1997–98 OHL season

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The 1997–98 OHL season was the 18th season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Toronto St. Michael's Majors name was reactivated when they are awarded a franchise, to play in the east division. The Detroit Whalers became the Plymouth Whalers. Eighteen teams each played 66 games. The Guelph Storm won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Ottawa 67's.

Expansion[]

Toronto St. Michael's Majors[]

On August 15, 1996, the Ontario Hockey League announced that the Toronto St. Michael's Majors would join the league as an expansion team, beginning in the 1997-98 season. The Majors would play their home games at Maple Leaf Gardens, in which they shared the arena with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. The Majors would join the East Division.

Previously, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors were a junior hockey franchise from 1906-1962, as they ceased operations at the conclusion of the 1961-62 season. The Majors won the Memorial Cup in 1934, 1945, 1947 and 1961.

The Majors were the first OHL franchise based out of Toronto in eight years, as their previous franchise, the Toronto Marlboros, relocated to Hamilton following the 1988-89 season.

Rebranding[]

Detroit Whalers to Plymouth Whalers[]

The Detroit Whalers rebranded their team as the Plymouth Whalers during the summer of 1997. The Whalers franchise moved to the Compuware Sports Arena in 1996-97, which is located in Plymouth. The team would retain their current team name and uniforms.

Realignment[]

The newest Ontario Hockey League club, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, joined the East Division. Due to the Majors joining the East, the OHL moved the North Bay Centennials from the East Division to the Central Division, while the Erie Otters moved from the Central Division to the West Division. This created three six-team divisions in the 18 team league.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = earned first round bye

East Division[]

Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA
1 z-Ottawa 67's 66 40 17 9 89 286 172
2 x-Belleville Bulls 66 41 22 3 85 315 239
3 x-Kingston Frontenacs 66 35 27 4 74 330 275
4 x-Oshawa Generals 66 26 32 8 60 214 247
5 x-Peterborough Petes 66 20 36 10 50 212 273
6 Toronto St. Michael's Majors 66 15 42 9 39 154 265

Central Division[]

Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA
1 z-Guelph Storm 66 42 18 6 90 263 189
2 x-Barrie Colts 66 38 23 5 81 236 215
3 x-Kitchener Rangers 66 27 29 10 64 224 239
4 x-Owen Sound Platers 66 27 34 5 59 270 312
5 x-Sudbury Wolves 66 25 34 7 57 257 268
6 North Bay Centennials 66 15 45 6 36 213 291

West Division[]

Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA
1 y-London Knights 66 40 21 5 85 301 238
2 x-Plymouth Whalers 66 37 22 7 81 279 223
3 x-Sarnia Sting 66 32 21 13 77 253 227
4 x-Erie Otters 66 33 28 5 71 261 252
5 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 20 39 7 47 232 296
6 Windsor Spitfires 66 19 42 5 43 261 340

Scoring leaders[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes [1]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Peter Sarno Windsor Spitfires 64 33 88 121 18
Jeremy Adduono Sudbury Wolves 66 37 69 106 40
David Legwand Plymouth Whalers 59 54 51 105 56
Maxim Spiridonov London Knights 66 54 44 98 52
Kingston Frontenacs 60 34 52 96 118
Kingston Frontenacs 65 55 40 95 53
London Knights 61 39 56 95 87
Chris Allen Kingston Frontenacs 66 38 57 95 91
Jon Sim Sarnia Sting 59 44 50 94 95
Justin Papineau Belleville Bulls 66 41 53 94 34

Leading goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses;
SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average [2]

Player Team GP Mins W L T GA SO Sv% GAA
Craig Hillier Ottawa 67's 46 2587 27 12 4 108 5 0.913 2.50
Chris Madden Guelph Storm 51 2906 33 11 3 132 4 0.917 2.73
Robert Esche Plymouth Whalers 48 2810 29 13 4 135 3 0.906 2.88
Kitchener Rangers 42 2136 15 13 5 104 1 0.924 2.92
Brian Finley Barrie Colts 41 2154 23 14 1 105 3 0.917 2.92

Playoffs[]

Division quarterfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
C1 Guelph bye
C1 Guelph 4
C5 Sudbury 0
C2 Barrie 2
C5 Sudbury 4
C1 Guelph 4
W2 Plymouth 0
E2 Belleville 4
E5 Peterborough 0
E2 Belleville 2
W2 Plymouth 4
W2 Plymouth 4
W3 Sarnia 1
C1 Guelph 4
E1 Ottawa 1
E1 Ottawa bye
E1 Ottawa 4
C4 Owen Sound 1
C3 Kitchener 2
C4 Owen Sound 4
E1 Ottawa 4
W1 London 0
W1 London 4
W4 Erie 3
W1 London 4
E3 Kingston 1
E3 Kingston 4
E4 Oshawa 3

Division quarter-finals[]

East Division[]

