1997–98 St. Louis Blues season

In his first full season as Coach Joel Quenneville decided to employ a defensive formula. The move worked wonders as even Brett Hull bought into the new system as the Blues finished in 3rd place with a solid 45–29–8 record. In the playoffs the Blues would dominate the Los Angeles Kings sweeping them in 4 straight. However, in the 2nd round the Blues would be upended by the Detroit Red Wings in 6 games. The season would mark an end of an era as Brett Hull is not re-signed following the season as he signs a free agent deal with the Dallas Stars.^[1]

Defenceman Chris Pronger is named team captain. A position that was left vacant the previous season.

Regular season

The Blues were one of only two teams out the NHL's 26 to score at least 3 goals per game (The Detroit Red Wings were the other team). The Blues' 256 goals for led all teams.^[2]

Final standings

Central Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	49	22	11	242	167	109
2	3	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	23	15	250	196	103
3	4	St. Louis Blues	82	45	29	8	256	204	98
4	7	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	35	12	224	227	82
5	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	39	13	192	199	73
6	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	194	237	69

Western Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Dallas Stars	CEN	82	49	22	11	242	167	109
2	x – Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	39	26	17	231	205	95
3	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	44	23	15	250	196	103
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	45	29	8	256	204	98
5	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	33	11	227	225	87
6	Phoenix Coyotes	CEN	82	35	35	12	224	227	82
7	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	35	37	10	215	224	80
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	34	38	10	210	216	78

9	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	30	39	13	192	199	73
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	30	43	9	194	237	69
11	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	26	41	15	217	252	67
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	26	43	13	205	261	65
13	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	25	43	14	224	273	64

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won Division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 1, 1997	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	0–1–0
2	W	October 3, 1997	7–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	1–1–0
3	W	October 4, 1997	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	2–1–0
4	W	October 9, 1997	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	3–1–0
5	W	October 11, 1997	5–3	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	4–1–0
6	W	October 13, 1997	3–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	5–1–0
7	W	October 17, 1997	2–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	6–1–0
8	W	October 18, 1997	5–3	New York Rangers (1997–98)	7–1–0
9	T	October 20, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	7–1–1
10	L	October 22, 1997	3–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	7–2–1
11	W	October 23, 1997	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	8–2–1
12	W	October 25, 1997	5–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	9–2–1
13	W	October 29, 1997	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	10–2–1
14	T	October 30, 1997	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	10–2–2
15	W	November 1, 1997	2–0	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	11–2–2
16	L	November 3, 1997	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	11–3–2
17	L	November 6, 1997	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	11–4–2
18	L	November 8, 1997	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	11–5–2
19	W	November 10, 1997	7–1	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	12–5–2
20	W	November 13, 1997	4–2	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	13–5–2
21	W	November 15, 1997	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	14–5–2
22	W	November 17, 1997	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	15–5–2
23	L	November 20, 1997	0–3	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	15–6–2
24	L	November 22, 1997	0–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	15–7–2
25	L	November 25, 1997	2–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	15–8–2
26	T	November 27, 1997	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	15–8–3
27	L	November 29, 1997	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	15–9–3
