NHL 1997-98 Season: World All-Star Teams

Updated September 13, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

The World Hockey Championship, held in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland May 1-17, 1998. Top two teams (*) in each pool after preliminary round-robin advance to the qualifying round. Third place teams play in a consolation round. Top two teams from each pool of the qualifying round advance to the semifinals. The semifinals are a best-of-two series with a 10-minute mini-game if necessary. If teams are still tied, a shootout will decide the advancers. Winners meet in the best-of-two final series.

Final Round Robin Standings

POOL A W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Czech Republic 3-0-0 6 20 5
*Belarus 2-1-0 4 12 10
Germany 1-2-0 2 8 13
Japan 0-3-0 0 7 19
POOL B W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Canada 2-0-1 5 12 5
*Slovakia 2-0-1 5 9 4
Italy 1-2-0 2 8 8
Austria 0-3-0 0 3 15
POOL C W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Sweden 3-0-0 6 16 4
*Switzerland 1-2-0 2 9 10
United States 1-2-0 2 7 11
France 1-2-0 2 5 12
Note: Switzerland advances to the qualifying round due to a better goal differential then the United States and France.
POOL D W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Russia 3-0-0 6 19 11
*Finland 2-1-0 4 12 4
Latvia 1-2-0 2 12 15
Kazakhstan 0-3-0 0 6 19

Qualifying Round

POOL E W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Sweden 3-0-0 6 10 2
*Finland 1-1-1 3 8 6
Canada 1-1-1 3 10 12
Belarus 0-3-0 0 5 13
POOL F W-L-T Pts GF GA
*Czech Republic 2-0-1 5 6 3
*Switzerland 1-1-1 3 6 6
Russia 1-1-1 3 10 7
Slovakia 0-2-1 1 2 8

Consolation Round

  W-L-T Pts GF GA
Italy 1-0-1 3 5 1
Latvia 1-0-1 3 6 1
Germany 0-1-1 1 1 6
United States 0-1-1 1 1 5
Note: Only the top two finishers in the consolation round retain their spots in the 1999 World Championship. The United States must now play through a qualifying tournament in November of 1998 in order to be given entry into the 1999 elite group.

Semifinals (best of two)

Sweden 7 Switzerland 2
Sweden 4 Switzerland 1
Czech Republic 2 Finland 2
Finland 4 Czech Republic 1

Bronze Medal Game

Czech Republic 4 Switzerland 0

Championship (best of two)

Sweden 1 Finland 0
Sweden 0 Finland 0

Scoring Leaders

  Gm G A Pts PM
Peter Forsberg, Sweden 7 6 5 11 0
Raimo Helminen, Finland 10 2 9 11 0
Mats Sundin, Sweden 10 5 6 11 6
Ville Peltonen, Finland 10 4 6 10 8
Victor Kozlov, Russia 6 4 5 9 0
Radek Belohlav, Czech Rep. 9 6 3 9 2
Pavel Patera, Czech Rep. 9 6 3 9 12
Sergei Berezin, Russia 6 6 2 8 2
Olegs Znaroks, Latvia 6 5 3 8 2
Alexei Kovalev, Russia 6 5 3 8 14
Martin Prochazka, Czech Rep. 8 3 5 8 14
Marcel Jenni, Switzerland 9 3 5 8 14
Gian-Marco Crameri, Switzerland 9 2 6 8 8
Mikael Renberg, Sweden 10 5 3 8 6
Kimmo Timonen, Finland 10 2 6 8 4

Goaltending Leaders

(At least 180 minutes) Gm Min W-L-T GAA Sv%
Tommy Salo, Sweden 9 540 8-0-0 0.78 .954
Ari Sulander, Finland 8 477 3-2-2 1.26 .953
Milan Hnilicka, Czech Rep. 8 430 4-1-2 1.39 .935
Michael Rosati, Italy 5 298 2-1-2 1.61 .945
Miroslav Simonovic, Slovakia 6 359 2-2-2 2.00 .923
Felix Potvin, Canada 4 240 3-0-1 2.00 .925
Oleg Chevtsov, Russia 4 240 2-1-1 2.25 .910
Garth Snow, United States 5 259 1-2-1 2.77 .864
Arturs Irbe, Latvia 6 359 3-2-1 2.84 .875
David Aebischer, Switzerland 7 375 2-4-1 2.87 .895

World All-Star Teams

(Selected by media)

First Team: G— Tommy Salo, Sweden; D— Frantisek Kucera, Czech Republic and Jere Karalahti, Finland; F— Peter Forsberg, Sweden; Mats Sundin, Sweden; Ville Peltonen, Finland.

Second Team: G— Ari Sulander, Finland; D— Marko Kiprusoff, Finland and Mattias Ohlund, Sweden; F— Marcel Jenni, Switzerland; Sergei Berezin, Russia; Pavel Patera, Czech Republic.

 

Minor League Hockey 1997-98 Season  

 

 
 
NHL 1997-98 Season
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