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1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers
Division2nd Atlantic
Conference3rd Eastern
1997–98 record42–29–11
Home record24–11–6
Road record18–18–5
Goals for242
Goals against193
Team information
PresidentBob Clarke
General managerBob Clarke
CoachWayne Cashman (replaced)[a]
Roger Neilson[a]
CaptainEric Lindros
Alternate captainsRod Brind'Amour
Eric Desjardins
ArenaCoreStates Center
Average attendance19,519[2]
Minor league affiliate(s)Philadelphia Phantoms
Team leaders
GoalsJohn LeClair (51)
AssistsEric Lindros (41)
PointsJohn LeClair (89)
Penalty minutesDan Kordic (210)
Plus/minusJohn LeClair (+30)
WinsRon Hextall (21)
Goals against averageRon Hextall (2.17)

The 1997–98 Philadelphia Flyers season was the Philadelphia Flyers 31st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers lost their quarterfinal series with the Buffalo Sabres in five games.

Off-season

Less than a week after losing game four of the Stanley Cup Finals, head coach Terry Murray was fired.[3] San Jose Sharks assistant coach Wayne Cashman was named his replacement on July 7, 1997.[4]

The Flyers made two major acquisitions during the summer. On July 14, unrestricted free agent defenseman Luke Richardson, formerly of the Edmonton Oilers, signed a five-year, $12.6 million contract.[5] A month later the Flyers signed Group II restricted free agent centerman Chris Gratton of the Tampa Bay Lightning to a five-year, $16.5 million offer sheet which included a $9 million signing bonus.[6] However, Tampa Bay claimed they had traded Gratton to the Chicago Blackhawks before the Flyers had signed Gratton.[6] An arbitrator dismissed this and another claim that the offer sheet was illegible because the contract figures were smeared.[7] Fearing Tampa Bay would match, the Flyers agreed to send defenseman Karl Dykhuis and right winger Mikael Renberg to the Lightning in exchange for the four first-round picks Tampa Bay would receive if they did not match.[7]

34-year-old forward Dale Hawerchuk announced his retirement on August 25, 1997, due to a degenerative left hip.[8]

Regular season

With the acquisitions of Gratton and Richardson, the Flyers were expected to make another Stanley Cup run. A 7–3–1 start came crashing down as the Devils posted a 5–0 road win on October 27. Although the club finished the calendar year with an 8–0 strafing of Vancouver on New Year's Eve and began 1998 with a 7–2 road win over Ottawa, there were signs of trouble for Wayne Cashman's team - notably bad shutout home losses to San Jose in November and Boston in early December.

In a move which shocked many in Philadelphia and around the NHL, Cashman was reassigned as assistant coach and Roger Neilson elevated to head coach following a 4–3 overtime victory against Pittsburgh on March 8.[1]

The decision didn't seem to pay off, and after a 5–4 overtime win over the New York Rangers on March 22, the team limped to a 6–8–0 finish, including back-to-back 2–1 losses to the Rangers and Bruins to end the year.

On April 13 in a nationally televised 2–1 loss in Buffalo, John LeClair scored his 50th goal of the season, becoming the first American-born player to score 50 goals in three straight seasons.

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 New Jersey Devils 82 48 23 11 225 166 107
2 3 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 29 11 242 193 95
3 4 Washington Capitals 82 40 30 12 219 202 92
4 10 New York Islanders 82 30 41 11 212 225 71
5 11 New York Rangers 82 25 39 18 197 231 68
6 12 Florida Panthers 82 24 43 15 203 256 63
7 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 17 55 10 151 269 44
Eastern Conference[9]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 New Jersey Devils ATL 82 48 23 11 225 166 107
2 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 82 40 24 18 228 188 98
3 Philadelphia Flyers ATL 82 42 29 11 242 193 95
4 Washington Capitals ATL 82 40 30 12 219 202 92
5 Boston Bruins NE 82 39 30 13 221 194 91
6 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 36 29 17 211 187 89
7 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 37 32 13 235 208 87
8 Ottawa Senators NE 82 34 33 15 193 200 83
9 Carolina Hurricanes NE 82 33 41 8 200 219 74
10 New York Islanders ATL 82 30 41 11 212 225 71
11 New York Rangers ATL 82 25 39 18 197 231 68
12 Florida Panthers ATL 82 24 43 15 203 256 63
13 Tampa Bay Lightning ATL 82 17 55 10 151 269 44

