1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-35-12 - 82 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (35-35-12)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes RosterTeam Record: 35-35-12 - 82 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (35-35-12)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes Results
The Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses and 12 ties for 82 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Coyotes scored 224 goals and conceded 227. Keith Tkachuk netted 40 goals for Phoenix, while Cliff Ronning contributed 44 assists. Nikolai Khabibulin earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.74 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Jim Schoenfeld coached the team. The 1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Tkachuk | L | 69 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 147 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 232 | 17.2 |
| Jeremy Roenick | C | 79 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 103 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 182 | 13.2 |
| Cliff Ronning | C | 80 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 197 | 5.6 |
| Craig Janney | C | 68 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Teppo Numminen | D | 82 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 8.7 |
| Rick Tocchet | R | 68 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 157 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 161 | 16.1 |
| Dallas Drake | R | 60 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 9.8 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 60 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 24 | -4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 8.3 |
| Bob Corkum | C | 76 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 11.4 |
| Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 46 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 8.4 |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 78 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 118 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 7.7 |
| Brad Isbister | L | 66 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 102 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 7.8 |
| John Slaney | D | 55 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 4.1 |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 58 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Juha Ylonen | C | 55 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1.7 |
| Shane Doan | R | 33 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 35 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Deron Quint | D | 32 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 6.6 |
| Mike Stapleton | C | 64 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 36 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 7.2 |
| Jay More | D | 41 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 |
| Norm Maciver | D | 41 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 38 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Jim McKenzie | L | 64 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 146 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Keith Carney | D | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Michel Petit | D | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 77 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Jocelyn Lemieux | R | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Murray Baron | D | 45 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 106 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Jim Johnson | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Mark Janssens | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Briere | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Sean Gagnon | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Chad Kilger | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jason Doig | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Scott Levins | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Brad Tiley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Christian | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Waite | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Cummins | R | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Scott Langkow | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1563 | 224 | 381 | 605 | 1582 | 25 | 57 | 106 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 2268 | 9.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 70 | 4026 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 184 | 2.74 | 1835 | 1651 | .900 |
| Jimmy Waite | 17 | 793 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 2.12 | 322 | 294 | .913 |
| Scott Langkow | 3 | 137 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.38 | 60 | 50 | .833 |
| Totals | 90 | 4956 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 222 | 2.69 | 2439 | 2217 | .909 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Tkachuk | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 | |
| Jeremy Roenick | C | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 25.0 | |
| Cliff Ronning | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Craig Janney | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Teppo Numminen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Tocchet | R | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50.0 | |
| Dallas Drake | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Gartner | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Bob Corkum | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Isbister | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Shane Doan | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Mike Stapleton | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Norm Maciver | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Jim McKenzie | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Carney | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Michel Petit | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Murray Baron | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Janssens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Waite | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Cummins | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 116 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 127 | -26 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 11.5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 4 | 185 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.22 | 106 | 93 | .877 |
| Jimmy Waite | 4 | 171 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.86 | 97 | 86 | .887 |
| Totals | 8 | 356 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.04 | 227 | 203 | .894 |
