1997-98 NHL Debuts

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League Champion: Detroit Red Wings

Hart Memorial Trophy: Dominik Hašek (33-23-13, 2.09 GAA)

Vezina Trophy: Dominik Hašek (33-23-13, 2.09 GAA)

Calder Memorial Trophy: Sergei Samsonov (22 G, 25 A, 47 P)

Assists Leaders: Wayne Gretzky (67), Jaromír Jágr (67)

Goals Leaders: Peter Bondra (52), Teemu Selänne (52)

Points Leaders: Jaromír Jágr (102)

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Debuts Table
									Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	Antti Aalto	22-277d	1997-12-06	MDA	1975-03-04	1998	2001	C	151	11	17	28	-25	52
2	Kevyn Adams	22-358d	1997-10-01	TOR	1974-10-08	1998	2008	C	540	59	77	136	-38	317
3	Chris Allen	19-345d	1998-04-18	FLA	1978-05-08	1998	1999	D	2	0	0	0	1	2
4	Erik Andersson	26-059d	1997-10-17	CGY	1971-08-19	1998	1998	C	12	2	1	3	-4	8
5	Magnus Arvedson	25-310d	1997-10-01	OTT	1971-11-25	1998	2004	LW	434	100	125	225	109	241
6	Tom Askey	23-160d	1998-03-13	MDA	1974-10-04	1998	1998	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	2	.894	2.64
7	P.J. Axelsson	22-218d	1997-10-02	BOS	1975-02-26	1998	2009	LW	797	103	184	287	-26	276
8	Shawn Bates	22-182d	1997-10-02	BOS	1975-04-03	1998	2008	C	465	72	126	198	-28	266
9	Bates Battaglia	22-021d	1998-01-03	CAR	1975-12-13	1998	2008	LW	580	80	118	198	-34	385
10	Steve Bégin	19-109d	1997-10-01	CGY	1978-06-14	1998	2013	C	524	56	52	108	-21	561
11	Jan Benda	25-187d	1997-10-01	WSH	1972-03-28	1998	1998	C	9	0	3	3	1	6
12	Ladislav Benýšek	22-236d	1997-11-15	EDM	1975-03-24	1998	2003	D	161	3	12	15	-28	74
13	Zac Bierk	21-108d	1998-01-03	TBL	1976-09-17	1998	2004	G	47	0	1	1	0	6	47	9	20	5	.901	3.18
14	Brad Bombardir	25-152d	1997-10-04	NJD	1972-05-05	1998	2004	D	356	8	46	54	-5	127
15	Jason Botterill	21-298d	1998-03-13	DAL	1976-05-19	1998	2004	LW	88	5	9	14	-16	89
16	Daniel Brière	20-164d	1998-03-19	PHX	1977-10-06	1998	2015	C	973	307	389	696	-24	744
17	Travis Brigley	20-299d	1998-04-11	CGY	1977-06-16	1998	2004	LW	55	3	6	9	-6	16
18	Jan Bulis	19-197d	1997-10-01	WSH	1978-03-18	1998	2007	C	552	96	149	245	-3	268
19	Sven Butenschön	21-211d	1997-10-19	PIT	1976-03-22	1998	2006	D	140	2	12	14	-10	86
20	Petr Buzek	20-320d	1998-03-12	DAL	1977-04-26	1998	2003	D	157	9	22	31	-25	94
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Zdeno Chára	20-246d	1997-11-19	NYI	1977-03-18	1998	2022	D	1680	209	471	680	301	2085
22	Vladimir Chebaturkin	22-335d	1998-03-24	NYI	1975-04-23	1998	2002	D	62	2	7	9	7	52
23	Brad Church	21-032d	1997-12-16	WSH	1976-11-14	1998	1998	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ivan Čiernik	20-018d	1997-11-17	OTT	1977-10-30	1998	2004	RW	89	12	14	26	9	32
25	Brett Clark	20-285d	1997-10-04	MTL	1976-12-23	1998	2013	D	689	45	141	186	-60	293
