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 Roster
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	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	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Patrick Roy	7	430	3	4	1	18	2.51	191	173	.906
Craig Billington	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	8	431	3	4	1	18	2.51	209	191	.914