(2) Belleville Bulls vs. (5) Peterborough Petes[]
March 14 Peterborough Petes 0 – 10 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 5:56 - sh - Randy Rowe (1)
8:03 - Kevin Baker (1)
8:27 - (1)
12:35 -
14:36 - Justin Papineau (1)
18:03 - pp - (1)
No scoring Second period 8:43 - pp - Justin Papineau (2)
18:48 - pp - Kevin Baker (2)
No scoring Third period 12:20 - pp - (1)
19:26 - pp - Ryan Ready (1)
(0 – 1, 6 saves / 9 shots)
(47 saves / 54 shots) 		Goalie stats (1 – 0, 26 saves / 26 shots)
March 15 Belleville Bulls 5 – 1 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Ryan Ready (2) - 10:01 First period No scoring
Daniel Cleary (1) - pp - 0:59
(2) - 6:32 		Second period No scoring
Ryan Ready (3) - 0:15
(2) - sh - 3:49 		Third period 15:27 - sh - Scott Barney (1)
(2 – 0, 21 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 1, 39 saves / 44 shots)
March 17 Peterborough Petes 0 – 8 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 0:21 - Ryan Ready (4)
8:58 - pp - Justin Papineau (3)
16:55 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (1)
No scoring Second period 5:52 - Daniel Cleary (2)
7:00 - (2)
7:23 - (3)
No scoring Third period 0:57 - (1)
15:45 - Daniel Cleary (3)
(0 – 2, 6 saves / 8 shots)
(47 saves / 53 shots) 		Goalie stats (3 – 0, 23 saves / 23 shots)
March 18 Belleville Bulls 7 – 4 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Derek Campbell (1) - 4:48
Chris Stanley (1) - 18:52 		First period 5:22 - Pat Kavanagh (1)
8:13 - pp - Duncan Dalmao (1)
Kevin Baker (3) - 3:59
(1) - pp - 7:39
(2) - pp - 11:23 		Second period 5:09 - pp - Duncan Dalmao (2)
Chris Stanley (2) - 1:06
Daniel Cleary (4) - pp - en - 19:04 		Third period 2:42 - Robert Francz (1)
(4 – 0, 31 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 1, 40 saves / 46 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 0


(3) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (4) Oshawa Generals[]
March 15 Oshawa Generals 2 – 3 OT Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 2:32 - (1)
4:42 - (1)
(1) - sh - 7:50
Brad Ralph (1) - pp - 13:25 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 1:34 - (1)
Tyrone Garner (0 – 1, 30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 0, 27 saves / 29 shots)
March 17 Kingston Frontenacs 3 – 2 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jan Bulis (1) - 5:03
(2) - 11:30
(1) - pp - 18:54 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 3:40 - sh - (1)
5:39 - (1)
(2 – 0, 24 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (0 – 2, 30 saves / 33 shots)
March 20 Oshawa Generals 4 – 3 OT Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
(2) - pp - 7:09
(1) - 14:17 		First period No scoring
Kevin Colley (1) - pp - 2:44 Second period 6:30 - pp - (1)
8:48 - pp - (2)
No scoring Third period 2:58 - Matt Cooke (1)
(1) - 12:00 First overtime period No scoring
Tyrone Garner (1 – 2, 38 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats (2 – 1, 37 saves / 41 shots)
March 22 Kingston Frontenacs 3 – 5 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
Matt Cooke (2) - sh - 14:17 First period No scoring
Jan Bulis (2) - 15:26 Second period 9:21 - (2)
17:44 - pp - (3)
Matt Cooke (3) - 6:02 Third period 1:18 - pp - (1)
7:41 - Andrew Peters (1)
18:21 - (3)
(2 – 2, 37 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (2 – 2, 45 saves / 48 shots)
March 24 Oshawa Generals 6 – 7 OT Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
(1) - pp - 16:05 First period 13:52 - pp - Jan Bulis (3)
18:16 - pp - Jan Bulis (4)
(2) - 13:48
Brad Ralph (2) - 18:10 		Second period 3:30 - Matt Elich (1)
(4) - 6:49
(5) - 13:21
Dan Hinote (1) - 19:17 		Third period 1:07 - (2)
9:03 - pp - (3)
16:38 - Matt Cooke (4)
No scoring First overtime period 8:08 - Matt Bradley (1)
Tyrone Garner (2 – 3, 42 saves / 49 shots) Goalie stats (3 – 2, 52 saves / 58 shots)
March 22 Kingston Frontenacs 4 – 5 OT Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
(4) - pp - 11:07
Jan Bulis (5) - 12:06 		First period 14:24 - pp - Andrew Peters (2)
Jan Bulis (6) - 7:12 Second period 0:58 - pp - (2)
12:17 - (3)
Jan Bulis (7) - 1:20 Third period 4:20 - (3)
No scoring First overtime period 8:41 - (2)
(3 – 3, 39 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (3 – 3, 43 saves / 47 shots)
March 26 Oshawa Generals 1 – 3 Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 3:55 - pp - Chris Allen (1)
Dan Hinote (2) - 0:15 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:36 - Michael Zigomanis (1)
19:49 - en - (3)
Tyrone Garner (3 – 4, 51 saves / 53 shots) Goalie stats (4 – 3, 26 saves / 27 shots)
Kingston wins series 4 – 3


Central Division[]

