1997–98 Calgary Flames season

The 1997–98 Calgary Flames season was the 18th National Hockey League season in Calgary. After a disappointing 1996–97 season, the Flames looked to newly hired coach Brian Sutter to return the Flames to the playoffs.

The off-season featured the trade of highly popular forward Gary Roberts shortly before the season began. Roberts missed the entire 1996–97 NHL season due to injury after playing only 35 games in 1995–96. Feeling that playing in the Eastern Conference with its lower travel would help aid him in his comeback, the Flames agreed to trade Roberts. He was dealt, along with starting goaltender Trevor Kidd to the Carolina Hurricanes for Andrew Cassels and Jean-Sebastien Giguere.^[1]

The season would serve as a bitter disappointment for the Flames from start to end, as the Flames would struggle to score goals all season long, ultimately finishing with the worst record in Calgary history at 26–41–15, while 67 points was the lowest in franchise history since the expansion Atlanta Flames managed just 65 in 1972–73.

Theoren Fleury was named to the North American team at the 1998 NHL All Star Game, where he recorded two assists playing on a line with Wayne Gretzky and Mark Recchi. Defenceman Derek Morris was named a Rookie All Star.^[2]

Fleury also represented Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.^[3]

Prior to the start of the season, the Flames purchased the Western Hockey League's Calgary Hitmen for approximately $1.5 million. The struggling franchise was nearly destroyed by the fallout of the Graham James scandal.^[4]

Regular season

On Friday, October 17, 1997, the Flames scored three short-handed goals in a 6-5 win over the Colorado Avalanche.^[5]

Season 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^[6]
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

1997–98 Game Log

October: 3–8–2 (Home: 3–4–1; Road: 0–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 1	Detroit	3 – 1	Calgary		Tabaracci	17,893	0–1–0	0
2	October 3	Colorado	4 – 1	Calgary		Tabaracci	15,327	0–2–0	0
3	October 7	Toronto	2 – 1	Calgary		Tabaracci	16,831	0–3–0	0
4	October 9	NY Rangers	1 – 1	Calgary	OT	Roloson	16,756	0–3–1	1
5	October 12	Calgary	4 – 4	Detroit	OT	Tabaracci	19,983	0–3–2	2
6	October 14	Calgary	4 – 5	Dallas	OT	Roloson	14,892	0–4–2	2
7	October 17	Colorado	5 – 6	Calgary	OT	Tabaracci	16,432	1–4–2	4
8	October 18	Boston	3 – 0	Calgary		Tabaracci	16,673	1–5–2	4
9	October 22	Calgary	1 – 4	Buffalo		Tabaracci	11,222	1–6–2	4
10	October 23	Calgary	3 – 4	Philadelphia		Roloson	19,319	1–7–2	4
11	October 25	Calgary	3 – 4	Toronto		Tabaracci	15,726	1–8–2	4
12	October 28	Pittsburgh	3 – 6	Calgary		Moss	15,645	2–8–2	6
13	October 30	Phoenix	2 – 4	Calgary		Moss	15,761	3–8–2	8

November: 2–7–5 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–4–4)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	November 1	Calgary	2 – 2	Colorado	OT	Moss	16,061	3–8–3	9
15	November 2	Calgary	1 – 3	Phoenix		Tabaracci	14,928	3–9–3	9
16	November 5	Toronto	4 – 3	Calgary		Moss	16,322	3–10–3	9
17	November 7	Anaheim	4 – 3	Calgary	OT	Moss	16,487	3–11–3	9
18	November 9	Calgary	3 – 6	Detroit		Tabaracci	19,983	3–12–3	9
19	November 10	Calgary	1 – 1	Chicago	OT	Roloson	15,753	3–12–4	10
20	November 13	Carolina	4 – 2	Calgary		Roloson	15,113	3–13–4	10
21	November 15	Calgary	2 – 2	Edmonton	OT	Tabaracci	17,099	3–13–5	11
22	November 18	Calgary	1 – 2	New Jersey		Tabaracci	15,092	3–14–5	11
23	November 20	Calgary	2 – 1	Florida		Tabaracci	14,703	4–14–5	13
24	November 22	Calgary	3 – 4	Tampa Bay		Tabaracci	15,176	4–15–5	13
25	November 23	Calgary	3 – 3	Carolina	OT	Tabracci	5,516	4–15–6	14
26	November 27	Chicago	2 – 2	Calgary	OT	Tabaracci	16,641	4–15–7	15
27	November 29	Anaheim	3 – 4	Calgary	OT	Tabaracci	18,334	5–15–7	17