28	W	December 2, 1997	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	16–9–3
29	W	December 4, 1997	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	17–9–3
30	W	December 6, 1997	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	18–9–3
31	W	December 8, 1997	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	19–9–3
32	L	December 10, 1997	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	19–10–3
33	W	December 11, 1997	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	20–10–3
34	L	December 13, 1997	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	20–11–3
35	L	December 15, 1997	1–3	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	20–12–3
36	T	December 18, 1997	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	20–12–4
37	W	December 20, 1997	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	21–12–4
38	T	December 22, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	21–12–5
39	W	December 23, 1997	3–2	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	22–12–5
40	L	December 26, 1997	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	22–13–5
41	T	December 27, 1997	5–5 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	22–13–6
42	L	December 29, 1997	2–4	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	22–14–6
43	L	December 31, 1997	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	22–15–6
44	W	January 3, 1998	4–3	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	23–15–6
45	W	January 6, 1998	5–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	24–15–6
46	W	January 7, 1998	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	25–15–6
47	W	January 10, 1998	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	26–15–6
48	L	January 12, 1998	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	26–16–6
49	L	January 14, 1998	1–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	26–17–6
50	L	January 20, 1998	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	26–18–6
51	T	January 22, 1998	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1997–98)	26–18–7
52	L	January 24, 1998	4–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	26–19–7
53	L	January 26, 1998	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	26–20–7
54	T	January 27, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	26–20–8
55	W	January 29, 1998	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	27–20–8
56	W	January 31, 1998	6–3	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	28–20–8
57	L	February 4, 1998	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	28–21–8
58	W	February 5, 1998	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	29–21–8
59	W	February 7, 1998	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	30–21–8
60	L	February 26, 1998	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	30–22–8
61	W	February 28, 1998	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	31–22–8
62	W	March 1, 1998	6–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	32–22–8
63	W	March 3, 1998	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	33–22–8
64	W	March 5, 1998	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	34–22–8
65	W	March 7, 1998	2–1	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	35–22–8
66	W	March 9, 1998	4–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	36–22–8
67	L	March 11, 1998	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	36–23–8
68	L	March 14, 1998	0–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	36–24–8
69	L	March 21, 1998	0–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	36–25–8
70	L	March 22, 1998	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	36–26–8
71	W	March 26, 1998	3–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	37–26–8
72	W	March 28, 1998	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	38–26–8
73	W	March 30, 1998	6–2	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	39–26–8
74	W	April 1, 1998	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	40–26–8
75	W	April 4, 1998	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	41–26–8
76	L	April 7, 1998	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	41–27–8
77	W	April 9, 1998	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	42–27–8
78	L	April 11, 1998	3–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	42–28–8
79	L	April 12, 1998	3–4	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	42–29–8
80	W	April 16, 1998	7–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	43–29–8
81	W	April 18, 1998	5–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	44–29–8
82	W	April 19, 1998	5–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	45–29–8