(2) Barrie Colts vs. (5) Sudbury Wolves[]
March 15 Sudbury Wolves 3 – 4 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
(1) - 3:33 First period 17:00 - Martin Skoula (1)
No scoring Second period 2:41 - Nick Smith (1)
5:34 - sh - (1)
11:41 - (1)
(1) - 5:45
Mike Fisher (1) - 6:27 		Third period No scoring
(0 – 1, 32 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Brian Finley (1 – 0, 29 saves / 32 shots)
March 17 Barrie Colts 4 – 3 OT Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 3:37 - (2)
5:03 - pp - (3)
(2) - 2:54
(1) - 5:17 		Second period 4:17 - pp - Taylor Pyatt (1)
(2) - 0:41 Third period No scoring
(3) - 1:08 First overtime period No scoring
(1 – 0, 37 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 2, 33 saves / 37 shots)
March 19 Sudbury Wolves 6 – 3 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
(1) - sh - 16:24 First period No scoring
(4) - 10:17
(2) - sh - 12:40
(2) - 15:23
(1) - 19:21 		Second period 13:51 - (4)
(5) - en - 19:32 Third period 0:34 - pp - (1)
16:21 - (3)
(1 – 2, 46 saves / 49 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 1, 19 saves / 24 shots)
Brian Finley (7 saves / 7 shots)
March 20 Barrie Colts 3 – 4 OT Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
(1) - 14:26
(2) - pp - 19:34 		First period 9:48 - Mike Fisher (2)
Michael Henrich (1) - 1:03 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 0:37 - sh - Jeremy Adduono (1)
11:25 - pp - Taylor Pyatt (2)
No scoring First overtime period 0:13 - Taylor Pyatt (3)
Brian Finley (1 – 1, 43 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats (2 – 2, 34 saves / 37 shots)
March 22 Sudbury Wolves 3 – 2 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(3) - 13:23 Second period 1:12 - Daniel Tkaczuk (1)
13:49 - Daniel Tkaczuk (2)
(4) - 14:59
(1) - 18:22 		Third period No scoring
(3 – 2, 35 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Brian Finley (1 – 2, 32 saves / 35 shots)
March 24 Barrie Colts 1 – 4 Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
(3) - 16:33 First period 6:49 - (5)
No scoring Second period 3:13 - (2)
No scoring Third period 12:23 - (3)
19:19 - en - Jeremy Adduono (2)
Brian Finley (1 – 3, 35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats (4 – 2, 38 saves / 39 shots)
Sudbury wins series 4 ��� 2


(3) Kitchener Rangers vs. (4) Owen Sound Platers[]
March 15 Owen Sound Platers 1 – 6 Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 11:26 - pp - (1)
No scoring Second period 12:27 - Serge Payer (1)
14:21 - sh - (1)
15:48 - (1)
(1) - 10:28 Third period 6:01 - Vratislav Cech (1)
13:45 - pp -
(0 – 1, 29 saves / 33 shots)
Curtis Sanford (8 saves / 10 shots) 		Goalie stats (1 – 0, 35 saves / 36 shots)
March 17 Kitchener Rangers 1 – 8 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 4:51 - pp - Wes Goldie (1)
6:39 - (2)
(1) - 12:01 Second period 1:59 - Adam Mair (1)
3:30 - pp - (1)
7:51 - pp - Ryan Christie (1)
No scoring Third period 2:20 - Adam Mair (2)
7:36 - Sean Avery (1)
10:07 - (1)
(1 – 1, 30 saves / 35 shots)
(22 saves / 25 shots) 		Goalie stats (1 – 1, 35 saves / 36 shots)
March 19 Owen Sound Platers 2 – 7 Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 3:24 - (1)
10:52 - (2)
19:33 - (1)
(3) - 3:43
Ryan Christie (2) - 4:18 		Second period 8:26 - Michal Dvorak (1)
No scoring Third period 7:42 - pp - Serge Payer (2)
11:31 - pp - (2)
18:27 - Michal Dvorak (2)
(1 – 2, 34 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats (2 – 1, 41 saves / 43 shots)
March 21 Kitchener Rangers 0 – 4 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 5:54 - (1)
No scoring Second period 7:52 - (4)
No scoring Third period 0:30 - Ryan Christie (3)
19:55 - en - Colin Beardsmore (1)
(2 – 2, 25 saves / 28 shots)
(11 saves / 11 shots) 		Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (1 – 0, 32 saves / 32 shots)
March 22 Owen Sound Platers 6 – 2 Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Recap  
(1) - 2:09 First period 0:55 - (3)
6:00 - pp - Allan Rourke (1)
(2) - sh - 7:50
(1) - pp - 9:34 		Second period No scoring
(2) - pp - 0:47
Dan Snyder (1) - sh - 12:36
(3) - pp - 14:37 		Third period No scoring
Curtis Sanford (2 – 0, 39 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats (2 – 3, 25 saves / 29 shots)
(9 saves / 11 shots)
March 24 Kitchener Rangers 3 – 4 OT Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
Vratislav Cech (2) - 0:29
Ryan Held (1) - 3:47
Serge Payer (3) - 10:44 		First period 7:44 - Dan Snyder (2)
11:20 - Wes Goldie (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:40 - (5)
No scoring First overtime period 1:11 - (1)
(0 – 1, 47 saves / 51 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (3 – 0, 36 saves / 39 shots)
Owen Sound wins series 4 – 2


West Division[]