26	Daniel Cleary	18-287d	1997-10-01	CHI	1978-12-18	1998	2015	RW	938	165	222	387	6	492
27	Dan Cloutier	21-256d	1998-01-03	NYR	1976-04-22	1998	2008	G	351	0	5	5	0	147	351	139	142	37	.899	2.76
28	Mike Crowley	22-177d	1997-12-28	MDA	1975-07-04	1998	2001	D	67	5	15	20	-26	44
29	Matt Cullen	20-360d	1997-10-28	MDA	1976-11-02	1998	2019	C	1516	266	465	731	-24	592
30	Boyd Devereaux	19-172d	1997-10-05	EDM	1978-04-16	1998	2009	C	627	67	112	179	5	205
31	Chris Dingman	21-087d	1997-10-01	CGY	1976-07-06	1998	2006	LW	385	15	19	34	-58	769
32	Róbert Döme	18-245d	1997-10-01	PIT	1979-01-29	1998	2003	RW	53	7	7	14	0	12
33	Brian Felsner	25-005d	1997-11-16	CHI	1972-11-11	1998	1998	LW	12	1	3	4	0	12
34	Scott Ferguson	25-057d	1998-03-04	EDM	1973-01-06	1998	2006	D	218	7	14	21	17	310
35	Doug Friedman	26-085d	1997-11-25	EDM	1971-09-01	1998	1999	LW	18	0	1	1	0	34
36	Sean Gagnon	24-058d	1997-11-08	PHX	1973-09-11	1998	2001	D	12	0	1	1	-1	34
37	Maxim Galanov	24-022d	1998-04-04	NYR	1974-03-13	1998	2001	D	122	8	12	20	-24	44
38	Denis Gauthier	21-008d	1997-10-09	CGY	1976-10-01	1998	2009	D	554	17	60	77	-5	748
39	Hal Gill	22-194d	1997-10-17	BOS	1975-04-06	1998	2014	D	1108	36	148	184	44	962
40	Yan Golubovsky	21-278d	1997-12-12	DET	1976-03-09	1998	2001	D	56	1	7	8	11	32
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Benoît Gratton	20-319d	1997-11-12	WSH	1976-12-28	1998	2004	C	58	6	10	16	0	58
42	Sergey Gusev	22-062d	1997-10-01	DAL	1975-07-31	1998	2001	D	89	4	10	14	-20	34
43	Steven Halko	23-207d	1997-10-01	CAR	1974-03-08	1998	2003	D	155	0	15	15	-2	71
44	Dwayne Hay	20-262d	1997-10-31	WSH	1977-02-11	1998	2001	LW	79	2	4	6	-7	22
45	Matt Higgins	20-028d	1997-11-26	MTL	1977-10-29	1998	2001	C	57	1	2	3	-11	6
46	Marián Hossa	18-262d	1997-10-01	OTT	1979-01-12	1998	2017	RW	1309	525	609	1134	245	628
47	Ryan Huska	22-187d	1998-01-05	CHI	1975-07-02	1998	1998	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
48	Brad Isbister	20-147d	1997-10-01	PHX	1977-05-07	1998	2008	LW	541	106	116	222	-43	615
49	John Jakopin	22-301d	1998-03-13	FLA	1975-05-16	1998	2003	D	113	1	6	7	-8	145
50	Ryan Johnson	21-174d	1997-12-05	FLA	1976-06-14	1998	2011	C	701	38	84	122	-87	250
51	Olli Jokinen	18-300d	1997-10-01	LAK	1978-12-05	1998	2015	C	1231	321	429	750	-132	1071
52	Chris Kenady	24-242d	1997-12-08	STL	1973-04-10	1998	2000	RW	7	0	2	2	0	0
53	Espen Knutsen	25-264d	1997-10-03	MDA	1972-01-12	1998	2004	C	207	30	81	111	-61	105
54	Alexander Korolyuk	21-262d	1997-10-04	SJS	1976-01-15	1998	2004	LW	296	62	80	142	26	140
55	Pavel Kubina	20-333d	1998-03-14	TBL	1977-04-15	1998	2012	D	970	110	276	386	-102	1123
56	Éric Landry	22-299d	1997-11-15	CGY	1975-01-20	1998	2002	C	68	5	9	14	-8	47
57	Darryl Laplante	20-284d	1998-01-06	DET	1977-03-28	1998	2000	C	35	0	6	6	-2	10