The Stanley Cup

Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals			Conference Semi-finals				Conference Finals			Stanley Cup Finals

1	Stars	4	3	Stars	4
8	Sharks	2	4	Oilers	1

2	Blues	4				Eastern Conference

7	Kings	0
							1	Stars	2

							2	Red Wings	4
3	Oilers	4

6	Avalanche	3



4	Red Wings	4	1	Blues	2

5	Coyotes	2	2	Red Wings	4
										E1	Red Wings	4
	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.)
										W1	Capitals	0
1	Capitals	4	7	Sabres	4

8	Bruins	2	8	Canadiens	0


2	Penguins	2

7	Canadiens	4
							3	Sabres	2

							4	Capitals	4
3	Senators	4

6	Devils	2					Western Conference


4	Sabres	4	5	Capitals	4

5	Flyers	1	6	Senators	1

During the first three rounds home ice is determined by seeding number, not position on the bracket. In the Finals the team with the better regular season record has home ice.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	66	27	45	72	26	-1	10	0	6
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	60	22	46	68	24	13	6	0	4
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	79	31	31	62	94	12	6	0	5
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	80	14	42	56	32	9	5	1	1
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	61	22	30	52	22	11	4	4	6
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	71	19	30	49	80	6	9	1	2
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy	C	81	14	29	43	46	20	0	3	1
Campbell, JimJim Campbell	RW	76	22	19	41	55	0	7	0	6
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	81	9	27	36	180	47	1	0	2
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	80	8	21	29	62	14	1	1	0
Atcheynum, BlairBlair Atcheynum	RW	61	11	15	26	10	5	0	1	3
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	65	10	15	25	38	1	3	1	4
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	C	62	12	6	18	26	6	3	0	1
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	48	6	9	15	35	4	1	0	0
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	RW	27	4	9	13	22	8	2	0	0
York, HarryHarry York	C	58	4	6	10	31	0	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	81	3	7	10	90	-2	0	0	0
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	54	3	7	10	36	14	0	0	0
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	11	5	4	9	10	2	3	0	1
Picard, MichelMichel Picard	LW	16	1	8	9	29	3	0	0	0
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek	RW/D	50	1	7	8	64	-5	0	0	0
Chase, KellyKelly Chase	RW	67	4	3	7	231	10	0	0	1
Rivers, JamieJamie Rivers	D	59	2	4	6	36	5	1	0	1
Twist, TonyTony Twist	LW	60	1	1	2	105	-4	0	0	0
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	G	58	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Kenady, ChrisChris Kenady	RW	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	C	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	1
Zabransky, LiborLibor Zabransky	D	6	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	G	30	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Parent, RichRich Parent	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Persson, RicardRicard Persson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	3274	58	29	21	6	138	2.53	3	1354	1216	.898
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	1658	30	16	8	2	60	2.17	2	618	558	.903
Parent, RichRich Parent	12	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	1.000
Team:	4944	82	45	29	8	198	2.40	5	1973	1775	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Campbell, JimJim Campbell	RW	10	7	3	10	12	-1	4	0	2
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	10	2	8	10	18	-2	1	0	0
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	10	1	9	10	26	-2	0	0	0
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	10	4	4	8	2	-5	2	0	0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	8	2	6	8	12	1	1	0	0
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	10	3	3	6	2	-3	0	0	0
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	10	3	3	6	2	-3	1	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	10	2	2	4	10	-3	1	1	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	10	1	3	4	8	0	1	0	0
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	10	0	4	4	6	-8	0	0	0
Yake, TerryTerry Yake	C	10	2	1	3	6	-3	2	0	1
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy	C	10	1	2	3	8	-1	0	0	1
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	10	0	2	2	10	1	0	0	0
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood	C	3	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	10	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0	0
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	G	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Atcheynum, BlairBlair Atcheynum	RW	10	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Chase, KellyKelly Chase	RW	7	0	0	0	23	-2	0	0	0
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	10	0	0	0	16	-1	0	0	0
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek	RW/D	2	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	C	10	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	616	10	6	4	28	2.73	297	269	.906
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan	14	1	0	0	1	4.29	4	3	.750
Team:	630	10	6	4	29	2.76	301	272	.904

^[4]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Masterton Trophy:	Jamie McLennan, St. Louis Blues
Clancy Trophy:	Kelly Chase, St. Louis Blues

Roster

Center

Right Wing

Left Wing

Defense

Goalie

References

↑ St. Louis Blues (1967-Present)
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1998.html
↑ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1997-98 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

External links

1997–98 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Carolina Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

St. Louis Blues

Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 expansion Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner(s) SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC (Tom Stillman, chairman) General manager Doug Armstrong Head coach Ken Hitchcock Team captain Alex Pietrangelo Current roster

Arenas	St. Louis Arena Scottrade Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Affiliates	AHL Chicago Wolves

General managers	Patrick Bowman Abel Catto Ehman Ball Francis Caron Keenan Caron Pleau Armstrong

Head coaches	Patrick Bowman Arbour Bowman Abel McCreary, Sr. Arbour Talbot Angotti Patrick Young Patrick Boivin Francis Boivin Plager Berenson Francis Plager Demers Martin Sutter Plager Berry Keenan Roberts Quenneville Kitchen Murray Payne Hitchcock

Media	TV FS Midwest Radio KMOX Newsradio (1120 AM)

Culture and lore	The Monday Night Miracle Louie the Bear Saint Louis Blues (song) "When the Blues Go Marching In" Dan Kelly 2017 NHL Winter Classic

St. Louis Blues seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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1997–98 St. Louis Blues season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Roster

See also

References

External links