(1) London Knights vs. (4) Erie Otters[]
March 15 Erie Otters 0 – 2 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:01 - Chris Kelly (1)
19:54 - en - Tom Kostopoulos (1)
Steve Valiquette (0 – 1, 35 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 0, 34 saves / 34 shots)
March 18 London Knights 5 – 4 OT Erie Otters Erie Civic Center Recap  
(1) - 8:05 First period No scoring
(1) - 2:57
(2) - sh - 16:51 		Second period 1:58 - pp - Steve Montador (1)
(3) - pp - 1:50 Third period 3:53 - sh - (1)
8:47 - Michael Rupp (1)
12:33 - (1)
Tom Kostopoulos (2) - 2:56 First overtime period No scoring
(2 – 0, 50 saves / 54 shots) Goalie stats Steve Valiquette (0 – 2, 30 saves / 35 shots)
March 20 Erie Otters 1 – 2 2OT London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(2) - 0:13 Second period 9:55 - sh - (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 8:36 - Chris Kelly (2)
Steve Valiquette (0 – 3, 54 saves / 56 shots) Goalie stats (3 – 0, 48 saves / 49 shots)
March 21 London Knights 0 – 7 Erie Otters Erie Civic Center Recap  
No scoring First period 6:02 - pp - (3)
6:27 - (1)
No scoring Second period 0:48 - (2)
14:49 - sh - (4)
No scoring Third period 4:57 - (1)
15:02 - (1)
15:52 - pp - Michael Rupp (2)
(3 – 1, 37 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Steve Valiquette (1 – 3, 17 saves / 17 shots)
March 23 Erie Otters 3 – 1 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
(2) - 2:02 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 19:25 - (2)
(2) - 1:23
(3) - 13:40 		Third period No scoring
Steve Valiquette (2 – 3, 48 saves / 49 shots) Goalie stats (3 – 2, 37 saves / 40 shots)
March 24 London Knights 3 – 4 OT Erie Otters Erie Civic Center Recap  
Rico Fata (1) - 11:37 First period No scoring
Tom Kostopoulos (3) - 4:58 Second period 10:45 - Tim Connolly (1)
Maxim Spiridonov (1) - 11:16 Third period 3:21 - (1)
16:57 - (1)
No scoring First overtime period 16:06 - Michael Rupp (3)
(3 – 3, 33 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Steve Valiquette (3 – 3, 33 saves / 36 shots)
March 26 Erie Otters 2 – 3 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
(3) - 2:20 First period No scoring
(4) - pp - 14:25 Second period 8:04 - pp - Evgeny Korolev (1)
19:26 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (4)
No scoring Third period 2:22 - Rico Fata (2)
Steve Valiquette (3 – 4, 36 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats (4 – 3, 35 saves / 37 shots)
London wins series 4 – 3


(2) Plymouth Whalers vs. (3) Sarnia Sting[]
March 14 Sarnia Sting 1 – 3 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
(1) - 16:09 First period 3:41 - pp - (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 5:07 - Harold Druken (1)
19:50 - en - David Legwand (1)
Patrick DesRochers (0 – 1, 29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Robert Esche (1 – 0, 28 saves / 29 shots)
March 17 Plymouth Whalers 4 – 6 Sarnia Sting Sarnia Arena Recap  
David Legwand (2) - 12:57 First period 11:34 - pp - (1)
David Legwand (3) - 0:37
(1) - pp - 2:42 		Second period 8:17 - pp - (1)
15:22 - Jeff Heerema (1)
(1) - 10:08 Third period 1:24 - Ivan Novoseltsev (1)
13:09 - sh - Jon Sim (1)
19:19 - en - (1)
Robert Esche (1 – 1, 32 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Patrick DesRochers (1 – 1, 37 saves / 41 shots)
March 19 Sarnia Sting 1 – 7 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 3:05 - pp - Yuri Babenko (1)
16:19 - pp - Harold Druken (2)
No scoring Second period 5:15 - Jesse Boulerice (1)
15:25 - pp - Yuri Babenko (2)
19:48 - pp - (1)
Jeff Heerema (2) - 3:56 Third period 2:31 - David Legwand (4)
6:59 - pp - Harold Druken (3)
Patrick DesRochers (1 – 2, 25 saves / 29 shots)
Greg Hewitt (23 saves / 26 shots) 		Goalie stats Robert Esche (2 – 1, 21 saves / 22 shots)
March 21 Plymouth Whalers 7 – 2 Sarnia Sting Sarnia Arena Recap  
(1) - 2:36
(2) - sh - 5:19
Paul Mara (1) - pp - 16:55 		First period 13:18 - (1)
Harold Druken (4) - 5:11
Harold Druken (5) - 6:13 		Second period 6:51 - Jeff Heerema (3)
(3) - 1:40
(2) - pp - 14:24 		Third period No scoring
Robert Esche (3 – 1, 39 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Patrick DesRochers (1 – 3, 4 saves / 6 shots)
Greg Hewitt (45 saves / 50 shots)
March 22 Sarnia Sting 2 – 3 OT Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(2) - pp - 4:35 Second period 10:14 - pp - (2)
Jeff Heerema (4) - 13:25 Third period 11:26 - (1)
No scoring First overtime period 0:30 - (1)
Greg Hewitt (0 – 1, 35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Robert Esche (4 – 1, 37 saves / 39 shots)
Plymouth wins series 4 – 1


