1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes season

1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes
1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	6th Northeast
Conference	9th Eastern
1997–98 record	33–41–8
Home record	16–18–7
Road record	17–23–1
Goals for	200
Goals against	219
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Kevin Dineen
Arena	Greensboro Coliseum
Average attendance	9,086[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Beast of New Haven; Richmond Renegades
Team leaders
Goals	Sami Kapanen (26); Keith Primeau (26)
Assists	Sami Kapanen (37); Keith Primeau (37)
Points	Sami Kapanen (63); Keith Primeau (63)
Penalty minutes	Stu Grimson (204)
Plus/minus	Keith Primeau (+19)
Wins	Trevor Kidd (21)
Goals against average	Trevor Kidd (2.17)

The 1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes season was the 26th season in franchise history, their 19th as a member of the National Hockey League (NHL), and their first in North Carolina. Formerly the Hartford Whalers, the team would play in Greensboro while a new arena was being constructed in Raleigh. The club finished sub-.500 and failed to qualify for the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Offseason

In March 1997, Whalers owner Peter Karmanos announced that the team would move elsewhere after the 1996–97 season because of the team's inability to negotiate a satisfactory construction and lease package for a new arena to replace the Hartford Civic Center. In July, Karmanos announced that the Whalers would move to the Research Triangle area of North Carolina and the new Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh, become the Carolina Hurricanes, and change their team colors to red and black. Due to the relatively short time frame for the move, Karmanos himself thought of and decided upon the new name for the club, rather than holding a contest as is sometimes done.

Unfortunately, the ESA would not be complete for two more years. The only arena in the Triangle with an ice plant was Dorton Arena in Raleigh, which only seated 5,100 people—too small even for temporary use. The Hurricanes decided to play home games in Greensboro, ninety minutes away from Raleigh, for their first two seasons after the move. This choice was disastrous for the franchise's attendance and reputation. With a capacity of over 21,000 people for hockey, the Greensboro Coliseum became the highest-capacity arena in the NHL, but Triangle-area fans proved unwilling to make the drive down I-40 to Greensboro, and fans from the Piedmont Triad mostly refused to support a lame-duck team that had displaced the longtime Greensboro/Carolina Monarchs minor-league franchise. Furthermore, only 29 out of 82 games were televised, and radio play-by-play coverage on WPTF was often pre-empted by North Carolina State Wolfpack basketball (for whose broadcasts WPTF was the flagship station), leaving these games totally unavailable to those who did not have a ticket. With by far the smallest season-ticket base in the NHL and attendance routinely well below the league average, Sports Illustrated ran a story titled "Natural Disaster,"[2] and ESPN anchors mocked the "Green Acres" of empty seats; in a 2006 interview, Karmanos admitted that "as it turns out, [Greensboro] was probably a mistake."[3]

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
2	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
3	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
5	Ottawa Senators	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	200	219	74

Eastern Conference[4]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

Schedule and results

1997–98 regular season[5]

October: 3–8–3 (home: 2–2–2; road: 1–6–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
1	L	October 1, 1997	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	0–1–0	17,808	Recap
2	L	October 3, 1997	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	0–2–0	18,661	Recap
3	L	October 4, 1997	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	0–3–0	18,500	Recap
4	T	October 7, 1997	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	0–3–1	6,083	Recap
5	W	October 10, 1997	2–1	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	1–3–1	6,352	Recap
6	L	October 11, 1997	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	1–4–1	15,175	Recap
7	L	October 13, 1997	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	1–5–1	12,530	Recap
8	T	October 15, 1997	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	1–5–2	6,278	Recap
9	L	October 18, 1997	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	1–6–2	19,983	Recap
10	L	October 20, 1997	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	1–7–2	18,200	Recap
11	W	October 22, 1997	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	2–7–2	8,185	Recap
12	T	October 24, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	2–7–3	16,061	Recap
13	W	October 26, 1997	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	3–7–3	14,834	Recap
14	L	October 31, 1997	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	3–8–3	7,555	Recap

November: 7–5–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 2–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
15	W	November 3, 1997	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	4–8–3	7,257	Recap
16	W	November 5, 1997	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	5–8–3	10,090	Recap
17	L	November 7, 1997	2–3	New York Islanders (1997–98)	5–9–3	7,742	Recap
18	W	November 9, 1997	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	6–9–3	5,551	Recap
19	W	November 12, 1997	6–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	7–9–3	14,240	Recap
20	W	November 13, 1997	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	8–9–3	15,825	Recap
21	L	November 16, 1997	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	8–10–3	14,740	Recap
22	W	November 19, 1997	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	9–10–3	6,896	Recap
23	L	November 21, 1997	3–4	New York Rangers (1997–98)	9–11–3	19,358	Recap
24	T	November 23, 1997	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	9–11–4	5,516	Recap
25	L	November 26, 1997	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	9–12–4	13,253	Recap
26	W	November 28, 1997	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	10–12–4	8,107	Recap
27	L	November 29, 1997	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	10–13–4	11,332	Recap

