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Property	Value
rdfs:label	1997–98 AHL season
rdfs:comment	The 1997–98 AHL season was the 62nd season of the American Hockey League. The AHL shifts teams in their divisions, and the Canadian division reverts to being named Atlantic division. The Northern conference is renamed the Eastern conference, and the Southern conference renamed the Western conference. Eighteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Philadelphia Phantoms repeated finishing first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.
owl:sameAs	dbr:1997–98_AHL_season
RD4-score	2 4
dcterms:subject	American Hockey League seasons 1998 in hockey
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RD3-score	1 2 4
RD1-seed	E3 E4 A4 M2 A2 A1 E1 E2 A3 E5 N3 M1 N1 N2 M3 N4
RD2-seed	E3 M2 A1 E1 A3 M1 N2 N4
RD2-score	0 2 3 4
RD4-seed	A1 M1
Group	Western Conference Eastern Conference
RD	Calder Cup Final Division Finals Division Semifinals Conference Finals
RD1-score	0 1 2 3
Title	List of AHL seasons
RD2-team	Worcester IceCats Portland Pirates Hamilton Bulldogs Hershey Bears Hartford Wolf Pack Philadelphia Albany Saint John
Before	1996
After	1998
RD4-team	Saint John Flames Philadelphia
RD1-team	Springfield Falcons Syracuse Crunch Fredericton Canadiens Rochester Americans Adirondack Red Wings Kentucky Thoroughblades St. John's Maple Leafs Beast of New Haven Hamilton Philadelphia Portland Worcester Hershey Albany Hartford Saint John
RD3-seed	A1 E1 M1 N2
RD3-team	Albany River Rats Hartford Wolf Pack Philadelphia Saint John
subgroup	Atlantic Division Empire State Division Mid-Atlantic Division New England Division
abstract	The 1997–98 AHL season was the 62nd season of the American Hockey League. The AHL shifts teams in their divisions, and the Canadian division reverts to being named Atlantic division. The Northern conference is renamed the Eastern conference, and the Southern conference renamed the Western conference. The league introduces three new trophies. The Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy first awarded for the team which finishes in first place in the league during the regular season. The Yanick Dupre Memorial Award is given to the player who best exemplifies the spirit of community service. The Thomas Ebright Memorial Award honors an individual with outstanding career contributions to the AHL. Eighteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Philadelphia Phantoms repeated finishing first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.