OHL quarter-finals[]

(C1) Guelph Storm vs. (C5) Sudbury Wolves[]

March 27 Sudbury Wolves 3 – 6 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
Jeremy Adduono (3) - sh - 14:01 First period 3:54 - Brian Willsie (1)
10:48 - (1)
18:59 - (1)
Jeremy Adduono (4) - pp - 11:55
(6) - 18:08 		Second period 0:41 - (1)
No scoring Third period 1:14 - Nick Bootland (1)
10:49 - pp - (2)
(4 – 3, 47 saves / 53 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (1 – 0, 30 saves / 33 shots)
March 31 Guelph Storm 4 – 1 Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
(2) - pp - 16:07 First period 6:47 - pp - (4)
Nick Bootland (2) - 5:06
Kent McDonell (1) - 5:19
Kent McDonell (2) - 10:08 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Chris Madden (2 – 0, 29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats (4 – 4, 36 saves / 40 shots)
April 2 Sudbury Wolves 1 – 8 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 3:42 - Manny Malhotra (1)
5:24 - pp - Brian Willsie (2)
11:27 - pp - Nick Bootland (3)
No scoring Second period 11:33 - Nick Bootland (4)
14:57 - Kent McDonell (3)
(7) - pp - 3:46 Third period 9:02 - pp - Kevin Mitchell (1)
10:32 - pp - (3)
14:02 - pp - (1)
(4 – 5, 11 saves / 14 shots)
Andrew Raycroft (28 saves / 33 shots) 		Goalie stats Chris Madden (3 – 0, 27 saves / 28 shots)
April 3 Guelph Storm 4 – 1 Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
Manny Malhotra (2) - 7:07
Manny Malhotra (3) - 14:02 		First period 14:56 - Jeremy Adduono (5)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Manny Malhotra (4) - 0:35
Brian Willsie (3) - 13:24 		Third period No scoring
Chris Madden (4 – 0, 34 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats (8 saves / 9 shots)
Andrew Raycroft (0 – 1, 19 saves / 22 shots)
Guelph wins series 4 – 0


(E1) Ottawa 67's vs. (C4) Owen Sound Platers[]

March 28 Ottawa 67's 4 – 5 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 5:43 - Wes Goldie (3)
18:09 - Adam Mair (3)
(1) - 13:20
Matt Zultek (1) - 19:45 		Second period 11:51 - Colin Beardsmore (2)
13:57 - (6)
18:03 - (7)
(1) - 12:40
Mark Bell (1) - 19:19 		Third period No scoring
Craig Hillier (0 – 1, 35 saves / 40 shots)
Seamus Kotyk (4 saves / 4 shots) 		Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (4 – 0, 42 saves / 46 shots)
March 31 Owen Sound Platers 2 – 4 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
(1) - 12:03 First period No scoring
(2) - 17:22 Second period 13:41 - pp - (2)
14:22 - Dan Tessier (1)
16:52 - pp - Mark Bell (2)
No scoring Third period 14:55 - (2)
Curtis Sanford (4 – 1, 34 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Craig Hillier (1 – 1, 17 saves / 19 shots)
April 2 Ottawa 67's 4 – 2 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
Dan Tessier (2) - 9:22 First period No scoring
(1) - 0:31
Dan Tessier (3) - 10:59 		Second period 1:34 - Adam Mair (4)
9:51 - Adam Mair (5)
Dan Tudin (1) - 8:47 Third period No scoring
Craig Hillier (2 – 1, 32 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (4 – 2, 44 saves / 48 shots)
April 3 Owen Sound Platers 3 – 7 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
(3) - 19:06 First period 0:20 - (3)
1:52 - Dan Tudin (2)
Colin Beardsmore (3) - pp - 15:33 Second period 4:46 - pp - Jonathan Zion (1)
Adam Mair (6) - 5:31 Third period 3:47 - (1)
6:41 - (2)
9:34 - Mark Bell (3)
17:41 - (3)
Curtis Sanford (4 – 3, 39 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats Craig Hillier (3 – 1, 30 saves / 33 shots)
April 5 Owen Sound Platers 2 – 8 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
Joel Ward (1) - 0:38 First period 6:05 - pp - Mark Bell (4)
7:47 - (3)
12:54 - sh - (4)
15:00 - pp - (5)
(4) - 15:23 Second period 10:55 - (4)
14:08 - pp - (4)
18:59 - Mark Bell (5)
No scoring Third period 10:36 - Dan Tessier (4)
Curtis Sanford (4 – 4, 12 saves / 16 shots)
(26 saves / 30 shots) 		Goalie stats Craig Hillier (4 – 1, 18 saves / 20 shots)
Ottawa wins series 4 – 1


(W1) London Knights vs. (E3) Kingston Frontenacs[]

