1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division6th Pacific
Conference12th Western
1997–98 record26–43–13
Home record12–23–6
Road record14–20–7
Goals for205
Goals against261
Team information
General managerJack Ferreira
CoachPierre Page
CaptainPaul Kariya
Teemu Selanne (interim)
Alternate captainsSteve Rucchin
Dave Karpa
Teemu Selanne
ArenaArrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance16,908
Minor league affiliate(s)Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Columbus Chill
Team leaders
GoalsTeemu Selanne (52)
AssistsSteve Rucchin (36)
PointsTeemu Selanne (86)
Penalty minutesDave Karpa (217)
Plus/minusPaul Kariya (+12)
Teemu Selanne (+12)
WinsGuy Hebert (13)
Mikhail Shtalenkov (13)
Goals against averageGuy Hebert (2.93)

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.

Off-season

Even though improving and making the Playoffs into the second round getting swept by the Detroit Red Wings, the Mighty Ducks fired Head Coach Ron Wilson on May 20, 1997 replacing him with former Flames Head Coach Pierre Page. Former Coyotes Head Coach Don Hay was hired as an assistant coach.

During the summer only a few changes were made, since the team underwent changes before the trading deadline in March. The Mighty Ducks signed veteran Tomas Sandstrom on August 2 and acquired Scott Young from the Colorado Avalanche for a 1998 3rd round draft pick on September 17, 1997. Brent Severyn joined the Ducks as a free agent from Colorado.

Ruslan Salei earned a regular roster spot on the team. Rookies Matt Cullen, Jeremy Stevenson, Jeff Nielsen and Pavel Trnka also joined the Mighty Ducks.

The Mighty Duck unveiled two alternate jerseys for their 5th anniversary season: one mainly white, the other mainly green.

Regular season

The Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks made NHL history, being the first teams ever to play a regular season game outside the USA or Canada, facing each other back to back in Tokyo splitting the series.

The season would prove to be a roller coaster ride : many players dressed for the team through the first twenty games as the lines looked different almost every night. On November 24, 1997, Shawn Antowski was involved in a serious car accident which left him with a compressed skull fracture. They also started the season without Paul Kariya due to a contract dispute, but played well without him as the Ducks were 11-12-6 until December 2, 1997, but by then the team was on a downturn going 3-10-2 since November 10 until Kariya returned on December 12, 1997. That night had everybody excited as the Ducks came back from being down 3–0 and Kariya scored two goals and an assist helping the Ducks to win after going winless in their last 6 games for the second time.

Despite his great performance the Mighty Ducks continued to struggle going 4-10-2 by January 14, 1998. Having a week off, the Mighty Ducks looked to bounce back starting a nice run with a 8–3 win against the Florida Panthers going 4-2-1 in their next seven games. On February 1, 1998 hopes of a turnaround in the second half of the season were shattered as Kariya was cross-checked in the head by Gary Suter resulting in Kariya missing the remainder of the season, playing only 22 games. In hopes of adding some more scoring due to Kariya's injury the Ducks acquired Travis Green along with Doug Houda and Tony Tuzzolino in exchange for J.J. Daigeneault, Joe Sacco and Mark Janssens on February 6, 1998. The team lost seven games in a row in early March but made a push for the post season in late March being undefeated in five games after the team came together following the infamous game against Dallas on March 13, but without their captain and losing Guy Hebert on March 8 due to a severe shoulder injury the team went 7-15-4 after the Olympic break thus missing the Play Offs.

Mikhail Shtalenkov played very well replacing Hebert, appearing in 18 of the last 21 games of the season. It was the first time he was the Mighty Ducks' number one for a longer stretch since playing three games in last year's Play Offs. The Ducks allowed too many goals that season and scored 40 less than last year. The drastic decrease in goals was a result of Kariya's absence, players like Sandstrom, Young, Rycchel, Pronger and Drury scoring less as well as the trade with the Islanders: it saw them losing reliable bottom six scoring from all players, the speed from Sacco, the gritty play of Janssens and the experience of Daigeneault on Defense who was important to their Powerplay. Though Travis Green played quite well for the Ducks, the deal was very lopsided and had many wondered at the time as the deal did not pay off at all. Late season acquisition Josef Marha had Anaheim hoping for next season as he had the most impact after the trading deadline. Several prospects also dressed for the Mighty Ducks showing a lot of scoring talent such as Cullen, Nielsen and especially late season call-up Banham but none them made an impact that was needed. Their Defense got some young blood as well with Salei and Trnka fulfilling management expectations.

