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The Canadian National Hockey League
1997-98 Synopsis |
| '97-'98 Canada Cup Champion: | GREG LEE and the RANGERS |
| '97-'98 Continental Conference Champion: | GREG LEE and the RANGERS |
| '96-'97 Coastal Conference Champion: | PAT CAMPEAU and the AVALANCHE |
| '97-'98 Division Winners: | RANGERS, SENATORS, DUCKS, AVALANCHE |
| The '97-'98 Season: |
Standings Team Rosters Player Statistics Trades/Waivers '98 Equalization Draft |
Playoffs/Awards/ Tournaments: |
'98 Playoffs '97-'98 Awards '97-'98 Player Awards '98 All Star Game '97 World Cup |
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The CanadianNHL Playoffs '98
Final Playoff Standings and Stats Champion: RANGERS Playoff MVP: Adam Foote (Rangers) (25-3-5- 8,+11) |
| CANADA CUP SERIES: |
GREG LEE and the RANGERS win the CANADA CUP Canada Cup Series: RANGERS win series 4-2 vs Avalanche |
| Continental Conference Div Semi-Finals | Continental Conference Div Finals | Continental Conference Finals | Canada Cup Champion | Coastal Conference Champion | Coastal Conference Finals | Coastal Conference Div Finals | Coastal Conference Div Semi-Finals |
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4 RANGERS 3 Hawks ------------- 1 Leafs 4 BRUINS ------------- 4 SENATORS 0 Jets ------------- 4 BLUES 3 Penguins |
4 SENATORS 1 Blues ------------- 4 RANGERS 1 Bruins |
3 Senators 4 RANGERS |
4 RANGERS | 2 Avalanche |
4 AVALANCHE 0 Devils |
4 DEVILS 1 Capitals ------------- 4 AVALANCHE 2 Coyotes |
0 Ducks 4 CAPITALS ------------- 3 Panthers 4 DEVILS ------------- 4 AVALANCHE 0 Flames ------------- 4 COYOTES 1 Canucks |
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The CanadianNHL Awards '98 |
CNHL GM of the Year:
PAT CAMPEAU
of the AVALANCHE
PRIZE: An additional first round entry draft pick (8th pick overall).
CNHL Coach of the year:
GREG LEE
of the BLUES
PRIZE: An additional slump adjustment for CNHL Year II which
can be exercised at anytime during the season or playoffs.
CNHL Home Page of the year:
SEAN BERENDS
of the BRUINS
PRIZE: An additional second round draft pick (28th overall).
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The CanadianNHL Player Awards '97-'98 |
PLAYER GM AWARDS
| Season MVP | Eric Lindros [Coyotes] - 83 - 59 - 50 - 109, 322 shots, 200 pim |
| Best Defensmen | Brian Leetch [Senators] - 83 - 39 - 72 - 111, +74, 242 shots |
| Best Goalie | Felix Potvin [Canucks] - 72-35-27-10, 3.03 GAA, .899 Save%, 4 Shutouts |
| Rookie of the Year | Denis Pederson [Ducks] - 75 - 29 - 40 - 69, 14 ppg, 3 shg, 244 shots |
| Playoff MVP | Adam Foote [Rangers] - 25 - 3 - 5 - 8, +11 |
'97-'98 PLAYERS/ROOKIES OF THE MONTH
| MARCH |
Pierre Turgeon of the SENATORS (14-16-18-34) Sergei Zholtok of the CAPITALS (12-8-6-14) |
| FEBRUARY | Mario Lemieux of the BLUES (13-16-17-33) |
| JANUARY |
Eric Lindros of the COYOTES (12-12-13-25) Mike Grier of the LEAFS (12-8-9-17) |
| DECEMBER |
John LeClair of the SENATORS (11-8-15-23) Jerome Iginla of the CANADIENS (11-3-5-8) |
| NOVEMBER |
Marius Czerkawski of the RAGNERS (10-11-9-20) Denis Pederson of the DUCKS (8-7-12-19) |
| OCTOBER |
Brian Leetch of the SENATORS (17-7-18-25) Wade Redden of the FLYERS (13-5-7-12) |
'96-'97 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week 27 - PANTHERS Theoren Fleury 6-7-1-8 Week 26 - SENATORS Pierre Turgeon 2-6-1-7 Week 25 - BRUINS Ray Bourque 3-2-6-8 Week 24 - LEAFS: Arthurs Irbe 2-2-0-0; 1.50 gaa; .944 save % Week 23 - SENATORS Pierre Turgeon 4-8-5-13 Week 22 - SENATORS Pierre Turgeon 4-5-6-11, 30 shots, +3 Week 21 - SENATORS Brian Leetch 3-3-4-7, +5 Week 20 - SENATORS John LeClair 4-4-6-10, +7 Week 19 - AVALANCHE: Alexie Yashin 3-2-9-11, +7, 6 ptgm Week 18 - COYOTES: Steve Sullivan 3-5-2-7, +5, 1 HT WEEK 17 - AVALANCHE: Patrick Roy 3-0-0, 1 SO, 1.67 gaa, .940 Sv% WEEK 16 - BRUINS: Markus Naslund 3-3-5-8, +8, 0 PIM WEEK 15 - SENATORS: Pierre Turgeon 3-3-7-10,+7 Week 14 - BRUINS: Esa Tikkanen 3-4-1-5, +7, 0 PIM Week 13 - LEAFS: Mike Grier 3-4-2-6, +3, 44.4 shg% Week 12 - DUCKS: Teemu Selanne 4-6-3-9, +1 Week 11 - RANGERS: Petr Nedved 4-4-4-8 Week 10 - REDWINGS: Jocelyn Thibault 2-0-0; 0.50 GAA, 1 SO, .983 save% Week 9 - SENATORS: John LeClair 3-4-1-5,15 shots,+5 Week 8 - AVALANCHE: Alexei Yashin 3-2-8-10,+10,19 shots,1 5pt game Week 7 - RANGERS: M. Czerkawski 3-4-4-8,+1 Week 6 - CAPITALS: Tony Amonte 3-4-3-7,+5 Week 5 - SENATORS: Stephane Richer 2-5-2-7,+6,1gw Week 4 - AVALANCHE: Geoff Sanderson 3-4-2-6,+5 Week 3 - SENATORS: J Vanbeisbrouck 2-0-1;1SO,1.3gaa,.953s% Week 2 - LEAFS: Paul Kariya 2-4-4-8,+4,1gw Week 1 - JETS: Doug Weight 4-6-3-9,1ht
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The CNHL Allstar Game '98
Continental Roster >>> Continental 7 Coastal 4 <<< Coastal Roster All Star Game MVP: Oleg Tverdovsky (Canadiens) (2g) |
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The CNHL World Cup '97
Final Standings and Stats |
| '97 World Cup Champion: | PAT KEHOE (Flames) and MIKE COOLIGAN (Senators) and TEAM CANADA |
| '97 World Cup MVP: | Wayne Gretzky (RedWings) (3-3-1-4,+5) |