March 29 Kingston Frontenacs 1 – 4 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Chris Allen (2) - pp - 6:16 First period 1:58 - (3)
13:48 - (4)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 14:37 - Chris Kelly (3) - 14:37
19:40 - en - Evgeny Korolev (2)
(4 – 4, 37 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats (5 – 3, 35 saves / 36 shots)
March 31 London Knights 6 – 9 Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
Rico Fata (3) - pp - 7:35 First period 11:10 - pp - Chris Allen (3)
15:07 - Matt Cooke (5)
(5) - sh - 0:30
Joel Scherban (1) - pp - 4:52 		Second period 3:01 - (1)
5:35 - (5)
8:30 - pp - Matt Bradley (2)
14:34 - pp - Matt Cooke (6)
15:25 - Matt Bradley (3)
Tom Kostopoulos (5) - 0:21
(6) - 13:47
Jeff Brown (1) - 17:09 		Third period 9:58 - (2)
12:54 - Chris Allen (4)
(21 saves / 26 shots)
(0 – 1, 17 saves/ 21 shots) 		Goalie stats (5 – 4, 32 saves / 38 shots)
April 2 Kingston Frontenacs 5 – 8 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period 1:56 - Joel Scherban (2)
2:50 - (7)
3:11 - Rico Fata (4)
6:29 - Maxim Spiridonov (2)
9:14 - Krys Barch (1)
15:56 - Tom Kostopoulos (6)
(4) - pp - 12:06
(3) - pp - 16:14 		Second period 10:41 - pp - (8)
(6) - 10:16
Matt Cooke (7) - 16:09
Jan Bulis (8) - 17:46 		Third period 9:47 - (1)
(6 saves / 9 shots)
(0 – 1, 29 saves / 34 shots) 		Goalie stats (6 – 3, 38 saves / 43 shots)
April 4 London Knights 4 – 3 OT Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
(9) - sh - 16:57
Rico Fata (5) - 19:03 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 3:37 - pp - Matt Cooke (8)
7:53 - (2)
16:53 - sh - (3)
(10) - pp - 0:42 Third period No scoring
Krys Barch (2) - 9:10 First overtime period No scoring
(7 – 3, 43 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats (5 – 5, 39 saves / 43 shots)
April 6 Kingston Frontenacs 2 – 5 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
(4) - pp - 12:12 First period 14:34 - Rico Fata (6)
Matt Elich (2) - 8:57 Second period 10:42 - Krys Barch (3)
12:01 - Rico Fata (7)
No scoring Third period 10:24 - Rico Fata (8)
18:45 - en - (11)
(5 – 6, 35 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats (8 – 3, 37 saves / 39 shots)
London wins series 4 – 1


(E2) Belleville Bulls vs. (W2) Plymouth Whalers[]

March 28 Belleville Bulls 5 – 6 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
Ryan Ready (5) - 0:26
Jonathan Cheechoo (2) - pp - 11:07
(2) - 13:48 		First period 15:04 - pp - (3)
18:56 - pp - (4)
19:55 - (5)
(3) - 3:51
(3) - 4:18 		Second period 3:09 - pp - (1)
9:37 - (2)
19:32 - (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(4 – 1, 36 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Robert Esche (5 – 1, 37 saves / 42 shots)
March 31 Plymouth Whalers 3 – 2 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Paul Mara (2) - pp - 11:16 First period 2:03 - (4)
Jesse Boulerice (2) - 8:54 Second period No scoring
(4) - 2:05 Third period 10:37 - Daniel Cleary (5)
Robert Esche (6 – 1, 42 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats (4 – 2, 35 saves / 38 shots)
April 1 Plymouth Whalers 4 – 3 OT Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Harold Druken (6) - pp - 9:25 First period 16:34 - (4)
No scoring Second period 11:45 - Jonathan Cheechoo (3)
(6) - pp - 3:29
(7) - 19:51 		Third period 10:56 - Derek Campbell (2)
(2) - 1:46 First overtime period No scoring
Robert Esche (7 – 1, 45 saves / 48 shots) Goalie stats (4 – 3, 27 saves / 31 shots)
April 3 Belleville Bulls 3 – 2 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
(3) - 6:40 First period 19:30 - Harold Druken (7)
(2) - 2:18
Daniel Cleary (6) - 14:37 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:15 - Harold Druken (8)
(5 – 3, 28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Robert Esche (7 – 2, 39 saves / 42 shots)
April 5 Plymouth Whalers 3 – 4 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Nikos Tselios (1) - pp - 4:58 First period No scoring
David Legwand (5) - pp - 16:40 Second period 13:02 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (4)
Paul Mara (3) - 5:35 Third period 0:35 - pp - Justin Papineau (4)
12:41 - pp - Chris Stanley (3)
14:22 - Kevin Baker (4)
Robert Esche (7 – 3, 43 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats (6 – 3, 36 saves / 39 shots)
April 7 Belleville Bulls 2 – 6 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
Justin Papineau (5) - pp - 17:06 First period 9:18 - David Legwand (6)
No scoring Second period 8:28 - (3)
12:07 - pp - (5)
(5) - 5:23 Third period 5:47 - David Legwand (7)
13:46 - (6)
19:18 - (1)
(6 – 4, 34 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Robert Esche (8 – 3, 34 saves / 36 shots)
Plymouth wins series 4 – 2


OHL semi-finals[]

(C1) Guelph Storm vs. (W2) Plymouth Whalers[]