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. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
12Colorado Avalanche8239261723120595
25Los Angeles Kings8238331122722587
37Edmonton Oilers8235371021522480
48San Jose Sharks8234381021021678
511Calgary Flames8226411521725267
612Mighty Ducks of Anaheim8226431320526165
713Vancouver 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

1997–98 regular season[3]
October: 5–4–4 (home: 2–3–2; road: 3–1–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1LOctober 3, 19972–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)0–1–0Recap
2WOctober 4, 19973–2Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)1–1–0Recap
3TOctober 10, 19971–1 OTOttawa Senators (1997–98)1–1–1Recap
4LOctober 13, 19970–3Boston Bruins (1997–98)1–2–1Recap
5TOctober 15, 19972–2 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1997–98)1–2–2Recap
6WOctober 17, 19972–1Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)2–2–2Recap
7LOctober 19, 19972–5New York Islanders (1997–98)2–3–2Recap
8WOctober 21, 19974–3@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)3–3–2Recap
9LOctober 22, 19971–4Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)3–4–2Recap
10WOctober 25, 19974–2@ New York Islanders (1997–98)4–4–2Recap
11TOctober 26, 19973–3 OT@ New York Rangers (1997–98)4–4–3Recap
12TOctober 28, 19972–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)4–4–4Recap
13WOctober 30, 19973–0@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)5–4–4Recap
November: 6–8–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 4–4–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
14LNovember 2, 19973–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)5–5–4Recap
15WNovember 5, 19975–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)6–5–4Recap
16WNovember 7, 19974–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)7–5–4Recap
17WNovember 8, 19973–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)8–5–4Recap
18LNovember 10, 19974–6San Jose Sharks (1997–98)8–6–4Recap
19LNovember 12, 19973–4 OTMontreal Canadiens (1997–98)8–7–4Recap
20TNovember 14, 19973–3 OTVancouver Canucks (1997–98)8–7–5Recap
21LNovember 16, 19970–4Dallas Stars (1997–98)8–8–5Recap
22LNovember 18, 19972–4@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)8–9–5Recap
23LNovember 19, 19970–4Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)8–10–5Recap
24WNovember 22, 19972–0@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)9–10–5Recap
25LNovember 24, 19970–5@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)9–11–5Recap
26WNovember 26, 19972–0New Jersey Devils (1997–98)10–11–5Recap
27WNovember 28, 19973–1@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)11–11–5Recap
28LNovember 29, 19972–3 OT@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)11–12–5Recap
December: 2–8–2 (home: 2–4–0; road: 0–4–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
29TDecember 2, 19973–3 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)11–12–6Recap
30LDecember 3, 19970–4@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)11–13–6Recap
31LDecember 6, 19972–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)11–14–6Recap
32LDecember 10, 19970–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)11–15–6Recap
33WDecember 12, 19976–4Washington Capitals (1997–98)12–15–6Recap
34LDecember 17, 19972–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)12–16–6Recap
35LDecember 19, 19972–6Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)12–17–6Recap
36LDecember 21, 19972–4San Jose Sharks (1997–98)12–18–6Recap
37WDecember 22, 19975–1Calgary Flames (1997–98)13–18–6Recap
38TDecember 27, 19975–5 OT@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)13–18–7Recap
39LDecember 28, 19970–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)13–19–7Recap
40LDecember 30, 19971–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)13–20–7Recap
January: 4–7–2 (home: 2–4–1; road: 2–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
41LJanuary 1, 19982–3@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)13–21–7Recap
42WJanuary 3, 19984–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)14–21–7Recap
43TJanuary 4, 19983–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)14–21–8Recap
44LJanuary 7, 19982–3Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)14–22–8Recap
45LJanuary 9, 19981–5Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)14–23–8Recap
46WJanuary 11, 19982–1 OTDallas Stars (1997–98)15–23–8Recap
47LJanuary 12, 19982–3 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)15–24–8Recap
48LJanuary 14, 19980–2Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)15–25–8Recap
49WJanuary 21, 19988–3Florida Panthers (1997–98)16–25–8Recap
50WJanuary 22, 19984–3@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)17–25–8Recap
51TJanuary 24, 19983–3 OTLos Angeles Kings (1997–98)17–25–9Recap
52LJanuary 27, 19982–4@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)17–26–9Recap
53LJanuary 28, 19982–5Calgary Flames (1997–98)17–27–9Recap
February: 3–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
54WFebruary 1, 19984–3 OTChicago Blackhawks (1997–98)18–27–9Recap
55WFebruary 4, 19983–2New York Rangers (1997–98)19–27–9Recap
56LFebruary 7, 19982–5Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)19–28–9Recap
57LFebruary 25, 19982–5@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)19–29–9Recap
58WFebruary 27, 19984–0@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)20–29–9Recap
March: 4–9–2 (home: 1–5–0; road: 3–4–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
59LMarch 1, 19982–6St. Louis Blues (1997–98)20–30–9Recap
60LMarch 4, 19980–2Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)20–31–9Recap
61LMarch 6, 19980–3San Jose Sharks (1997–98)20–32–9Recap
62LMarch 8, 19981–3Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)20–33–9Recap
63LMarch 9, 19983–4 OT@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)20–34–9Recap
64LMarch 11, 19981–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)20–35–9Recap
65LMarch 13, 19983–6@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)20–36–9Recap
66WMarch 15, 19985–3Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)21–36–9Recap
67LMarch 18, 19980–3@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)21–37–9Recap
68TMarch 19, 19983–3 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)21–37–10Recap
69WMarch 21, 19985–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)22–37–10Recap
70WMarch 22, 19985–2@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)23–37–10Recap
71WMarch 25, 19983–2@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)24–37–10Recap
72TMarch 26, 19983–3 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)24–37–11Recap
73LMarch 28, 19983–5@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)24–38–11Recap
April: 2–5–2 (home: 1–2–2; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
74LApril 1, 19981–5Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)24–39–11Recap
75LApril 3, 19983–6@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)24–40–11Recap
76TApril 5, 19983–3 OTCalgary Flames (1997–98)24–40–12Recap
77WApril 8, 19984–2Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)25–40–12Recap
78LApril 9, 19982–5@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)25–41–12Recap
79TApril 13, 19982–2 OTColorado Avalanche (1997–98)25–41–13Recap
80LApril 15, 19983–5@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)25–42–13Recap
81WApril 18, 19984–1@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)26–42–13Recap
82LApril 19, 19983–5St. Louis Blues (1997–98)26–43–13Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; 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 Mighty Ducks only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
Regular season
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8Teemu SelanneRW735234861230
20Steve RucchinC72173653813
15Dmitri Mironov‡D6663036−7115
48Scott YoungRW73132033−1322
9Paul KariyaLW221714311223
45Matt CullenC6162127−423
10[lower-alpha 1]Sean Pronger‡LW6251520−930
14Joe Sacco‡LW5581119−124
17Tomas SandstromLW779817−2564
36J. J. Daigneault‡D5321517−1028
13Ted DruryLW7361016−1082
39Travis Green†C2251116−1016
24Ruslan SaleiD6651015770
33Dave KarpaD7811112−3217
29Frank BanhamRW219211−612
10Josef Marha†LW12741140
16Warren Rychel‡LW635611−10198
12Kevin ToddC274711−512
18Mark Janssens‡C55459−22116
19Jeff NielsenRW32459−116
23Jason MarshallD72369−8189
40Jeremy StevensonLW45358−4101
7Pavel TrnkaD48347−440
5Drew Bannister†D27066−247
38Mike CrowleyD822408
46Jean-Francois JompheC913418
22Brent SeverynLW37134−3133
29Darren Van Impe‡D19134−104
21[lower-alpha 2]Espen KnutsenC19303−106
6Doug Houda†D24123−552
52Peter LeboutillierRW12112−355
32Richard ParkC15022−38
4Jamie Pushor†D10022110
11Shawn AntoskiLW9101118
2Bobby Dollas‡D22011−1227
31Guy HebertG460114
35Mikhail ShtalenkovG400110
34Dan TrebilD21011−82
44Antti AaltoC3000−10
67Tom AskeyG70000
27Mike LeclercLW7000−66
37Marc MoroD100000
42Barry NieckarLW100002
36Tony Tuzzolino†RW1000−22
50Bob WrenLW300000