December: 5–8–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 0–5–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
28	W	December 1, 1997	3–1	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	11–13–4	5,865	Recap
29	W	December 3, 1997	5–3	New York Islanders (1997–98)	12–13–4	5,651	Recap
30	T	December 5, 1997	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	12–13–5	6,793	Recap
31	L	December 6, 1997	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	12–14–5	14,805	Recap
32	L	December 10, 1997	2–5	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	12–15–5	7,219	Recap
33	L	December 12, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	12–16–5	12,321	Recap
34	W	December 16, 1997	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	13–16–5	7,317	Recap
35	L	December 18, 1997	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	13–17–5	14,437	Recap
36	L	December 20, 1997	1–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	13–18–5	8,118	Recap
37	L	December 23, 1997	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	13–19–5	19,594	Recap
38	L	December 26, 1997	2–5	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	13–20–5	8,684	Recap
39	W	December 27, 1997	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	14–20–5	8,682	Recap
40	W	December 30, 1997	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	15–20–5	8,309	Recap
41	L	December 31, 1997	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	15–21–5	15,108	Recap

January: 5–7–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
42	L	January 3, 1998	1–6	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	15–22–5	9,266	Recap
43	W	January 5, 1998	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	16–22–5	6,055	Recap
44	L	January 6, 1998	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	16–23–5	18,200	Recap
45	T	January 8, 1998	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	16–23–6	11,908	Recap
46	W	January 10, 1998	2–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	17–23–6	13,679	Recap
47	L	January 12, 1998	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	17–24–6	8,250	Recap
48	L	January 14, 1998	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	17–25–6	10,704	Recap
49	L	January 21, 1998	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	17–26–6	12,627	Recap
50	W	January 22, 1998	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	18–26–6	15,491	Recap
51	W	January 24, 1998	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	19–26–6	21,273	Recap
52	L	January 27, 1998	0–3	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	19–27–6	14,703	Recap
53	W	January 28, 1998	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	20–27–6	10,815	Recap
54	L	January 30, 1998	0–2	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	20–28–6	13,275	Recap

February: 1–2–1 (home: 0–1–1; road: 1–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
55	L	February 1, 1998	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	20–29–6	9,591	Recap
56	T	February 4, 1998	3–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	20–29–7	8,304	Recap
57	W	February 7, 1998	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	21–29–7	16,944	Recap
58	L	February 28, 1998	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	21–30–7	19,040	Recap

March: 8–5–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 6–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
59	W	March 2, 1998	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	22–30–7	16,237	Recap
60	W	March 5, 1998	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	23–30–7	10,541	Recap
61	W	March 6, 1998	5–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	24–30–7	16,210	Recap
62	W	March 8, 1998	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	25–30–7	17,174	Recap
63	L	March 12, 1998	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	25–31–7	8,811	Recap
64	L	March 14, 1998	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	25–32–7	12,911	Recap
65	W	March 15, 1998	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	26–32–7	7,853	Recap
66	L	March 18, 1998	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	26–33–7	12,792	Recap
67	L	March 20, 1998	1–6	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	26–34–7	16,928	Recap
68	W	March 23, 1998	5–3	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	27–34–7	14,703	Recap
69	W	March 26, 1998	4–1	New York Rangers (1997–98)	28–34–7	15,456	Recap
70	W	March 28, 1998	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	29–34–7	19,608	Recap
71	L	March 29, 1998	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	29–35–7	13,216	Recap
72	T	March 31, 1998	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	29–35–8	8,671	Recap