December: 6–8–1 (Home: 4–5–0; Road: 2–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 1	San Jose	2 – 3	Calgary	OT	Tabaracci	15,268	6–15–7	19
29	December 3	Detroit	4 – 3	Calgary		Tabaracci	16,310	6–16–7	19
30	December 5	Calgary	1 – 4	Dallas		Roloson	16,688	6–17–7	19
31	December 6	Calgary	3 – 4	St. Louis	OT	N/A	N/A	6–18–7	19
32	December 9	Calgary	3 – 1	NY Islanders		Tabaracci	9,251	7–18–7	21
33	December 10	Calgary	4 – 1	NY Rangers		Tabaracci	18,200	8–18–7	23
34	December 12	Colorado	1 – 3	Calgary		Tabaracci	17,450	9–18–7	25
35	December 16	Chicago	3 – 4	Calgary	OT	Tabaracci	15,462	10–18–7	27
36	December 18	Dallas	2 – 1	Calgary		Tabaracci	15,667	10–19–7	27
37	December 20	Los Angeles	4 – 1	Calgary		Tabaracci	15,873	10–20–7	27
38	December 22	Calgary	1 – 5	Anaheim		Tabaracci	16,975	10–21–7	27
39	December 23	Calgary	2 – 2	Phoenix	OT	Roloson	15,424	10–21–8	28
40	December 27	Philadelphia	2 – 5	Calgary		Roloson	18,742	11–21–8	30
41	December 29	Phoenix	5 – 3	Calgary		Roloson	18,742	11–22–8	30
42	December 31	Montreal	3 – 2	Calgary		Tabaracci	18,742	11–23–8	30

January: 3–6–3 (Home: 1–1–2; Road: 2–5–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
43	January 3	Calgary	3 – 4	St. Louis		N/A	N/A	11–24–8	30
44	January 5	Calgary	1 – 1	Chicago	OT	Tabaracci	15,941	11–24–9	31
45	January 6	Calgary	3 – 1	Colorado		Roloson	16,061	12–24–9	33
46	January 9	Florida	3 – 3	Calgary	OT	Tabaracci	17,010	12–24–10	34
47	January 10	St. Louis	5 – 1	Calgary		Roloson	18,562	12–25–10	34
48	January 14	Calgary	2 – 5	Edmonton		Roloson	17,099	12–26–10	34
49	January 20	Calgary	3 – 4	Los Angeles		Moss	10,367	12–27–10	34
50	January 21	Calgary	1 – 7	San Jose		Roloson	16,553	12–28–10	34
51	January 24	Vancouver	2 – 5	Calgary		Roloson	18,627	13–28–10	36
52	January 28	Calgary	5 – 2	Anaheim		Tabaracci	16,758	14–28–10	38
53	January 29	Calgary	3 – 5	Los Angeles		Tabaracci	9,586	14–29–10	38
54	January 31	New Jersey	2 – 2	Calgary		Roloson	18,719	14–29–11	39

February: 2–1–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
55	February 3	Los Angeles	6 – 3	Calgary		Roloson	15,815	14–30–11	39
56	February 5	San Jose	2 – 4	Calgary		Roloson	15,391	15–30–11	41
57	February 7	Edmonton	2 – 4	Calgary		Roloson	18,719	16–30–11	43
58	February 27	Vancouver	4 – 4	Calgary	OT	Roloson	15,586	16–30–12	44

