| 1997–98Dallas Stars | |
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Presidents' Trophy winners | |
Central Division champions | |
| Division | 1stCentral |
| Conference | 1stWestern |
| 1997–98 record | 49–22–11 |
| Home record | 26–8–7 |
| Road record | 23–14–4 |
| Goals for | 242 |
| Goals against | 167 |
| Team information | |
| General manager | Bob Gainey |
| Coach | Ken Hitchcock |
| Captain | Derian Hatcher |
| Arena | Reunion Arena |
| Average attendance | 16,489[1] |
| Minor league affiliates | Michigan K-Wings Dayton Bombers |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Joe Nieuwendyk (39) |
| Assists | Sergei Zubov (47) |
| Points | Joe Nieuwendyk (69) |
| Penalty minutes | Pat Verbeek (170) |
| Plus/minus | Mike Modano (+25) |
| Wins | Ed Belfour (37) |
| Goals against average | Ed Belfour (1.88) |
The1997–98Dallas Stars season was thefifthNational Hockey Leagueseason inDallas, Texas (and 31st overall). The most notable aspect of the season was winning thePresidents' Trophy.
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The Stars tied theEdmonton Oilers for most power-play goals scored, with 77, and had the best power-play percentage in the league, at 20.00%.[2]
| No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 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 | 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 224 | 227 | 82 |
| 5 | 9 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 192 | 199 | 73 |
| 6 | 10 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 194 | 237 | 69 |
| R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 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 – WonPresidents' Trophy
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October: 9–4–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 5–2–1)
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November: 9–3–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 5–2–1)
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December: 7–2–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–1–1)
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January: 8–4–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 5–3–0)
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February: 5–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–0–0)
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March: 5–5–3 (home: 3–3–2; road: 2–2–1)
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April: 6–4–0 (home: 5–0–0; road: 1–4–0)
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Legend:W Win (2 points)L Loss (0 points)T Tie (1 point) |
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) San Jose Sharks – Stars win 4–2
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Western Conference Finals vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
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Legend:W WinL Loss |
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
| 25 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 73 | 39 | 30 | 69 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Mike Modano | C | 52 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 25 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 12 |
| 16 | Pat Verbeek | RW | 82 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 15 | 170 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 26 |
| 56 | Sergei Zubov | D | 73 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 81 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 9 | 61 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −5 | 14 |
| 5 | Darryl Sydor | D | 79 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 17 | 51 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 26 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 72 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Greg Adams | LW | 49 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Derian Hatcher | D | 70 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 132 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 39 |
| 21 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | Shawn Chambers | D | 57 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 33 | Benoit Hogue | C | 53 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Todd Harvey‡ | C | 59 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Grant Marshall | RW | 72 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −2 | 96 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| 14 | Dave Reid | LW | 65 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 24 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 74 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Bob Errey‡ | LW | 59 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Tony Hrkac‡ | C | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Bob Bassen | C | 58 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −4 | 57 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 12 |
| 3 | Craig Ludwig | D | 80 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 131 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 46 | Jamie Wright | LW | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Mike Keane† | RW | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | Juha Lind | C | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Dan Keczmer | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Brian Skrudland† | C | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 22 | Craig Muni† | D | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| 37 | Brad Lukowich | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Chris Tancill | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Ed Belfour | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 38 | Jason Botterill | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Petr Buzek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Patrick Cote | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Peter Douris | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Manny Fernandez | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Sergey Gusev | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Mike Kennedy† | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Jeff Mitchell | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Jarrod Skalde†‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Roman Turek | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
| 20 | Ed Belfour | 61 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 1335 | 112 | 1.88 | .916 | 9 | 3581 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 399 | 31 | 1.79 | .922 | 1 | 1039 |
| 1 | Roman Turek | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 496 | 49 | 2.22 | .901 | 1 | 1324 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Manny Fernandez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1.74 | .943 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | |
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| League (annual) | Frank J. Selke Trophy | Jere Lehtinen | [5] |
| Lester Patrick Trophy | Neal Broten | [6] | |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Ed Belfour | [7] |
| Ken Hitchcock(coach) | |||
| Jere Lehtinen | |||
| Mike Modano | |||
| Darryl Sydor | |||
| Sergei Zubov | |||
| NHL Rookie of the Month | Roman Turek(February) | [8] | |
| Team | Star of the Game Award | Mike Modano | [9] |
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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| First game | Sergei Gusev | October 1, 1997 | [10] |
| Juha Lind | |||
| Jeff Mitchell | November 12, 1997 | ||
| Jamie Wright | November 16, 1997 | ||
| Brad Lukowich | March 4, 1998 | ||
| Petr Buzek | March 12, 1998 | ||
| Jason Botterill | March 13, 1998 |
Dallas's draft picks at the1997 NHL entry draft held at theCivic Arena inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania.[11]
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Brenden Morrow | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) | |
| 2 | 52 | Roman Lyashenko | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) | |
| 3 | 77 | Steve Gainey | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) | |
| 4 | 105 | Marcus Kristoffersson | Mora IK (Sweden) | |
| 5 | 132 | Teemu Elomo | TPS (Finland) | |
| 6 | 160 | Alexei Timkin | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) | |
| 7 | 189 | Jeff McKercher | Barrie Colts (OHL) | |
| 8 | 216 | Alexei Komarov | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) | |
| 9 | 242 | Brett McLean | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |