1997-98 Florida Panthers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 24-43-15 - 63 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Doug MacLean (7-12-4)
Coach: Bryan Murray (17-31-11)
Location: Miami, Florida

1997-98 Florida Panthers Roster
1997-98 Florida Panthers Results

The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 24 wins and 43 losses and 15 ties for 63 points, finishing sixth in the NHL's Atlantic Division. Doug MacLean and Bryan Murray coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Ray Whitney	L	68	32	29	61	28	10	12	15	0	0	2	0	156	20.5
Dave Gagner	C	78	20	28	48	55	-21	5	12	1	0	1	0	165	12.1
Robert Svehla	D	79	9	34	43	113	-3	3	23	0	1	0	0	144	6.3
Scott Mellanby	R	79	15	24	39	127	-14	6	6	0	0	1	0	188	8.0
Radek Dvorak	R	64	12	24	36	33	-1	2	2	3	2	0	1	112	10.7
Ray Sheppard	R	61	14	17	31	21	-13	5	8	0	0	1	0	136	10.3
Kirk Muller	C	70	8	21	29	54	-14	1	3	0	1	3	1	115	7.0
Bill Lindsay	L	82	12	16	28	80	-2	0	0	2	1	5	0	150	8.0
Viktor Kozlov	C	46	12	11	23	14	-1	3	1	2	0	0	0	114	10.5
Ed Jovanovski	D	81	9	14	23	158	-12	2	5	1	0	3	1	142	6.3
David Nemirovsky	R	41	9	12	21	8	-3	2	5	0	0	1	0	62	14.5
Steve Washburn	C	58	11	8	19	32	-6	4	2	0	1	2	0	61	18.0
Gord Murphy	D	79	6	11	17	46	-3	3	1	0	2	0	0	123	4.9
Dino Ciccarelli	R	28	5	11	16	28	-2	2	4	0	0	1	1	57	8.8
Tom Fitzgerald	C	69	10	5	15	57	-4	0	0	1	0	1	0	105	9.5
Rob Niedermayer	C	33	8	7	15	41	-9	5	1	0	0	2	0	64	12.5
Chris Wells	C	61	5	10	15	47	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	57	8.8
Paul Laus	D	77	0	11	11	293	-5	0	2	0	1	0	0	64	0.0
Esa Tikkanen	L	28	1	8	9	16	-7	0	4	0	0	0	0	34	2.9
Terry Carkner	D	74	1	7	8	63	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	34	2.9
Jeff Norton	D	19	0	7	7	18	-7	0	2	0	0	0	0	20	0.0
Johan Garpenlov	L	39	2	3	5	8	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	4.7
Rhett Warrener	D	79	0	4	4	99	-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0.0
John Vanbiesbrouck	G	60	0	3	3	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jody Hull	R	21	2	0	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	8.7
Ryan Johnson	C	10	0	2	2	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Dallas Eakins	D	23	0	1	1	44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0
Chris Allen	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Fitzpatrick	G	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Jakopin	D	2	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Lowry	L	7	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Kirk McLean	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Weekes	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Worrell	L	19	0	0	0	153	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0
Totals		1566	203	328	531	1656	-139	55	99	12	12	24	4	2278	8.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
John Vanbiesbrouck	60	3451	18	29	11	4	4	165	2.87	1638	1473	.899
Kirk McLean	7	406	4	2	1	0	0	22	3.25	207	185	.894
Mark Fitzpatrick	12	640	2	7	2	0	1	32	3.00	265	233	.879
Kevin Weekes	11	485	0	5	1	1	0	32	3.96	247	215	.870
Totals	90	4982	24	43	15	5	5	251	3.02	2608	2357	.904