March: 8–6–1 (Home: 6–1–0; Road: 2–5–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
59	March 1	Ottawa	1 – 2	Calgary		Roloson	17,463	17–30–12	46
60	March 3	Tampa Bay	1 – 2	Calgary		Roloson	15,831	18–30–12	48
61	March 5	Calgary	6 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	15,613	19–30–12	50
62	March 7	Calgary	1 – 2	Ottawa		Roloson	18,036	19–31–12	50
63	March 9	Calgary	2 – 5	Washington		Tabaracci	12,011	19–32–12	50
64	March 11	Calgary	1 – 4	Pittsburgh		Roloson	14,655	19–33–12	50
65	March 12	Calgary	5 – 2	Boston		Roloson	14,677	20–33–12	52
66	March 14	Calgary	1 – 2	Toronto		Roloson	15,726	20–34–12	52
67	March 16	Calgary	3 – 3	Montreal	OT	Roloson	20,504	20–34–13	53
68	March 20	NY Islanders	1 – 4	Calgary		Tabaracci	18,189	21–34–13	55
69	March 22	St. Louis	3 – 5	Calgary		Tabaracci	16,675	22–34–13	57
70	March 24	Buffalo	2 – 0	Calgary		Tabaracci	16,296	22–35–13	57
71	March 26	Washington	2 – 3	Calgary		Tabaracci	15,782	23–35–13	59
72	March 28	Los Angeles	2 – 5	Calgary		Tabaracci	16,998	24–35–13	61
73	March 30	Calgary	1 – 3	Edmonton		Tabaracci	17,099	24–36–13	61

April: 2–5–2 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 1–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
74	April 1	Dallas	1 – 3	Calgary		Roloson	17,012	25–36–13	63
75	April 5	Calgary	3 – 3	Anaheim	OT	Roloson	17,174	25–36–14	64
76	April 7	Calgary	0 – 6	San Jose		Tabaracci	17,483	25–37–14	64
77	April 9	Vancouver	6 – 3	Calgary		Roloson	16,313	25–38–14	64
78	April 11	Edmonton	5 – 4	Calgary		Roloson	18,719	25–39–14	64
79	April 13	Calgary	2 – 4	Los Angeles		Roloson	12,049	25–40–14	64
80	April 15	San Jose	3 – 3	Calgary	OT	Roloson	16,567	25–40–15	65
81	April 17	Calgary	4 – 2	Vancouver		Roloson	16,602	26–40–15	67
82	April 18	Calgary	1 – 4	San Jose		Roloson	17,483	26–41–15	67

Playoffs

The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference with just 67 points, eleven points behind the 8th place San Jose Sharks. Calgary missed the playoffs for the second straight season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season					Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Theoren Fleury	14	82	27	51	78	197	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Stillman	16	72	27	22	49	40	-	-	-	-	-
Marty McInnis	18	75	19	25	44	34	-	-	-	-	-
Andrew Cassels	21	81	17	27	44	32	-	-	-	-	-
German Titov	13	68	18	22	40	38	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Nylander	92	65	13	23	36	35	-	-	-	-	-
Jarome Iginla	12	70	13	19	32	29	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Morris	53	82	9	20	29	88	-	-	-	-	-
Cale Hulse	32	79	5	22	27	169	-	-	-	-	-
Tommy Albelin	5	69	2	17	19	32	-	-	-	-	-
James Patrick	3	60	6	11	17	26	-	-	-	-	-
Hnat Domenichelli	17	31	9	7	16	6	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Dowd	34	48	6	8	14	12	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Bouchard	6	44	5	7	12	57	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Allison	2	43	3	8	11	104	-	-	-	-	-
Valeri Bure^†	8	16	5	4	9	2	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Ward	42	64	4	5	9	122	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Dingman	7	70	3	3	6	149	-	-	-	-	-
Todd Simpson	27	53	1	5	6	109	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Wiemer^†	24	12	4	1	5	28	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Gavey	23	26	2	3	5	24	-	-	-	-	-
Dwayne Roloson	30	39	0	4	4	10	-	-	-	-	-
Erik Andersson	29	12	2	1	3	8	-	-	-	-	-
Chris O'Sullivan	19	12	0	2	2	10	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Landry	11	12	1	0	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
Ladislav Kohn	46	4	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Todd Hlushko	20	13	0	1	1	27	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Dahl	4	19	0	1	1	6	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Tabaracci	31	42	0	1	1	14	-	-	-	-	-
Sergei Varlamov	58	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Charron	39	2	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
Marty Murray	28	2	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Travis Brigley	43	5	0	0	0	23	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Begin	57	5	0	0	0	23	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Moss	1	6	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Denis Gauthier	24	10	0	0	0	16	-	-	-	-	-
Rocky Thompson	55	12	0	0	0	61	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Peluso	8	23	0	0	0	113	-	-	-	-	-
Traded players	–	16	20	36	227	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season								Playoffs
Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Rick Tabaracci	31	42	2419	13	22	6	116	0	2.88	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwayne Roloson	30	39	2205	11	16	8	110	0	2.99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Moss	1	6	367	2	3	1	20	0	3.27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1997–98 season.^[7]

