ECHL 1997/98

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The 1997/98 season was the tenth regular season of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The 25 teams completed 70 games each in the regular season . The team with the highest points in the regular season were the Louisiana IceGators , while the Hampton Roads Admirals won their third championship title in the play-offs .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Knoxville Cherokees were relocated to Florence , South Carolina , and played under the name Pee Dee Pride .
• The Chesapeake Icebreakers were added to the league as an expansion team.
• The New Orleans Brass were added to the league as an expansion team.

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

Northern Conference

Northeast Division	GP	W.	L.	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Roanoke Express	70	42	21st	7th	235	208	91
Wheeling Nailers	70	37	24	9	255	255	83
Chesapeake Icebreakers	70	34	28	8th	252	239	76
Hampton Roads Admirals	70	32	28	10	222	225	74
Richmond Renegades	70	30th	33	7th	218	277	67
Johnstown Chiefs	70	23	41	6th	219	297	52

Northwest Division	GP	W.	L.	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Peoria Rivermen	70	44	19th	7th	296	213	95
Toledo Storm	70	41	21st	8th	251	210	90
Dayton Bombers	70	36	26th	8th	255	256	80
Huntington Blizzard	70	34	29	7th	230	259	75
Columbus Chill	70	33	30th	7th	221	220	73
Louisville Riverfrogs	70	32	31	7th	228	257	71

Southern Conference

Southeast Division	GP	W.	L.	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
South Carolina Stingrays	70	41	23	6th	246	218	88
Charlotte Checkers	70	35	24	11	251	237	81
Pee Dee Pride	70	34	25th	11	214	215	76
Jacksonville Lizard Kings	70	35	29	6th	243	239	76
Raleigh icecaps	70	32	33	5	236	254	69
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks	70	24	44	2	210	320	50

Southwest Division	GP	W.	L.	SOL	GF	GA	Pts
Louisiana IceGators	70	43	17th	10	298	232	96
Birmingham Bulls	70	39	23	8th	293	257	86
Pensacola Ice Pilots	70	36	24	10	276	262	82
New Orleans Brass	70	36	24	10	278	263	82
Mobile mysticks	70	35	27	8th	236	233	78
Mississippi Sea Wolves	70	34	27	9	225	224	77
Baton Rouge Kingfish	70	33	27	10	220	238	76

Kelly Cup Playoffs

First round

Second round

Third round

Kelly Cup Final

N1

Peoria Rivermen

0

N8

Hampton Roads Admirals

3

N3

Toledo Storm

1

N4

Wheeling Nailers

3

N4

Wheeling Nailers

3

N5

Dayton Bombers

2

N4

Wheeling Nailers

2

N8

Hampton Roads Admirals

4th

N3

Toledo Storm

3

N6

Chesapeake Icebreakers

0

N2

Roanoke Express

2

N8

Hampton Roads Admirals

3

N2

Roanoke Express

3

N7

Huntington Blizzard

1

N8

Hampton Roads Admirals

4th

S4

Pensacola Ice Pilots

2

S1

Louisiana IceGators

3

S8

Mobile mysticks

0

S1

Louisiana IceGators

3

S7

Pee Dee Pride

0

S4

Pensacola Ice Pilots

3

S5

New Orleans Brass

1

S1

Louisiana IceGators

2

S4

Pensacola Ice Pilots

4th

S3

Birmingham Bulls

1

S6

Charlotte Checkers

3

S4

Pensacola Ice Pilots

3

S6

Charlotte Checkers

0

S2

South Carolina Stingrays

2

S7

Pee Dee Pride

3

Kelly Cup winner

Kelly Cup winner Hampton Roads Admirals

Chad Ackerman , Olexander Alexejew , Rob Bonneau , Dan Carney , Dan Ceman , Alexander Charlamow , Sébastien Charpentier , Marty Clapton , Jeff Corbett , Victor Gervais , Juri Jeresko , Wadim Jepantschinzew , Dominic Maltais , Drew Palmer , Chris Phelps , Joel Poirier , Jason Saal , Boris Selenko , Kayle Short , Rod Taylor Trainer: John Brophy

Awarded trophies

Award	player	team
John Brophy Award Best Trainer	Chris Nilan	Chesapeake Icebreakers
ECHL Most Valuable Player Best player of the regular season	Jamey Hicks	Birmingham Bulls
Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player Best player of the playoffs	Sébastien Charpentier	Hampton Roads Admirals
ECHL Rookie of the Year Best rookie of the regular season	Sean Venedam	Toledo Storm
ECHL Goaltender of the Year Best goalkeeper of the regular season	Nick Vitucci	Toledo Storm
ECHL Defenseman of the Year Best Regular Season Defender	Chris Valicevic	Louisiana IceGators
ECHL Leading Scorer Best scorer of the regular season	Jamey Hicks	Birmingham Bulls
ECHL Sportsmanship Award High sporting standard and exemplary behavior	Cal Ingraham	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
Kelly Cup winner of the ECHL playoffs	Hampton Roads Admirals
Henry Brabham Cup Best team of the regular season	Louisiana IceGators
Northern Conference Champion Best team in the Northern Conference	Hampton Roads Admirals
Southern Conference Champion Best team in the Southern Conference	Pensacola Ice Pilots

Web links

• Official website of the ECHL
• Statistics on hockeydb.com