1997-98 Colorado Avalanche Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-26-17 - 95 points
in the NHL's Pacific Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Marc Crawford (39-26-17)
1997-98 Colorado Avalanche RosterTeam Record: 39-26-17 - 95 points
in the NHL's Pacific Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Marc Crawford (39-26-17)
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 in the NHL's Pacific Division.
The team scored 231 goals and yielded 205. Joe Sakic netted 27 goals for the team, 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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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 |
| Brad Larsen | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Billington | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 2290 | 10.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Billington | 23 | 1162 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 2.32 | 588 | 543 | .923 |
| Patrick Roy | 65 | 3835 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 153 | 2.39 | 1825 | 1672 | .916 |
| Totals | 88 | 4997 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 198 | 2.38 | 2413 | 2215 | .918 |
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 | 1 | 3 | 212 | 7.5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Billington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Roy | 7 | 430 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.51 | 209 | 191 | .914 |
| Totals | 8 | 431 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.51 | 209 | 191 | .914 |
