1997–98 Florida Panthers | |
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Division | 6th Atlantic |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
1997–98 record | 24–43–15 |
Home record | 11–24–6 |
Road record | 13–19–9 |
Goals for | 203 |
Goals against | 256 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bryan Murray |
Coach | Doug MacLean (Oct-Nov) Bryan Murray (Nov-Apr) |
Captain | Scott Mellanby |
Arena | Miami Arena |
Average attendance | 14,703 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Beast of New Haven Tallahassee Tiger Sharks Port Huron Border Cats |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ray Whitney (32) |
Assists | Robert Svehla (34) |
Points | Ray Whitney (61) |
Penalty minutes | Paul Laus (263) |
Plus/minus | Ray Whitney (+10) |
Wins | John Vanbiesbrouck (18) |
Goals against average | John Vanbiesbrouck (2.87) |
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The 1997–98 Florida Panthers season was the Panthers' fifth season. After making the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1997, the Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs.
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The Panthers' penalty kill struggled during the regular season and they allowed the most power-play goals in the NHL (82) and had the lowest penalty-kill percentage (79.65%). They also tied the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins for the most short-handed goals allowed, with 16.[1]
On November 26, 1997, the Panthers defeated the Boston Bruins at home by a score of 10–5.[2] Veteran forward Ray Sheppard had a hat trick in the game. It was the first time in franchise history that the Panthers had scored 10 goals in a regular-season game.[3] It also came exactly one year after the last NHL team had scored 10 goals in a regular-season game, as the Edmonton Oilers had defeated their provincial rival Calgary Flames on the road by a score of 10–1 on November 26, 1996.[4]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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October: 3–6–3 (home: 1–2–2; road: 2–4–1)
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November: 5–7–2 (home: 2–7–1; road: 3–0–1)
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December: 6–7–1 (home: 1–4–1; road: 5–3–0)
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January: 4–5–5 (home: 4–0–1; road: 0–5–4)
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February: 0–4–1 (home: 0–2–1; road: 0–2–0)
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March: 3–10–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 2–5–0)
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April: 3–4–3 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–0–3)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
14 | Ray Whitney† | LW | 68 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 10 | 28 |
15 | Dave Gagner | C | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | −21 | 55 |
24 | Robert Svehla | D | 79 | 9 | 34 | 43 | −3 | 113 |
27 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 79 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −14 | 127 |
19 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 64 | 12 | 24 | 36 | −1 | 33 |
26 | Ray Sheppard‡ | RW | 61 | 14 | 17 | 31 | −13 | 21 |
9 | Kirk Muller | LW | 70 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −14 | 54 |
11 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | −2 | 80 |
25 | Viktor Kozlov† | C | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | −1 | 14 |
55 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 81 | 9 | 14 | 23 | −12 | 158 |
51 | David Nemirovsky | RW | 41 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −3 | 8 |
17 | Steve Washburn | C | 58 | 11 | 8 | 19 | −6 | 32 |
5 | Gord Murphy | D | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −3 | 46 |
22 | Dino Ciccarelli† | RW | 28 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −2 | 28 |
21 | Tom Fitzgerald‡ | RW | 69 | 10 | 5 | 15 | −4 | 57 |
44 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −9 | 41 |
23 | Chris Wells | C | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 47 |
3 | Paul Laus | D | 77 | 0 | 11 | 11 | −5 | 293 |
10[a] | Esa Tikkanen‡ | LW | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −7 | 16 |
2 | Terry Carkner | D | 74 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 63 |
6 | Jeff Norton† | D | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −7 | 18 |
29 | Johan Garpenlov | LW | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −6 | 8 |
7 | Rhett Warrener | D | 79 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −16 | 99 |
34 | John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
12 | Jody Hull‡ | RW | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
16 | Ryan Johnson | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
8 | Dallas Eakins | D | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
12 | Chris Allen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
30 | Mark Fitzpatrick‡ | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | John Jakopin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
10 | Dave Lowry‡ | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
1 | Kirk McLean† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Kevin Weekes | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Peter Worrell | LW | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 153 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
34 | John Vanbiesbrouck | 60 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 1638 | 165 | 2.87 | .899 | 4 | 3451 |
1 | Kirk McLean† | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 22 | 3.25 | .894 | 0 | 406 |
30 | Mark Fitzpatrick‡ | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 265 | 32 | 3.00 | .879 | 1 | 640 |
1 | Kevin Weekes | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 247 | 32 | 3.96 | .870 | 0 | 485 |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Kirk Muller | January 14, 1998 | [7] |
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Florida's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic ArenainPittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[8]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 20 | Mike Brown | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
2 | 47 | Kristian Huselius | Sweden | Farjestad BK (Sweden) |
3 | 56 | Vratislav Cech | Czech Republic | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
3 | 74 | Nick Smith | Canada | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
4 | 95 | Ivan Novoseltsev | Russia | Krylya Sovetov (Russia) |
5 | 127 | Pat Parthenais | United States | Detroit Whalers (OHL) |
6 | 155 | Keith Delaney | Canada | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
7 | 183 | Tyler Palmer | Canada | Lake Superior State University (CCHA) |
8 | 211 | Doug Schueller | United States | Twin Cities Vulcans (USHL) |
9 | 237 | Benoit Cote | United States | Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) |
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