	32	14	5	1	0	2
Bill Houlder	D	82	7	25	32	48	13	4	0	2
Marco Sturm	LW	74	10	20	30	40	-2	2	0	3
Stephane Matteau	LW	73	15	14	29	60	4	1	0	2
Murray Craven	LW	67	12	17	29	25	4	2	3	3
Bernie Nicholls	C	60	6	22	28	26	-4	3	0	0
Tony Granato	RW	59	16	9	25	70	3	3	0	2
Marcus Ragnarsson	D	79	5	20	25	65	-11	3	0	2
Mike Ricci	C	59	9	14	23	30	-4	5	0	2
Todd Gill	D	64	8	13	21	31	-13	4	0	1
Mike Rathje	D	81	3	12	15	59	-4	1	0	0
Andrei Zyuzin	D	56	6	7	13	66	8	2	0	2
Shawn Burr	LW/C	42	6	6	12	50	2	0	0	0
Marty McSorley	D	56	2	10	12	140	10	0	0	0
Doug Bodger	D	28	4	6	10	32	0	0	0	1
Jarrod Skalde	C	22	4	6	10	14	-2	0	0	0
Joe Murphy	RW	10	5	4	9	14	1	2	0	0
Al Iafrate	D	21	2	7	9	28	-1	2	0	0
Ron Sutter	C	57	2	7	9	22	-2	0	0	1
Dave Lowry	LW	50	4	4	8	51	0	0	0	1
Viktor Kozlov	C	18	5	2	7	2	-2	2	0	0
Shean Donovan	RW	20	3	3	6	22	3	0	0	0
Alexander Korolyuk	LW	19	2	3	5	6	-5	1	0	0
Rich Brennan	D	11	1	2	3	2	-4	1	0	0
Bryan Marchment	D	12	0	3	3	43	2	0	0	0
Steve Guolla	C	7	1	1	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	40	1	1	2	112	-4	0	0	0
Mike Vernon	G	62	0	2	2	24	0	0	0	0
Barry Potomski	LW	9	0	1	1	30	1	0	0	0
Niklas Andersson	LW	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Muzzatti	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Sutton	D	8	0	0	0	15	-4	0	0	0
Dody Wood	C	8	0	0	0	40	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Mike Vernon	3564	62	30	22	8	146	2.46	5	1401	1255	.896
Kelly Hrudey	1360	28	4	16	2	62	2.74	1	600	538	.897
Jason Muzzatti	27	1	0	0	0	2	4.44	0	13	11	.846
Team:	4951	82	34	38	10	210	2.54	6	2014	1804	.896

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
John MacLean	RW	6	2	3	5	4	1	1	0
Bernie Nicholls	C	6	0	5	5	8	-2	0	0
Owen Nolan	RW	6	2	2	4	26	-1	2	1
Mike Ricci	C	6	1	3	4	6	0	0	0
Bill Houlder	D	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Murray Craven	LW	6	1	1	2	0	-2	0	0
Joe Murphy	RW	6	1	1	2	20	-1	1	0
Al Iafrate	D	6	1	0	1	10	-4	1	0
Mike Rathje	D	6	1	0	1	6	-3	1	0
Ron Sutter	C	6	1	0	1	14	-1	0	0
Andrei Zyuzin	D	6	1	0	1	14	-2	0	1
Jeff Friesen	LW	6	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
Patrick Marleau	C	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0
Stephane Matteau	LW	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Shawn Burr	LW/C	6	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0
Tony Granato	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Hrudey	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Lowry	LW	6	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
Bryan Marchment	D	6	0	0	0	10	1	0	0
Marcus Ragnarsson	D	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
Marco Sturm	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Mike Vernon	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Mike Vernon	348	6	2	4	14	2.41	1	138	124	.899
Kelly Hrudey	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0	6	5	.833
Team:	368	6	2	4	15	2.45	1	144	129	.896

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Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Roster

1994–1995 San Jose Sharks Roster

Goaltenders

29 – Mike Vernon
30 – Jason Muzzatti
32 – Kelly Hrudey

Defensemen

2 – Bill Houlder
5 – Doug Bodger
5 – Ken Sutton
7 – Rich Brennan
10 – Marcus Ragnarsson
20 – Andrei Zyuzin
23 – Todd Gill - C
27 – Bryan Marchment
33 – Marty McSorley
40 – Mike Rathje
43 – Al Iafrate

Wingers

15 – Dave Lowry
17 – Steve Guolla
22 – Murray Craven
24 – Barry Potomski
28 – Shawn Burr
34 – Niklas Andersson
37 – Stephane Matteau
39 – Jeff Friesen
11 – Owen Nolan
12 – Ron Sutter
15 – John MacLean
17 – Joe Murphy
21 – Tony Granato
42 – Shean Donovan
62 – Andrei Nazarov

Centers

8 – Jarrod Skalde
9 – Bernie Nicholls
14 – Patrick Marleau
16 – Dody Wood
18 – Mike Ricci
19 – Marco Sturm
25 – Viktor Kozlov
48 – Alexander Korolyuk
GM: Dean Lombardi
Coach: Darryl Sutter

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Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	2	Patrick Marleau	Center	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds
1	23	Scott Hannan	Defence	Canada	Kelowna Rockets
4	82	Adam Colagiacomo	Right Wing	Canada	Oshawa Generals
5	107	Adam Spylo	Right Wing	Canada	Erie Otters
7	163	Joe Dusbabek	Right Wing	United States	Notre Dame
8	192	Cam Severson	Left Wing	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders
9	219	Mark Smith	Center	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes

References

↑ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1997–98 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
↑ "1997-98 San Jose Sharks Schedule and Results - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
↑ "1997-98 San Jose Sharks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
↑ "1997-98 San Jose Sharks Roster and Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

External links

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

[2] "1997–98 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

[3] "1997-98 San Jose Sharks Schedule and Results - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

[4] "1997-98 San Jose Sharks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

[5] "1997-98 San Jose Sharks Roster and Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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1997–98 San Jose Sharks season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Roster

Draft picks

See also

References

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