Goaltending

Regular season
No. Player GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
31Guy Hebert461324613391302.93.90332660
35Mikhail Shtalenkov401318510311103.22.89312049
67Tom Askey7012113122.64.8940273

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 NHL Second All-Star Team Teemu Selanne (Right Wing) [4]
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Dmitri Mironov [5]
Teemu Selanne[lower-alpha 3]

Records

Teemu Selanne set the franchise record for most goals in one season with 52 goals. The former record was held by Teemu Selanne and it was set the previous year.

Transactions

Traded Darren VanImpe to the Boston Bruins on November, 1997

Traded Bobby Dollas to the Edmonton Oilers for Drew Bannister on January 9, 1998

Traded J.J. Daigneault, Joe Sacco and Mark Janssens to the New York Islanders for Travis Green Doug Houda and Tony Tuzzolino on February 6, 1998.

Acquired Jamie Pushor from the Detroit Red Wings for Dimitri Mironov on March 24, 1998.

Traded Sean Pronger to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Patrick Lalime on March 24, 1998.

Traded Warren Rychel to the Colorado Avelanche in exchange for Josef Marha on March 24, 1998.

Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[7]

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)

Farm teams

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Pronger wore number 54 in his first two games.
  2. ↑ Knutsen wore number 47 in his first nine games.
  3. ↑ Selanne was voted to the starting lineup.[6]

References

  • "Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  • "1997-98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
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