58	Georges Laraque	20-343d	1997-11-15	EDM	1976-12-07	1998	2010	RW	695	53	100	153	1	1126
59	Brad Larsen	20-266d	1998-03-21	COL	1977-06-28	1998	2008	LW	294	19	29	48	-23	134
60	Jeff Libby	24-025d	1998-03-26	NYI	1974-03-01	1998	1998	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Juha Lind	23-272d	1997-10-01	DAL	1974-01-02	1998	2001	C	133	9	13	22	-3	20
62	Johan Lindbom	26-127d	1997-11-12	NYR	1971-07-08	1998	1998	LW	38	1	3	4	4	28
63	Warren Luhning	22-093d	1997-10-04	NYI	1975-07-03	1998	2000	RW	29	0	1	1	-10	21
64	Brad Lukowich	21-204d	1998-03-04	DAL	1976-08-12	1998	2011	D	658	23	90	113	45	369
65	Donald MacLean	20-260d	1997-10-01	LAK	1977-01-14	1998	2007	C	41	8	5	13	-6	6
66	Cameron Mann	20-242d	1997-12-18	BOS	1977-04-20	1998	2003	RW	93	14	10	24	-7	40
67	Norm Maracle	23-163d	1998-03-14	DET	1974-10-02	1998	2002	G	66	0	0	0	0	0	66	14	33	8	.897	3.10
68	Danny Markov	21-187d	1998-02-02	TOR	1976-07-30	1998	2007	D	538	29	118	147	47	456
69	Patrick Marleau	18-016d	1997-10-01	SJS	1979-09-15	1998	2021	C	1779	566	631	1197	-27	527
70	Chris McAllister	22-138d	1997-11-01	VAN	1975-06-16	1998	2004	D	301	4	17	21	-27	634
71	Mike McBain	21-009d	1998-01-21	TBL	1977-01-12	1998	1999	D	64	0	7	7	-21	22
72	Alyn McCauley	20-125d	1997-10-01	TOR	1977-05-29	1998	2007	C	488	69	97	166	25	116
73	Jeff Mitchell	22-180d	1997-11-12	DAL	1975-05-16	1998	1998	C/RW	7	0	0	0	0	7
74	Marc Moro	20-148d	1997-12-12	MDA	1977-07-17	1998	2002	D	30	0	0	0	-5	77
75	Aleksey Morozov	20-227d	1997-10-01	PIT	1977-02-16	1998	2004	RW	451	84	135	219	-29	98
76	Derek Morris	19-038d	1997-10-01	CGY	1978-08-24	1998	2014	D	1107	92	332	424	-44	1004
77	Brendan Morrison	22-111d	1997-12-04	NJD	1975-08-15	1998	2012	C	934	200	401	601	86	452
78	Tyler Moss	22-121d	1997-10-28	CGY	1975-06-29	1998	2003	G	30	0	1	1	0	0	30	6	16	1	.891	3.25
79	Ryan Mulhern	24-287d	1997-10-25	WSH	1973-01-11	1998	1998	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
80	Dmitri Nabokov	20-350d	1997-12-20	CHI	1977-01-04	1998	2000	C/LW	55	11	13	24	-5	28
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Kirk Nielsen	24-013d	1997-11-01	BOS	1973-10-19	1998	1998	RW	6	0	0	0	-1	0
82	Mattias Öhlund	21-024d	1997-10-03	VAN	1976-09-09	1998	2011	D	909	93	250	343	-6	885
83	Vladimír Országh	20-182d	1997-11-22	NYI	1977-05-24	1998	2006	RW	289	54	65	119	-22	194
84	Rich Parent	24-300d	1997-11-08	STL	1973-01-12	1998	2001	G	32	0	0	0	0	4	32	7	11	5	.882	3.15
85	Chris Phillips	19-206d	1997-10-01	OTT	1978-03-09	1998	2015	D	1179	71	217	288	68	756
86	Martin Procházka	25-220d	1997-10-09	TOR	1972-03-03	1998	2000	RW	32	2	5	7	-2	8
87	Joel Prpic	23-196d	1998-04-09	BOS	1974-09-25	1998	2001	C	18	0	3	3	-6	4
88	Erik Rasmussen	20-187d	1997-10-01	BUF	1977-03-28	1998	2007	LW/C	545	52	76	128	5	305