April 10 Plymouth Whalers 1 – 2 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Yuri Babenko (3) - pp - 11:05 Second period 7:56 - Brian Willsie (4)
No scoring Third period 11:19 - Eric Beaudoin (1)
Robert Esche (8 – 4, 38 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (5 – 0, 39 saves / 40 shots)
April 13 Guelph Storm 5 – 1 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
Nick Bootland (5) - 1:21 First period No scoring
(2) - pp - 11:41
Eric Beaudoin (2) - 16:11 		Second period No scoring
Kent McDonell (4) - 4:40
Chris Hajt (1) - pp - 10:29 		Third period 1:28 - (3)
Chris Madden (6 – 0, 18 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Robert Esche (8 – 5, 31 saves / 36 shots)
April 16 Plymouth Whalers 1 – 5 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 2:57 - Brian Willsie (5)
12:33 - Nick Bootland (6)
18:00 - (4)
David Legwand (8) - 6:11 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 2:44 - (3)
7:24 - (3)
Robert Esche (8 – 6, 34 saves / 39 shots)
(5 saves / 5 shots) 		Goalie stats Chris Madden (7 – 0, 17 saves / 18 shots)
April 17 Guelph Storm 5 – 2 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
(5) - pp - 8:00
Brian Willsie (6) - pp - 10:12 		First period No scoring
Nick Bootland (7) - 14:42 Second period No scoring
Brian Willsie (7) - 2:38
Manny Malhotra (5) - sh - 10:48 		Third period 0:20 - Harold Druken (9)
14:05 - (2)
Chris Madden (8 – 0, 27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Robert Esche (8 – 7, 21 saves / 24 shots)
(7 saves / 9 shots)
Guelph wins series 4 – 0


(E1) Ottawa 67's vs. (W1) London Knights[]

April 10 London Knights 0 – 3 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 3:47 - pp - (5)
No scoring Second period 9:12 - Jonathan Zion (2)
No scoring Third period 5:07 - sh - Dan Tessier (5)
(8 – 4, 29 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Craig Hillier (5 – 1, 24 saves / 24 shots)
April 11 London Knights 2 – 3 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 1:17 - Dan Tudin (3)
9:30 - pp - (1)
Rico Fata (9) - 5:21 Second period No scoring
Maxim Spiridonov (3) - 7:07 Third period 3:37 - (6)
(8 – 5, 39 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Craig Hillier (7 saves / 8 shots)
Seamus Kotyk (1 – 0, 20 saves / 21 shots)
April 14 Ottawa 67's 4 – 2 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Dan Tudin (4) - pp - 2:57
(2) - 17:37 		First period No scoring
Brian Campbell (1) - pp - 0:38
(3) - 16:18 		Second period 0:18 - sh - (12)
11:36 - Krys Barch (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Seamus Kotyk (2 – 0, 36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats (8 – 6, 41 saves / 45 shots)
April 16 Ottawa 67's 5 – 2 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period 18:51 - pp - Chris Kelly (4)
Jonathan Zion (3) - pp - 5:51
Matt Zultek (2) - pp - 10:08
(6) - pp - 11:02 		Second period No scoring
(4) - pp - 6:37
Dan Tessier (6) - pp - 11:26 		Third period 2:36 - pp - (4)
Craig Hillier (6 – 1, 27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats (8 – 7, 48 saves / 53 shots)
Ottawa wins series 4 – 0


OHL finals[]

(C1) Guelph Storm vs. (E1) Ottawa 67's[]

April 22 Ottawa 67's 2 – 5 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 5:03 - (4)
10:05 - Manny Malhotra (6)
11:33 - Kent McDonell (5)
No scoring Second period 17:01 - (5)
Matt Zultek (3) - 6:28
Matt Zultek (4) - pp - 12:00 		Third period 8:26 - (1)
Craig Hillier (6 – 2, 15 saves / 18 shots)
Seamus Kotyk (21 saves / 23 shots) 		Goalie stats Chris Madden (9 – 0, 33 saves / 35 shots)
April 24 Guelph Storm 3 – 2 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
Brian Willsie (8) - 5:40
Kent McDonell (6) - 7:13 		First period 13:58 - (5)
No scoring Second period 8:44 - Matt Zultek (5)
Manny Malhotra (7) - pp - 16:54 Third period No scoring
Chris Madden (10 – 0, 30 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Seamus Kotyk (2 – 1, 26 saves / 29 shots)
April 25 Guelph Storm 1 – 8 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 3:12 - (7)
15:20 - (2)
No scoring Second period 0:45 - pp - (7)
8:37 - (1)
9:08 - (8)
Eric Beaudoin (3) - pp - 15:44 Third period 2:33 - Matt Zultek (6)
7:35 - Mark Bell (6)
16:20 - (3)
Chris Madden (10 – 1, 19 saves / 23 shots)
(21 saves / 25 shots) 		Goalie stats Seamus Kotyk (3 – 1, 28 saves / 29 shots)
April 27 Ottawa 67's 1 – 2 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
(1) - 3:01 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 9:43 - Kent McDonell (7)
17:50 - Brian Willsie (9)
Seamus Kotyk (3 – 2, 22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (11 – 1, 25 saves / 26 shots)
April 29 Ottawa 67's 3 – 4 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
Dan Tessier (7) - 17:24 First period 11:43 - Manny Malhotra (8)
No scoring Second period 18:46 - (6)
(9) - 5:08
(4) - 14:15 		Third period 1:37 - Eric Beaudoin (4)
17:04 - Brian Willsie (10)
Seamus Kotyk (3 – 3, 27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (12 – 1, 25 saves / 28 shots)
Guelph wins series 4 – 1


