1997-98 Colorado Avalanche Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-26-17 - 95 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Edmonton Oilers 4-3
Coach: Marc Crawford (39-26-17)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1997-98 Colorado Avalanche RosterTeam Record: 39-26-17 - 95 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Edmonton Oilers 4-3
Coach: Marc Crawford (39-26-17)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1997-98 Colorado Avalanche Results
The Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 39 wins and 26 losses and 17 ties for 95 points, finishing first in the NHL's Pacific Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Avalanche scored 231 goals and yielded 205. Joe Sakic netted 27 goals for Colorado, and Peter Forsberg accounted for 66 assists. Patrick Roy earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.39 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Marc Crawford coached the team. The 1997-98 Colorado Avalanche lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Forsberg | C | 72 | 25 | 66 | 91 | 94 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 202 | 12.4 |
| Valeri Kamensky | L | 75 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 60 | -2 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 173 | 15.0 |
| Joe Sakic | C | 64 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 10.6 |
| Claude Lemieux | R | 78 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 115 | -7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 261 | 10.0 |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 66 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 65 | -12 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 135 | 9.6 |
| Adam Deadmarsh | R | 73 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 125 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 187 | 11.8 |
| Eric Lacroix | L | 82 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 84 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 12.7 |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 78 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 6.0 |
| Rene Corbet | L | 68 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 133 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 117 | 13.7 |
| Stephane Yelle | C | 81 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 48 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 7.5 |
| Jari Kurri | R | 70 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 8.2 |
| Adam Foote | D | 77 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 124 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 4.7 |
| Eric Messier | D | 62 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 6.1 |
| Jon Klemm | D | 67 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 10.0 |
| Alexei Gusarov | D | 72 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Jeff Odgers | R | 68 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 213 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Shean Donovan | R | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Keith Jones | R | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 9.7 |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 81 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Josef Marha | C | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Aaron Miller | D | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Mike Ricci | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tom Fitzgerald | C | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Francois Leroux | D | 50 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 140 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Patrick Roy | G | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wade Belak | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Yves Sarault | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Pascal Trepanier | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Craig Billington | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Larsen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Rychel | L | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Christian Matte | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1564 | 231 | 404 | 635 | 1705 | 15 | 74 | 142 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 2290 | 10.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | 65 | 3835 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 153 | 2.39 | 1825 | 1672 | .916 |
| Craig Billington | 23 | 1162 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 2.32 | 588 | 543 | .923 |
| Totals | 88 | 4997 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 198 | 2.38 | 2611 | 2413 | .924 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Forsberg | C | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 33.3 | |
| Valeri Kamensky | L | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | |
| Joe Sakic | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Claude Lemieux | R | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10.3 | |
| Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Adam Deadmarsh | R | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Eric Lacroix | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Uwe Krupp | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Rene Corbet | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Stephane Yelle | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Jari Kurri | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Adam Foote | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Jon Klemm | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Alexei Gusarov | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Odgers | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Keith Jones | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Aaron Miller | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Fitzgerald | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Patrick Roy | G | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Billington | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Rychel | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 134 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 209 | -8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 212 | 7.5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Roy | 7 | 430 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.51 | 191 | 173 | .906 |
| Craig Billington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 8 | 431 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2.51 | 209 | 191 | .914 |