89	Bert Robertsson	23-131d	1997-11-08	VAN	1974-06-30	1998	2001	D	123	4	10	14	-9	75
90	Mike Rucinski	22-364d	1998-03-29	CAR	1975-03-30	1998	2001	D	26	0	2	2	1	10
91	Sergei Samsonov	18-340d	1997-10-02	BOS	1978-10-27	1998	2011	LW	888	235	336	571	11	209
92	Terran Sandwith	25-291d	1998-02-02	EDM	1972-04-17	1998	1998	D	8	0	0	0	-4	6
93	Marc Savard	20-078d	1997-10-03	NYR	1977-07-17	1998	2011	C	807	207	499	706	-54	737
94	Dave Scatchard	21-225d	1997-10-03	VAN	1976-02-20	1998	2011	C	659	128	141	269	-38	1040
95	Ray Schultz	21-130d	1998-03-24	NYI	1976-11-14	1998	2003	D	45	0	4	4	-1	155
96	Richard Shulmistra	26-275d	1998-01-01	NJD	1971-04-01	1998	2000	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	.941	1.48
97	Pēteris Skudra	24-195d	1997-11-05	PIT	1973-04-24	1998	2003	G	146	0	2	2	0	6	146	51	47	20	.894	2.76
98	Sheldon Souray	21-096d	1997-10-17	NJD	1976-07-13	1998	2013	D	758	109	191	300	-22	1145
99	Corey Spring	26-287d	1998-03-14	TBL	1971-05-31	1998	1999	RW	16	1	1	2	-1	12
100	P.J. Stock	22-179d	1997-11-21	NYR	1975-05-26	1998	2004	C	235	5	21	26	-6	523
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
101	Marco Sturm	19-026d	1997-10-04	SJS	1978-09-08	1998	2012	LW	938	242	245	487	59	446
102	Ronnie Sundin	27-103d	1998-01-14	NYR	1970-10-03	1998	1998	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
103	Rocky Thompson	20-173d	1998-01-28	CGY	1977-08-08	1998	2002	D	25	0	0	0	0	117
104	Joe Thornton	18-098d	1997-10-08	BOS	1979-07-02	1998	2022	C	1714	430	1109	1539	182	1272
105	Brad Tiley	26-153d	1997-12-05	PHX	1971-07-05	1998	2001	D	11	0	0	0	-1	0
106	Pascal Trépanier	24-027d	1997-10-01	COL	1973-09-04	1998	2003	D	229	12	22	34	-8	252
107	Pavel Trnka	21-101d	1997-11-05	MDA	1976-07-27	1998	2004	D	411	14	63	77	-12	323
108	Tony Tuzzolino	22-139d	1998-02-25	MDA	1975-10-09	1998	2002	RW	9	0	0	0	-4	7
109	Ľubomír Vaic	20-238d	1997-10-30	VAN	1977-03-06	1998	2000	C	9	1	1	2	-2	2
110	Petri Varis	28-215d	1997-12-14	CHI	1969-05-13	1998	1998	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
111	Sergei Varlamov	19-270d	1998-04-17	CGY	1978-07-21	1998	2003	LW	63	8	7	15	5	26
112	Mike Watt	21-229d	1997-11-15	EDM	1976-03-31	1998	2003	LW	157	15	26	41	-17	41
113	Kevin Weekes	22-195d	1997-10-16	FLA	1975-04-04	1998	2009	G	348	0	3	3	0	18	348	105	163	39	.903	2.87
114	Todd White	22-136d	1997-10-04	CHI	1975-05-21	1998	2011	C	653	141	240	381	19	228
115	Peter Worrell	20-096d	1997-11-22	FLA	1977-08-18	1998	2004	LW	391	19	27	46	-48	1554
116	Bob Wren	23-120d	1998-01-14	MDA	1974-09-16	1998	2002	C	5	0	0	0	0	0
117	Jamie Wright	21-187d	1997-11-16	DAL	1976-05-13	1998	2003	LW	124	12	20	32	12	54
118	Andrei Zyuzin	19-259d	1997-10-07	SJS	1978-01-21	1998	2008	D	496	38	82	120	-40	446

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