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Playoffs

In a season in which the Flyers — despite a hard fall to the Detroit Red Wings the previous year — were heavily favored to repeat as Eastern champs and return to the Finals, they never came close, as they were dominated in the first round by the Buffalo Sabres in five games.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1997–98 regular season[10]
October: 7–5–2, 16 Points (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 2–2–2)
November: 8–3–2, 18 Points (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 4–1–1)
December: 8–2–3, 18 Points (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 4–1–1)
January: 5–5–2, 12 Points (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–3–1)
February: 2–2–0, 4 Points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 2–2–0)
March: 8–7–2, 18 Points (Home: 7–1–2; Road: 1–6–0)
April: 4–5–0, 8 Points (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–3–0)

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

Playoffs

1998 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. Buffalo Sabres - Sabres win 4–1

Legend:   Win   Loss

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 Flyers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM
10 John LeClair 28 LW 82 51 36 87 30 32 5 1 1 2 −4 8
17 Rod Brind'Amour 27 LW 82 36 38 74 −2 54 5 2 2 4 2 7
88 Eric Lindros 24 C 63 30 41 71 14 134 5 1 2 3 −3 17
55 Chris Gratton 22 C 82 22 40 62 11 159 5 2 0 2 −1 10
20 Trent Klatt 27 RW 82 14 28 42 2 16 5 0 0 0 −6 0
44 Janne Niinimaa‡ 22 D 66 3 31 34 6 56 — — — — — —
9 Dainius Zubrus 19 RW 69 8 25 33 29 42 5 0 1 1 2 4
37 Eric Desjardins 28 D 77 6 27 33 11 36 5 0 1 1 −3 0
77 Paul Coffey 36 D 57 2 27 29 3 30 — — — — — —
19 Alexandre Daigle† 22 RW 37 9 17 26 −1 6 5 0 2 2 0 0
25 Shjon Podein 29 RW 82 11 13 24 8 53 5 0 0 0 −1 10
11 Mike Sillinger† 26 C 27 11 11 22 3 16 3 1 0 1 1 0
12 Colin Forbes 21 LW 63 12 7 19 2 59 5 0 0 0 2 2
6 Chris Therien 26 D 78 3 16 19 5 80 5 0 1 1 −1 4
45 Vaclav Prospal‡ 22 C 41 5 13 18 −10 17 — — — — — —
23 Petr Svoboda 31 D 56 3 15 18 19 83 3 0 1 1 −1 4
15 Pat Falloon‡ 25 RW 30 5 7 12 3 8 — — — — — —
29 Joel Otto 36 C 68 3 4 7 −2 78 5 0 0 0 −1 0
3 Dan McGillis† 25 D 13 1 5 6 −4 35 5 1 2 3 0 10
22 Luke Richardson 28 D 81 2 3 5 7 139 5 0 0 0 −3 0
32 Daniel Lacroix 28 C 56 1 4 5 0 135 4 0 0 0 0 4
26 John Druce 31 RW 23 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 −1 2
28 Kjell Samuelsson 39 D 49 0 3 3 9 28 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Dan Kordic 26 LW 61 1 1 2 −4 210 — — — — — —
24 Chris Joseph 28 D 15 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Craig Darby 25 C 3 1 0 1 0 0 — — — — — —
27 Ron Hextall 33 G 46 0 0 0 N/A 10 1 0 0 0 N/A 0
30 Garth Snow‡ 28 G 29 0 0 0 N/A 18 — — — — — —
18 Brantt Myhres†‡ 23 RW 23 0 0 0 −1 169 — — — — — —
33 Sean Burke† 31 G 11 0 0 0 N/A 0 5 0 0 0 N/A 0
44 Dave Babych† 36 D 6 0 0 0 2 12 5 1 0 1 2 4
38 Paul Healey 22 RW 4 0 0 0 0 12 — — — — — —

