Tampa Bay Lightning
1997-98 Season Recap

Teams Tampa Bay Lightning 1997-98 Season Recap

The 1998 Tampa Bay Lightning, coached by Terry Crisp (2-7-2) and Rick Paterson (0-6-0) and Jacques Demers (15-42-8), missed the playoffs after finishing the NHL regular season in 7th place in the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division with a 17-55-10 record.

1998 Lightning

1997-98 Tampa Bay LightningLightning

Missed Playoffs

17-55 (.268)

7th place in NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division

Head Coach

Terry Crisp (2-7-2)
Rick Paterson (0-6-0)
Jacques Demers (15-42-8)

General Manager

Phil Esposito

Team Owner

Phil Esposito
Tony Esposito
Kokusai Green

Arena

Ice Palace

Attendance

568,530 total
13,866 per game

1998 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 1 Vincent Lecavalier C

3 64 Brad Richards C

3 72 Dmitry Afanasenkov L

4 92 Eric Beaudoin L

5 121 Curtis Rich D

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Recap

Missed Playoffs

1998 Draft Picks

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