Playoff scoring leaders[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes [3]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Daniel Cleary Belleville Bulls 10 6 17 23 10
Harold Druken Plymouth Whalers 15 9 11 20 4
David Legwand Plymouth Whalers 15 8 12 30 24
London Knights 16 12 7 19 15
Dan Tessier Ottawa 67's 14 7 12 19 12
Kingston Frontenacs 12 6 13 19 8
Jan Bulis Kingston Frontenacs 12 8 10 18 12
Matt Zultek Ottawa 67's 14 6 12 18 20
Ottawa 67's 14 7 10 17 8
Paul Mara Plymouth Whalers 15 3 14 17 30

Playoff leading goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average [4]

Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Chris Madden Guelph Storm 13 749 12 1 23 0 0.939 1.84
Steve Valiquette Erie Otters 7 468 3 4 15 1 0.944 1.92
Seamus Kotyk Ottawa 67's 8 392 3 3 15 0 0.925 2.29
Craig Hillier Ottawa 67's 9 448 6 2 20 1 0.911 2.68
Belleville Bulls 10 602 6 4 29 2 0.911 2.89

All-Star teams[]

First team[]

Second team[]

Third team[]

Awards[]

J. Ross Robertson Cup: Guelph Storm
Hamilton Spectator Trophy: Guelph Storm
Leyden Trophy: Ottawa 67's
Emms Trophy: Guelph Storm
Bumbacco Trophy: London Knights
Red Tilson Trophy: David Legwand, Plymouth Whalers
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy: Peter Sarno, Windsor Spitfires
Matt Leyden Trophy: Gary Agnew, London Knights
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Maxim Spiridonov, London Knights
Max Kaminsky Trophy: Chris Allen, Kingston Frontenacs
OHL Goaltender of the Year: , Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Jack Ferguson Award: Jay Harrison, Brampton Battalion
Dave Pinkney Trophy: Craig Hillier and Seamus Kotyk, Ottawa 67's
OHL Executive of the Year: Paul McIntosh, London Knights
Emms Family Award: David Legwand, Plymouth Whalers
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: Seamus Kotyk, Ottawa 67's
OHL Humanitarian of the Year: , London Knights
William Hanley Trophy: Matt Bradley, Kingston Frontenacs
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: , Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Bobby Smith Trophy: Manny Malhotra, Guelph Storm

1998 OHL Priority Selection[]

On June 6, 1998, the OHL conducted the 1998 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection at the Barrie Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario. The Brampton Battalion held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Jay Harrison from the Oshawa Legionaires. Harrison was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.

The 1998 draft was the first draft for the newest OHL expansion teams, the Brampton Battalion and Mississauga IceDogs, who would begin to play during the 1998-99 season.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 1998 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. [5]

# Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Minor Team
1 Jay Harrison (D) Canada Canada Brampton Battalion Whitby, Ontario Oshawa Legionaires
2 Lou Dickenson (LW) Canada Canada Mississauga IceDogs Orleans, Ontario Ottawa South Canadians
3 (D) Canada Canada North Bay Centennials Oshawa, Ontario Oshawa Legionaires
4 Mark Popovic (D) Canada Canada Toronto St. Michael's Majors Stoney Creek, Ontario Mississauga Chargers
5 (D) Canada Canada Windsor Spitfires Bridgenorth, Ontario Peterborough Petes Bantam
6 (D) Canada Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Thunder Bay, Ontario Quinte Hawks
7 (G) Canada Canada Peterborough Petes Dorchester, Ontario St. Thomas Stars
8 (D) Canada Canada Sudbury Wolves Orleans, Ontario Cumberland Grads
9 Chris Minard (C) Canada Canada Owen Sound Platers Owen Sound, Ontario Owen Sound Greys
10 (LW) Canada Canada Oshawa Generals Williamstown, Ontario Char-Lan Rebels
11 (RW) Canada Canada Kitchener Rangers Thunder Bay, Ontario Thunder Bay Kings
12 Brad Boyes (RW) Canada Canada Erie Otters Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga Rebels
13 Brett Clouthier (RW) Canada Canada Kingston Frontenacs Arnprior, Ontario Kanata Lasers
14 (C) Canada Canada Sarnia Sting Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia Legionnaires
15 (C) United States United States Plymouth Whalers Warren, Michigan USA U18
16 Darryl Bootland (RW) Canada Canada Barrie Colts Schomberg, Ontario Orangeville Crushers
17 (D) Canada Canada London Knights Stoney Creek, Ontario Quinte Hawks
18 Kris Newbury (C) Canada Canada Belleville Bulls Brampton, Ontario Brampton Capitals
19 Luke Sellars (D) Canada Canada Ottawa 67's Pickering, Ontario Wexford Raiders
20 (D) Canada Canada Guelph Storm Fergus, Ontario Elmira Sugar Kings

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League".
  2. ^ "Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League".
  3. ^ "Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League".
  4. ^ "Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League".
  5. ^ "Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League".
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