Goaltending

  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
Regular season Playoffs
No. Player Age GP GS W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI GP GS W L SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
27 Ron Hextall 33 46 44 21 17 7 1089 97 2.17 .911 4 2,687:37 1 0 0 0 8 1 3.00 .875 0 20:00
30 Garth Snow‡ 28 29 27 14 9 4 682 67 2.44 .902 1 1,650:34 — — — — — — — — — —
33 Sean Burke† 31 11 11 7 3 0 311 27 2.56 .913 1 631:38 5 5 1 4 121 17 3.60 .860 0 283:13

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League (annual) NHL First All-Star Team John LeClair (Left Wing) [11]
League (in-season) NHL All-Star Game selection John LeClair[b] [12][13]
Eric Lindros[c]
NHL Player of the Week John LeClair (November 10) [14]
Team Barry Ashbee Trophy Eric Desjardins [15]
Bobby Clarke Trophy John LeClair [15]
Class Guy Award Trent Klatt [15]
Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy Colin Forbes [15]

Transactions

The Flyers were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 1997, the day after the deciding game of the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 16, 1998, the day of the deciding game of the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals.[16]

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 18, 1997 To Philadelphia Flyers
rights to Martin Cerven 		To Edmonton Oilers
7th-round pick in 1997 		[17]
June 21, 1997 To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-round pick in 1998 		To Dallas Stars
3rd-round pick in 1997 		[18]
August 20, 1997 To Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 1998
Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 1999
Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 2000
Philadelphia's 1st-round pick in 2001 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Karl Dykhuis
Mikael Renberg 		[7]
October 15, 1997 To Philadelphia Flyers
rights to Brantt Myhres 		To Edmonton Oilers
Jason Bowen 		[19]
October 21, 1997 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Maneluk 		To Ottawa Senators
future considerations 		[20]
January 17, 1998 To Philadelphia Flyers
Alexandre Daigle 		To Ottawa Senators
Pat Falloon
Vaclav Prospal
2nd-round pick in 1998 		[21]
February 5, 1998 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Sillinger 		To Vancouver Canucks
conditional 6th-round pick in 1998[d] 		[23]
March 4, 1998 To Philadelphia Flyers
Sean Burke 		To Vancouver Canucks
Garth Snow 		[24]
March 9, 1998[e] To Philadelphia Flyers
Roger Neilson 		To St. Louis Blues
conditional 6th-round pick in 1999 		[25]
March 24, 1998 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Babych
Philadelphia's 6th-round pick in 1998 		To Vancouver Canucks
3rd-round pick in 1998 		[22]
March 24, 1998 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dan McGillis
2nd-round pick in 1998 		To Edmonton Oilers
Janne Niinimaa 		[22]

Signings

Free agency

The following players were signed by the Flyers via free agency. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player Previous team (league) Term Ref
June 12, 1997 Jim Montgomery Kolner Haie (DEL) 3-year* [26]
July 10, 1997 Jamie Heward Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year* [27]
July 14, 1997 Luke Richardson Edmonton Oilers 5-year [5]
July 16, 1997 Travis VanTighem (ELC) Michigan Technical University (WCHA) 1-year* [28]
August 12, 1997 Chris Gratton Tampa Bay Lightning 5-year [6][7]
September 4, 1997 Chris Joseph Vancouver Canucks 1-year[f] [29]
May 18, 1998 Ryan Bast Saint John Flames (AHL) 2-year* [30][31]

Internal

The following players were either re-signed by the Flyers or, in the case of the team's selections in the NHL Entry Draft, signed to entry level contracts. Two-way contracts are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player Term Ref
June 18, 1997 Kjell Samuelsson 1 year [32]
July 9, 1997 Jean-Marc Pelletier (ELC) * [33]
July 10, 1997 Martin Cerven (ELC) 3-year* [27]
July 15, 1997 Craig Darby 2-year* [34]
July 15, 1997 Neil Little 1-year* [34]
July 18, 1997 Brett Bruininks 1-year* [35]
August 18, 1997 Garth Snow 1-year[g] [36]
September 3, 1997 Dan Kordic 2-year [37]
September 12, 1997 Chris Therien 3-year [38]
October 16, 1997 Brantt Myhres 1-year*
October 17, 1997 John LeClair 3-year[h] [39]
December 17, 1997 Eric Lindros 1-year [40]

