Japan Ice Hockey League 1997/98

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The 1997/98 season was the 32nd season of the Japan Ice Hockey League , the highest Japanese ice hockey division . The Kokudo Ice Hockey Club became champions for the eighth time in the club's history . Kelly Glowa from Seibu Prince Rabbits and John Tucker from Meister Kokudo Ice Hockey Club were top scorers with 74 points each .

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In the regular season, each of the six teams played a total of 40 games. The four best-placed teams qualified for the playoffs in which the champions were played out. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a tie and zero points for a defeat.

Regular season

team GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
1. Kokudo Ice Hockey Club 40 24 12 4th 149 119 52
2. Ōji Eagles 40 22nd 14th 4th 165 129 48
3. Snow Brand Ice Hockey Club 40 19th 15th 6th 125 124 44
4th Seibu Prince Rabbits 40 18th 19th 3 160 151 39
5. Furukawa Ice Hockey Club 40 16 23 1 110 139 33
6th Nippon Paper Cranes 40 11 27 2 120 167 24

GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws

Playoffs

  Semifinals final
                 
1 Kokudo Ice Hockey Club 2    
4th Seibu Prince Rabbits 1  
1 Kokudo Ice Hockey Club 2
  3 Snow Brand Ice Hockey Club 0
2 Ōji Eagles 0
3 Snow Brand Ice Hockey Club 2  

Top scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, bold: best value

player team T V Pt
Kelly Glowa Seibu 32 42 74
John Tucker Kokudo 27 47 74
Martin Bergeron Snow fire 40 23 63
Allen Conrey Cranes 21st 41 62
Chris Bright Seibu 28 27 55
Radek Gardon Furukawa 21st 32 53
Igor Dorofeev Ōji 15th 34 49
Taku Takahashi Seibu 13 28 41
Junji Sakata Kokudo 23 17th 40
Darcy Mitani Cranes 15th 24 39

Awards

All-Star Team

goal Jiro Nihei (Kokudo)
defense Corey Foster (Kokudo) Vladimir Kramskoi (Ōji)
Storm John Tucker (Kokudo) Martin Bergeron (Snow Brand) Kelly Glowa (Kokudo)

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