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Bob Rouse's 1997-1998 season

Points
12
NHL#391
Goals
1
NHL#524
Assists
11
NHL#311
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#647
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Defenceman Bob Rouse was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 1 goals and 11 assists for 12 points, 0.17 points per game. The season ended with Bob Rouse winning the Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings against Washington Capitals, after 22 playoff games and 3 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Bob Rouse plays the 1997-1998 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Bob was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET3–1CGY
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:32TOI
    • The game
      DET8–2EDM
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL1–3DET
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:55TOI
    • The game
      TBL0–3DET
      W
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:27TOI
    • The game
      CGY4–4DET
      game 5/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:05TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2TOR
      W
      game 6/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:54TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–3DET
      L
      game 7/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR2–4DET
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG19:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–3DET
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:39TOI
    • The game
      DET4–1ANA
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:13TOI
    • The game
      DET4–1LAK
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:14TOI
    • The game
      DET5–1VAN
      W
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:52TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–4DET
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:47TOI
    • The game
      LAK5–1DET
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG16:25TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      ANA3–4DET
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:04TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3CAR
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:28TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–1DET
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:37TOI
    • The game
      CGY3–6DET
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:55TOI
    • The game
      COL2–0DET
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:08TOI
    • The game
      DET4–2OTT
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:37TOI
    • The game
      DET2–5STL
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG05:45TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      3
      points
      NHL#360
      0
      goals
      NHL#430
      3
      assists
      NHL#269
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#160
      DET
      13-5-0W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the Central·2nd in the Western Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET3–3CHI
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:44TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–4DET
      W
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:49TOI
    • The game
      DET5–2MTL
      W
      game 25/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG16:11TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      OTT1–4DET
      W
      game 26/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:52TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–2DET
      W
      game 27/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:25TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      DET3–3VAN
      game 28/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:43TOI
    • The game
      DET4–3CGY
      W
      game 29/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:05TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3EDM
      L
      game 30/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:54TOI
    • The game
      DET3–3PHX
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:02TOI
    • The game
      DET1–5SJS
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG16:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–2COL
      game 35/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–5DET
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:40TOI
    • The game
      DET4–2BOS
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:42TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1BUF
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:36TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4DET
      W
      game 39/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET8–1TOR
      W
      game 40/826
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-0SOG19:36TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DAL2–2DET
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:18TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      10
      points
      NHL#267
      1
      goals
      NHL#407
      9
      assists
      NHL#184
      0
      +/-
      NHL#102
      DET
      24-9-0W-L-OT56Points
      2nd in the Central·2nd in the Western Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL2–5DET
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:22TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1DET
      L
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:20TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3CHI
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:21TOI
    • The game
      PHX0–2DET
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–3DAL
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:59TOI
    • The game
      WSH0–2DET
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:22TOI
    • The game
      DET1–1NYI
      game 48/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:30TOI
    • The game
      VAN0–4DET
      W
      game 49/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:51TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3NJD
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:20TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–0DET
      L
      game 51/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:39TOI
    • The game
      PHI0–1DET
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:40TOI
    • The game
      PHX4–4DET
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:15TOI
    • The game
      DET2–4PIT
      L
      game 54/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:48TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      DET4–2WSH
      W
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:41TOI
    • The game
      DET1–1FLA
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:48TOI
    • The game
      DET5–4TBL
      W
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:05TOI
    • The game
      DET1–4STL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:30TOI
    • The game
      LAK1–1DET
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:08TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–3DET
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:15TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      DET3–1PHX
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:19TOI
    • The game
      DET2–0ANA
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:17TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8259 of 62 played
      11
      points
      NHL#338
      1
      goals
      NHL#476
      10
      assists
      NHL#261
      -6
      +/-
      NHL#195
      DET
      34-15-0W-L-OT81Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Central·2nd in the Western Conference·3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET4–5SJS
      L
      game 63/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:21TOI
    • The game
      CHI0–3DET
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:19TOI
    • The game
      DET1–6PHI
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:49TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–4DET
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:53TOI
    • The game
      DET5–2TOR
      W
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:10TOI
    • The game
      DET4–3NYR
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:38TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–5DET
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG03:58TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3STL
      L
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:44TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      COL0–2DET
      W
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:50TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2CHI
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:48TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3DAL
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG12:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–4COL
      L
      game 82/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:18TOI
    The season in numbers

    Bob Rouse closes the 1997-1998 season with 12 points

    Points
    12
    NHL#391
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#524
    Assists
    11
    NHL#311
    P/GP
    0.17
    NHL#438
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#647
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Phoenix Coyotes

    DETvsPHX
    Swedes on Phoenix Coyotes
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PHX3–6DET
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG15:55TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 2
      PHX7–4DET
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG11:44TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 3
      DET2–3PHX
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:28TOI
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      DET4–2PHX
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:48TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare2–2withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 5
      PHX1–3DET
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • May 1998
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 6
      DET5–2PHX
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:20TOI
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Phoenix Coyotes out 4–2

    DET4–2PHX
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings meet St. Louis Blues

    DETvsSTL
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      STL4–2DET
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:38TOI
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      STL1–6DET
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:47TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      DET3–2STL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG21:42TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      DET5–2STL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:00TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL3–1DET
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:06TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      DET6–1STL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:09TOI
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    DET4–2STL
    Advance
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Detroit Red Wings meet Dallas Stars

    DETvsDAL
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      DET2–0DAL
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG19:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstDallas Stars
    • Game 2
      DET1–3DAL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:16TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withDallas Stars
    • Game 3
      DAL3–5DET
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG16:57TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstDallas Stars
    • Game 4
      DAL2–3DET
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:35TOI
    • June 1998
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–1againstDallas Stars
    • Game 5
      DET2–3DAL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:33TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstDallas Stars
    • Game 6
      DAL0–2DET
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:56TOI
    Conference final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Dallas Stars out 4–2

    DET4–2DAL
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings play the Stanley Cup Final against Washington Capitals

    DETvsWSH
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 1
      WSH1–2DET
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:21TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH4–5DET
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:20TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      DET2–1WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:28TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      DET4–1WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:57TOI
      +1 assist
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Detroit Red Wings

    beat Washington Capitals 4–0 in the final

    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Bob Rouse ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#108
    Games
    22
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    3
    NHL#63
    P/GP
    0.14
    NHL#116
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#53
    PHX4–2→STL4–2→DAL4–2→WSH4–0