Waivers

The Flyers were involved in the following waivers transactions. They were involved in one selection during the 1997 NHL Waiver Draft, which was held on September 28, 1997.[41] The Flyers left the following players unprotected: goaltenders Neil Little and Dominic Roussel, defensemen Jason Bowen, Aris Brimanis, Jamie Heward, and John Stevens, and forwards Frank Bialowas, Bruce Coles, Scott Daniels, Craig Darby, John Druce, Dale Hawerchuk, Patrik Juhlin, Shawn McCosh, Jim Montgomery, and Peter White.[42]

Date Player Team Ref
September 28, 1997 Scott Daniels to New Jersey Devils [43]

Departures

The following players left the team via free agency, release, or retirement. Players who were under contract and left the team during the season are marked with an asterisk (*).

Date Player New team (league) Via Ref
August 25, 1997 Dale Hawerchuk — Retirement [8]
N/A Patrik Juhlin Jokerit (Liiga) Free agency [44]
N/A Frantisek Kucera HC Sparta Praha (Czech) Free agency [45]
N/A Ryan Sittler South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL) Free agency [46]
October 29, 1997 Michel Petit Detroit Vipers (IHL) Free agency [47]
April 14, 1998 Brantt Myhres* San Jose Sharks[i] Release [49]

Draft picks

See also: List of Philadelphia Flyers draft picks

Philadelphia's picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 21, 1997.[50] The Flyers traded their third-round pick, 77th overall, to the Dallas Stars for the Stars' 1998 second-round pick on June 21, 1997.[51] They also traded their fifth-round pick, 130th overall, and Bob Wilkie to the Chicago Blackhawks for Karl Dykhuis on February 16, 1995, and their seventh-round pick, 187th overall, to the Edmonton Oilers for Martin Cerven on June 18, 1997.[51]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league) Notes
2 30 Jean-Marc Pelletier Goaltender  United States Cornell University (ECAC) [j]
2 50 Pat Kavanagh Right Wing  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
3 62 Kris Mallette Defense  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL) [k]
4 103 Mikhail Chernov Defense  Russia Torpedo Yaroslavl (RUS)
6 158 Jordon Flodell Defense  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
7 164 Todd Fedoruk Left Wing  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL) [l]
8 214 Marko Kauppinen Defense  Finland JYP Jr. (FIN)
9 240 Par Styf Defense  Sweden Modo Hockey Jrs. (SWE)

Farm teams

The Flyers were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL.[52][53]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Neilson was named head coach on March 9 and Cashman was named an assistant coach.[1]
  2. ^ Voted starting Wing of the North American team
  3. ^ Voted starting Center of the North American team
  4. ^ The conditional draft pick was traded back to the Flyers on March 24.[22]
  5. ^ The Blues received the draft pick as compensation for the Flyers hiring Neilson as head coach. Neilson was serving as an assistant coach for the Blues.
  6. ^ Option for second year
  7. ^ Salary arbitration award
  8. ^ Replaced remaining 3 years on previous contract
  9. ^ Myhres signed with San Jose on September 11, 1998.[48]
  10. ^ The Flyers acquired the Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick, 30th overall, the Los Angeles Kings' 1996 first-round pick, and the Kings' 1996 fourth-round pick from the Toronto Maple Leafs for Dmitri Yushkevich and the Flyers' 1996 second-round pick on August 30, 1995.[51]
  11. ^ The Flyers traded their first-round pick, 23rd overall, the Hartford Whalers' seventh-round pick, 169th overall, and Kevin Haller to the Hartford Whalers for Paul Coffey and the Whalers' third-round pick, 62nd overall, on December 15, 1996.[51]
  12. ^ The Flyers traded their 1996 fourth-round pick to the Los Angeles Kings for John Druce and the Kings' seventh-round pick, 164th overall, on March 19, 1996.[51]

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