1997–98 CHL season
Appearance
1997–98 CHL season | |
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League | Central Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Regular season | |
Adams’ Cup | Columbus Cottonmouths |
Season MVP | Joe Burton (Oklahoma City) |
Top scorer | Luc Beausoleil (Tulsa) |
Finals | |
Champions | Columbus Cottonmouths |
Runners-up | Wichita Thunder |
The 1997–98 CHL season was the sixth season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).
Regular season
[edit]Division standings
[edit]Eastern Division | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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y-Columbus Cottonmouths | 70 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 341 | 219 | 108 |
x-Nashville Ice Flyers | 70 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 274 | 246 | 92 |
x-Huntsville Channel Cats | 70 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 333 | 281 | 88 |
x-Macon Whoopee | 70 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 249 | 234 | 83 |
e-Fayetteville Force | 70 | 25 | 42 | 3 | 247 | 348 | 53 |
Western Division | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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x-Oklahoma City Blazers | 70 | 48 | 19 | 3 | 319 | 237 | 99 |
x-Wichita Thunder | 70 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 302 | 303 | 74 |
x-Tulsa Oilers | 70 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 308 | 274 | 73 |
x-Memphis RiverKings | 70 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 239 | 287 | 55 |
e-Fort Worth Fire | 70 | 13 | 53 | 4 | 214 | 397 | 30 |
y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention
Playoffs
[edit]Playoff bracket
[edit]Quarter Finals | Semi-Finals | Championships | ||||||||||||
1 | Columbus | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Macon | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Columbus | 4 | ||||||||||||
Eastern | ||||||||||||||
2 | Nashville | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nashville | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Huntsville | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Columbus | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Wichita | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Oklahoma City | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Memphis | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Oklahoma City | 3 | ||||||||||||
Western | ||||||||||||||
2 | Wichita | 4 | ||||||||||||
2 | Wichita | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tulsa | 1 |
CHL awards
[edit]William “Bill” Levins Memorial Cup: | Columbus Cottonmouths |
Adams Cup: | Columbus Cottonmouths |
Coach of the Year: | David Lohrei (Nashville) |
Most Valuable Player: | Joe Burton (Oklahoma City) |
Playoff Most Valuable Player: | Mike Martens (Columbus) |
Most Outstanding Goaltender: | Brian Elder (Oklahoma City) |
Most Outstanding Defenseman | Hardy Sauter (Oklahoma City) |
Rookie of the Year | David Beauregard (Wichita) |
Scoring Champion | Luc Beausoleil (Tulsa) |
Community Service Award | Rod Branch (Tulsa) |