1997–98 St. Louis Blues season

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1997–98 St. Louis Blues
Division3rd Central
Conference4th Western
1997–98 record45–29–8
Home record26–10–5
Road record19–19–3
Goals for256
Goals against204
Team information
General managerLarry Pleau
CoachJoel Quenneville
CaptainChris Pronger
ArenaKiel Center
Average attendance18,414
Minor league affiliate(s)Worcester IceCats
Peoria Rivermen
Baton Rouge Kingfish
Team leaders
GoalsGeoff Courtnall (31)
AssistsPierre Turgeon (46)
PointsBrett Hull (72)
Penalty minutesKelly Chase (231)
Plus/minusChris Pronger (+47)
WinsGrant Fuhr (29)
Goals against averageJamie McLennan (2.17)

The highlight of the 1997–98 St. Louis Blues season would mark an end of an era as former captain Brett Hull was not re-signed following the season.

Off-season

In his first full season as head coach, Joel Quenneville decided to employ a defensive formula. The move worked wonders as even Brett Hull bought into the new system as the Blues finished in third place with a solid 45–29–8 record. In the first round of the playoffs, the Blues would sweep the Los Angeles Kings in four games. In the second round, the Blues were eliminated by the Detroit Red Wings in six games. The season would mark an end of an era, as Brett Hull was not signed to a new contract after the season, joining the Dallas Stars as a free agent during the summer.[1]

Defenseman Chris Pronger was named team captain, a role that had been vacant during the previous season.

Regular season

The Blues were one of only two teams out the NHL's 26 to score at least 3 goals per game (The Detroit Red Wings were the other team). The Blues' 256 goals for led all teams.[2]

Final standings

Central Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
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 7 Phoenix Coyotes 82 35 35 12 224 227 82
5 9 Chicago Blackhawks 82 30 39 13 192 199 73
6 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 30 43 9 194 237 69


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

Playoffs

  Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Stanley Cup Finals
                                     
1 Stars 4     1 Stars 4  
8 Sharks 2     7 Oilers 1  


2 Avalanche 3 Western Conference
7 Oilers 4  
    1 Stars 2  
  3 Red Wings 4  
3 Red Wings 4  
6 Coyotes 2  
4 Blues 4   4 Blues 2
5 Kings 0     3 Red Wings 4  


  W3 Red Wings 4
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
  E4 Capitals 0
1 Devils 2     4 Capitals 4
8 Senators 4     8 Senators 1  
2 Penguins 2
7 Canadiens 4  
  4 Capitals 4
  6 Sabres 2  
3 Flyers 1  
6 Sabres 4   Eastern Conference
4 Capitals 4   6 Sabres 4
5 Bruins 2     7 Canadiens 0  
  • During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brett Hull RW 66 27 45 72 26 -1 10 0 6
Pierre Turgeon C 60 22 46 68 24 13 6 0 4
Geoff Courtnall LW 79 31 31 62 94 12 6 0 5
Steve Duchesne D 80 14 42 56 32 9 5 1 1
Pavol Demitra LW 61 22 30 52 22 11 4 4 6
Al MacInnis D 71 19 30 49 80 6 9 1 2
Craig Conroy C 81 14 29 43 46 20 0 3 1
Jim Campbell RW 76 22 19 41 55 0 7 0 6
Chris Pronger D 81 9 27 36 180 47 1 0 2
Scott Pellerin LW 80 8 21 29 62 14 1 1 0
Blair Atcheynum RW 61 11 15 26 10 5 0 1 3
Terry Yake C 65 10 15 25 38 1 3 1 4
Darren Turcotte C 62 12 6 18 26 6 3 0 1
Pascal Rheaume C 48 6 9 15 35 4 1 0 0
Joe Murphy RW 27 4 9 13 22 8 2 0 0
Harry York C 58 4 6 10 31 0 0 0 0
Marc Bergevin D 81 3 7 10 90 -2 0 0 0
Chris McAlpine D 54 3 7 10 36 14 0 0 0
Todd Gill D 11 5 4 9 10 2 3 0 1
Michel Picard LW 16 1 8 9 29 3 0 0 0
Rudy Poeschek RW/D 50 1 7 8 64 -5 0 0 0
Kelly Chase RW 67 4 3 7 231 10 0 0 1
Jamie Rivers D 59 2 4 6 36 5 1 0 1
Tony Twist LW 60 1 1 2 105 -4 0 0 0
Grant Fuhr G 58 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
Chris Kenady RW 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Eastwood C 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 1
Libor Zabransky D 6 0 1 1 6 -3 0 0 0
Jamie McLennan G 30 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Rich Parent G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ricard Persson D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Grant Fuhr 3274 58 29 21 6 138 2.53 3 1354 1216 .898
Jamie McLennan 1658 30 16 8 2 60 2.17 2 618 558 .903
Rich Parent 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 1.000
Team: 4944 82 45 29 8 198 2.40 5 1973 1775 .900

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jim Campbell RW 10 7 3 10 12 -1 4 0 2
Geoff Courtnall LW 10 2 8 10 18 -2 1 0 0
Chris Pronger D 10 1 9 10 26 -2 0 0 0
Pierre Turgeon C 10 4 4 8 2 -5 2 0 0
Al MacInnis D 8 2 6 8 12 1 1 0 0
Pavol Demitra LW 10 3 3 6 2 -3 0 0 0
Brett Hull RW 10 3 3 6 2 -3 1 0 1
Todd Gill D 10 2 2 4 10 -3 1 1 0
Pascal Rheaume C 10 1 3 4 8 0 1 0 0
Steve Duchesne D 10 0 4 4 6 -8 0 0 0
Terry Yake C 10 2 1 3 6 -3 2 0 1
Craig Conroy C 10 1 2 3 8 -1 0 0 1
Scott Pellerin LW 10 0 2 2 10 1 0 0 0
Mike Eastwood C 3 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 1
Marc Bergevin D 10 0 1 1 8 -1 0 0 0
Grant Fuhr G 10 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Blair Atcheynum RW 10 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Kelly Chase RW 7 0 0 0 23 -2 0 0 0
Chris McAlpine D 10 0 0 0 16 -1 0 0 0
Jamie McLennan G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rudy Poeschek RW/D 2 0 0 0 6 -2 0 0 0
Darren Turcotte C 10 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Grant Fuhr 616 10 6 4 28 2.73 0 297 269 .906
Jamie McLennan 14 1 0 0 1 4.29 0 4 3 .750
Team: 630 10 6 4 29 2.76 0 301 272 .904

[4]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Jamie McLennan, St. Louis Blues
King Clancy Memorial Trophy: Kelly Chase, St. Louis Blues

Transactions

Draft picks

St. Louis'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)
2 40 Tyler Rennette  Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4 86 Didier Tremblay  Canada Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
4 98 Jan Horacek  Czech Republic Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
4 106 Jame Pollock  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
6 149 Nicholas Bilotto  Canada Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
7 177 Ladislav Nagy  Slovakia HC Košice (Slovakia)
8 206 Bob Haglund  United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
9 232 Dmitri Plekhanov  Russia Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russia)
9 244 Marek Ivan  Czech Republic Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ St. Louis Blues (1967-Present)
  2. ^ "1997-98 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. ^ "1997-98 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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