Primary Owners:
Howard Baldwin,
Moris Belzberg,
Thomas Ruta &
Roger Marino

General Manager:
Craig Patrick

Head Coach:
Kevin Constantine

Captain:
Ron Francis

Rookie of the Year:
Peter Skudra
Player's Player:
Ron Francis

Most Valuable Players:
Ron Francis &
Jaromir Jagr

Booster Club
Jaromir Jagr

Masterton Nominee:
Rob Brown

Baz Bastien Good Guy:
Ron Francis

Edward J. DeBartolo:
Chris Tamer &
Tyler Wright

Bob Johnson Memorial:
Ron Francis

October 1
Signed Rob Brown as free agent.

October 22
Obtained Tuomas Gronman from Chicago for Greg Johnson.

March 24
Obtained Sean Pronger from Anaheim for rights to Patrick Lalime.

1997-98

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1997-98 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(40-24-18) Finished 2nd in Eastern Division
Front row: Jiri Slegr, Stu Barnes, Darius Kasparaitus, Kevin Hatcher, Ron Francis, Ken Wregget, Tom Barrasso, Peter Skudra Jaromir Jagr, Ed Olczyk, Fredrik Olausson, Rob Brown & Martin Straka

Middle row: Paul Flati (Asst. Equip. Manager), Skip Thayer (Trainer), Rick Kehoe (Asst. Coach), Mike Eaves (Asst. Coach), Ed Johnston (Asst. General Manager), Donn Patton (CFO), Roger Marino (Co-Owner), Howard Baldwin (Co-Owner), Craig Patrick (General Manager), Kevin Constantine (Head Coach), Don Jackson (Asst. Coach), Troy Ward (Asst. Coach) Howard Baldwin Jr., Steve Latin (Equip. Manager) & John Welday (Conditioning Coach)

Back row: Chris Ferraro, Ian Moran, Alex Hicks, Garry Valk, Aleksey Morozov, Sven Butenschon, Neil Wilkinson, Chris Tamer, Andreas Johansson, Robert Lang, Brad Werenka & Peter Ferraro
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Tom Barrasso records his 300th career victory at Florida on October 19.

• Jaromir Jagr records his 400th assist on January 12 against the Carolina Hurricanes.

• Nine Penguins represent their counties at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, with seven capturing medals.

• Ken Wregget records his 200th career victory on March 7 against the Philadelphia Flyers.

• Ron Francis records his 1,000th career assist March 21 vs. Philadelphia.

• Jaromir Jagr records his 300th career goal on April 15 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

• Penguins clinch third Northeast Division title with a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay on April 15.

• Jaromir Jagr captures his second scoring title (Art Ross Trophy) with 102 points.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
68
 Jaromir Jagr
77
35
67
102
64
6
4
5
9
2
10
 Ron Francis
81
25
62
87
20
6
1
5
6
2
14
 Stu Barnes
78
30
35
65
30
6
3
3
6
2
4
 Kevin Hatcher
74
19
29
48
66
6
1
0
1
12
82
 Martin Straka
75
19
23
42
28
6
2
0
2
2
44
 Rob Brown
82
15
25
40
59
6
1
0
1
4
23
 Fredrik Olausson
76
6
27
33
42
6
0
3
3
2
95
 Alexei Morozov
76
13
13
26
8
6
0
1
1
2
20
 Robert Lang
51
9
13
22
14
6
0
3
3
2
16
 Ed Olczyk
56
11
11
22
35
6
2
0
2
4
33
 Alex Hicks
58
7
13
20
54
6
0
0
0
2
5
 Brad Werenka
71
3
15
18
46
6
1
0
1
8
71
 Jiri Slegr
73
5
12
17
109
6
0
4
4
2
38
 Andreas Johansson
50
5
10
15
20
1
0
0
0
0
11
 Darius Kasparaitis
81
4
8
12
127
5
0
0
0
8
15
 Robert Dome
30
5
2
7
12
-
-
-
-
-
57
 Chris Ferraro
46
3
4
7
43
-
-
-
-
-
17
 Peter Ferraro
29
3
4
7
12
-
-
-
-
-
24
 Ian Moran
37
1
6
7
19
6
0
0
0
2
2
 Chris Tamer
79
0
7
7
181
6
0
1
1
4
29
 Tyler Wright
82
3
4
7
112
6
0
1
1
4
6
 Neil Wilkinson
34
2
4
6
24
-
-
-
-
-
42
 Tuomas Gronman
22
1
2
3
25
1
0
0
0
0
18
 Garry Valk
39
2
1
3
33
-
-
-
-
-
9
 Greg Johnson
5
1
0
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
12
 Sean Pronger
5
1
0
1
2
5
0
0
0
4
22
 Sven Butenschon
8
0
0
0
6
-
-
-
-
-
#
 Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
35
 Tom Barrasso
63
0
2
2
14
31
14
13
3542
122
2.07
7
1556
.922
6
-
-
-
2
2
4
-
376
17
3.00
-
-
-
1
 Peter Skudra
17
0
1
1
2
6
4
3
851
26
1.83
0
341
.924
31
 Ken Wregget
15
0
0
0
6
3
6
2
611
28
2.75
0
293
.904

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