Trades

June 21, 1997	To Calgary Flames Rick Tabaracci	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th round pick in 1998
August 25, 1997	To Calgary Flames Andrew Cassels Jean-Sebastien Giguere	To Carolina Hurricanes Gary Roberts Trevor Kidd
February 1, 1998	To Calgary Flames Valeri Bure 4th round pick in 1998	To Montreal Canadiens Zarley Zalapski Jonas Hoglund
March 24, 1998	To Calgary Flames Jason Wiemer	To Tampa Bay Lightning Sandy McCarthy 3rd round pick in 1998 5th round pick in 1998

Free agents

Player	Former team

Player	New team

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Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[8]

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics
Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	6	Daniel Tkaczuk	Canada	C	Barrie Colts (OHL)	19	4	7	11	14
2	32	Evan Lindsay	Canada	G	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
2	42	John Tripp	Canada	RW	Oshawa Generals (OHL)	43	2	7	9	35
2	51	Dmitry Kokorev	Russia	D	Moscow Dynamo (RSL)
3	60	Derek Schultz	Canada	C	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	70	Erik Andersson	Sweden	LW	University of Denver (NCAA)	12	2	1	3	8
4	92	Chris St. Croix	United States	D	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	100	Ryan Ready	Canada	LW	Belleville Bulls (OHL)	7	0	1	1	0
5	113	Martin Moise	Canada	RW	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
6	140	Ilja Demidov	Russia	D	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	167	Jeremy Rondeau	Canada	LW	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
9	223	Dustin Paul	Canada	RW	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

The Baby Flames finished the 1997–98 American Hockey League season with a franchise record 43 wins, as their 43–24–13 record led the Flames to the Atlantic Division title, the first division championship in team history. The Flames marched to the Calder Cup finals, defeating the St. John's Maple Leafs 3–1, the Portland Pirates 4–2, and Hartford Wolf Pack 4–1. The Flames fell to the Philadelphia Phantoms 4–2 in the finals, however.^[9] Hnat Domenichelli led the Flames with 33 goals, while Ladislav Kohn led the team with 56 points. Tyler Moss played the majority of the games in goal, leading the team with 19 wins in 39 games, while his 2.49 GAA was just behind the 2.46 posted by Jean-Sebastien Giguere in 31 games.^[10]

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 114.
Game log: 1997–98 Calgary Flames game log, usatoday.com, accessed January 14, 2007.
Team standings: 1997–98 NHL standings @hockeydb.com.
Trades: hockeydb.com player pages.

↑ Dolezar, Jon A., Say it aint so: Calgary Flames, cnnsi.com, August 8, 2001, Accessed January 13, 2007.
↑ All Star Selections, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 22.
↑ New York Rangers press release, July 8, 1999, accessed January 20, 2007.
↑ Miller, Mark (1997-06-14). "Hitmen finally go up in Flames". Calgary Sun. p. S5.
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199710170CGY.html
↑ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ Calgary Flames 1997–2003 transactions, hockeynut.com, accessed January 14, 2007.
↑ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed January 12, 2007.
↑ 1997–98 AHL playoffs @ hockeydb.com, accessed January 20, 2007.
↑ Saint John Flames player stats @ hockeydb.com, accessed January 20, 2007.

Calgary Flames seasons

Pre-1980	Atlanta Flames

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

Calgary Flames

Formerly the Atlanta Flames Founded in 1972 Based in Calgary, Alberta

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current Season

History	All-time Roster Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Calgary Sports and Entertainment President Brian Burke General manager Brad Treliving Head coach Bob Hartley Team captain Mark Giordano Current roster

Arena	Stampede Corral Scotiabank Saddledome

Rivalries	Edmonton Oilers Vancouver Canucks

Affiliates	AHL Stockton Heat ECHL Adirondack Thunder

General Managers	Fletcher Risebrough Coates Button Sutter Feaster Treliving

Head Coaches	MacNeil Johnson Crisp Risebrough Charron King Page B. L. Sutter Hay Gilbert MacNeil D. Sutter Playfair Keenan B. C. Sutter Hartley

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1997–98 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Carolina Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1997–98 Calgary Flames season

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Draft picks

Farm teams

Saint John Flames

See also

References