The 1997–98 IHL season was the 53rd season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. 18 teams participated in the regular season, and the Chicago Wolves won the Turner Cup. Gordie Howe came out of retirement to play one shift for the Detroit Vipers in the middle of this season.
1997-98 IHL season | |
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League | International Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | October 2, 1997 – June 15, 1998 |
Number of games | 82 |
Number of teams | 18 |
Regular season | |
Fred A. Huber Trophy | Long Beach Ice Dogs |
Season MVP | Patrice Lefebvre (Thunder) |
Top scorer | Patrice Lefebvre (Thunder) |
Playoffs | |
Playoffs MVP | Alexander Semak (Wolves) |
Turner Cup | |
Champions | Chicago Wolves |
Runners-up | Detroit Vipers |
Regular season edit
Eastern Conference edit
Central Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
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Fort Wayne Komets | 82 | 47 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 270 | 243 | 100 |
Cincinnati Cyclones | 82 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 275 | 254 | 92 |
Indianapolis Ice | 82 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 245 | 261 | 86 |
Cleveland Lumberjacks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 0 | 10 | 228 | 262 | 80 |
Michigan K-Wings | 82 | 36 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 223 | 261 | 79 |
Northeast Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Detroit Vipers | 82 | 47 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 267 | 232 | 109 |
Orlando Solar Bears | 82 | 42 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 258 | 251 | 94 |
Grand Rapids Griffins | 82 | 38 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 225 | 242 | 89 |
Québec Rafales | 82 | 27 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 211 | 292 | 61 |
Western Conference edit
Midwest Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicago Wolves | 82 | 55 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 301 | 258 | 113 |
Kansas City Blades | 82 | 41 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 269 | 258 | 94 |
Milwaukee Admirals | 82 | 43 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 267 | 262 | 91 |
Manitoba Moose | 82 | 39 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 269 | 254 | 85 |
Southwest Division | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Long Beach Ice Dogs | 82 | 53 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 282 | 210 | 115 |
Houston Aeros | 82 | 50 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 268 | 214 | 110 |
Utah Grizzlies | 82 | 47 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 276 | 234 | 102 |
Las Vegas Thunder | 82 | 33 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 260 | 305 | 76 |
San Antonio Dragons | 82 | 25 | 49 | 0 | 8 | 233 | 334 | 58 |
Awards edit
Turner Cup-Playoffs edit
Turner Cup-1/8 Finals | Turner Cup-Quarterfinals | Turner Cup-Semifinals | Turner Cup-Final | ||||||||||||||||
E1 | Detroit Vipers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E8 | Michigan K-Wings | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Detroit Vipers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E4 | Cincinnati Cyclones | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E5 | Grand Rapids Griffins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Detroit Vipers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Orlando Solar Bears | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Orlando Solar Bears | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E6 | Indianapolis Ice | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E3 | Orlando Solar Bears | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E7 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Fort Wayne Komets | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
E7 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Detroit Vipers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Chicago Wolves | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W8 | Las Vegas Thunder | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W5 | Kansas City Blades | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W4 | Utah Grizzlies | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W5 | Kansas City Blades | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Chicago Wolves | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Chicago Wolves | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
W7 | Manitoba Moose | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
W2 | Chicago Wolves | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
W6 | Milwaukee Admirals | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
W3 | Houston Aeros | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
W6 | Milwaukee Admirals | 3 |
External links edit
- Season 1997/98 on hockeydb.com
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