April: 4–6–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 3–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Attendance	Recap
73	W	April 1, 1998	4–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	30–35–8	16,338	Recap
74	W	April 4, 1998	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	31–35–8	21,273	Recap
75	W	April 6, 1998	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	32–35–8	15,180	Recap
76	L	April 8, 1998	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	32–36–8	16,644	Recap
77	W	April 9, 1998	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	33–36–8	8,368	Recap
78	L	April 11, 1998	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	33–37–8	15,726	Recap
79	L	April 13, 1998	2–3	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	33–38–8	9,228	Recap
80	L	April 16, 1998	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	33–39–8	10,515	Recap
81	L	April 18, 1998	3–4	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	33–40–8	12,641	Recap
82	L	April 19, 1998	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	33–41–8	18,921	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
24	Sami Kapanen	RW	81	26	37	63	9	16
55	Keith Primeau	C	81	26	37	63	19	110
10	Gary Roberts	LW	61	20	29	49	3	103
19	Nelson Emerson	RW	81	21	24	45	−17	50
92	Jeff O'Neill	RW	74	19	20	39	−8	67
18	Robert Kron	LW	81	16	20	36	−8	12
3	Steve Chiasson	D	66	7	27	34	−2	65
23	Martin Gelinas†	LW	40	12	14	26	1	30
2	Glen Wesley	D	82	6	19	25	7	36
11	Kevin Dineen	RW	54	7	16	23	−7	105
8	Geoff Sanderson‡	LW	40	7	10	17	−4	14
28	Paul Ranheim	LW	73	5	9	14	−11	28
21	Jeff Brown‡	D	32	3	10	13	−1	16
7	Curtis Leschyshyn	D	73	2	10	12	−2	45
6	Adam Burt	D	76	1	11	12	−6	106
27	Steve Leach	RW	45	4	5	9	−19	42
44	Kent Manderville	C	77	4	4	8	−6	31
5	Kevin Haller	D	65	3	5	8	−5	94
32	Stu Grimson	LW	82	3	4	7	0	204
26	Ray Sheppard†	RW	10	4	2	6	2	2
33	Bates Battaglia	LW	33	2	4	6	−1	10
12	Steven Rice	RW	47	2	4	6	−16	38
22	Sean Hill†	D	42	0	5	5	−2	48
39	Enrico Ciccone‡	D	14	0	3	3	3	83
14	Steven Halko	D	18	0	2	2	−1	10
4	Nolan Pratt	D	23	0	2	2	−2	44
1	Sean Burke‡	G	25	0	1	1		6
1	Kirk McLean†‡	G	8	0	1	1		0
17	Chris Murray‡	RW	7	0	1	1	2	22
46	Mike Rucinski	D	9	0	1	1	0	2
29	Kevin Brown	RW	4	0	0	0	−2	0
16	Jeff Daniels	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	Mike Fountain	G	3	0	0	0		2
39[lower-alpha 1]	Pat Jablonski	G	5	0	0	0		0
37	Trevor Kidd	G	47	0	0	0		2
34	Steve Martins	C	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
37	Trevor Kidd	47	21	21	3	1237	97	2.17	.922	3	2685
1	Sean Burke‡	25	7	11	5	655	66	2.80	.899	1	1415
1	Kirk McLean†‡	8	4	2	0	181	22	3.29	.878	0	401
39[lower-alpha 1]	Pat Jablonski	5	1	4	0	115	14	3.01	.878	0	279
30	Mike Fountain	3	0	3	0	68	10	3.68	.853	0	163

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Lester Patrick Trophy	Peter Karmanos	[6]

Transactions

The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions during the 1997–98 season.

Trades

June 21, 1997	To San Jose Sharks 1st round pick in 1997 - Scott Hannan	To Carolina Hurricanes 2nd round pick in 1997 - Brad DeFauw 3rd round pick in 1998 - Erik Cole
June 27, 1997	To St. Louis Blues Alexander Godynyuk 6th round pick in 1998 - Brad Voth	To Carolina Hurricanes Steve Leach
July 25, 1997	To Chicago Blackhawks Ryan Risidore 5th round pick in 1998 - Morgan Warren	To Carolina Hurricanes Enrico Ciccone
August 8, 1997	To New York Rangers Jason Muzzatti	To Carolina Hurricanes 5th round pick in 1998 - Tommy Westlund
August 25, 1997	To Calgary Flames Andrew Cassels Jean-Sébastien Giguère	To Carolina Hurricanes Gary Roberts Trevor Kidd
November 17, 1997	To Ottawa Senators Chris Murray	To Carolina Hurricanes Sean Hill
January 2, 1998	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jeff Brown	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 1999 - Evgeny Pavlov
January 2, 1998	To Vancouver Canucks Sean Burke Enrico Ciccone Geoff Sanderson	To Carolina Hurricanes Kirk McLean Martin Gelinas
March 23, 1998	To Florida Panthers Kirk McLean	To Carolina Hurricanes Ray Sheppard

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Pat Jablonski	Phoenix Coyotes
Mike Fountain	Vancouver Canucks
Greg Koehler	University of Massachusetts-Lowell (NCAA)

Player	New Team
Derek King	Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Babych	Vancouver Canucks
Bob Wren	Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Draft picks

Carolina's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[7]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	22	Nikos Tselios	United States	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2	28	Brad DeFauw	United States	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
3	80	Francis Lessard	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4	88	Shane Willis	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
6	142	Kyle Dafoe	Canada	Owen Sound Platers (OHL)
7	169	Andrew Merrick	United States	University of Michigan (CCHA)
8	195	Niklas Nordgren	Sweden	Modo Hockey Jr. (Sweden)
8	199	Randy Fitzgerald	Canada	Detroit Whalers (OHL)
9	225	Kent McDonell	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)

Farm teams

The Beast of New Haven were the Hurricanes American Hockey League affiliate for the 1998–99 AHL season.

Notes

Jablonski wore number 35 in his first four games.

References

"Carolina Hurricanes 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
"1997-98 Carolina Hurricanes Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

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[fn1-6] Jablonski wore number 35 in his first four games.

[1] "NHL Average Attendance since 1989-90". Andrew's Dallas Stars Page. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

[2] Callaghan, Gerry. "Natural Disaster." Sports Illustrated, October 27, 1997; Web article retrieved November 19, 2008.

[3] Burnside, Scott. "Karmanos: Hard-nosed owner, die-hard hockey fan." ESPN.com, June 6, 2008; Web article retrieved February 14, 2009.

[4] "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

[5] "1997-98 Carolina Hurricanes Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

[7] "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved July 8, 2023.

[8] "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.

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